> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://media.proudamericanstudios.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # THE HEAVY Ep. 1: Iran, China, Hollywood, and the Enemies Named on Proud American Studios - URL: https://media.proudamericanstudios.com/podcasts/the-heavy-ep-1-iran-china-hollywood-and-the-enemies-named-on-proud-american-studios/ - Published: 2026-05-05T14:11:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-14T19:41:09.000Z - Description: Philippe Martinez, D.W. Wilber, and Leigh Scott name the enemies directly: Iran, China, antisemitism at home, and Marxist regimes in the Western Hemisphere. The first full episode of THE HEAVY pulls no punches. - Author: Editor-in-Chief, Proud American Studios - Tags: THE HEAVY, podcast, Chinese Communist Party Warfare & Global Influence [Watch the Full Episode Now on Proud American Studios](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/the-heavy-episode-1-iran-china-hollywood-western-hemisphere?from=related&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) > *Iran is a foreign enemy that has been attacking us for the last 47 years, since 1979\. Regime change is the only solution. It's 47 years late.* — D.W. Wilber, former CIA Proud American Studios has released the first full episode of *THE HEAVY*, a panel show that breaks from the daily-content model entirely. Host [Philippe Martinez](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team/philippe%5Fmartinez?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) makes this clear from the opening minutes: “Don’t count on us to come every day. That’s not the style. We only come here when we have something to say.” Martinez is a veteran film producer with over 70 productions and the chief editor and director of content at Proud American Studios. He is joined by [D.W. Wilber](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team/dwwilber?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com), a former covert CIA employee with roughly 40 years of service across Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the Middle East, and [Leigh Scott](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team/leighscott?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com), an independent filmmaker and investigative journalist. ## Who Built Proud American Studios The episode opens with a direct answer to the question every viewer will ask: who are these people? Proud American Studios is described as a joint venture of men and women who have defended America. The panel names its members: [Trey Lindsey](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team/treylindsey?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com), a former SEAL Team Six operator who parachuted into Somalia to rescue an American hostage; a former CIA operative of Moroccan-American heritage who holds the National Security Medal; [Michael Koscielniak](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team/michaelkoscielniak?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com), a retired Homeland Security Investigations special agent; and a former SWAT commander. ### Dean Cain Joins the Mission [Dean Cain](https://proudamericanstudios.com/team?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) appears in a featured clip explaining why he joined the network. Cain describes being canceled by Hollywood for his conservative views and states his commitment to celebrating the United States through a new podcast called [*The Homeland*](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/homeland?%5Fgl=1%2A1bhinwc%2A%5Fga%2AMTAyNjU3MTE5OS4xNzc3Mjk3NDM4%2A%5Fga%5FR9HY4CJTDG%2AczE3ODQ3MjgyNTAkbzg0JGcxJHQxNzg0NzMwMjA3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com). The clip includes Cain’s interviews with [ICE Director Todd Lyons](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/homeland?%5Fgl=1%2A1bhinwc%2A%5Fga%2AMTAyNjU3MTE5OS4xNzc3Mjk3NDM4%2A%5Fga%5FR9HY4CJTDG%2AczE3ODQ3MjgyNTAkbzg0JGcxJHQxNzg0NzMwMjA3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) and former [Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/homeland?%5Fgl=1%2A1bhinwc%2A%5Fga%2AMTAyNjU3MTE5OS4xNzc3Mjk3NDM4%2A%5Fga%5FR9HY4CJTDG%2AczE3ODQ3MjgyNTAkbzg0JGcxJHQxNzg0NzMwMjA3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com). ## Political Violence and the Assassination Attempts The panel addresses the assassination attempt against the president directly. Wilber provides a historical inventory: Lincoln, Garfield, Teddy Roosevelt, McKinley, JFK, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan were all either assassinated or targeted. Wilber’s assessment is unequivocal: every political assassin in American history has been left-wing. ### The Rhetoric That Creates Violence Martinez and Scott point to media figures and politicians who called for confrontation in the streets. Martinez’s argument is straightforward: when political leaders call for violence, there will always be someone who acts on it. The panel specifically criticizes Jimmy Kimmel for joking about Melania Trump having “the glow of an expectant widow” after two attempts on her husband’s life. Scott frames it in ideological terms: “Karl Marx even said that violence is the midwife of revolution. Communism and Marxism are inherently violent. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” ## The SPLC Scandal: Manufacturing Racism for Profit Leigh Scott details a major revelation: the Southern Poverty Law Center was financing the very right-wing hate groups it claimed to oppose, including involvement in the Charlottesville incident. The historical irony is not lost on the panel. Scott notes that the SPLC originally bankrupted the KKK in the 1970s or 1980s, then two decades later began funding similar organizations because “the supply of racism and violence in America was so low, they had to create some” to justify continued fundraising. Martinez praises [Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche](https://www.justice.gov/ag/staff-profile/meet-acting-attorney-general-0?