About this episode
On today's Gist, don't all these senators know the depths of CIA Director Mike Pompeo's patriotism? Plus, why are chemical weapons useful to Bashar al-Assad? "They're really weapons of terror," explains Aaron Stein , co-host of the Arms Control Wonk podcast. Stein is the author of Turkey's New Foreign Policy . And filmmakers Tony Gilroy and Brad Anderson tell us what it was like filming their latest movie, Beirut , during a particularly long and hot Ramadan. In the Spiel, a few more words about the late Barbara Bush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices