This week Seena and Travis take it back to the beginning to help us understand the exact moment when everything went to hell in Palestine. They cover the secret deals and broken promises that led us to where we are today, as well as explain what we’re all getting wrong when we call the region the Middle East. That colonialism is a real cock-up is no surprise, but the inanity of the language is wild. They also talk about Trump’s plans for regime change in Venezuela, Italy standing up for Gaza, and, of course, they monitor JD’s steady decline into despotism.

Sources/Extras:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cn3UP6dp8d0

https://youtu.be/YM8i4LsW0hw?si=2KZMMJjB63yqq2s2

https://www.the-map-as-history.com/History-of-Middle-East-20th-century/the-sykes-picot-agreement

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rdd5dzvro

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/trump-venezuela-maduro.html

https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_7%20Oct_2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eXqLgDF3Lak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZKKlZJqDU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdMz2wSY4I

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