About this episode

The episode discusses various political issues including Iran, Venezuela, and the implications of the JCPOA.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe -have we met before, or did we just share a zip code? -Iran is a disaster from basically every possible angle -you don’t go to war with this president -maybe just crawl back to a worse JCPOA and call it historic -Venezuela “worked,” which is exactly why it made the next disaster easier -take the oil, burn the soft power, call it realism -Europe gets lectured,…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, Matt Welch

Guest: Michelle Goldberg

Topics covered

• Iran
• Venezuela
• politics
• war
• soft power
• JCPOA
• Europe

Keywords

• Iran
• Venezuela
• JCPOA
• politics
• war
• soft power
• Europe

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: JCPOA

Places: Iran, Venezuela

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