News - Israel-Iran War, Russia Strikes Kyiv, Trump Expands Travel Ban

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get more content. No ChatGPT here—our em dashes are organic. This week: in the Iran-Israel war, an update on the casualties and targets (1:52), US involvement remains in question (7:45), Ayatollah Khamenei refuses to surrender (14:47), and US and Israeli intelligence agencies disagree over “evidence” of Iran pursuing a nuclear weapon (18:14); Trump quits the G7 summit early, possibly due to Israel-Iran, and later insults French president Emmanuel Macron (20:59); the IDF is still killing dozens per day in Gaza, mostly near aid sites (24:23); the US military is withdrawing from most of its bases in Syria (27:11); the Thai government might be on the verge of a collapse (29:56); the DRC and Rwanda approve a “draft” peace agreement (33:57); in Russia-Ukraine, Trump cancels a normalization meeting while shutting down a sanctions working group (36:39), and Russia carries out its deadliest strike of the year on Kyiv (37:55); Trump decides to expand his travel ban (40:14); and in a New Cold War update, a new trade détente with China does not include critical minerals for military use (42:43). Listen to Derek’s special with Akbar Shahid Ahmed on US involvement in the Israel-Iran war. Also be sure to download our miniseries with the crew from We’re Not So Different, Welcome to the Crusades. We have posted E1 and E2 on our feed as a free preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige. To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com. Find the link in our show notes.
0:11.5	Welcome to the year 2000. Everyone, everywhere, is having fun except me. On BBC Eye Player.
0:19.2	I worry you're growing up too fast.
0:21.7	Yeah, we can't be your little duck here forever, can I?
0:24.2	Inspired by a true story.
0:26.0	You walk out of this house, a boy.
0:27.6	One day you'll come back.
0:28.9	When you do, it will be a man.
0:31.4	Oh, and hold your breath.
0:32.7	What it feels like for a girl.
0:34.4	I wish I could look like you.
0:35.8	Bebeah, you can.
0:37.4	Why don't you? like for a girl. I wish I could look like you. Baby, you can, radate ya.
0:38.3	Watch on BBC Eye Player.
0:40.3	That's kind of conversation to your soul. Hello, Hello, Prestige Head's to American prestige,
1:06.0	here, as always, with my friend and comrade, Derek Davidson, and we are excited to bring you the news.
1:10.6	But before we do, I just want to remind everyone to let everyone know again that we release
1:16.3	a special limited series this week called Welcome to the Crusades that you could find
1:22.1	at the website. Welcome to the Crusades. We did it in collaboration with our friends over at the We're Not So Different podcast.
1:29.7	You've heard Eleanor Yanaga.
1:30.9	She's been on the podcast before.
1:32.5	She is great.
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