On Friday, Israel launched attacks on Iran, intending to hit Iran’s uranium enrichment site, where it is building nuclear arms, as well as the country’s military sites.

Iran has since retaliated with aerial attacks on Israel. Over the course of a week, the Israeli military has killed at least 224 people in Iran, and Iran has killed 24 people in Israel. This past weekend, Israel asked the U.S. to join its side in the war, since Israel lacks the capacity to destroy the space where Iran is developing nuclear weapons. 

Although, CNN reports that U.S. intelligence officials are saying Tehran was up to three years away from fully developing a weapon, and that it’s not actively pursuing a bomb. Still, the U.S. continues to provide weapons and warplanes to Israel, including a recent shipment. But it has yet to directly engage militarily in the war, and Trump, thus far, has called for Iran’s “Unconditional surrender.”

Saeed Khan, an associate professor of teaching in near eastern studies at Wayne State University, joined The Metro on Wednesday to discuss what this says about Israel’s role in the Middle East, and how America will respond.

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In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, lots of fam… The Jones, Jackson and Pointer sisters.

Also, new and old Counting Crows, classic Death Cab, George Duke and Beck, Flint’s Tunde Olaniran, Toronto’s Tanika Charles and much more!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for May 17, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “How Big Is The Rainbow” – TuneYards
  
• “Dirty Harry” – Gorillaz (Demon Days released this week, 2005)
• “Having A Time” – Tanika Charles
• “Beg, Steal, Borrow” – The Head & The Heart
• “Liminal Space” – Joe Reilly & The Community Gardeners
• “Spaceman In Tulsa” – Counting Crows
  
• “Movin’ On” – George Duke
  
• “catch these fists” – Wet Leg
  
• “Hotwax” – Beck
• “Moody” – Royel Otis
  
• “I Believe In Miracles” – The Jackson Sisters
  
• “Let’s Celebrate” – The Jones Girls
  
• “Dreams” – Infinity Song
  

• “Soul Meets Body” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Waterfalls” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Meet On The Ledge” – Counting Crows
• “How Long” – The Pointer Sisters (Steppin’ released 50 years ago)
• “Too Bad” – Tunde Olaniran
• “How Come” – Ray Lamontagne
  
• “SOBER” – elbow
  
• “We Don’t Have To Be Alone” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “Half As High” – The Devil Makes Three
  
• “The Cobbler (Good For My Sole)” – Matt Andersen
• “Rain King” – Counting Crows
• “I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It” – Stevie Wonder (turned 75 this week!)
• “Uptight” – Stevie Wonder (turned 75 this week!)

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org.