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Civics 101

Why are we paying more for gas right now?

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.22.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Four years ago we made an episode about how the president has very limited powers when it comes to lowering the price of gas. Turns out, we hadn't considered every possibility. Today, we talk about how a president can make gasoline more expensive, by waging conflict in the middle east. Our guest is Robert Rapier, chemical engineer, investment writer, and energy sector expert. He came back on the show to tell us about the logistics of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz, and whether there are any ways out of this. Click here for our other episode on the price of gas, and read Robert's article here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We're down lower than we've been in seven years, gasoline prices and oil prices, not just the three states that I talk about with $199 a gallon.

0:09.2

How would you like to have $1.99?

0:13.4

The U.S. and Israel have launched strikes and a major military operation targeting Iran.

0:18.7

And good evening. We begin tonight with the escalating

0:21.4

battle over one of the world's most vital shipping channels. Here, not everybody's plan to

0:26.3

vote for Republicans in the midterms who supported Trump. Let's take a listen to one more woman

0:31.0

who we spoke with. And you voted for him? How many times? Three times. That was my bad. Apparently,

0:37.2

I'm an idiot.

0:41.0

You're listening to Civics 101. I'm Nick Capadice. I'm Hannah McCarthy. And today we have a

0:47.0

correction. Maybe more like an update. Four years ago, I made an episode where I implied that the

0:53.3

president has little to no effect on the

0:56.2

price of gas. Turns out, I was wrong. Stick around.

1:03.6

Now, are all the traitors present? Let's get started, shall we? From rags to riches. I'm so sick of

1:10.4

this.

1:12.6

Working like a dog and being treated worse.

1:14.4

Yorkshire to New York.

1:15.7

Or climbers, you and me.

1:18.1

A life dedicated to revenge.

1:20.3

Let's make this an occasion to remember.

1:22.7

A woman of substance on Channel 4.

1:23.6

Stream now.

1:26.2

There once was a woman who lived in a shoe.

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