Tue, May 26, 2026
Duane’s World 05/26/26: with Jim Talent
all the nuances about deal negotiations in Iran, and a look at Memorial Day and the American flag, and how James Talarico seems to view it as complicated.
all the nuances about deal negotiations in Iran, and a look at Memorial Day and the American flag, and how James Talarico seems to view it as complicated.
The autopsy over the Democratic autopsy on what went wrong in 2024, plus a little bit of talk about the state of play in the Persian Gulf.
After updating on the President’s trip to China, and Democrats losing their minds nationally and locally in California, James Lileks come along to deliver commentary on another Magnificent Seven series of stories.
Lots of updates on the state of the conflict with Iran and the President’s trip to China with former Senator Jim Talent, plus the latest Democratic stupidity from the national down to the local level.
Wednesdays with Mark Reardon on 93.1FM, KFTK in St. Louis
Duane and Former Senator Jim Talent analyze and comment on the blockade, the economic squeezing strategy Donald Trump has chosen to deploy, and the promising news of cooperation between Israel and Lebanon to root out Hezbollah once and for all.
Duane and Ed cover the update on the Iran war and the very fragile ceasefire. Ed naturally is wrong, but we hash it out nonetheless.
Duane covers the latest on the very fragile ceasefire with Iran, and how the President began moving from carrots to sticks again, and then James Lileks comes back to resurrect the Magnificent Seven.
Lots of analysis and talk about whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran will hold or not.
Duane and former Senator Jim Talent cover the breaking news that a last-minute deal was agreed to by the Iranian regime and Donald Trump, and a two-week ceasefire is supposed to be in place.
Senator Jim Talent returns for the penultimate public edition of Duane’s World to break down where the Iran campaign stands at the five-week mark. With 13,000 targets hit, missile launches down from 170 to 3, and the defense industrial base obliterated, the conversation shifts to Phase Two — regime pressure, oil leverage, Strait of Hormuz negotiations, and Trump’s pursuit of a deal. Plus, the Senate fight over DHS funding, the SAVE Act, and reconciliation math.
Trump reveals Iran handed over a fleet of oil tankers as a “gift” — worth an estimated $3 billion — as back-channel negotiations continue with a 10-day deadline now on the clock. Plus: Trump’s extended call-in to The Five, what the CIA told him about Khamenei’s whereabouts, the Democrats vote against the very voter ID bill their leader said they supported, and of course, James Lileks is in the house for this week’s Top 10.
