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Follow the leader: Iran picks the son

09.03.2026
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After Iran appoints a new supreme leader, what does the choice tell us about the resilience of the regime and how the war will progress? Scientific research in America has taken a battering in Donald Trump’s second term. And why British choirs face a shortage of tenor voices.


Guests and host:

  • Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
  • Daniella Raz, US correspondent
  • Joel Budd, Britain social affairs editor
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

  • Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, oil prices
  • Scientific research, National Science Foundation, renewable energy
  • Tenors, choirs, Oxford University

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