Get Wendy Sherman on Pod Save the World

Tensions with Iran are spiking and former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman just warned that Tehran could hold the Strait of Hormuz at risk indefinitely, a choke point that would rattle global energy markets and U.S. politics overnight. As the lead U.S. negotiator for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, her assessment that today’s landscape is “harder” and “riskier” than a decade ago is a five-alarm bell that this week’s headlines are understating.

She has also broken with diplomatic euphemism, saying Benjamin Netanyahu bears responsibility for genocide in Gaza and cautioning that the region could tip into a broader Sunni Shia war, stakes that Pod Save the World will press her to unpack right now. Sherman has been on this show before, appearing in 2019 for a frank discussion of Middle East politics, so listeners know she brings receipts, not spin.

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