Bullsh*t Ceasefires Everywhere
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Tommy break down another chaotic week in foreign policy full of bad ideas and worse outcomes. Trump rolls out—and just as quickly unrolls—a new Pentagon plan—dubbed “Project Freedom”—to “guide” ships through the Strait of Hormuz, leaked intelligence reports show that the war has not changed Iran’s nuclear timeline, and polling confirms that the war has become a political disaster for Trump. They also share a rare, firsthand account from a teacher in Iran about living under the regime's internet blackout and surveillance state, and discuss how the war has derailed Trump's upcoming trip to China. Then they turn to the humanitarian catastrophes unfolding in Lebanon and Gaza, where so-called ceasefires have not stopped the killing, rodent infestations are causing infant deaths, and reconstruction is fantasy. They also check in on the war in Ukraine, from the staggering death toll to reports that Putin has retreated into his bunker because he fears for his life, and how online dissent from a Russian influencer finally broke through. Finally, Tommy speaks to Rep. Jason Crow about Iran, why he wants to get Pete Hegseth fired, and what troop reductions in Germany will mean for our relationship with Europe.
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| 1:13.5 | Okay, sorry for the jump scare there. |
| 1:15.6 | I mean, it's understandable if you have a fight or flight response to political news these days. |
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| 1:35.9 | Available everywhere you get podcasts. Welcome back to Pod Save the World. I'm Tommy Vitor. |
| 1:54.4 | I'm Ben, this morning I saw a bunch of coverage of Jeff Bezos kind of buying the Met Gala. |
| 2:00.3 | And then I read a story about the family that owns Samsung paying an $8 billion dollar inheritance tax bill. And I thought, we could do that. Maybe the Koreans know something we don't. It would be cool to do that. You can actually collect money from these people so they don't buy all your cultural institutions. Not that I, I don't know, not that the back gala is always my jam, but no, something kind of gross about it. |
| 2:22.3 | Yeah, you know, it's a little late-stage capitalism, you know, whatever. |
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