Iran & Israel’s Scorched-Earth Energy Strikes
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | 9-1-1, where is the emergency? |
| 0:02.7 | It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore. |
| 0:06.7 | Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge. |
| 0:10.0 | A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern. |
| 0:14.9 | Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide? |
| 0:17.6 | At this point, nobody knows. |
| 0:19.6 | Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once pitched as a movie, plays out in real life. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. |
| 0:33.4 | Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:40.3 | It's Thursday, March 19th, and it's tough to keep a war going if you don't have the energy. |
| 0:45.3 | We start here. |
| 0:49.3 | Iran and Israel are now trading strikes on oil and gas infrastructure across the Middle |
| 0:55.3 | East. |
| 0:56.3 | This has set off a massive chain reaction across the entire region. |
| 1:00.3 | This has the power to affect economies around the world. |
| 1:03.0 | Could it also fracture U.S. alliances? |
| 1:05.8 | This was supposed to be a simple succession. |
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| 1:30.3 | Accusations against the late Cesar Chavez |
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