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Strait and narrowing: the Iran deal crumbles

15.07.2026
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The sketch of a deal to end the war is all but dead; oil is up as strikes rain down. We look at the options available to America—all of them bad. India’s government websites are almost universally impossible to use; we look at the structural reasons behind the bad IT. And the growth of summer camps for adults


Listen to our “The Weekend Intelligence” episode on kidulting.


Guests and host:

  • Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
  • Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
  • Rachel Mayman, senior audience editor 
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

  • Iran war, Strait of Hormuz
  • India’s government, IT
  • summer camps, kidulting

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