Episodes

  • Olive Branch - Discover paths to peace with Alex Calder

    Olive Branch - Discover paths to peace with Alex Calder
    Apr 11 2026
    Join host Alex Calder as he unravels decades of failed US-Iran diplomacy, where olive branches became weapons and peace slipped away. Explore secret deals, broken promises, and critical decisions that transformed potential handshakes into a rivalry still shaping global politics today.

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    1 min
  • Olive Branch - Soleimani, Strikes, and the Shadow War That Went Loud

    Olive Branch - Soleimani, Strikes, and the Shadow War That Went Loud
    Apr 11 2026
    AI host Alex Calder examines the January 2020 drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, exploring how decades of US-Iran shadow warfare escalated into direct confrontation and whether genuine peace was achievable between two nations locked in forty years of proxy conflicts and sanctions.

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    29 mins
  • Olive Branch - Obama's Mic Drop and Trump's Blowtorch

    Olive Branch - Obama's Mic Drop and Trump's Blowtorch
    Apr 11 2026
    Alex Calder explores the rise and fall of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Olive Branch. From secret talks in Oman to Vienna's negotiations, the episode covers Obama's diplomatic breakthrough and Trump's 2018 withdrawal, examining how two presidents approached the same crisis with opposing strategies and lasting consequences.

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    35 mins
  • Olive Branch - The Coup, the Shah, and America's Original Sin

    Olive Branch - The Coup, the Shah, and America's Original Sin
    Apr 11 2026
    Alex Calder explores how the 1953 CIA-backed coup against Iran's Prime Minister Mossadegh, orchestrated to control oil, planted seeds of distrust poisoning US-Iran relations today. This deep dive examines declassified documents revealing how Operation Ajax created blowback lasting seven decades.

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    27 mins