Best Podcasts on Iran Conflict & Hormuz Crisis
Updated: May 17, 2026 – 6 episodes
The Middle East is facing escalating tensions, particularly concerning Iran's missile capabilities and the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, which continues to disrupt global shipping. Podcasts are discussing new intelligence assessments, the arrest of a suspected terror commander linked to Iran's IRGC, and the Trump administration's handling of the conflict, including claims of doing the war "for Israel."
Three very different takes here — start with Rich Habits Podcast for a detailed analysis on how the Strait of Hormuz crisis is the largest energy disruption since the 1970s oil crisis. The President's Daily Brief offers a mixed perspective, discussing both the immediate opportunities and long-term challenges in global naval logistics. For a more bearish view, Bannon's War Room highlights the severe disruption to global shipping and the hesitance of the shipping industry to risk crossing the strait. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway describes the crisis as a Black Swan event with widespread disruptions in global supply chains and energy markets.
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“The Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, but 20 million barrels of oil pass through it every single day. That's 25% of all seaborne oil and 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas. And since Iran effectively closed the strait on February 28th in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli air campaign, right, this whole conflict. This has become the largest disruption to global energy supply since the 1970s oil crisis.”
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The Strait of Hormuz crisis is the largest disruption to global energy supply since the 1970s oil crisis, with Iran's actions escalating tensions and impacting oil prices significantly.
“There is a lot of floating oil storage in the Gulf of Oman. These are tankers that the Iranians filled up and just moved out. This is all illicit oil, right? All Iranian oil is under U.S. sanctions... It can also have always a short-term positive effect on the market of releasing more oil to the market. But as far as how long you can sustain that for, obviously, part of that is a logistics question.”
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The Iran conflict in the Strait of Hormuz presents both immediate opportunities to release oil to the market and long-term strategic challenges for global naval logistics.
“Seven vessels in the last 24 hours as of this morning... substantially reduced... Iran is claiming they holding the strait closed... shipping industry, not only just oil, but everyone is just not ready to take the chance of getting caught in any sort of crossfire. Eric, hang on. I'm going to go. When we get back to the break, we're going to talk about what the impact is on oil.”
Ridealong summary
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is severely disrupting global shipping, with traffic drastically reduced and the shipping industry hesitant to risk crossing the strait.
“Already, the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has caused an unevenly distributed energy shock. In its second rapid assessment of the Hormuz crisis, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development noted that increases in energy prices are spilling over into supply chains, raising the cost of producing and moving goods across the world. This is the big one that we always feared would happen. It's the Black Swan event, Cliff Kane, an executive at the helium exploration company Pulsar, told the Wall Street Journal.”
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The Hormuz crisis is a Black Swan event causing widespread disruptions in global supply chains and energy markets, with long-term consequences even if the conflict ends soon.
“The bottom line is that the U.S. Navy needs those European ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And the way you get there isn't mocking them. And I there's a it's just a there's a report. MSNOW hasn't confirmed yet, but a Reuters report by one of their best reporters who I know. And it's about this email circulating, talking about ideas about how to retaliate against Europe, possibly trying to suspend Spain from NATO.”
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The U.S. Navy's reliance on European support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is hindered by ineffective diplomatic efforts and alienation of allies.
“In those 55 days, there has not been any mines detected, not one ship has been hit by a mine, yet the entire international community is paralyzed by the threat of mines. And now with these two seizures, that continues. But talking about the efficacy of the blockade from our side, let me give you an example of a proof of it. Just in the last 24 hours, a 30-year-old Iranian VLCC, very large crude container ship, named the Nashah, was in Bandar Abbas and is now steaming up into the Persian Gulf towards Karg Island inside territorial waters of Iran.”
Ridealong summary
The Iranian blockade's impact is evident as Iran struggles to manage oil production, resorting to using outdated ships to maintain operations.