Ryan Grim

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Dave Smith brings you the latest in politics! On this episode of Part Of The Problem, Dave is joined by Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site. They talk about negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, connections between this and former wars, the suffering in Cuba caused by the U.S., and so much more.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? What's up? Welcome to a brand new episode of Part of the Problem. I'm very excited for today's show. So let me just get a couple quick plugs out of the way before we start.
0:17.5	Guys, me and Robbie the Fire Bernstein will be back on the road doing stand-up comedy
0:21.9	all over the country starting June 5th, one night only in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. And then
0:29.1	June 18 through 20th, Denver Comedy Works. Come on out for that one. That is maybe my favorite
0:34.7	comedy club in the country. Comedy Motherhip and Denver Comedy Works are the best.
0:38.9	So come on out for those.
0:40.0	And then I did want to mention very quickly because he's out today.
0:43.2	But this weekend, or I'm sorry, Sunday, May 24th, D.C. Pubkey 7 p.m.
0:50.1	Robbie the Fire, Bernstein.
0:51.4	Go to porch tour.com for that date.
0:53.8	All right.
0:54.5	As I've said before, one of the coolest things about my job is that I get to meet and be friends with people who I really admire, who I've learned a lot from.
1:03.4	And our guest for today's show is a great example of that.
1:07.9	Legendary journalist, Ryan Grimm.
1:15.3	Truly, I mean, some of you may have forgotten that there are some people out there who still do great journalism.
1:26.5	Ryan is one of them. You can read his stuff at dropsite news.com. Also, of course, many of you know him as one of the hosts of the excellent show breaking points.
1:29.2	I will say, Ryan, I know not only,
1:34.1	obviously, is Ryan right there, but Ryan and the great Jeremy Scahill, one of the greatest journalists in the world, in my opinion. You guys founded DropSite News together. I will say this.
1:42.0	I mean, I don't give out awards to news organizations, but if I did,
1:47.2	I would give DropSight like the news organization of the year. The coverage of the Iran war has
1:52.4	been just phenomenal. I've been, I'm not just singing your praises to your face for everyone who
1:56.5	listens to the show. I've been singing you and Jeremy's praises for for the last couple months,
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