Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here. You're just moments away from the latest episode of The Bridge. What do we really know about Iran's nuclear assets? That's the question we'll be asking Dr. Janice Stein today. It's Monday.
Chapter 2: What do we really know about Iran's nuclear assets?
It's a Dr. Stein day. Coming right up. And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here. Welcome to a new week. Welcome to Monday. Welcome to Dr. Janice Stein in just a couple of minutes time. It's our regular Monday program. A couple of things first, though, as we always do on Mondays, we give you a sense of what the question of the week is. For Thursday's your turn. So are you ready?
This is, well, this could be in a way, kind of a multiple choice answers. It's, well, actually, we only want one answer from you, right? Because you've got 75 words or less to give it. But here's the question. What do you worry about most these days? Is it wars? Is it affordability? Is it climate change? Canadian unity? It could be any of those, or it could be something else as well.
So we look forward to hearing from you on what that answer is to this question. What do you worry about most these days? So, yes, 75 words or fewer. Have it in by Wednesday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Include your name and the location you're writing from. And you write to themansbridgepodcast at gmail.com. themansbridgepodcast at gmail.com.
I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say on that question. What do you worry about most these days? All right. There's one other thing I wanted to mention. Because I know I get a lot of letters from those of you who have...
you know answers to the question of the week but also i probably get 30 or 40 letters a day from many of you who just have ideas about who we should have on the program what we should discuss all of these things and i find them interesting i want you to know i read every letter But what I don't have time to do is to answer every letter. And some of you get quite detailed in what you write to me.
And I enjoy them. I read them. But once again, I don't have time to answer them all. I answer some, but I don't answer them all. But I keep them all in mind. The other thing to keep in mind about the program is I'm a big believer in And always have been in this business in a degree of continuity. I like people to know it's Dr. Stein on Mondays. It's Good Talk on Fridays.
It's Your Turn on Thursdays. And so on and so on and so on. And, you know, as I've told you many times, we have a highly successful program here and I don't like to mess with success. Also, it's still kind of a hobby show. I do this in the morning, early morning. And then I have my day where I actually do things other than the podcast. So to be able to pull this off, I believe in continuity.
I believe in regulars. And that's the way you're going to keep doing it, at least for now. But I listen to what you have to say, and I keep a list of some of the things you suggest in case we change things. But I can tell you right now, we won't be changing anything for the rest of this season. So that takes us up to end of June before the big summer break, which I'm looking forward to.
But it's been another highly successful year. Best year we've ever had on the bridge. We continue to rank at the top of Canadian political podcasts, at least according to the Apple rankings. When I look at those, we're always at the top. Almost always at the top. And I appreciate that because that means...
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Chapter 3: How has the Iran War influenced international negotiations?
Yeah. Look, I don't think that's accurate. There's no expert that thinks that's accurate. To do that... They would have to dig out some of that uranium unless there's hidden stuff somewhere that none of us know about, right? That the intelligence community knows and hasn't talked about, which is always possible. But let's rule that one out because that's, you know, who the hell knows?
So, who knows? So, they would have to dig that out, the Iranians. We would see from satellites, because those sites are monitored 24-7. You'd see bulldozers. You'd see trucks pulling up. You have to remove. And they sealed the entrances after, you know, June 2025. There's no evidence whatsoever.
So there's no way if you have to do all that and then you have to make the weapon because they've and they've never tested a weapon. You have to make it, you have to load it on a delivery vehicle, and you have to test it. I think that's entirely inconceivable within a two-week period.
Just seems like if this is now the primary reason the war started... He hasn't made the case for it yet.
I agree. Look, I agree. You know, who are the people that are most concerned about Iran eventually getting a nuclear weapon, right? Because it is conceivable that if they continue to enrich and they could access the uranium... That they could. They're very, very accomplished scientists inside and around. It's a very, very sophisticated scientific.
It's a very educated population, you know, with a great tradition, great culture and a really great scientist community. It's conceivable they could do it in a year, Peter. I mean, it's not that's a short time, but it's not two weeks. So who's most worried about that? The Israelis, obviously, for sure, who have nuclear weapons, let's just add.
Right.
And the Saudis. Because the Saudis have said openly, if were the Iranians ever to get a nuclear weapon, we'd be next in line. And that's partly, so fill in the picture here, that's partly why the Saudis signed a defense treaty with the Pakistanis who have nuclear weapons and who are known
to be least concerned, let me put it that way, least concerned about sharing that technology with their friends. Okay, we're going to move. So that's the whole nuclear debate right now that is roiling everybody because that would functionally mean that we would have nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. That's really the stakes here.
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