{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 217 - Happy Birthday To Me","description":"Jen and Noam are celebrating the president\u2019s birthday! No, we aren\u2019t actually! But we are talking about Trump and his on-again, off-again affair with Iran. After we finished recording this week\u2019s episode there was an announcement of an alleged deal between the US and Iran, which sounds more like Trump capitulating to try to give himself a birthday win. Needless to say, we\u2019ve heard this one before so until there is a signed piece of paper we don\u2019t believe you.  We do believe, however, that the new era of drone warfare is here thanks to Ukraine and the success they have had striking within Russia with their drones. We also agree: war without military casualties is both amazing and terrifying.  Back to the topic of Trump\u2019s birthday, the saga of the Kennedy Center\u2019s name has picked up again this past weekend. It has been reported that Trump\u2019s name has indeed been removed, but there is an\u2026interesting scaffolding of plastic sheeting obscuring the view of the letting on the front of the building. This conversation leads us to once again lament that Congress refuses to do their job and leaves everything to the courts to clean up.  For our WAWC, Noam still really really wants you to watch the Apple TV show Widow\u2019s Bay. He also feels like Apple should be paying him at this point, since they suck at promoting their own content. Jen finally saw The Mandalorian and Grogu, a perfectly fine movie that is really episode 0 of season four of The Mandalorian. Which is a good thing!    ","author_name":"Ambitious Crossover Attempt","author_url":"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ambXover","html":"