War Desk

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War Desk is an AI-native investigative series built to track the real risk of global war. With thousands of military reports, declassified government testimony, intelligence assessments, and verified conflict data now publicly available, the volume of information exceeds what any traditional newsroom can process. AI can.

This series leverages artificial intelligence at every layer of production. From custom-built architecture that ingests and cross-references thousands of primary source documents, to AI-generated audio that delivers findings in a consistent, accessible format, War Desk represents a new model for geopolitical journalism. What would take a team of defense analysts months to compile, AI can process in days, surfacing patterns, contradictions, and connections across theaters that would otherwise remain buried across separate headlines.


Each episode draws directly from primary sources: Department of Defense force posture statements, IAEA safeguards reports, Congressional testimony, think tank assessments from CSIS, RAND, and ISW, declassified intelligence estimates, and verified conflict databases. The AI architecture identifies relevant findings, cross-references claims across sources, and synthesizes them into episodes that make this information accessible to the public.

The series covers the five active flashpoints that could escalate to major war: the U.S.-Iran confrontation, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the global alliance structures that connect them. It examines the military deployments, the nuclear timelines, the economic consequences, and the decisions being made by specific people in specific rooms.


This is not sensationalized content. It is not political commentary. It is documented fact, processed at scale, and presented with journalistic rigor. The goal is simple: give the public the same quality of threat assessment that governments produce internally.

War Desk is politically neutral by design. Every side's claims are sourced and attributed. Adversarial media is labeled. No spin. No speculation. Every source for every episode is published at wardesk.fm so listeners can verify every claim themselves.

New episodes release daily, with AI enabling rapid analysis and production that keeps pace with a fast-moving geopolitical landscape. Journalistic standards guide the output. Every claim is tied to specific documents. The series clearly distinguishes between verified facts, official claims, and unresolved contradictions.


This is documented fact, processed at scale, presented for the public.


