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The Kurds Might Have the Answer, Plus Trump Has A New Grift and JD Promotes Bad Habits

Podcast: The Foreign Report
Published: Jan 22, 2026
Duration seconds: 3461
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Summary

This week we welcome Hamoun Dolatshahi to discuss how the Kurdish-Iranian community is responding to rumblings of the Shah’s return and the thwarted revolution in Iran. We dive into Kurdish culture more broadly and Rojava, their transformative practice of borderless governing. We also take some time to ridicule Trump’s “Board of Peace” and tariff threats, along with JD Vance reminding us that sometimes smoking is therapeutic.