<p>Hello!</p><p>Today we’re fast-tracking an episode just so we keep on pace with breaking news and bring you a talk with Robert Malley, a lecturer at the Yale Jackson School who worked as a lead negotiator on the 2015 Obama Iran Nuclear Deal, and Stephen Wertheim, a historian of US foreign policy and one of the best follows on <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/stephenwertheim">Twitter</a>. They discuss the recent op-ed they authored in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/iran-trump-war-foreign-policy.html"><em>Times</em></a> and lay out what happened a historical perspective on the past ten years of diplomacy, Trump’s turn, and pretty much everything you really should know about what’s going on in Iran. Very informative episode, take a listen. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://goodbye.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">goodbye.substack.com/subscribe</a>