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Today on the Playbook podcast, a moment of truth as the U.S. and Iran meet for crisis talks in Geneva. So to

day two, as both parties try to spin the state of the union their way. And the Clintons are back.

They'll be testifying today and tomorrow about the Epstein Files scandal. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Thursday, February 26th.

How are you feeling Dasha crawling towards the weekend? Crawling, absolutely. How are you?

I am energized because this is a very, very newsy week indeed. Jack, you always show me up with your vibes.

There's a lot going on.

Last week was a bit quiet this week.

We knew there was going to be a lot.

There is a lot.

That's why I'm crawling.

You could have picked about six different stories to be the biggest one of today.

But given how high the stakes are over the crisis around Iran, I think we should

talk about that first because everything is telling me that the talks today really are the

potential inflection points. Steve Wickhoff and Jerukushna are back in Geneva for another

round of talks with the Iranian foreign minister and his delegation. And all the noises out of the

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