Iran Out of Good Options

Iran Out of Good Options

June 12, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of potential military action against Iran and the contradictions within the Trump administration.

To hear the full episode and support the show, become a patron at patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman reunite after Nick's trip to Washington, where the Constitution turns out to be as faded on the page as it is in practice. The two ask the question nobody in power wants asked out loud: if Donald Trump orders a strike on Iran, will the military actually carry it out? They trace the madman theory back to Nixon's Watergate breakdown, poke holes in the suspiciously cinematic tale of the rescued pilot, and follow the Epstein story behind the curtain, where JD Vance, Dan Bongino, and Susie Wiles sang to reporters while Pam Bondi got shoved under the bus for promising files the White House never intended to release. It all points to an administration that can't contain its own contradictions, let alone a war. The guys close with what they're watching, including Bradley Cooper's latest and the marketing blitz around Disclosure Day.

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