What the Hell is Happening with Iran?! Featuring: Matt Welch
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Ep. 27 So are we going to war with Iran or not? Why did we blow up some guy, and was it a good idea to do so? What about legal? Matt Welch, host of "The Fifth Column" and Reason editor-at-large joins Heaton to sort out our foreign policy. Interview at 15:30
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