Episode Date
Day 76: EPIC Fury Continues Past Legal Deadline
May 14, 2026
Day 75: Netanyahu Coalition Collapses Over Haredi Draft
May 13, 2026
Day 74: President Rejects Iran Peace Plan Unread
May 12, 2026
Day 73: Lebanon Ceasefire Loophole Permits Daily
May 11, 2026
Day 72: Hormuz Blockade Doubles Fertilizer Prices
May 10, 2026
Day 71: US F-18S Disable Iranian Tankers in Hormuz
May 09, 2026
Day 70: US Destroyers Run Out of Interceptors in Hormuz
May 08, 2026
Day 69: Maritime Insurers Block Project Freedom Escorts
May 07, 2026
Day 68: Iran Swarm Attack Forces End of Project Freedom
May 06, 2026
Day 67: US Project Freedom Triggers UAE Oil Strike
May 05, 2026
Day 66: US Ceasefire Claim Bypasses War Authorization
May 04, 2026
Day 65: US Rejects Iran 14-Point Peace Proposal
May 03, 2026
Day 64: US Declares War Over to Bypass Legal Deadline
May 02, 2026
Day 63: 20,000 Sailors Trapped as Hormuz Blockade Holds
May 01, 2026
Day 62: IDF Says Lebanon Truce Limits Hezbollah Ops
Apr 30, 2026
Day 61: US Rejects Iran Offer to Reopen Hormuz Strait
Apr 29, 2026
Day 60: Oil Hits $108 as Hormuz Traffic Plummets
Apr 28, 2026
Day 59: US Rejects Iran Hormuz-for-Nukes Deal
Apr 27, 2026
Day 58: Sanctioned Vessels Bypass US Strait of Hormuz
Apr 26, 2026
Day 57: Israel Kills 12 in Gaza, Lebanon Truce Cracks
Apr 25, 2026
Day 56: Iran Naval Raids Block Strait of Hormuz Oil
Apr 24, 2026
Day 55: US Naval Blockade of Iran Continues
Apr 23, 2026
Day 54: US Naval Blockade Risks Permanent Iran Oil
Apr 22, 2026
Day 53: US Blocks Hormuz as Iran Demands Remain Unmet
Apr 21, 2026
Day 52: US Navy Seizes MV Tuska and Closes Hormuz
Apr 20, 2026
Day 51: US Navy Blocks Strait of Hormuz
Apr 19, 2026
Day 50: US Navy Blockade and Mines Paralyze Hormuz
Apr 18, 2026
Day 49: Iran Controls Strait of Hormuz via Mandatory Corridor
Apr 17, 2026
Day 48: Iranian Oil Exports Bypass US Naval Blockade
Apr 16, 2026
Day 47: Iran Vessels Bypass US Strait of Hormuz
Apr 15, 2026
Day 46: Trump Orders Navy to Interdict Ships in Hormuz
Apr 14, 2026
Day 45: Islamabad Talks Collapse and US Blocks Hormuz
Apr 13, 2026
Day 44: Iran and US Talks Fail in Islamabad
Apr 12, 2026
Day 43: Iran Demands $100B, Extorts Ships
Apr 11, 2026
Day 42: Hormuz Shipping Stops as Iran Ceasefire Fails
Apr 10, 2026
Day 41: Israel Hits 100 Targets Despite Iran Ceasefire
Apr 09, 2026
Day 40: Trump Signs 14-Day Ceasefire With Iran
Apr 08, 2026
Day 39: Trump Threatens Iran Infrastructure Destruction
Apr 07, 2026
The Analyst Who Went to the Strait of Hormuz
Apr 07, 2026
Day 38: Trump Rants at Iran After Rescuing US Colonel
Apr 06, 2026
Day 37: US Rescues Downed Airman, Trump Issues 48-Hour Hormuz Ultimatum
Apr 05, 2026
Day 36: Iran Shoots Down US F15 and A10 Jets
Apr 04, 2026
Day 35: Trump Requests New Iran War Funding
Apr 03, 2026
Day 34: Israel Strikes IRGC-controlled compound in Tehran
Apr 02, 2026
Day 33: Israel Blocks 600K Lebanese From Border
Apr 01, 2026
Day 32: Germany to Repatriate 80% Syrians
Mar 31, 2026
Day 31: Houthis strike Israel; Gulf states face multi-front assault
Mar 30, 2026
Day 30: IRGC threatens universities; Israel claims nuclear program damage
Mar 29, 2026
Day 29: Israel strikes Iran nuclear sites; Iran hits Prince Sultan, 10 US wounde
Mar 28, 2026
Day 28: 10 Day Bombing Pause With No Deal in Sight
Mar 27, 2026
ECB Triggers Recession to Survive the Hormuz Oil Shock
Mar 26, 2026
Day 27: Iran Demands War Reparations, Rejects Deal
Mar 26, 2026
US Army Now Enlisting 42 Year Olds With Weed Records
Mar 25, 2026
