Strait to the Abyss

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Visit patreon.com/muckrakepodcast to join the Patreon, support the ad-free show, and get access to the Weekender, special events, and the Discord server. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman unpack a crucial day of reckoning as Iran officially ends negotiations with the United States. With fuel reserves dwindling and the Strait of Hormuz facing a total shutdown, the inevitable energy and economic crises are poised to deepen. Jared shares insights from a recent security briefing regarding Iran's long-term strategy, backed by China, while Nick analyzes the regional chess moves involving Israel and Lebanon. The duo also pushes back on Donald Trump's latest Truth Social claims regarding his supposed phone calls with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah. The conversation then shifts north to a troubling report from the Global Center for Democratic Resilience. The intelligence reveals that American and Russian influencers are actively collaborating to fuel the separatist debate in Alberta, Canada. Jared and Nick break down how this state-organized crime operates on the margins, drawing historical parallels to the annexation of Texas and Vladimir Putin's use of green little men. Finally, they audit the Democratic Party's newly unveiled Project 2029 platform. From corporate utility monopolies to the annoyance economy, they question why vital working-class issues like billionaire taxation, anti-corruption, and reproductive rights are completely missing from the plan. They close the episode navigating the messy landscape of modern political scandals, including the latest allegations against Maine senate candidate Graham Platner.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to the McCrink podcast. I'm Jared Yates Jackson. I'm here with my friend,
0:05.8	my co-host, my co-conspirator. Nick, how you doing, bud? It's always great to be with you, Jared.
0:10.4	It's nice. It's good, and particularly during good times in the world in the country.
0:16.0	Either way, hey, good times, bad times. That's what friends are for. That's what friends are for.
0:22.2	If only somebody had written a song about that.
0:25.9	If only.
0:26.8	An absolutely grating song.
0:31.3	If only somebody would have thought of that.
0:33.7	You've got to like synthesizers, I think.
0:36.7	I do when they're used the right way.
0:39.7	Yeah.
0:39.9	I like New Wave.
0:41.1	I love New Wave revitalization.
0:43.8	I don't.
0:44.4	I don't know.
0:45.0	Well, I've been looking forward to sitting down with you to talk today because, again,
0:47.7	it's the therapeutic nature of our conversations that are important.
0:51.8	You know, it is.
0:52.9	And I appreciate that in this time period, I'm surrounding myself with conversation partners that I can have that with. And I appreciate everyone for tuning in. Supporting the show, a reminder, if you want to support the show, if you want to keep us ad free, if you want to keep this thing going, and these are rough times where people are looking for actual independent voices, We have no corporate backing, no ads, none of that stuff.
1:13.7	Head over to patreon.com slash McCrack Podcast.
1:16.0	Support the show, but also gain access to the weekenders, special events, all of that good stuff.
1:20.6	Patreon.com slash Moncrank podcast.
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