Swalwell That Ends Well

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Today we discuss dubious reports on the Americans offering Iran to suspend uranium enrichment for 20 years, and how the ongoing naval crisis might affect Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping. Plus, Eric Swalwell resigns from congress over sexual misconduct allegations, the Israeli-Lebanese talks in DC, and the online feud between the White House and the Vatican. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drinks can make, some die of birds.
0:14.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:18.0	Hope for the best, expect the worst. Welcome to the Best and Spend the worst.
0:21.1	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine
0:24.5	Daily podcast. Today is Tuesday,
0:26.6	April 14th, 2026.
0:29.0	I am John Podhoards, the editor of
0:30.6	Commentary Magazine with me, as always,
0:32.9	Executive Editor, 8 Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
0:35.4	Hi, John.
0:36.3	Senior editor, Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Senior editor, Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth.
0:39.0	Hi, John. And Washington Free Beacon editor, Eliana. Johnson, hi, Eleana.
0:43.5	Hi, John.
0:46.0	Okay, so just get Iran out of the way very quickly.
0:51.8	Story has been circulating for the last 18 hours that the United States offered Iran a deal
0:59.4	where they would suspend enrichment for 20 years in exchange for a deal, and the Iranians
1:07.0	came back with five years.
1:08.7	And I do not believe this story to be true.
1:11.0	And I'm just going to explain why.
1:12.9	Three major sources, three major outlets have reported this story.
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