Day 26: Iranian Warhead Hits Building Near Tel Aviv
Mar 25, 2026
Day 25: Missiles Near a Nuclear Reactor as Strikes Pause
Mar 24, 2026
Day 24: Both Sides Deny the Bombing Pause Is Real
Mar 24, 2026
Day 23: 48 Hour Ultimatum With Zero US Minesweepers
Mar 22, 2026
Day 22: Iran's Missiles Flew Double Their Known Range
Mar 21, 2026
Day 21: Iran Hit an F-35 for the First Time
Mar 20, 2026
Day 20: Oil Hits $150 After Israel Strikes South Pars
Mar 19, 2026
Pakistan Bombed a Kabul Hospital With 3,000 Inside
Mar 18, 2026
Day 19: One Strike Killed 300 Iranian Commanders
Mar 18, 2026
Zero US Carriers in the Pacific as China Eyes Taiwan
Mar 18, 2026
Ray Dalio: The Strait of Hormuz Will Break the Dollar
Mar 17, 2026
Day 18: UAE Shot Down 1,627 Drones in Two Weeks
Mar 17, 2026
Day 17: Iran's Drones Now Carry Heat Seeking Missiles
Mar 16, 2026
Day 16 Recap: Strait of Hormuz Closed, 6 US Airmen Killed, Oil at $100+
Mar 15, 2026
Day 15: Kharg Island Bombed — Oil Infrastructure Spared
Mar 14, 2026
Day 14: Russia Gave Iran Locations of Every US Warship
Mar 13, 2026
Day 13: The UN Voted, Iran Named Its Price, and Six Ships Burned
Mar 12, 2026
Russia Just Gave Iran the Playbook It Used to Destroy Ukraine
Mar 11, 2026
Day 12: "Nothing Left to Target" — But the Strait Is Still Burning
Mar 11, 2026
Day 11: "At Your Service, Sayyid Mojtaba" — The Most Intense Strikes Yet
Mar 10, 2026
Day 10: The Battle for the Strait — France, China, and Russia All Send Warships to Hormuz
Mar 09, 2026
Day 9: Cluster Bombs Hit Tel Aviv as Iran Names New Leader
Mar 09, 2026
Day 8: Iran's President Apologizes, Then Keeps Firing. Israel Hits Oil for the First Time.
Mar 08, 2026
Can This War Actually Topple Iran's Regime?
Mar 07, 2026
Day 7: The Spy Who Broke Iran — Was the Quds Force Commander a Mossad Asset?
Mar 07, 2026
Day 6: Trump Wants to Pick Iran's Next Leader, Drones Hit Azerbaijan, and the Kurdish Offensive Begins
Mar 06, 2026
The Home Front Just Lost Its Commander: Noem Fired, DHS Unfunded, and a War Still Running
Mar 06, 2026
Day 5: First US Submarine Kill Since World War II
Mar 05, 2026
Day 4: Iran's Missile Broke Through US Air Defenses
Mar 05, 2026
China Lost Both Oil Suppliers in 30 Days
Mar 04, 2026
Day 3: Six Americans Dead, Hormuz Sealed, and Hezbollah Breaks the Ceasefire
Mar 03, 2026
How Iran's Own Cameras Helped Kill the Supreme Leader
Mar 03, 2026
Day 2: Three US Fighter Jets Downed by Friendly Fire
Mar 02, 2026
Israel's Kill List: 20 Commanders Across 4 Countries
Mar 02, 2026
Day 1: The First 24 Hours of Operation Epic Fury and Iran's Retaliation
Mar 02, 2026
Operation Epic Fury: US and Israel Launch Joint Military Strikes on Iran as Tehran Retaliates Across the Middle East
Mar 01, 2026
Iran Crisis Escalation: Embassy Evacuations, Nuclear Talks Collapse, and the Largest U.S. Military Buildup Since Iraq 2003
Feb 28, 2026
If the Middle East War Stays Contained: The Best-Case Scenario
Feb 27, 2026
5 Countries at War: The Worst-Case Scenario Short of Nuclear
Feb 27, 2026
A Direct U.S. Strike on Iran: Scenarios With No Clear Winner
Feb 27, 2026
U.S. vs Iran: Why Nobody Wins and What Both Sides Lose
Feb 27, 2026
The Most Likely Path to a Global War in the Next 12 Months
Feb 27, 2026
If China Invades Taiwan: The Other Global War Trigger
Feb 27, 2026
North Korea: The World War 3 Wildcard Everyone Forgets
Feb 27, 2026
NATO Article 5 and the Tripwire for World War 3
Feb 27, 2026
The Cuban Missile Crisis Playbook for Today's War Risk
Feb 27, 2026
Global Conflict Timeline: How We Got Here (1953-2026)
