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Podcast: The Katie Halper Show
Episode: 253-Juan Cole: Trump's Iran sanctions like "putting a pillow over a baby in its crib" + Ali Gharib
Description: I speak to Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, about Trump's killing of Soleimani and his military and economic treatment of Iran. Then I speak with Iranian-American journalist and Intercept editor Ali Gharib about his view of the conflict. Cole's His most recent book is Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. He is also the author of The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East (2014); Engaging the Muslim World (2009); Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East (2007); and many other books. He has appeared on PBS’s Le...