Jordan
Place
A country in the Levant bordered by Israel, the West Bank, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
39 episodes featuring Jordan
Morning Wire
Senate presses Jack Smith as H-1B scrutiny reaches hospitals
The episode connects accountability questions around the Trump prosecutions with a consequential debate over foreign medical graduates and access to residency training.
Sep 30, 2026 · 19 min
The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
AI spending faces a harder test: measurable economic value
The episode connects AI’s uncertain returns with public-safety regulation, lottery economics and the judgment calls behind venture investing.
Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Shawn Ryan Show
McAfee confidant traces war, addiction and spiritual redemption
Jimmy Watson’s account connects the violence of military contracting and private enforcement to McAfee’s volatile world, recovery, and a new faith-driven purpose.
Sep 28, 2026 · 4h 52m
PBD Podcast
Trump’s Iran threat meets Britain’s billionaire tax gamble
The episode connects foreign-policy brinkmanship, punitive taxation, housing pressure, and cultural disputes to broader questions about power and credibility.
Sep 25, 2026 · 2h 21m
The Ezra Klein Show
Abdul El-Sayed links personal history to universal healthcare
The conversation connects identity, institutional failure, healthcare reform, and Middle East policy to competing ideas about what government owes its people.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 38m
The President's Daily Brief
China’s support strengthens Iran’s war effort before Trump-Xi talks
The episode frames Beijing’s assistance to Tehran as a test of whether Washington can address security, trade, and Taiwan within one relationship.
Sep 24, 2026 · 16 min
The Bulwark Daily
Trump’s China pageantry meets Alaska’s populist test
The episode links presidential weakness abroad and corporate influence at home to a broader argument about accountability, costs, and political independence.
Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 20m
Up First from NPR
Carlson breaks with Trump over Iran and Republican power
The interview tests whether Carlson’s opposition to the Iran war signals a durable realignment on the American right or another media-era rupture.
Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 1m
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Trump’s Iran threats collide with fuel politics and Hollywood consolidation
The episode connects presidential war rhetoric, energy policy, electoral maneuvering, and a major media merger to questions of accountability and concentrated power.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 10m
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Trump’s weakness meets an AI regulation backlash
The episode connects Trump’s political vulnerability, industry pressure on AI policy, and intensifying U.S.-China competition to the 2026 electoral map.
Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 8m
Pod Save America
Trump’s press restrictions test media solidarity and democratic norms
The episode connects viewpoint-based press access restrictions to legal precedent, institutional resistance, and broader risks from executive overreach.
Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 21m
TBPN
AI agents challenge platform control across commerce and culture
The episode connects autonomous agents, weather infrastructure, enterprise software, and media consolidation around a common question: who controls increasingly automated systems.
Sep 21, 2026 · 2h 51m
Morning Wire
Burmawi challenges Western assumptions about Islam’s political role
The discussion examines how policymakers interpret Islam and Islamism, and why those interpretations shape debates about American political life.
Sep 20, 2026 · 16 min
The President's Daily Brief
Russia’s election machine meets a widening hybrid war
The episode connects Iran’s targeting of U.S. forces with Russia’s domestic repression and mounting pressure on NATO and Europe.
Sep 19, 2026 · 58 min
PBD Podcast
Rate hikes collide with America’s affordability crisis
The episode connects monetary policy, energy shocks, war risks, and political choices to the rising cost of living and shrinking economic opportunity.
Sep 18, 2026 · 2h 18m
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Trump-Xi talks test trade, technology and agricultural ties
The episode connects weak U.S. housing, Germany’s far-right surge and a high-stakes U.S.-China summit to the economic pressures shaping markets and governments.
Sep 18, 2026 · 48 min
Letters from an American
Judge blocks Trump’s Kennedy Center renaming plan
The ruling tests whether a federally chartered cultural institution can be renamed by its board without congressional approval, amid a costly closure.
Sep 17, 2026 · 14 min
Equity Mates Investing Podcast
AI risks, oil shocks and the superannuation decisions that matter
The episode connects emerging AI threats and energy-driven inflation with practical questions about Australian growth investing and who receives superannuation after death.
Sep 16, 2026 · 43 min
Letters from an American
Trump’s 9/11 account puts presidential memory on trial
Heather Cox Richardson uses disputed recollections of Ground Zero to examine how presidential truthfulness shapes accountability and public memory.
Sep 10, 2026 · 13 min
The Shawn Ryan Show
Cardinal Burke defends the New Testament’s historical and theological claims
The conversation connects Gospel reliability and Christ’s resurrection to Catholic teachings on salvation, worship, family life, and the end of time.
