The Find Out Phase of Diplomacy

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Iranian regime is receiving an education of sorts this week, and while we await President Trump's decision on the extent of America's role in busting up the nuclear site at Fordow, the Free Press's Eli Lake (and host of the Breaking History podcast) returns to educate us on why surgical involvement in Iran fits with the "America First" agenda that voters signed up for last November.

Plus, the reunited James, Charles, and Steve talk Skrmetti and Mamdani.

- Music from this week's open: The Israeli Air Force has a hit on Iranian State Television

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0:00.0	I hope you survived while I was gone.
0:02.0	Yeah.
0:02.6	There were many tears, but we did make it.
0:05.5	Ask not what your country can do for you.
0:10.5	Ask what you can do for your country.
0:13.4	Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:18.5	It's the Rickusay podcast with Charles C.W. Cook and Stephen Hayward.
0:22.1	I'm James Lallax.
0:22.9	Today we talk to Eli Lake about what else, the Mideast.
0:25.9	So let's have ourselves a podcast.
0:28.2	Fazhae gobar al-a-lode.
0:30.0	The studio...
0:31.0	Amla, Huachman! I'm not a white man.
0:39.3	Iran's got a lot of trouble.
0:44.3	And they want to negotiate.
0:46.3	And I said, why didn't you negotiate with me before?
0:49.3	All this death and destruction.
0:51.3	Why didn't you negotiate?
0:52.3	I said to the people. Why didn't you negotiate? I said to people, why didn't you negotiate
0:55.1	with me two weeks ago? Welcome, everybody. This is the Rickashay podcast number 746 or 743. For me,
1:04.9	James Lillick's your sort of host, because I've been gone for a couple of weeks, swanning about
1:08.6	Europe and guess what? Here's the good news.
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