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Tommy and Ben talk with the Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian about his book Prisoner, which details the 544 days he spent in an Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin Prison. Jason was held hostage by the Iranian regime and held as leverage in the nuclear negotiations. Jason details his experience while Ben explains what the negotiations were like from his perch in the White House. It is a hell of a good episode.

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First, Tommy talks with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin about Trump’s Syria flip flops and how he’s demoralizing the intel community. Then, Ben Rhodes joins to talk about Secretary Pompeo’s middle east trip and Cairo speech, the new authoritarian President in Brazil, and the anti-BDS bill going through Congress.

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Link includes YouTube video of the interview.

Tommy and Ben Rhodes talk with former US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about his time in Israel, why the Middle East Peace process failed, Trump’s approach to Israel, the BDS movement, whether support for Israel is getting politicized, Netanyahu’s legal jeopardy, and Jared Kushner managing our relationship with Saudi Arabia.

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Link also includes YouTube video of the discussion with Shapiro.

First, Tommy talks with former US Ambassador to Russia Mike McFaul about fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Then Ben Rhodes dials in to discuss the latest with Brexit, a reported meeting between Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and Trump stooge Paul Manafort, protests in France and the climate report, Saudi Arabia, and how the US caused instability in some Latin American countries.

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Ben Rhodes reviews the latest on Trump’s refusal to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for brutally murdering a journalist. Then he talks to three candidates who could hold Trump accountable in a Democratic House – Stephanie Murphy, Dan Feehan, and Andy Kim. All of them have national security backgrounds. All of them are among the very best people. All of us need you to vote this election: VoteSaveAmerica.com

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Tommy talks with new L.A. resident Ben Rhodes about the bizarre Trump NSC memo naming him leader of the Echo Chamber, the state of al Qaeda and the war in Afghanistan, talk of war in Venezuela and weird old John Bolton.

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How can Democrats avoid conventional thinking on foreign policy? A discussion about what a new era of American leadership might look like.

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Ben Rhodes chats with Former White House Communications Director Jen Psaki about what they knew about Russian interference in 2016 and the impact it’s having around the world, as part of his series “The World As It Is” for Crooked Conversations.

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The Wilderness is a documentary from Crooked Media and Two-Up about the history and future of the Democratic Party. Jon Favreau tells the story of a party finding its way out of the political wilderness through conversations with strategists, historians, policy experts, organizers, and voters. In fifteen chapters, the series explores issues like inequality, race, immigration, sexism, foreign policy, media strategy, and how Democrats can build a winning majority that lasts. First episodes drop July 16th and will be available on Mondays.

We get the first four episodes today; drops will be one per Monday afterward.

Chapter One: The Democracy
How did we get here? The history of the Democratic Party, from its birth in the 1820s through the election of Barack Obama.

Chapter Two: The Change
What is Barack Obama's legacy? A closer look at how an historic presidency shaped the party and the country.

Chapter Three: The Nightmare
Why did Democrats lose the 2016 election? The candidates, campaigns, and conditions that led to America's worst person becoming president.

Chapter Four: The Voters
How do we fix what's wrong with the Democratic Party? Focus groups of Democratic voters in Texas and Michigan, along with thousands of callers, offer their views.

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These are up on podcast apps, although CrookedMedia.com has not yet been updated to reflect this at the time of this post.

Tommy talks with Ben Rhodes, author of the new book The World as It Is, which documents Ben’s eight years working in the White House. They talk about Ben’s criticisms of Obama, leading talks with Cuba and going to dinner with Raul Castro, becoming a target of right-wing attacks and more.

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