When America admired Iran, plus what are conservative environmentalists fighting for?
May 28, 2026•55 min
Episode description
Historian and author John Ghazvinian argues that the past fifty years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran are an exception in a much longer relationship marked by fascination, cooperation, and mutual admiration. And an American journalist embeds with a group of young Republican conservationists, to try to pin down what they really value.
Guests
- John Ghazvinian, historian, former journalist and author of America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
- Gaby del Valle, journalist, article in Harper's Magazine about the American Conservation Coalition
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