The War Is Back | Ep.072 Lemonade Stand 🍋

July 22, 2026

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A woman walked into an emergency room two weeks ago, sick and vomiting for a month, having lost a dangerous amount of weight. Doctors found a massive mass in her stomach — a bezoar, a clump of undigested food that wouldn't leave. The prescription? Three liters of Coca-Cola per day. She drank a liter and a half daily until the mass dissolved. This is the note the Lemonade Stand hosts use to open an episode that quickly turns grim: the Iran war is back in full force, the US is fighting on multiple fronts, and the economic cushion that kept oil prices from exploding is running out.

The War That Wouldn't End

One month ago, Donald Trump stood in Versailles and signed what was supposed to be the end of hostilities with Iran. The episode marks "day 143 of our short excursion" — and immediately undercuts the celebration. The Treaty of Versailles comparison is intentional: that deal didn't hold either. Since the signing, the US and Iran have been locked in ten straight nights of open warfare, the most intense phase of the conflict since it began. American military bases are being struck directly, and for the first time, there are American casualties. Three service members are named: Isabel Gonzalez, 19; Tyler Fian, 26; and Michael Switch, 30, all killed on a base in Jordan.

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What you'll learn

1 Timestamped Outline
2 (01:32) **Cold Open: The Bezoar Story** - A woman with a stomach mass from delayed digestion on GLP-1s is prescribed three liters of Coca-Cola to dissolve it, leading to a running bit where Doug drinks Diet Coke on air.
3 (05:15) **Iran War Update: 10 Straight Nights of Open Warfare** - One month after Trump's "Treaty of Versailles" photo-op ending the war, US-Iran back-and-forth strikes have resumed at the highest level since the conflict began.
4 (08:57) **Triple Threat on Oil Chokepoints** - All three major Middle Eastern oil straits are under pressure simultaneously for the first time, and Saudi tankers have just reversed course due to Houthi threats.
5 (14:43) **Why Oil Prices Haven't Exploded: China's Hidden Buffer** - Max Fisher video explains China halved oil import demand overnight by burning coal and drawing on opaque reserves larger than the US and rest of world combined.
6 (17:20) **Trump's Dilemma: Diplomacy Failed, Plan A Isn't Working** - Negotiation with Iran has collapsed; Trump is returning to regime-change strategy, but the US has lost 30% of Tomahawk cruise missiles and 50% of Patriot interceptors.
7 (19:04) **Pete Hegseth Asks Congress for More War Funding** - Defense Secretary testifies for additional money; Senator Patty Murray grills him on why Iran can still strike if their capabilities were "functionally destroyed" months ago.

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Show Notes

On this week's show... Aiden phones a friend, Atrioc talks about the Fed, and DougDoug drinks some beverages.

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Episode: 072

Recorded on: July 21st, 2026

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Segments

0:00 Intro

3:50 Iran War Day 143

13:50 China

17:43 Pete Hegseth Asks For More Money

23:47 Trump Tariffs Canada Again

32:12 Canadian's Reaction

34:54 Can America's Reputation Recover?

42:12 Intermission

43:28 Chinese AIs vs America's

48:31 Regulation and National Security

55:15 Copies vs Innovation

1:01:27 Influencing LLM Driven Investing

1:05:20 Truth Social Sells Trump's Tweets

1:07:00 Musk Ignores Tesla Shareholders

1:09:50 Kevin Warsh vs Inflation vs Trump

1:16:34 Apple Partners with Klarna?

1:20:30 Aiden Calls a Doctor

1:25:22 Denmark and the Euro

1:28:29 Outro

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