
About this episode
The sketch of a deal to end the war is all but dead; oil is up as strikes rain down. We look at the options available to America—all of them bad. India’s government websites are almost universally impossible to use; we look at the structural reasons behind the bad IT. And the growth of summer camps for adults.
Listen to our “The Weekend Intelligence” episode on kidulting.
Guests and host:
- Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
- Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
- Rachel Mayman, senior audience editor
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Iran war, Strait of Hormuz
- India’s government, IT
- summer camps, kidulting
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