It is Saturday, May 30th, 2026 from Peachfish Productions.

It's the gist, but I'm not Mike Peska.

I'm Milo Pesca, his son, you know.

We have the same last name, sharing the same first initial.

It kind of gets a little confusing sometimes when we go to the DMV,

but regardless, Mike is not here today,

but he was recently on the Reason Roundtable podcast to discuss the ongoing Iran conflict,

the unstable ceasefire negotiations, and whether anyone in Washington has a coherent explanation

for what the United States is trying to accomplish.

Today, we're going to air two segments from the appearance.

The second one, even better than the first.

And if you want to hear the full thing, the link is in the description.

So, from one son to his father, Mike Peska on the Reason Roundtable up next. Next.

Welcome deventoids and deventites to the Reason Roundtable.

A podcast, your weekly jolt of libertarianism brought to you by the magazine of Free Minds and Free Markets, which you should totally subscribe to.

I am Matt Welch, subbing in for a vacationing Peter Sutterman and joined by Nick Gillespie, Catherine Mengue Ward.

Sixth Man of the Year in the podcast world, Mike.

Hesca, Grazius Miguel, for joining us.

And let's just go straight to it.

The Iran deal.

So we taped this podcast about six hours before it is posted, which is perilous in a good week and then on a bad week. The variance of possible outcomes with the Iran war, and I'm still trying to figure out how to

pronounce that country's name, is that it could be all over. It could be negotiated. In fact,

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