2026-04-18
1 小时 6 分钟We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement.
And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.
It 's Thursday, April 16th, 2026, and welcome back to Goodfellows,
a Hoover Institution broadcast examining history, economics, and geopolitics.
I'm Bill Whelan.
I'm a Distinguished Policy Fellow here at the Hoover Institution, and I will be your moderator today.
But before we get to the show, I 'd like to say on behalf of my colleagues that we look forward to seeing you here
at the Hoover Institution on Wednesday, April 22nd for our live show and the reception after we 're done filming
where you 'll get to meet the Goodfellows.
The only bad news I have to report is that the show is now sold out,
but we take that as a positive because we are thrilled at the response.
And again, we're looking forward to seeing you here at Hoover on the campus of Stanford University on the 22nd.
Now, on with the show and our first order of business,
which is meeting the aforementioned Goodfellas, in case you 're watching the show for the first time.
Our three Goodfellas, as we jokingly refer to them, are the historian Sir Neil Ferguson, the economist John Cochran,
and former presidential national security advisor, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster.
Guys, good to see you on this Thursday.
We're going to go back to some familiar turf and talk about Iran, but from a different perspective today.