Sep 10, 2026 · 2h 44m
Up First from NPR
U.S.-Iran strikes widen risks from the Gulf to Washington
The episode connects military escalation, pressure on Israeli settlements, and political strain at the Smithsonian to broader questions about regional security and public institutions.
Sep 9, 2026 · 15 min
The Bulwark Daily
Tarlov argues Democrats need facts, empathy and accountability
The conversation connects immediate fights over Trump, national security and political disinformation to the harder question of how Americans can disagree without surrendering principles.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 20m
Pod Save America
Trump’s Iran gamble collides with Republican midterm anxiety
The episode connects Trump’s foreign-policy risks and fundraising strategy to Republican candidates’ electoral calculations, then examines the West Bank’s violence and the political structures behind it.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 44m
Global News Podcast
Iran escalation exposes the costs of prolonged military pressure
The episode connects civilian casualties and regional retaliation with the strain prolonged conflict places on military forces and international stability.
Sep 2, 2026 · 33 min
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Iran retaliation and Markey win reshape a tense morning
The briefing connects a widening U.S.-Iran confrontation with economic pressure and a Massachusetts primary that tests assumptions about Democratic incumbency.
Sep 2, 2026 · 20 min
Global News Podcast
Europe confronts Russia’s expanding hybrid threat
The episode connects escalating pressure on Europe and the US-Iran conflict with legal, medical, and cultural stories carrying wider consequences.
Sep 2, 2026 · 31 min
The Daily
Palestinian family defends home amid West Bank settler siege
Loui Ridi’s account shows how settler violence, military restrictions, and limited diplomatic pressure converge on one family’s ancestral land.
Sep 2, 2026 · 32 min
Up First from NPR
Hormuz tensions collide with gas-price politics and Democratic divisions
The episode connects a volatile confrontation over a critical oil route with domestic affordability pressures and a Democratic Party still debating its direction.
Sep 2, 2026 · 15 min
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Hormuz attacks test diplomacy as markets absorb fresh Iran risk
The episode connects renewed maritime conflict near a vital oil chokepoint with energy prices, bond yields, market nerves, and uncertain diplomacy.
Sep 1, 2026 · 21 min
Letters from an American
Military leaders warn Iran operations threaten U.S. readiness
The reported warning raises questions about whether sustained military operations are weakening the force’s ability to respond to other threats.
Sep 1, 2026 · 10 min
Pod Save America
Trump’s choices deepen Republican risks before the 2026 midterms
The episode connects war, trade, election oversight, constitutional disputes, and AI backlash to mounting political and institutional risks for Republicans.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 45m
Global News Podcast
US-Iran strikes test diplomacy as crises spread worldwide
The episode connects a dangerous military escalation with humanitarian disasters, cultural destruction, migration fears, scientific discovery, and an uneven cultural recovery.
Aug 31, 2026 · 32 min
Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Iran strikes put Hormuz, oil markets and diplomacy under pressure
The episode connects renewed military exchanges with sanctions, constrained shipping, oil-market risk and wider uncertainty for investors and governments.
Aug 31, 2026 · 24 min
Global News Podcast
Hormuz fighting widens as disasters and cultural losses mount
The episode connects renewed conflict over a vital shipping route with humanitarian disasters, attacks on cultural identity, and stories of resilience in medicine and science.
Aug 31, 2026 · 33 min
Up First from NPR
Oil access tests Washington’s Venezuela strategy
The episode connects a high-stakes oil agreement to questions about democracy, military escalation, government funding, and Republican strategy before the midterms.
Aug 31, 2026 · 15 min
The Bulwark Daily
Iran conflict tests Democrats’ leverage over Trump
The episode connects military secrecy, economic pressure, and congressional inaction to a broader debate over how Democrats can constrain the administration.
Aug 31, 2026 · 57 min
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Foreign policy tests Democrats’ midterm strategy
The episode connects Democratic unity and Senate races to the military, media, and economic consequences of Trump’s foreign-policy agenda.
Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 1m
Up First from NPR
Iran pressure collides with a widening trade war
The episode connects escalating economic pressure on Iran with threats to global energy flows and a tariff fight that could raise costs across North America.
Aug 24, 2026 · 15 min
The Daily
Missile shortages expose a widening U.S. strategic vulnerability
Depleted interceptor stocks could limit the administration’s options in Iran while weakening U.S. readiness in Europe and Asia.
Aug 11, 2026 · 35 min