Feb 27, 2026
Live War Feed: Breaking Updates on the Middle East
Feb 27, 2026
Baba Vanga's 2026 Warning: Will World War 3 Happen?
Feb 27, 2026
The 10 Safest Countries to Hide During World War 3
Feb 27, 2026
World War 3: How Close Are We Right Now?
Feb 27, 2026
3 Scenarios for a U.S. vs Iran War (And How It Starts)
Feb 27, 2026
The Great Satan: The Full History of Why Iran Hates America
Feb 27, 2026
Israel and Iran Conflict: Proof They've Been at War for 40 Years
Feb 27, 2026
Starting a War With Iran: The 5 Red Lines That Trigger Conflict
Feb 27, 2026
How a Middle East War Becomes World War 3 in 72 Hours
Feb 27, 2026
Iran's War Plan: Missiles, Proxy Armies, and One Grand Strategy
Feb 27, 2026
Israel's Defense Strategy: Surviving a 3-Front War
Feb 27, 2026
U.S. Troops in the Middle East: What 40,000 Soldiers Can Actually Do
Feb 27, 2026
World War 3 Risk Index: The Core Metric You Need to Watch
Feb 27, 2026
Iran's Missile Arsenal: Striking U.S. Bases in Minutes
Feb 27, 2026
Iron Dome Defense Limits: Can It Stop 1,000 Missiles at Once?
Feb 27, 2026
Hezbollah's Rocket Arsenal: 150,000 Missiles Aimed at Israel
Feb 27, 2026
Red Sea Crisis: Rising Shipping Costs and Closed Supply Chains
Feb 27, 2026
Iran's Proxy Armies: The Map That Explains Their Middle East Power
Feb 27, 2026
Cyber War With Iran: Targeting U.S. Power Grids and Banks
Feb 27, 2026
The Shadow War Between the U.S. and Iran Nobody Talks About
Feb 27, 2026
Iran's Nuclear Bomb: Weeks Away From a Weapon, What Happens Next
Feb 27, 2026
Mossad vs IRGC: The Intelligence War Deciding the Middle East
Feb 27, 2026
War With Iran Timeline: What Day 1 to Day 7 Actually Looks Like
Feb 27, 2026
Strait of Hormuz Closed: What $9 Gas Looks Like During War
Feb 27, 2026
Gaza War Escalation: How the U.S. Gets Pulled Into the Fight
Feb 27, 2026
U.S. Bases in Iraq & Syria: Why 13 Locations Are Sitting Targets
Feb 27, 2026
Will Saudi Arabia and UAE Fight or Hide in an Iran Conflict?
Feb 27, 2026
Turkey's Chokepoint: Who Controls the Fate of a Middle East War?
Feb 27, 2026
Russia and China's War Plan: Waiting for a U.S.-Iran Conflict
Feb 27, 2026
Ukraine War Lessons: What Happens in the Next Global Conflict
Feb 27, 2026
Global Oil Supply: Venezuela's Fall and the Impact on the Middle East
Feb 27, 2026
Europe's Energy Crisis: The Middle East Lifeline Explained
Feb 27, 2026
War Supply Chain Shortages: 6 Materials That Will Disappear
Feb 27, 2026
Inside the Situation Room: How the President Decides to Strike
Feb 27, 2026
Presidential War Powers: Can the POTUS Bypass Congress?
Feb 27, 2026
The 2026 Military Draft: Auto-Registration and What It Means for You
Feb 27, 2026
Iran Sanctions vs. Military Strikes: What Will Actually Work?
Feb 27, 2026
How the Ukraine War is Draining the Arsenal Needed for Iran
Feb 27, 2026
U.S. Military Readiness: Why America Can't Fight Two Wars at Once
Feb 27, 2026
The U.S. Missile Shortage: Why America Can't Build Weapons Fast Enough
Feb 27, 2026
Grocery Prices in Wartime: The Economic Fallout of Conflict
Feb 27, 2026
Iranian Retaliation on U.S. Soil: What a Strike Actually Looks Like
Feb 27, 2026
How Fake News and Disinformation Could Start World War 3
Feb 27, 2026
Wartime Economics: Where Smart Money Goes During Conflict
Feb 27, 2026
The Only 3 Things That Can Stop an Iran War Now
Feb 27, 2026
Nuclear Fallout Maps: First Strike Targets and Safe Zones
Feb 27, 2026
How to Actually Prepare for World War 3
Feb 27, 2026
Wartime Investing: What to Buy, Sell, and Hold
Feb 27, 2026