The Deal Podcast
1) Episode 5: The Power to Hurt
It’s not that we’re going to wake up tomorrow and there will be a nuclear war. It’s that if things don’t change, someday there will be. Content warning: This episode refers to Islamophobic sentime...Show More
2) Introducing: The Reason We’re All Still Here
With the Iran nuclear deal dead as a doorknob, Jeffrey Lewis set out to make a new podcast, one that tells stories of scientists, journalists and maybe a vigilante or two... private citizens who are w...Show More
3) Episode 5: The Worst Case Scenario (Almost)
The invasion of Iraq led Jeffrey Lewis to make the spread of nuclear weapons the focus of his professional life. The ensuing carnage made clear that solving these problems with force only makes things...Show More
4) Episode 4: Stuxnet
Everyone always asks, "what about Stuxnet?" Yeah? What about it?
5) Episode 3: Safeguards
The IAEA is sort of like a beach club. You don't HAVE to join. But there are perks if you do.
6) Episode 2: Nuclear Rx
Like most things, nuclear technology is not all bad.
7) Episode 1: What Is Past Is Prologue
Why is the Biden administration so cautious about something that is so obviously in our interest?
8) Episode 4: The Unraveling
Not everyone is impressed by Moniz and Salehi’s clever solutions.
9) Episode 3: The Scientists
Two former MIT colleagues, Dr. Ernie Moniz and Dr. Ali Salehi, are brought to the world’s highest-stakes negotiating table.
10) Episode 2: The Backchannel
An Iranian volley is returned after 10 years.