News - U.S.-Iran Escalation, Israel Expands Lebanon Campaign, CIA Feuds With Intelligence Chief w/ Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

News, History, Politics

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Subscribe now⁠ for an ad-free experience. There’s too much Knickerbocker news to fit here, but we do have other stories to report. This week: Iran and the U.S. exchange fire in the Gulf (2:00), plus peace talks stall after Trump adds new demands (4:29); Israel escalates its Lebanon campaign despite ceasefire talks (08:33); Cambodia takes a Thailand maritime dispute to the UN (15:19); in Sudan, tribal clashes kill dozens in South Darfur (17:38); Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg during the city’s International Economic Forum (20:13); Germany loses a UN Security Council vote (21:54); Colombia’s first-round election results see the right gain momentum (24:04); U.S. sanctions hit Cuba-linked hotels (26:36); and Tulsi Gabbard resigns as the DNI faces a CIA feud (29:11). Then, Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay , co-editors of The Polycrisis, join the show to explain how the climate crisis, Chinese clean-tech, U.S. policy, and the Iran war are accelerating a global shift away from fossil fuels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:03.2	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at AmericanPrestigepod.com.
0:08.4	Find the link in our show notes.
0:11.0	From the producers of Baby Rainier comes Alice and Steve, exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:15.7	I wish I was in love.
0:16.7	You're my best friend.
0:17.7	Anybody'd be lucky to have you.
0:19.6	Meet Alice and Steve.
0:20.9	We've known each other for over 30 years.
0:23.1	When Alice's daughter starts to date, Steve...
0:25.3	Mom, I want to keep seeing him.
0:27.0	Things start to unravel.
0:29.3	Your mom just tried to shoot me.
0:30.7	What?
0:31.2	Steve!
0:33.5	Alice and Steve, a Hula original series.
0:36.1	Streaming June 8 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:39.1	18 plus subscription required to T's and C's Apply. Hello, Prestige Heads and
1:04.4	Prestige. I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek
1:08.9	Davidson, and we are excited to bring you the news
1:10.9	but before we do some quick housekeeping uh if you haven't yet check out our live streams every
1:16.3	Wednesday 5 pm. PST 8 p.m. EST this last week's live stream Derek and I I think Derek we did
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 25 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.