Richard Wolff: The New Phase of American Colonialism
Glenn Diesen interviews Professor Richard Wolff, a political economist, to discuss the massive shifts in global power and their consequences for the…
Jeffrey Sachs: The World Order Built on Lies Is Now Unravelling
Glenn Diesen interviews Jeffrey Sachs in this wide-ranging conversation recorded on September 4th, 2026. Sachs argues that the current global…
Alexander Mercouris: Ukraine Unravelling - War Enters New & Dangerous Phase
Glenn Diesen hosts Alexander Mercouris for a wide-ranging assessment of the Ukraine war's current trajectory. Mercouris argues that Russia has…
Chas Freeman: U.S. & Iran Back at War & NATO's Abuse of Ukraine
Ambassador Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former Assistant Secretary of Defense, joins Glenn Diesen to examine the renewed US…
Nicolai Petro: Why the West Fears Direct Ukraine-Russia Talks
Glenn Diesen speaks with Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island and former US State Department special…
Joe Kent: Escalation Against Iran & Russia — We Have Entered the Early Stages of World War III
Glenn Diesen interviews Joe Kent, who resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in March 2026 in protest at the US war against…
Einar Tangen: Russia, China, Iran & India Build a New World Order at the SCO Summit
Glenn Diesen hosts Einar Tangen, a senior fellow at the Taihe Institute and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, for a discussion…
George Beebe: Ukraine on the Brink - What Happens Next?
Glenn Diesen speaks with George Beebe about Russia's strategic air campaign against Ukraine, the closure of the Odessa port complex, and what Beebe…
Trita Parsi: Why the World Is Quietly Taking Iran's Side in the War
Glenn Diesen speaks with Trita Parsi about the evolving US-Iran standoff following the war and naval blockade. Parsi argues that Trump's "economic…
John Mearsheimer: Russia & Iran - The West’s Escalation Trap
Glenn Diesen interviews Professor John Mearsheimer on the escalating risks in Ukraine, Iran, and the broader international system. Mearsheimer argues…
Martin Armstrong: Economic Collapse Has Started & the EU Will Break Up
Glenn Diesen interviews Martin Armstrong, founder of Armstrong Economics, on the interconnected crises facing the global economy and geopolitical…
Stanislav Krapivnik: NATO Escalates as Ukraine Reaches a Breaking Point
Glenn Diesen interviews Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer originally from Donbas with military education in both the United States and…
Peter Kuznick: Entering the Age of Nuclear Wars
Glenn Diesen speaks with Peter Kuznick — co-creator with Oliver Stone of the documentary series The Untold History of the United States — about…
Larry Johnson: Iran Invited to Join the Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact?
Glenn Diesen and Larry Johnson discuss the emerging Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact — known informally as the Mecca agreement — and credible but…
Jeffrey Sachs: The War on Russia & Iran Is Breaking the West
Glenn Diesen interviews Jeffrey Sachs on August 24th, 2026, discussing how the wars against Russia and Iran — and the broader hegemonic mindset…
Seyed M. Marandi: From "Economic D-Day" to Nuclear Strike Against Iran?
Glenn Diesen interviews Seyed Marandi about the apparent shift in US strategy toward Iran — from direct military strikes to economic strangulation —…
Richard Wolff: The Decline of the U.S. Empire Is Accelerating Fast
Economist Richard Wolff argues that the United States has entered a phase of systemic, irreversible imperial decline — not a cyclical downturn —…
Pepe Escobar: U.S. Desperation in Iran: Bribing the IRGC—and Preparing for a Nuclear Strike?
Glenn Diesen speaks with Pepe Escobar about the rapidly deteriorating US position in its confrontation with Iran. Escobar reveals details of a covert…
Chas Freeman: Israel-Turkey Conflict Could Explode Into War
Glenn Diesen interviews Ambassador Chas Freeman about the intensifying rivalry between Israel and Turkey over influence in post-Assad Syria, and the…
Einar Tangen: Japan's Economic Crisis & Why the U.S. Is Next
Glenn Diesen speaks with Einar Tangen, senior fellow at the Taihe Institute and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and author of the…
Michael Hudson: The West's Financial System on the Brink of Collapse
Glenn Diesen interviews economist and author Michael Hudson in a wide-ranging discussion on the history of debt, banking, and financial oligarchy…
Lawrence Wilkerson: U.S. Considers Nuclear Strike Against Iran
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson opens with a wide-ranging assessment of NATO's origins and the current unraveling of US hegemony, arguing that Trump's…
Douglas Macgregor: Russia's Patience Is Over - NATO & Ukraine Face New Reality
Colonel Douglas Macgregor argues that Ukraine is effectively a "zombie state" — already fatally wounded and surviving only on Western life support —…
Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick: Israel's Lobby - America in the Grip of a Foreign Power
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, authors of Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, join Glenn Diesen to examine how the Israel lobby…
David GIbbs: How Intelligence Services Captured Academia & Journalism
Glenn Diesen speaks with David Gibbs, professor of history at the University of Arizona, about the documented relationships between the CIA,…
Seyed M. Marandi: Iran & Yemen Unleash a New Offensive Strategy
Seyed Marandi, an Iranian academic and political analyst, joins Glenn Diesen on August 16th, 2026, as the US-Iran war approaches the six-month mark.…
Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia's Strategy as the World Order Collapses
Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs and chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, joins Glenn Diesen to…
Ray McGovern: Russia-Japan Tensions Grow & U.S. Involvement in Attacks on Russia
Ray McGovern, a 27-year CIA veteran who chaired national intelligence estimates and briefed presidents daily, joins Glenn Diesen to examine the…
Daniel Davis: Russia's New Strategy - No More Appeasing NATO
Glenn Diesen interviews Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, a four-time combat veteran and host of the Daniel Davis Deep Dive, about the trajectory of…
John Mearsheimer: U.S. Grand Strategy in a New World Order
Glenn Diesen interviews John Mearsheimer, professor at the University of Chicago, on the theory and practice of grand strategy, with particular focus…
Alastair Crooke: Iran & Russia Give Up on Diplomacy & Go on the Offensive
Glenn Diesen speaks with Alastair Crooke, former British diplomat and founder of Conflicts Forum, about the rapidly escalating situation across the…
Chas Freeman: How U.S. Decline Reshapes the Middle East
Glenn Diesen speaks with Ambassador Chas Freeman — former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former Assistant Secretary of Defense — about the…
Larry Johnson: Will Trump Declare Victory Against Iran & Walk Away Without a Nuclear Deal?
Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and former employee at the US State Department's Office of Counterterrorism, joins Glenn Diesen to argue that the…
Jiang Xueqin: Breaking Point - Why the West Is Falling Apart
Glenn Diesen speaks with Jiang Xueqin about the multiple indicators of imperial decline visible across the United States and Europe. Jiang, speaking…
Stanislav Krapivnik: Russia's Ukraine Strategy & Preparations for War with Europe
Glenn Diesen speaks with Stanislav Krapivnik about Russia's strategic escalation in the Ukraine conflict, focusing on the closure of Ukraine's Black…
Karin Kneissl: Energy Wars & the Collapse of Europe
Karin Kneissl, former Austrian Foreign Minister and current head of the Gorki think tank, joins Glenn Diesen to discuss energy wars, the collapse of…
Seyed M. Marandi: Iran-Oman Hormuz Deal Almost Reached & the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Defence Pact
Seyed Marandi, professor at Tehran University and former adviser to Iran's nuclear negotiation team, joins Glenn Diesen to analyse rapidly developing…
Matthew Blackburn: The Plan to Pressure Russia Has a Huge Flaw
Glenn Diesen interviews Matthew Blackburn, a political analyst who publishes in The National Interest and Responsible Statecraft, about the…
George Beebe: The Peace Plan with Russia the West Ignores
Glenn Diesen interviews George Beebe about why the current US-mediated peace process in Ukraine has stalled and what a more comprehensive approach…
Seyed M. Marandi: Morocco Invades Spain? The U.S. Disciplines Its Proxies
Glenn Diesen interviews Seyed Marandi about a coordinated crossing of 50,000–60,000 Moroccans into the Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa,…
Douglas Macgregor: Iran Became the Graveyard of the U.S. Empire & Israel
Colonel Douglas Macgregor, decorated combat veteran and former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, speaks with Glenn Diesen about what he…
Alex Krainer: Energy Wars, Dollar Endgame & Banking Crisis
Glenn Diesen speaks with Alex Krainer about the centrality of energy resources to imperial wars over the past 120 years, arguing that control of oil…
Alastair Crooke: Yemen's Red Sea Siege as a New Front in Iran War
Glenn Diesen interviews Alastair Crooke, former British diplomat and founder of Conflicts Forum, about the rapidly expanding regional conflict…
Joe Kent: Iran Trap, U.S. Ground Invasion & Israeli Deception
Glenn Diesen interviews Joe Kent, who resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in March 2026 over his opposition to the US war…
Max Otte: Germany's Economic Suicide Under U.S. Hegemony
Glenn Diesen speaks with Professor Max Otte — economist, financial analyst, bestselling author, and former German presidential candidate — about…
Michael Hudson: The U.S. Plan to Revive Geoeconomic Dominance
Glenn Diesen interviews economist Michael Hudson about what Hudson describes as a coherent US strategy to reassert geoeconomic dominance through…
Ian Proud: Anti-Russian Sanctions Do Not Work - How the Ukraine War Ends
Ian Proud argues that Western sanctions against Russia have comprehensively failed their stated purpose of compelling Russia to change its behaviour…
Press Freedom Threatened as U.S. Government Seizes Max Blumenthal's Devices
Glenn Diesen speaks with Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, following Blumenthal's reporting trip to Iran, where he covered what he…
Sean Foo: Iran War Is Destroying the U.S. Dollar & AI Buildout
Glenn Diesen interviews Sean Foo about the geoeconomic dimensions of the US conflict with Iran, focusing on how the war is accelerating the decline…
Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Imperial Strategy - Destroy Russia, Iran & China
Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Glenn Diesen to argue that a continuous, bipartisan US imperial strategy stretching back 35 years, rooted in the…