Rudyard Griffiths

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Welcome to the Friday Focus podcast for the 8th of May, 2026.

I'm Rudyard Griffiths, joined by Janice Grove-Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Hey, Janice.

bring on some warm weather.

This is getting ridiculous, but hey, it'll happen.

The planet tilts.

That at least hasn't changed.

But what is changing so fast, Janice, is the situation in the Middle East and the ceasefire, increasingly unstable ceasefire between Iran and the United States.

So

The first half of the show, we've got to break down what is going on.