THE INWARD EDGE

It’s Just RAW · Aug 20, 2026 · 4m

Set in 2027 following a humiliating defeat in Iran known as "The Take-Back," the episode explores the grim aftermath of an empire forced to pull back behind its own borders. Ending foreign entanglements brought no peace dividend; instead, the machinery built for overseas power projection folds inward onto the American home front. Following grid-shattering cyber warfare in the Gulf, high-tech infrastructure gives way to heavy, analog surveillance, physical barricades, and military-controlled supply hubs as the sole economic lifelines. The resulting landscape leaves a fatigued population…