# “Need to Change Their Behavior”: U.S. Escalates Strikes on Iran Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/brian-kilmeade-show-745158/need-to-change-their-behavior-u-s-escalates-strikes-on-iran Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/brian-kilmeade-show-745158/need-to-change-their-behavior-u-s-escalates-strikes-on-iran.md Podcast: [Brian Kilmeade Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/brian-kilmeade-show-745158) Published: 2026-07-20T17:44:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM8300863351.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM8300863351.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brian-kilmeade-show-745158/episodes/need-to-change-their-behavior-u-s-escalates-strikes-on-iran Duration seconds: 7366 ## Resource Brian Kilmeade breaks down the escalating military conflict with Iran, nine consecutive nights of U.S. strikes, and the battle to reclaim control of the Strait of Hormuz. Lawrence Jones joins in-studio to discuss U.S. strategy, potential drone deals with Ukraine, and why the "MOU is dead." Plus, JINSA CEO Michael Makovsky weighs in on targeting Iran's energy grid, and former Chief Counsel Julian Epstein reacts to radical DSA policies pushed by NYC local leaders. [00:00:00] Lawrence Jones   [00:18:26] Michael Makovsky   [00:36:50] Michael Goodwin   [00:48:30] Julian Epstein   [01:13:37] Sen. Jim Banks   [01:32:00] Roger Zakheim   [01:42:00] Jonathan Hunt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brian-kilmeade-show-745158/episodes/need-to-change-their-behavior-u-s-escalates-strikes-on-iran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/brian-kilmeade-show-745158/need-to-change-their-behavior-u-s-escalates-strikes-on-iran.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.