Tatsu’s Newsletter Podcast

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Tatsu’s Newsletter Podcast is a news podcast hosted by Tatsu Ikeda, with 154 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tatsu Ikeda hosts Tatsu’s Newsletter Podcast, a news show with 154 episodes published.

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  Day 97: Mojtaba Emerged. Trump Wants to Meet Him.

  Jun 5, 202623 minS0

  <p>Bloomberg: $35/month. Financial Times: $42/month. The Economist: $17/month. Original analysis by Tatsu with 30+ footnotes: $8/month, 14-day free trial.</p><p><p>This post is public. Share it with anyone still describing the Iran war as a US victory.</p></p><p>Three structural facts from the past 48 hours that the standard war-coverage narrative cannot accommodate.</p><p>One. President Trump on June 4 publicly stated of Iran's new Supreme Leader: "Iran's new leader is a great guy. I would be honored to meet the Ayatollah. I'm probably better at dealing with leaders than anybody."[1] This is Trump's first public acknowledgment...

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  Geopolitical Risk Assessment: April 2026

  Jun 1, 202613 minS0

  <p>CLASSIFICATION: Professional Analysis, Institutional Clients</p><p>PREPARED: 2026-03-30 | COVERAGE: February 28 to March 30, 2026 | WORD COUNT: ~10,500</p><p>REPORT TYPE: Monthly Strategic Assessment</p><p>Professional geopolitical intelligence: $99/month | Wall Street pays Stratfor: $40,000/year ($3,333/month) | You save: 97%</p><p>Phase 1: Regional Stability Rankings</p><p>Region | Stability (1 to 10) | Trend | Key Driver -------------+---------------------+-------------------+----------------------- Middle East | 2/10 | ▼ -5 vs. Feb | Active US/Israel war | | | on Iran; Strait of | | | Hormuz closed; Houthi | | | entry; Gulf | | | infrastructure strikes Russia/Ukrn | 3/10 | no change vs. Feb | Grinding attrition in | | | Donetsk; global | | | attention diverted to | | | Iran; no diplomatic | | | movement Europe | 4/10 | ▼ -2 vs. Feb | Energy shock from...

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  Day 89: Bandar Abbas, Ali Al-Salam, and the Fifty-Minute Cycle

  May 28, 202621 minS0

  <p>Bloomberg: $35/month. Financial Times: $42/month. The Economist: $17/month. Original analysis by Tatsu with 40+ footnotes: $8/month, 14-day free trial.</p><p><p>This post is public. Share it with anyone still describing the Iran war as a ceasefire.</p></p><p>Three structural facts from the past twelve hours that the standard ceasefire narrative cannot accommodate.</p><p>One. The United States Air Force struck Bandar Abbas in the early morning hours of May 28, 2026. The strike was characterized publicly as "defensive."[1]</p><p>Two. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded at 04:50 AM Kuwait time, fifty minutes after the American strike...

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  FPV Drone Interception

  May 28, 20265 minS0

  <p>(00:00:00):</p><p>An FPV suicide drone rushes straight towards you.</p><p>(00:00:03):</p><p>Instinctively, you raise your rifle and open fire, but the drone is too fast and too small.</p><p>(00:00:09):</p><p>Your bullets can’t hit it, and in the end, it blows you apart on the spot.</p><p>(00:00:13):</p><p>A second drone comes screaming.</p><p>(00:00:15):</p><p>This time, your teammate switches to blinding rounds.</p><p>(00:00:18):</p><p>The moment the round detonates,</p><p>(00:00:20):</p><p>red dye bursts through the air and completely covers the drone’s camera lens...

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  Day 82: 42 Aircraft, 5 Reopened Doors, and 4 Republicans

  May 27, 202623 minS0

  <p>Bloomberg: $35/month. Financial Times: $42/month. The Economist: $17/month. Original analysis by Tatsu with 30+ footnotes: $8/month.</p><p><p>Share this with anyone still describing the Iran war as "winding down."</p></p><p>Three numbers from the past seventy-two hours that the Trump administration has not addressed publicly.</p><p>Forty-two. The Congressional Research Service issued a report on May 19 confirming that the United States has lost or had damaged forty-two aircraft in the Iran war. Four F-15E Strike Eagles destroyed. One F-35A Lightning II damaged. One A-10 Thunderbolt II destroyed. Total estimated direct loss: in the...

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