4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump blockades Hormuz Strait, negotiations break down, gas prices spike.
Norm Finkelstein: https://www.amazon.com/Gazas-Gravediggers-Inquiry-Corruption-Places/dp/1682196577
Trita Parsi: https://x.com/tparsi?s=20
Rory Johnston: https://x.com/Rory_Johnston
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.1 | Hey guys, Saga and Crystal here. |
| 0:06.1 | Independent media just played a truly massive role in this election, and we are so excited |
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| 0:39.5 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Monday. |
| 0:40.8 | I have an amazing show for everybody today. |
| 0:41.3 | What do we have, Crystal? |
| 0:45.2 | We have all the latest details in terms of the failed negotiations thus far, |
| 0:47.9 | including Trump's decision to blockade the blockade. |
| 0:51.8 | We'll try to dig into how much sense that makes and how successful it will be. |
| 0:55.8 | Treata Parsi is also going to join to break down his view of where we are in the negotiations and the American red lines that made this whole thing fall apart. |
| 0:59.6 | Oil prices this morning are up for understandable reasons. |
| 1:03.1 | Rory's going to join us to talk about what he expects in the near future. |
| 1:06.9 | South Korea is aggressively fighting with Israel as Israel continues their mass slaughter in Lebanon. |
| 1:13.9 | Eric Swalwell has suspended his campaign for governor after serious allegations of sexual assault |
| 1:19.7 | and just generally very creepy behavior. |
| 1:22.8 | And Norm Finkelstein is going to join us. |
| 1:24.0 | It's been a while since we've had Norm on. |
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