A discussion of the historical trajectory informing the current polycrisis reverberating from the Strait of Hormuz with two historians of Iranian Oil, authors of "Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran" (Edinburgh UP, 2025) and "Machineries of Oil" (MIT Press, 2018).

Cast (in order of appearance): Matt Seybold, Katayoun Shafiee, and Mattin Biglari

Music: Danny Weiss Quartet, Moby

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