Iran war identity crisis, Cuba without power, and alpine divorce

Iran war identity crisis, Cuba without power, and alpine divorce

Author: Amanda Stephens, Hanna Bilinski,Rti March 30, 2026 Duration: 0:00

This week, hosts Amanda and Hanna tackle defections and ideology clashes in Trump’s party over the Iran war, what’s happening in Cuba, and a trend called the "alpine divorce". 

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Iran War effects on domestic support :  1. The Republican Identity Crisis Over the Iran War (Natalie Kitroeff and Robert Draper, The Daily NYT podcast), 2. Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, urging Trump to 'reverse course' (Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC), 3. Ossoff grills Gabbard on whether Iran posed ‘imminent nuclear threat’(Ryan Mancini , The Hill)

Cuba's power crisis: 1. Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why its troubles are far from over (Mauricio Torres and Michael Rios, CNN), 2. National blackout hits Cuba for second time in a week (Will Grant and Harry Sekulich, BBC), 3. Aid vessel arrives in Havana as Cuba’s economic and energy crises deepen ( Andrea Rodríguez, AP News)

Alpine divorce: 1. Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’? (Alaina Demopoulos, The Guardian), 2. The concept of an “alpine divorce”... (Emma Choi, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR)


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