75 years of mutual destruction. 13 American presidents. 2 Iranian Supreme Leaders. Not a single decade of peace.

Tonight, I walk you through the entire seventy-five-year history of the United States and Iran in one continuous documentary. From a phone call in Washington in 1953, to a coup in Tehran one summer night in August, to the long quiet years of the Shah's restoration, to a wall climbed at an embassy in autumn, to a desert where eight Americans died for nothing, to a Bible delivered with a planeload of missiles, to a passenger plane shot from the sky, to a windowless room in Vienna where a deal was signed and another room in Washington where it was torn up, to a pair of black sedans on an airport access road in Baghdad, to a young woman who would not survive a hijab inspection.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Where Are You Listening From Tonight
(00:00:10) A Phone Call in 1953 That Bought a 73-Year War
(00:02:53) Soleimani, a Hellfire, and a Ring on His Right Hand
(00:06:54) Mossadegh's Pyjamas and the Oil Iran Refused to Surrender
(00:22:19) The Shah Restored, Atoms for Peace, and a Nuclear Seed
(00:37:32) 444 Days: The Embassy Wall Climbed at 10:30 AM
(00:49:56) Reagan Armed Iraq Then Sold Iran Missiles in Secret
(01:03:46) Iran Air 655, 290 Dead, and the Apology That Never Came
(01:14:23) Khatami's Open Hand, Axis of Evil, and the Door Slammed Shut
(01:26:46) Stuxnet, Unit 8200, and the First Cyberweapon in History
(01:37:28) The JCPOA Signed in Vienna, Torn Up in Washington
(01:48:31) Soleimani Killed, Mahsa Amini, and the 2024 Missile Strike
(02:01:32) 75 Years of Miscalculation, For a Restless Mind Tonight

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