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Podcast: U.S. Retaliates Against Iran, Paramount Merger with Warner Bros. Outbidding Netflix
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Podcast: U.S. Retaliates Against Iran, Paramount Merger with Warner Bros. Outbidding Netflix

Scott Holleran on the meaning, impact and prospects of this historic week’s news of American military defense and Hollywood mergers and acquisitions

Listen to this 28 February 2026 audio podcast episode—presented in Substack and available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts—for “Strapped” and Long Run: Short Stories, Volume One author Scott Holleran’s analysis of today’s strike by America and Israel against the Islamic dictatorship of Iran and the proposed merger between Hollywood movie studios Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers.

Flag of the Moslem dictatorship of Iran

Read my article—available to read online for a limited time—about the origins and history of the Warner Bros. studio and read my 2020 article on Capitalism Magazine about President Trump’s historic defense of America. Besides my 2002 newspaper op-ed, I originally argued for striking the Moslem theocracy in this 2004 essay on Iran as the foremost enemy of the West.

Listen to me read my short story, “Strapped,” in development in Hollywood, and watch the interview about the story. Consider my commentary on America’s shifting military strategy. Read my exclusive interview with the late military historian, Objectivist scholar and Duke University professor John David Lewis.


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