Jen and Noam check in to discuss Scott Wiener's bad week of being hounded in public over his very tepid support of Israel, the primary win of Darializa Chevalier in the NY-13 district and should we care, and what exactly is going on with the "ceasefire" with Iran and why it is that the US is needing bomb the same places we bombed back in April.

For our WAWC, we go back to our roots and tell you to watch anime! Noam finished up Dr. Stone (and Dr. Stone finished up producing new episodes) and he gives a few thoughts on the series as a whole now that it's over. Jen recommends the first season of Witch Hat Atelier, which just finished airing and…well….the less you know going in the better.

Noam and Jen reflect (heh) on the past week, starting with the reflecting pool and moving on to what exactly is going on with the US and Iran and the MOU. It's all a bit murky, nobody is doing their best work, and everyone has someone to blame for the failure.

For our WAWC, it's time for season 3 of House of the Dragon! We finally get our big boat fight, some character deaths, and Jen pointing out that everyone in the show under the age of 30 needs to be locked away somewhere so they stop messing everything up.

Jen and Noam are celebrating the president's birthday! No, we aren't actually! But we are talking about Trump and his on-again, off-again affair with Iran. After we finished recording this week's episode there was an announcement of an alleged deal between the US and Iran, which sounds more like Trump capitulating to try to give himself a birthday win. Needless to say, we've heard this one before so until there is a signed piece of paper we don't believe you.

We do believe, however, that the new era of drone warfare is here thanks to Ukraine and the success they have had striking within Russia with their drones. We also agree: war without military casualties is both amazing and terrifying.

Back to the topic of Trump's birthday, the saga of the Kennedy Center's name has picked up again this past weekend. It has been reported that Trump's name has indeed been removed, but there is an…interesting scaffolding of plastic sheeting obscuring the view of the letting on the front of the building. This conversation leads us to once again lament that Congress refuses to do their job and leaves everything to the courts to clean up.

For our WAWC, Noam still really really wants you to watch the Apple TV show Widow's Bay. He also feels like Apple should be paying him at this point, since they suck at promoting their own content. Jen finally saw The Mandalorian and Grogu, a perfectly fine movie that is really episode 0 of season four of The Mandalorian. Which is a good thing!