{"podcast":{"title":"The Bulletin","slug":"the-bulletin-5801357","podcast_index_feed_id":5801357,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thebulletin","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/64d0c8ee-517d-11ed-aaa2-13f947ab154e/image/241e9457c5df7d18a2eb054fa51c6498.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Christianity Today","episode_count":290,"summary":"The Bulletin is a podcast for Christians seeking insights into the events, questions, and people that are shaping their world. Each episode will help Christians consider the intersection of faith, culture and spiritual formation. Subscribe today!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T22:19:48.199700+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulletin-5801357"},"episode":{"title":"Failed Iran Talks, Draft Registration, Orbán's Loss, and Revenge Addiction","slug":"failed-iran-talks-draft-registration-orb-n-s-loss-and-revenge-addiction","published_at":"2026-04-14T11:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulletin-5801357/failed-iran-talks-draft-registration-orb-n-s-loss-and-revenge-addiction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulletin-5801357","url":"https://www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the-bulletin/270-iran-negotiations-selective-service-hungary-elections-orban-revenge-addiction","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CHRTDY3127676724.mp3?updated=1776140861","summary":"President Trump announced that the US will engage in a blockade of Iranian ports after Vice President JD Vance’s negotiations fell flat and Iran refused to curb its nuclear program. Then, The New York Times reports that the US government will begin automatically registering men ages 18-25 with the Selective Service System. And, Hungary’s far-right prime minister of 16 years, Viktor Orbán, was defeated by center-right candidate Peter Magyar. The Bulwark’s Mona Charen joins Clarissa Moll to discuss these headlines. Then, Clarissa sits down with researcher at Yale School of Medicine James Kimmel Jr to talk about how revenge mimics addiction in the brain. TO LEARN MORE: The Mona Charen Show Mona Charen’s Substack The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction--and How to Overcome It. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist, the policy editor of The Bulwark, and the host of the podcast The Mona Charen Show. James Kimmel Jr. is a violence researcher, psychiatry professor, and author who explores the science of revenge, addiction, forgiveness, and violence. He identified compulsive revenge seeking as an addiction, and founded Revenge Anonymous, a 12-step program for recovering from revenge addiction. He is most recently the author of The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction--and How to Overcome It. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll and with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist). Each week, the show explores current ev…","meta_description":"President Trump announced that the US will engage in a blockade of Iranian ports after Vice President JD Vance’s negotiations fell flat and Iran refused t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2246,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bulletin-5801357/episodes/failed-iran-talks-draft-registration-orb-n-s-loss-and-revenge-addiction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulletin-5801357/failed-iran-talks-draft-registration-orb-n-s-loss-and-revenge-addiction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}