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) for taking action against the SPLC and calls for accountability for those creating chaos and spreading hate on social media. [Watch the Full Episode Now on Proud American Studios](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/the-heavy-episode-1-iran-china-hollywood-western-hemisphere?from=related&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) ## Iran: 47 Years of War Against America The panel’s position on Iran is stated without ambiguity. Wilber frames it directly: “Iran is a foreign enemy who has been attacking us for the last 47 years, since 1979.” ### The Nuclear Threat and Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere Wilber states that Iran has placed Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere as a direct threat to the United States. He characterizes the Iranian regime as religious fanatics who believe a cataclysmic event will hasten the return of their Mahdi. His assessment: if they obtain a nuclear weapon, they will use it. Martinez provides the strategic context that most commentators miss. The Iran campaign is not an isolated conflict. It is one theater in a broader cold war with China. ### The China Connection: Sanctioned Oil and Economic Warfare Martinez explains that China is buying sanctioned oil from Iran at below-market prices to fuel its economic warfare against the United States. President Trump’s strategy, according to Martinez, is to cut China’s access to cheap oil by eliminating its suppliers: first Venezuela (with the removal of Maduro on January 3rd), now Iran. “This country will be bankrupt in ten years if we don’t stop China trying to break America economically,” Martinez states. ### Regime Change Is the Only Solution The panel’s consensus is absolute. Wilber states it plainly: “Regime change is the only solution. It’s 47 years late.” Martinez notes that American and Israeli operations have killed nearly the entire Iranian military leadership, with Wilber adding that “corporals are commanding battalions in Iran right now.” The panel praises [Secretary of State Marco Rubio](https://www.state.gov/biographies/marco-rubio/?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) as the greatest Secretary of State in modern American history and credits him with identifying China as America’s primary strategic challenge. ## Tucker Carlson: Rejected by the CIA, Now Talking to the Enemy Wilber confirms that Tucker Carlson applied to the CIA and was deemed “unsuitable” after the agency’s extensive vetting process, which includes psychological evaluation. The panel connects this rejection to Carlson’s subsequent communication with Iran during a period of escalation. Scott identifies Carlson’s ideological flip-flops as exactly the kind of instability the CIA’s vetting process is designed to detect. Wilber adds that Carlson “fancied himself as a big player in the Trump administration” and has harbored a grudge against the agency ever since his rejection. Martinez’s conclusion is direct: “You got rejected by the CIA to protect the American people, Tucker Carlson. That says something.” ## Hollywood’s Silence on Rising Antisemitism Martinez draws on 35 years in the film industry to deliver a pointed message to Hollywood’s Jewish leadership. His argument: the antisemitism now flooding American campuses was enabled not by the current administration but by leftist politicians and ideologues who allowed Marxist and Islamist propaganda to infiltrate universities. ### A Direct Challenge to Jewish Executives Martinez calls on Hollywood executives to create content exposing and fighting antisemitism rather than remaining silent over political disagreements with the president. He frames the stakes generationally: “Cancel all the excuses. We, like my age 57, 60, will be dead in 15 years. This is about your kids. This is about your grandchildren.” He notes that Larry Ellison and his son buying Paramount is a positive development, and credits Liev Schreiber and Michael Rapaport as voices who have spoken up. ## The Nick Fuentes Confrontation Martinez identifies Nick Fuentes as the leading figure fueling antisemitic hate on social media. He does not treat Fuentes as a commentator to be debated. He treats him as a threat to be confronted. “You have become, Nicky, the social media Führer. That’s what you are,” Martinez states. He draws a clear values line: “Eisenhower is cool. Churchill is cool. The American men and women that fought in World War Two to destroy Nazis. That’s cool.” Martinez issues a public challenge: a cage fight, broadcast as a sporting event. A phone number is provided on air for Fuentes to arrange it. Wilber calls Fuentes “basically a cockroach” and adds: “You know what happens to a cockroach? They get squashed.” [Watch the Full Episode Now on Proud American Studios](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/the-heavy-episode-1-iran-china-hollywood-western-hemisphere?from=related&ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) ## Hollywood Tax Fraud: The Investigation Is Coming The episode previews an upcoming Proud American Studios investigation led by Michael Koscielniak and Leigh Scott into tax credit fraud in the film industry. The investigation covers schemes in Puerto Rico and Louisiana. Scott states that viewers will be shocked by “not only the amount of money we’re talking about here, but the scope of the films, the stars that are in them.” Martinez confirms the first episode of the investigation series is scheduled for June. ## The Western Hemisphere: Venezuela Liberated, Cuba Is Next The panel addresses the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on January 3rd. Martinez frames the operation as cutting China’s access to sanctioned Venezuelan oil and eliminating Chinese influence in the region. ### Congressman Carlos Jimenez Confirms the Strategy A clip from Congressman Carlos Jimenez supports the panel’s assessment: the removal of Maduro was “a win win win for the United States” economically and strategically. ### Cuba: A Matter of When, Not If The panel states that Cuba’s liberation is next. Both Marco Rubio and President Trump have indicated this publicly. Wilber draws on personal experience standing on a viewing platform in West Berlin looking into communist East Berlin: “I wish every American could stand where I was standing because they would see the difference between communism and the freedom of the West.” Martinez references Stephen Miller’s position: not one inch of power to America’s enemies in our hemisphere. ## What *THE HEAVY* Stands For The episode closes with an unambiguous statement of values: America first, pro-Israel, anti-Marxist, anti-Iranian regime, and opposed to Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere. The panel does not seek to debate its adversaries. It seeks to confront them. Watch the [full episode](https://app.proudamericanstudios.com/programs/the-heavy-episode-1-iran-china-hollywood-western-hemisphere?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com) on [Proud American Studios](https://proudamericanstudios.com/?ref=media.proudamericanstudios.com). 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