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Show Notes · June 22, 2026 · 9AM to Noon ET on WGMD 92.7 and WUSX 98.5

9:00 · Show Open: Iranian Women Defy the Regime

Jake opens on the Iranians living in exile and what this moment means to them now that hopes of regime change appear to have stalled. A new report finds more Iranian women openly defying the theocratic regime's hijab law despite the risk of the morality police, even after a deadly crackdown on protesters.

• Those forced into exile, and what they are thinking as hopes of regime change seem to fade
• Brave women of all ages breaking the strict dress code, with images out of Tehran last week showing one woman in an I Love NY shirt
• Reporting that Iranian security forces killed at least 7,000 protesters in January, according to human rights groups

Sources: New York Post: more Iranian women defy the hijab law · New York Post: deaths in the crackdown reach at least 7,000

Panelist: Homeira Hesami, a former political prisoner from Iran. Hesami says she was arrested at 16 years old for having books that discussed women's rights and resistance.

9:20 · Homeira Hesami: From Prisoner to Community Leader

Hesami escaped the clutches of the regime, came to the United States, and built a successful life here. Jake asks what she is hearing from her contacts inside Iran and whether she is encouraged that the regime has been weakened.

• After furthering her education in the US, she now leads the independent nonprofit Iranian-American Community of North Texas, in operation since 1979
• The group estimates 30,000 Iranian Americans live in North Texas, many with loved ones still in Iran
• What life is like now in Tehran and other regions, and her hopes for the future of Iran

Sources: Iranian-American Community of North Texas · Fox 4 News: North Texas nonprofit and imprisonment

Panelist: Homeira Hesami, a former political prisoner from Iran.

9:35 · Monologue

Jake's daily monologue: We Told You So, Mr. President.

9:45 · Brady Knox: Sorting Out the Iran Negotiations

Foreign affairs reporter Brady Knox helps untangle the delicate Iran negotiations after the Iranian delegation walked out of the talks in Switzerland.

• The delegation left after 80 minutes, with JD Vance in attendance, following a four letter word tirade from President Trump against the regime. Was it planned
• Does the apparent foreign policy mess fall on JD Vance
• Has the negative reaction to the MOU affected President Trump
• His reaction to the departure of Keir Starmer

Source: Brady Knox on X

Panelist: Brady Knox, Foreign Affairs Reporter, Washington Examiner.

10:00 · Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt: Iran Talks, the Deconfliction Cell, and Fauci

Does anyone know what is going on with the Iran talks? A fed up President Trump threatened to seize the Strait of Hormuz and blow the regime apart, and the Iranian negotiators stormed out. General Holt breaks down the strategy.

• Iranian negotiators left the high level talks in Switzerland after Trump threatened to seize the Strait of Hormuz unless the regime opened it and reined in its proxies
• Was this good cop bad cop, after JD Vance said the US hoped to turn over a new leaf? Did Vance create the mess, and can he clean up after himself
• Trump had been criticized for being too soft on the regime with the MOU
• What is a deconfliction cell for Lebanon, and does it end military operations
• We hear Keir is saying goodbye. What is going on there
• And it was Fauci all along. Will the Hague take up this case and put Fauci on trial

Sources: New York Post: Vance on transforming the Iran relationship · New York Post: the Fauci COVID origins cover up · Dangerous Intellectuals

Panelist: Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (ret), host of the Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast. Episode 41 asks what zero point energy is and whether it proves the Philadelphia Experiment was real.

10:30 · Jacob Burg: What Is and Is Not in the Iran Deal

Epoch Times national reporter Jacob Burg walks through what the memorandum of understanding actually contains and what it leaves out.

• Why is JD Vance still saying he hopes the talks in Switzerland will turn over a new leaf, and are those expectations realistic
• A clear breakdown of what is and is not inside the memorandum of understanding to end the Iran war

Sources: The Epoch Times: officials reveal the memorandum of understanding · Jacob Burg on LinkedIn

Panelist: Jacob Burg, National Reporter at The Epoch Times.

11:00 · The Crimes Against Humanity of Dr. Anthony Fauci

Columnist Miranda Devine of the New York Post frames it. On her final day as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard released declassified material that accuses Dr. Anthony Fauci of helping cause the COVID-19 pandemic, covering up the virus origins, and lying to Congress. Jake opens this one to the DIAL producers and callers.

• Gabbard says the documents show Fauci provided millions in taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain of function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements in the intelligence community to bury the lab leak origin, and lied to Congress under oath in 2024
• Now we know why Fauci received a blanket pardon before Biden left office
• Will Republicans go to federal court to have the auto pen pardon nullified
• Will the World Court in the Hague bring Fauci to justice
• Our tax dollars funded this research. Does that make us an accessory because we have grown so disengaged from how our government operates
• What do you think should happen to Dr. Anthony Fauci
• Tulsi Gabbard is a true patriot. Does this make her a viable presidential candidate in 2028

Sources: New York Post: the Fauci COVID origins cover up · New York Post: Gabbard probes US funding of biolabs abroad

Panelist: None. This is a DIAL producers and callers segment.

11:30 · Colonel Wesley Martin: The Resistance and the MOU

Colonel Wesley Martin on the resistance movements working outside Iran to overthrow the regime, and whether the MOU has drained their momentum.

• Have resistance fighters lost hope that the regime would finally be toppled after 47 years, and has the MOU cost them momentum
• Was it odd for President Trump to verbally attack the regime during active negotiations, causing the Iranians to storm out after 80 minutes
• Did the MOU give the regime too much
• What to make of the conflicting messages that the Strait is open to shipping and that the Strait remains closed

Source: colonelwesmartin.com

Panelist: Colonel Wesley Martin, U.S. Army (ret). During his combat tours he served as the senior antiterrorism and force protection officer for all coalition forces in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 and 2, as senior operations officer for Task Force 134 (Detention Operations), and as commander of Forward Operating Base Ashraf, working with the Iranian Mujahedin (MEK / NCRI).

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