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Today, Explained

2026-03-25

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Have you seen the video of the US military bombing Iran spliced with clips of SpongeBob Squarepants? It’s an official video released by the US government and represents a new kind of wartime propaganda. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. A screenshot from a White House X post about the Iran war titled "Operation Epic Fury." Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • The White House is tweeting videos of the Iran war as a Nintendo game.

  • As a scene from Braveheart.

  • The Iranians are tweeting videos of the American and Israeli war featuring Lego Trump and Lego BB,

  • Lego Strait of Hormuz.

  • Propaganda is a part of every war.

  • It has not always been this dumb, but there are other differences this time around that might matter more.

  • Quite often, the moral aspects of war are laid out before the American public, before any American shooting has begun.

  • That was the case for World War I, World War II.

  • The case was being made around Vietnam before anything happened.

  • That's coming up on Today Explained.

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