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They’re spinning the cease-fire as a “military triumph.” By the White House’s own shape-shifting goals, it’s a checklist of failures. Remember Trump’s demand for “unconditional surrender”? It’s evaporated. Iran’s military is diminished, but not defeated. I discussed the Iran cease-fire in an April 9, 2026, podcast with my colleague Ben Bayer. https://youtu.be/opUGimR5nr0?si=_YxbJr22pPjoOzOh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAe7rMPwjE Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss recent developments in the Iran war. March 20, 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/live/0mzUUDz14Ac?si=M_5BiCfb_iPJbiNV Elan Journo and Yaron Brook talk with Mosab Hassan Yousef, who risked his life to renounce the totalitarian organization that his father co-founded: Hamas. Livestreamed Feb. 18, 2026

https://youtu.be/EDnD9GWdLaI?si=hEPA9pWCRLQ_2uH9 Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the mass protests in Iran. Recorded Jan. 13, 2026.

https://youtu.be/28TpOvna_78?si=d14yzVkgbZmYz_XW Onkar Ghate, Ben Bayer, and Elan Journo analyze the American capture Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Recorded Jan. 7, 2026.

https://youtu.be/kgur8cEOpnk?si=KUJZi-m-ogI06WUV Nikos Sotirakopoulos, Ben Bayer, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the moral crisis of the conservative movement. Published Nov. 22, 2025