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Hey folks,
Katie Phang and I went live again for another episode of Breaking Bread, and we started with something personal—how heavy the moment feels right now—and ended up in a pretty raw conversation about war, truth, and the people making life-and-death decisions from comfortable offices thousands of miles away. We talked about the reported bombing of a school in Iran, the administration’s refusal to take responsibility, and Lindsey Graham basically volunteering your kids for another war.
Here’s what we got into:
[00:01:07] Katie opens up about the strange anxiety of living through unstable times — how ordinary mornings can suddenly turn into history’s worst days.
[00:07:50] We break down the horrific school bombing in Iran and why the administration’s explanation simply doesn’t add up.
[00:12:00] Katie questions whether Americans can trust anything coming from this administration anymore — and why that erosion of trust is so dangerous.
[00:18:10] The bigger problem: a world run by aging political leaders making decisions whose consequences they’ll never have to live with.
[00:23:00] Lindsey Graham suggests sending American sons and daughters to fight in Iran — and we ask the obvious question: who exactly volunteered him to decide that?
This episode is about more than one tragedy or one reckless statement. It’s about a system where accountability feels optional, where the truth gets buried under spin, and where ordinary people — here and abroad — pay the price for decisions made by powerful men who will never see the fallout themselves.
If conversations like this matter to you — honest, unfiltered, and focused on the human stakes — help me keep building this space.
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With urgency,
—Mike
