The US and Iran have seemingly been in conflict for as long as I've been alive. I've been taught to hate Iran because they're a terrorist state, and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American's. However, I've always been somewhat of a contrarian, so my need to know "why" the animosity between these two nations exists, and will there ever be a change.

As I began researching I was surprised to learn that we weren't always at war with Iran, cold or otherwise. In this podcast I wanted to dig into the history between this relationship, and just how it went sour. Who was at fault? Is this a case of "both sides bad" or is there clearly a bad actor that's responsible for this unrest?

I'm not a foreign policy expert, but I was lucky enough to find one for this episode. Morgan Huston is a college professor who works in the national security sector. As an Airforce veteran he has experience in the Middle East, and is very aware of how we got to where we are today. Morgan has his own podcast on YouTube that you can find here https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyMO. He also has a substack where he publishes articles, and you can find that here https://substack.com/@whiskeymo. Finally, here's a link to all of his social media feeds https://linktr.ee/morganhuston

It hasn't been great watching once storied news organizations fall victim to this current authoritarian swoon the country finds itself under. When shows like venerable 60 Minutes become compromised it should serve as a five alarm fire warning, but many of us are left sleep walking from home to work, then back home again just trying to get by. We still need informative, truthful news, but how do we get it with in this legacy media malaise? Enter independent media. It turns out that many of the personalities you've watched over the years are now doing they're own thing, most of them forming their own companies to bring you the truth without the propaganda.

In this episode I list my top 3 independent news sources. I provide a quick bio of each person, then I give you my reasons for why they made my top three. I hope you enjoy it! Be safe until next time!

Jamie

I hope this finds you all in good health and spirit. As each day passes following the death of Charlie Kirk, it seems that the process of taking over the media has been put on an accelerated time table. Media companies are getting snatched up by Trump friendly billionaires with each passing day, and soon there will be no dissenters remaining to speak truth to power. Our freedom of speech will be severely threatened, and while the internet has become the home of free thinkers, even that won't be entirely safe much longer if this trend continues.

Imagine your social media feed getting moderated for content? Imagine your podcast, or blog being shut down because of your anti government speech. I never thought any of this would touch our shores, but more and more I'm realizing this could actually happen here.

I'll continue to publish this podcast for as long as I can, and I will never bow to a dictator or authoritarian.

Peace and love,

Jamie H.