Episodes

  • Trump’s risky move could see him impeached by the 'only' people he has left

    Trump’s risky move could see him impeached by the 'only' people he has left
    Jun 9 2026
    Professor Robert Kelly joins Maddie Hale to discuss whether Donald Trump has lost control of the Iran conflict, the growing divide between Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu over how the war should end, and whether the President is now paying a political price for a war he once promised voters he would never start.

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    22 mins
  • Trump just learnt a brutal lesson — wars are easier to start than finish | Sean Bell

    Trump just learnt a brutal lesson — wars are easier to start than finish | Sean Bell
    Jun 8 2026

    Retired Air Vice Marshal and former fighter pilot Sean Bell joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest Israel-Iran strikes, whether Trump's war has strengthened rather than weakened Tehran's negotiating position, and growing tensions between the US President and Benjamin Netanyahu as the fragile ceasefire comes under renewed pressure.



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    23 mins
  • Trump's biggest crisis is 'entirely of his own making' | Lt General Ben Hodges

    Trump's biggest crisis is 'entirely of his own making' | Lt General Ben Hodges
    Jun 5 2026
    Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Hezbollah's rejection of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, mounting questions over Iran's enriched uranium stockpile, and whether Trump's strategy for ending the war is beginning to unravel.

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    26 mins
  • Trump thought he'd get a better deal — instead he got a war

    Trump thought he'd get a better deal — instead he got a war
    Jun 4 2026
    Former National Security Council Director for Iran and Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University, Richard Nephew, joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest developments in the Iran conflict, Trump's diplomatic options moving forward, and Congress's push to limit the President's war powers.

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    21 mins
  • Trump claimed nobody saw this coming — every war game predicted it

    Trump claimed nobody saw this coming — every war game predicted it
    Jun 3 2026
    Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's claim that Iran has agreed not to build a nuclear weapon, whether withdrawing from the JCPOA set the US on the path to war, and reports the President was warned Iran could weaponise the Strait of Hormuz.

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    28 mins
  • Trump just got slapped with a humiliating ‘reality check’ | Scott Lucas

    Trump just got slapped with a humiliating ‘reality check’ | Scott Lucas
    Jun 1 2026

    Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest developments in the Iran war, Donald Trump’s medical checkup is met with questions and several artists pull out of Trump’s Freedom 250 / Great American State Fair celebration.


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    43 mins
  • This will ‘blow up’ in Trump’s face | Sir Bill Browder

    This will ‘blow up’ in Trump’s face | Sir Bill Browder
    May 28 2026

    Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s comments he will “finish the job” if Iran doesn’t agree to a peace plan, the US President threatens key regional partners if they don’t sign the Abraham Accords and Vladimir Putin offers to wipe up to $140,000 worth of debt to Russians who join the army.



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    28 mins
  • Trump ‘opened the door’ to Iran’s nuclear expansion - years before starting a war| Scott Lucas

    Trump ‘opened the door’ to Iran’s nuclear expansion - years before starting a war| Scott Lucas
    May 27 2026

    Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest developments in US-Iran negotiations to end the war — including whether Trump is now moving toward a deal structurally similar to Obama’s 2015 agreement, why Gulf states are resisting his push for a broader anti-Iran alliance, and growing Republican tensions over the cost of the conflict and Trump’s expanding use of presidential power.



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    26 mins