The Iran War Factions are Taking Shape as the Right Begins to Implode
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
This time, John discusses Joe Kent who resigned as the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, which is part of Tulsi Gabbard’s office. Kent cited the war with Iran as his reason for leaving. John also talks about the ongoing conflict in Iran, emphasizing the internal divisions within the Republican party and the implications for American foreign policy. He raises important questions about accountability and the potential consequences of military action, encouraging listeners to think critically about the narratives presented in the media. Then, he interviews Elizabeth Vartkessian who's been investigating the life histories of those facing the most severe penalties possible in the U.S. They talk about her new book "The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal About American Justice". Next, John speaks with Tony Box who served as a Judge Advocate General officer while being deployed to Iraq. His career experience includes working as an investigator with the Congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting, for the Department of Defense, as a special agent and member of the SWAT team with the FBI, as an assistant U.S. Attorney, and in private practice. Having operated in both military and federal law enforcement leadership roles for decades, Tony brings a unique perspective on whether we're heading down a familiar and risky path. And finally, John jokes with comedian Keith Price and they talk listeners off the edge and calm their fears about voting, gas prices, and the War in Iran.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the John Fuglesang podcast. |
| 0:09.9 | This is Sirius XM Progress. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm John Fuglesang. |
| 0:13.0 | Good evening. |
| 0:13.4 | And welcome to the unstoppable force. |
| 0:16.1 | That is, tell me everything. |
| 0:17.7 | Mostly unstoppable unless I'm sick or Chris and Thea lose their signal or there's a |
| 0:22.3 | blackout while we're live on the air in Tucson or if there's storms all up and down the East Coast |
| 0:27.1 | that keep me from getting home in time to do the show on a random Monday. Other than those times, |
| 0:32.6 | we're unstoppable. I think, I think if there's one lesson to learn, is that maybe Chris and Thea are finally believing in Mercury and Retrograde, as I am. Thanks to everyone for it last night. Thank you, Max Burns, for filling in. Chris, Chris called it. I call him from Texas. I say, hey, I'm waiting to catch my flight back. And I got up at 4.30 in the morning to make sure I'd get back early. And boy, there's a lot of delays here, I'm noticing. And Chris is like, I'm going to get you a, I'm going to ask Max to fill out. I'm like, no, no, Chris, I'll make it home. I'm going to, Chris is always right, is what I'm trying to say. Chris is always right. And, uh, and I am humbled. And thank you, Chris, for getting Max early as opposed to other times. |
| 1:12.2 | We seem unstoppable, but for the last week, the math here tells me that we are 56% stoppable. |
| 1:19.3 | We are rather stoppable. And again, this is after there's a blackout that took out the power |
| 1:25.5 | for like my entire neighborhood in Tucson the first night we were there |
| 1:28.3 | when I'm doing the show live from a hotel room and then yeah you and Thea got thrown off the |
| 1:32.3 | satellite last week so who knows what maybe maybe a meteor crashing on Cleveland who knows |
| 1:39.4 | what could cause this tonight but we're glad you're with us and let's all appreciate the time we have, because we never know when it could go away, just like that. A 17,000-pound meteor was spotted streaking across the skies of Western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio before exploding in a loud atmospheric boom over Cleveland, and I just want to say no one knows that that's how much the meteor weighed, and it's rude to make guesses like that. |
| 2:01.0 | Come on. |
| 2:02.2 | Come on. |
| 2:02.8 | If that was your meteor, would you want some strange? |
| 2:05.0 | The New York City MTA has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking the |
| 2:09.0 | release of funding for that Second Avenue subway that Trump has held back because he is a little, |
| 2:14.8 | petty, small weiner man with tiny hands. |
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