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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

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The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps.

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  • BLOCKADE COUNTDOWN: What's the End Game?

    BLOCKADE COUNTDOWN: What's the End Game?
    Apr 16 2026
    What is the end game in Iran? What is the blockade achieving? What cards does Iran still hold? Last week, the end was in sight with a two-week ceasefire. Then talks in Pakistan between the US vice president and the Iranians went nowhere, and Trump suddenly imposed a blockade. Since Monday, U.S. forces say they’ve now completely halted all economic trade leaving Iran’s ports. Iran say they’ll retaliate if the blockade continues. Where does the escalation lead? Does Trump have anything left up his sleeve? What exit ramps are there for either side? Steven Simon served in the US State Department, where he specialised in the Middle East and counter-terrorism on President Clinton’s National Security Council. President Obama brought him back into the White House to serve as the NSC’s Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa. He’s a leading world expert on Iran and co-wrote a book in 2011 called “The sixth crisis: Iran, Israel, America and the rumors of war.” His most recent book is “Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East.” Steven joined Josh to explain the logic (or illogic) of Trump’s blockade... and what thirty years of shaping US policy in the Middle East has taught him about how this conflict is likely to end.
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    47 m
  • Josh vs the News: Blockade Games, Orban Ousted, & Elon Notices Australia

    Josh vs the News: Blockade Games, Orban Ousted, & Elon Notices Australia
    Apr 15 2026
    On this week's thrilling instalment of the world's favourite livestream, Josh vs the News: •⁠ ⁠Hormuz gets a Big, Beautiful naval blockade! •⁠ ⁠How Viktor Orbán was defeated by a ranch full of zebras! •⁠ ⁠and why is Elon tweeting about Australia this week? Plus, Professor Szeps answers your questions: "why is US petrol expensive if America doesn't import Iranian oil?" Tune in live every week at uncomfortableconversations.substack.com.
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    44 m
  • "Nuremberg" & the Psychology of Evil

    "Nuremberg" & the Psychology of Evil
    Apr 13 2026
    Were top Nazi leaders mad? Were they evil? Were they like religious fundamentalists, committed to a deranged ideology? Or were they just amoral narcissists grasping for power in the wrong place at the wrong time? Jack el-Hai wrote the book which became the movie "Nuremberg", in which Russell Crowe plays Hermann Göring. In Nuremberg jail, awaiting trial, 22 senior Nazis were interviewed by a young U.S. Army psychiatrist. Psychiatrist Dr Douglas Kelly was only supposed to assess the Nazis’ mental fitness to stand trial. But he became obsessed with identifying a “Nazi personality”. He spent months with Goering, the man who was to succeed Hitler, hunting for traits or disorders that could identify who might commit such atrocities in the future. His private notes were kept secret by Kelly’s family until they released them to Jack. He joined Josh to share what he learned, and what we all should understand about evil.
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    1 h y 15 m
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