Stand up.

Well, hello, and happy Thursday.

Thank you very much for joining me.

I've got a great conversation with Jared Yates' Sexen, which begins at about 41 minutes.

Plus, I've got your headlines and a clip show soundbites from yesterday.

And since it's Thursday, I am going to be hosting a Happy Hour Hangout,

which we've been doing for six years this month tonight at 8 East.

Hope to see you there.

If you're a paid subscriber, you'll get a email with a link.

And I hope to see you in Podjam in Las Vegas, April 9 through 12.

You should have gotten an email from Cassie with some more information about it. There's still

more to come, but I'm very much looking forward to that. Get your tickets now. And now let's get to

today's headlines. Here's the latest update from the New York Times. They write, the United

States and Iran struggled to find a way to begin negotiations over peace terms on Wednesday, with

each insisting it had the upper hand in the war. The United States circulated a 15-point peace

plan, diplomats said. It was written in gold. I'm kidding. They demanded what would amount to a

complete termination of Iran's nuclear program and strict limits on its missile arsenal.

The White House Press Secretary and angry cashier Caroline Levitt said Iran's forces had been crushed after four weeks of strikes by the United States in Israel.

Quote, that's why you're beginning to see the regime look for an exit ramp, she said, projecting about our regime.

But Iranian officials, they didn't sound defeated.

In a statement issued through state television, an official who everybody is saying was very good-looking,

said the government would not end the attacks unless the United States paid war reparations

...