News - Iran Talks Collapse, UAE Leaves OPEC, Mali Rebels Seize Kidal

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

News, History, Politics

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. King Charles paid his respects at AP HQ, but was put off by Danny’s pet ferrets. In this week’s news: Iran talks collapse as Trump weighs a blockade and strikes (1:56); the UAE leaves OPEC (7:45); Mali rebels and jihadists seize Kidal (16:49); Derek interviews Alex Thurston about Mali’s escalating rebel offensive and the implications for the junta government (18:08); Israel kills civilians and expands evacuation zones in Lebanon (33:43) as the U.S. and Israel demand a Hezbollah disarmament plan from Lebanon (35:25); Israel adds an orange line to its Gaza map (37:08); Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange border fire (38:59); China blocks the sale of AI startup Manus to Meta (40:46); Sudan’s Blue Nile faces a humanitarian crisis (44:23); King Charles visits the United States and addresses Congress (46:27); Trump and Putin discuss a Ukraine ceasefire (48:53), plus Ukraine accuses Israel of procuring stolen grain (48:53); and the United States charges Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha (52:18). Don’t forget to download our latest miniseries Marx Prestige. All episodes out now! And paid subscribers will get access to the full interview with Alex Thurston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:02.7	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
0:08.4	Find the link in our show notes.
0:13.0	That's kind of conversation to your soul.
0:18.7	That's conversation.
0:19.7	To your soul. And then the night. Hello, Hello, Prestige heads and welcome. I'm Danny
0:35.6	here as always with my friend and comrade Derek Davison,
0:40.7	and we are excited to bring you the news, but before we do,
0:44.3	wanted to let everyone know that we have completed our Mark's Prestige series.
0:48.5	All six episodes are out.
0:50.5	If you are not an annual subscriber, you can get the series for $5 at marksprostagepod.com.
0:58.1	And if you are an annual subscriber, you get free access to Mark's prestige and also our recent
1:04.4	series on the history of the People's Republic of China since 1949, Chinese prestige,
1:09.6	and basically all of our series.
1:12.7	This is just something that we've decided to do at American Prestige.
1:15.6	We're going to have at least a couple of series a year, perhaps more.
1:20.3	We've got a couple coming up that we're planning on doing.
1:24.4	And basically, if you're an annual subscriber, you get access to all of those.
1:28.9	So if you haven't yet, please consider upgrading to annual. We would really appreciate it.
1:34.1	Also wanted to just plug the Discord. More people have been joining. It's been very fun.
1:39.5	Derek and I are on there. It's fun to interact. Anyone who subscribed to the podcast at any level
1:44.9	is able to join at any paid level that is able to join. So if you haven't yet,
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