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BONUS: 'It'll take a lot to recover from higher prices:' false promises and confusion over end of war in Iran

As the rhetoric keeps changing about what we were trying to do in Iran and whether it succeeded, some are at their breaking point, including farmers. WWL's Newell Normand asks why a clear truth seems to be such a challenge. We also dive into the truth about frozen yogurt and whether it's actually healthier than ice cream.

Full Show 6/23/2026: The Trump administration can't "PR" their way out of their Iran negotiation missteps

On today's show, Newell addresses the major discrepancies that have emerged between the United States and Iran regarding the terms of their newly signed 14-point framework Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ending the war. Then, Newell has on Renee Randall, a professor and Respiratory Therapy Program Director, to talk about one of Delgado's leading programs: Respiratory Care Technology, Dr. Benjamin K. Watkins, a nationally recognized pediatric hematologist oncologist at Manning Family Children's Hospital, to talk about Louisiana’s first sickle cell patient being treated with CRISPR-based gene therapy, Michelle Bourg, Vice President of Business & Economic Development at Entergy Louisiana, to talk about their role in economic development in the region, Deepak D'Souza, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale’s Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, to talk about the latest research on cannabis and the brain, especially for teenagers, daily users, and people using it for anxiety, sleep, or depression, and Eric Wojtkun, a former FBI counterintelligence agent, to talk about the Islamic State group calling for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence.

Hour 3: An Iran-linked hacker group claims to have breached FBI drones and has threatened to target the World Cup

This hour, Newell is joined by Deepak D'Souza, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale’s Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, to talk about the latest research on cannabis and the brain, especially for teenagers, daily users, and people using it for anxiety, sleep, or depression. Then, Eric Wojtkun, a former FBI counterintelligence agent, joins the show to talk about the Islamic State group calling for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence.

The Islamic State group has called for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence

The Islamic State group has called for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence. An Iran-linked hacker group claims to have breached FBI drones and has threatened to target the World Cup, a monitoring group said Friday. The hackers said the drones featured facial recognition and license plate screening deployed for counterterrorism. Eric Wojtkun, a former FBI counterintelligence agent, joins Newell to talk about it.

Has the public conversation around marijuana gotten ahead of the science?

Marijuana is legal in more places, more accepted than ever, and a lot stronger than it used to be. But what does the latest research actually tell us about cannabis and the brain, especially for teenagers, daily users, and people using it for anxiety, sleep, or depression? Deepak D'Souza, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale’s Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, joins Newell to talk about the latest research on cannabis and the brain, especially for teenagers, daily users, and people using it for anxiety, sleep, or depression.