Failed Iran Talks, Draft Registration, Orbán's Loss, and Revenge Addiction

About this episode

The episode discusses failed Iran talks, automatic draft registration for young men, Hungary's political changes, and the science of revenge addiction.

President Trump announced that the US will engage in a blockade of Iranian ports after Vice President JD Vance’s negotiations fell flat and Iran refused to curb its nuclear program. Then, The New York Times reports that the US government will begin automatically registering men ages 18-25 with the Selective Service System. And, Hungary’s far-right prime minister of 16 years, Viktor Orbán, was defeated by center-right candidate Peter Magyar. The Bulwark’s Mona Charen joins Clarissa Moll to discuss these headlines. Then, Clarissa sits down with researcher at Yale School of Medicine James Kimmel Jr to talk about how revenge mimics addiction in the brain. TO LEARN MORE: The Mona Charen Show Mona Charen’s Substack The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction--and How to Overcome It. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist, the policy editor of The Bulwark, and the host of the podcast The Mona Charen Show. James Kimmel Jr. is a violence researcher, psychiatry professor, and author who explores the…

People in this episode

Host: Clarissa Moll

Guests: Mona Charen, James Kimmel Jr

Topics covered

• Iran nuclear talks
• Selective Service System
• Hungary politics
• revenge addiction
• US foreign policy

Keywords

• Iran
• draft registration
• Viktor Orbán
• revenge addiction
• Mona Charen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Yale School of Medicine, The Bulwark

Books & works: The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction--and How to Overcome It

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