Anti-Government Protests! Iran’s "Sleeper" Leader, and the GOP’s Crisis

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Dean Karayanis, columnist at the New York Sun and former Rush Limbaugh staffer, jumps into the week’s political chaos from the anti-government “No Kings” protests to Iran and the midterms. He challenges how labels are used to shape public perception, citing that protesters “were out there just defying the government” and noting the double standard in how similar actions are described depending on who’s involved. Dean also unpacks the bizarre uncertainty surrounding Iran’s leadership, questioning why Western media treats the Ayatollah as alive despite no proof: “You can’t negotiate with a ghost.” He draws parallels to pop culture — from Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” to John Gill on the Nazi episode of “Star Trek” — to highlight how easily narratives can be manufactured. The episode then shifts to U.S. politics: Trump’s messaging strategy, the GOP’s internal fractures, and the danger of relying on personality over principles. Dean warns that Republicans must rediscover ideological consistency rather than “count on… everything going back to normal when he’s gone.” He closes with media bias in coverage of war crimes, where analysis shows only Israel and America are ever accused of them but not Iran in the first three weeks of the war, as well as the geopolitical stakes of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the overlooked voices of Iranians who oppose their regime. As always, Dean blends history, humor, and sharp critique to frame the week’s events with context and clarity.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Monday, March 30th, 2026 episode of the Derek Hunter podcast. I am your Monday guy, Gene Carrianna.
0:14.2	So happy to be with you here today. Thanks so much for joining me. Please do remember to support the show at
0:20.5	patreon.com slash Derek Hunter podcast.
0:24.2	Derek's mentioned that Quinn needs some braces this week, that she's looking forward to a new
0:29.2	smile.
0:29.9	And gosh, you have an opportunity here.
0:32.0	I don't know if you know how lucky all of you are to help give a little girl a smile.
0:37.1	That's a pretty special opportunity. Every time you smile, you say a little girl a smile. That's a pretty special opportunity.
0:38.8	Every time you smile, you say a little something about yourself, and I'll tell you, that's
0:42.9	one of the things that you support when you support a show.
0:47.3	Weekends on mass anti-government protests.
0:50.4	We saw so many anti-government people out there defying the government, calling for the
0:55.8	abolition of the government, calling the government illegitimate. These anti-government protesters
1:00.5	were called out to bring their walkers. We had people of all ages from as old as 62 to as old as
1:08.6	82, and they were out there just defying the government now i said anti-government a lot
1:15.0	of times there because for the life of me i can't imagine why nobody in the major media and
1:21.1	certainly not the administration describes these absurd no kings protests that way because that's
1:27.3	exactly what they are. And when any
1:29.2	Republican group, any conservative group, even a group that began as non-political like the Tea Party
1:34.3	group, they're immediately branded, is the word they use, as political, as anti-government.
1:40.7	They hate government. And anti and pro, these are prefixes that come from or that were
1:47.0	described very well in George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell in 1984, where it limits thought.
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