Episodes

  • Trump can't outrun Epstein firestorm as bombshell details emerge | Scott Lucas

    Trump can't outrun Epstein firestorm as bombshell details emerge | Scott Lucas
    Jun 11 2026

    Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale for the first edition of The Week That Was to analyse the latest developments in the Iran conflict, why Trump may have less leverage than he claims in negotiations with Tehran, the growing economic pressure from inflation and tariffs, explosive new reporting on the White House's handling of the Epstein files fallout, and why politics is threatening to overshadow the opening of the FIFA World Cup.



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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Trump being 'played' as his Iran spin completely unravels | Ex US Marine

    Trump being 'played' as his Iran spin completely unravels | Ex US Marine
    Jun 10 2026
    Former US Marine and national security expert Hal Kempfer joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest escalation in the Iran conflict, including the downing of a US Apache helicopter, questions over Iran's remaining military capability, and whether Trump's claims about imminent negotiations are beginning to unravel.

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    29 mins
  • Trump’s risky move could see him impeached by the 'only' people he has left

    Trump’s risky move could see him impeached by the 'only' people he has left
    Jun 9 2026
    Professor Robert Kelly joins Maddie Hale to discuss whether Donald Trump has lost control of the Iran conflict, the growing divide between Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu over how the war should end, and whether the President is now paying a political price for a war he once promised voters he would never start.

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    22 mins
  • Trump just learnt a brutal lesson — wars are easier to start than finish | Sean Bell

    Trump just learnt a brutal lesson — wars are easier to start than finish | Sean Bell
    Jun 8 2026

    Retired Air Vice Marshal and former fighter pilot Sean Bell joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest Israel-Iran strikes, whether Trump's war has strengthened rather than weakened Tehran's negotiating position, and growing tensions between the US President and Benjamin Netanyahu as the fragile ceasefire comes under renewed pressure.



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    23 mins
  • Trump's biggest crisis is 'entirely of his own making' | Lt General Ben Hodges

    Trump's biggest crisis is 'entirely of his own making' | Lt General Ben Hodges
    Jun 5 2026
    Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Hezbollah's rejection of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, mounting questions over Iran's enriched uranium stockpile, and whether Trump's strategy for ending the war is beginning to unravel.

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    26 mins
  • Trump thought he'd get a better deal — instead he got a war

    Trump thought he'd get a better deal — instead he got a war
    Jun 4 2026
    Former National Security Council Director for Iran and Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University, Richard Nephew, joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest developments in the Iran conflict, Trump's diplomatic options moving forward, and Congress's push to limit the President's war powers.

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    21 mins
  • Trump claimed nobody saw this coming — every war game predicted it

    Trump claimed nobody saw this coming — every war game predicted it
    Jun 3 2026
    Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's claim that Iran has agreed not to build a nuclear weapon, whether withdrawing from the JCPOA set the US on the path to war, and reports the President was warned Iran could weaponise the Strait of Hormuz.

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    28 mins
  • Trump just got slapped with a humiliating ‘reality check’ | Scott Lucas

    Trump just got slapped with a humiliating ‘reality check’ | Scott Lucas
    Jun 1 2026

    Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest developments in the Iran war, Donald Trump’s medical checkup is met with questions and several artists pull out of Trump’s Freedom 250 / Great American State Fair celebration.


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    43 mins