30 March 2026
Matt K. Lewis (The Daily Beast, MattLewis.org) and Michael Brooks (The Michael Brooks Show, The Majority Report)
On The DMZ, Matt and guest-host Michael discuss a possible Elizabeth Warren presidential run in 2016. Michael thinks that Warren’s outsider status and anti–Wall Street populism could appeal to the zeitgeist on both left and right. But what are the odds of Warren running, let alone being able to defeat Hillary Clinton? Moving to foreign affairs, Michael makes the case for nuclear negotiations with Iran. Can America and Iran put aside their problematic history? Why did France oppose the deal? Plus: Why does Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen still have a job?
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Matt K. Lewis
Michael Brooks
Noam Scheiber’s TNR piece on Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton
Chris Hayes’s book, “Twilight of the Elites”
Michael’s WaPo piece, with Reza Aslan, on Baha’i in Iran
Fresh Air interview with Hooman Majd, author of “The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay”
Richard Cohen’s (latest) controversial column
Aasif Mandvi’s Daily Show piece on Voting Rights Act
The DMZ | Nov 14, 2013 | Matt K. Lewis & Michael Brooks
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The Allure and Danger of Agentic AI
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What’s Israel Thinking?
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Iran’s War for a New Middle East Order
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Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov unpack the logic—and illogic—behind Israel’s and America’s strikes on Iran. Plus: the dopamine theory of MAGA foreign policy, how the Anthropic story got buried by the bombings, and more.
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Will Trump Pull the Trigger on Iran?
Robert Wright and Middle East expert Joshua Landis discuss the logic (or lack thereof) behind air strikes—and the implications for the US, Israel, and the wider region.
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Is Anthropic Misanthropic?
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