The episode examines the human and economic toll of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, focusing on the 20,000 seafarers stranded on cargo ships and oil tankers, many from low-income countries, who are running out of food, medicine, and hope. While oil
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