# The Military Chose a Strange Moment to Launch a Lifestyle Podcast

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-military-chose-a-strange-moment-to-launch-a-lifestyle-podcast/
- Published: 2026-11-07T18:30:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T19:26:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/inside-centcom-podcast-lifestyle-military-war-iran-trump/
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, Offbeat, Politics, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- CENTCOM launched a lifestyle podcast during the Iran war.
- Admiral Brad Cooper’s first episode avoids questions about the conflict.
- The war has cost at least $47 billion, according to the article.

## Summary

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has launched a lifestyle podcast at a time when the US is engaged in an unpopular war with Iran and facing possible further escalation. Its first episode features CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper discussing personal interests and wellbeing, but does not address the conflict his command is overseeing.

The 11-minute episode covers Cooper’s love of French fries, basketball on a moving warship, patience and fitness. The article says more than 3,400 civilians have been killed since US and Israeli bombing of Iran began in February, and the war has cost the US military at least $47 billion. CENTCOM previously produced a podcast about its history in 2023.

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