S8 Ep830: 3/3: Preview for Later Today: Ivana Stradner examines American jazz as a potent soft power tool and "non-nuclear weapon." She explains how its themes of freedom and individualism countered Soviet propaganda, inspiring those living under various repressive
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
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3/3: Preview for Later Today: Ivana Stradner examines American jazz as a potent soft power tool and "non-nuclear weapon." She explains how its themes of freedom and individualism countered Soviet propaganda, inspiring those living under various repressive regimes.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, colleague Drich Goldberg, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, |
| 0:05.9 | commenting on the search for the assets of the IRGC, the bosses who are running the state within a state in Iran, |
| 0:15.0 | persecuting the Iranian people and firing weapons into the Straits of Hormuz. |
| 0:21.2 | Where are their assets? |
| 0:23.2 | And surprisingly, they're in Europe. |
| 0:25.8 | Surprisingly, they're in a country that we associate with being thorough and transparent. |
| 0:31.4 | The United Kingdom is rich to explain. |
| 0:34.5 | More of this later. |
| 0:36.0 | We know who they are. |
| 0:37.1 | I believe there is a tracking down of all assets |
| 0:41.2 | abroad right now frankly i think the united kingdom is home to a lot of assets other places in |
| 0:46.4 | europe and in the same way that the biden administration put together that kleptocracy initiative |
| 0:51.4 | to go after oligarch money of the Russians, we should be doing the |
| 0:55.2 | same in every allied country that has real estate or other assets that is somehow connected to the |
| 1:00.8 | IRGC. I think it's out there, including, by the way, Mostabha Khomeini, whether he's alive, dead, or just a |
| 1:07.6 | vegetable. I think he has assets as well in Europe. |
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