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Essentials: The Science of Learning & Speaking Languages | Dr. Eddie Chang

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Eddie Chang, chair of a neurosurgery department and a leading researcher in the neuroscience of speech and language.…
Andrew Huberman · 21 May 2026

Dmitry Polyanskiy: Nuclear Retaliation No Longer Unthinkable

Glenn Diesen interviews Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation…
Glenn Diesen · 20 May 2026

Scott Ritter: Europe Attacked Russia - Retaliation Is Now Unavoidable

Glenn Diesen speaks with Scott Ritter about the massive drone attacks on Moscow and St. Petersburg, which Ritter argues could not occur without full…
Glenn Diesen · 19 May 2026

Max Otte: Germany's Decline & the Civilizational Crisis of the West

Germany is accelerating toward political and economic collapse, with the AfD now the country's most popular party and Friedrich Merz having delivered…
Glenn Diesen · 19 May 2026

John Mearsheimer: Toward All-Out War With Both Russia & Iran

Professor John Mearsheimer joins Glenn Diesen to argue that both the Russia-Ukraine war and the US war with Iran are accelerating toward dangerous…
Glenn Diesen · 18 May 2026

How to Overcome Social Anxiety | Dr. Nick Epley

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr. Nick Epley, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago who studies social connection and how people…
Andrew Huberman · 18 May 2026

Theodore Postol: Iran Can Now Build 10-20 Nuclear Weapons - U.S. Must Negotiate

Theodore Postol, professor of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT and former Pentagon adviser, presents his technical assessment…
Glenn Diesen · 17 May 2026

Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Ready With Overwhelming Retaliation

Glenn Diesen interviews Professor Seyed Marandi, a professor at Tehran University and former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team, on the…
Glenn Diesen · 16 May 2026

Alexander Mercouris: The Political Legitimacy Crisis Across Europe

Glenn Diesen interviews Alexander Mercouris, host of The Duran and the Alexander Mercouris podcast, about the widening political legitimacy crisis…
Glenn Diesen · 16 May 2026

Richard Wolff: Collapse - Iran Is the Graveyard of the U.S. Empire

Glenn Diesen hosts Professor Richard Wolff, a Marxist economist, to discuss the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, the trajectory of the US and Chinese…
Glenn Diesen · 15 May 2026

Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump-Xi Meeting After U.S. Defeat in Iran

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to the US Secretary of State, argues that the Trump-Xi summit was choreographed and owned by China…
Glenn Diesen · 15 May 2026

George Beebe: Europe-Russia War as the U.S. Pulls Back?

Glenn Diesen, professor and host, speaks with George Beebe, former CIA director for Russia analysis and current director of grand strategy at the…
Glenn Diesen · 14 May 2026

Xu Qinduo: Trump-Xi Meeting - Economic War, Taiwan & Iran

Glenn Diesen speaks with Xu Qinduo on May 14th, 2026, as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing. Xu describes the atmosphere as strongly…
Glenn Diesen · 14 May 2026

Understanding & Controlling Aggression | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, presents a comprehensive overview of the science of aggression. He…
Andrew Huberman · 14 May 2026

Mattias Desmet: The West's Descent Into Totalitarianism

Glenn Diesen interviews Mattias Desmet, professor of psychology at the University of Ghent and author of The Psychology of Totalitarianism, about…
Glenn Diesen · 13 May 2026

Chas Freeman: Trump Goes to Beijing After Historic Defeat in Iran

Glenn Diesen interviews Chas Freeman — former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, former Ambassador, and the interpreter for Richard Nixon's historic…
Glenn Diesen · 12 May 2026

Jeffrey Sachs: New European Military Bloc for War Against Russia

Glenn Diesen interviews Jeffrey Sachs on the collapse of post-Cold War security cooperation and the emergence of a new European military project that…
Glenn Diesen · 12 May 2026

Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro Fujita

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Kentaro Fujita, an expert in the science of self-control and motivation, covering the psychology of willpower,…
Andrew Huberman · 11 May 2026

Sergey Karaganov: How Russia Will Win the New World War

Glenn Diesen interviews Sergey Karaganov, Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and one of Russia's most influential foreign…
Glenn Diesen · 10 May 2026

Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Rejects U.S. Deal - War Is Likely Imminent

Professor Seyed Marandi — a professor at Tehran University and former adviser to Iran's nuclear negotiation team — joins Glenn Diesen to discuss the…
Glenn Diesen · 9 May 2026

Larry Johnson: Iran War Creates a New Middle East

On approximately day 70 of the Iran conflict, former CIA analyst Johnson and host Glenn Diesen argue arguing that negotiations have been a fraud from…
Glenn Diesen · 8 May 2026

Alex Krainer: Ceasefire in the US-Iran War Is Over — Trump Is Trapped & Defeated

Glenn Diesen speaks with Alex Krainer, a market analyst, author, and former hedge fund manager, about the rapidly deteriorating US position in its…
Glenn Diesen · 8 May 2026

Stanislav Krapivnik: NATO-Russia Escalation - Another Big Step Toward Nuclear War

Glenn Diesen interviews Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer who returned to Donbas after his military service, about the escalating…
Glenn Diesen · 7 May 2026

Essentials: Compulsive Behaviors & Deep Brain Stimulation | Dr. Casey Halpern

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Casey Halpern, a neurosurgeon specializing in deep brain stimulation (DBS) and focused ultrasound, about the…
Andrew Huberman · 7 May 2026

Peter Schiff: Dollar Breaking Point - Debt & Energy Crisis

Glenn Diesen, host of the channel, interviews Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Asset Management and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Schiff argues…
Glenn Diesen · 7 May 2026

Lawrence Wilkerson: Rogue State America - Decay of a Superpower

Glenn Diesen interviews Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about the US military campaign against Iran, which Wilkerson describes as an objective failure…
Glenn Diesen · 6 May 2026

Chas Freeman: US-Israel Divorce, End of NATO & Sea Power

Glenn Diesen interviews Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of Defense, on the strategic implications of the US-Iran conflict…
Glenn Diesen · 6 May 2026

Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Entering a Century of Humiliation?

Glenn Diesen interviews Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), about the…
Glenn Diesen · 5 May 2026

Seyed M. Marandi: Return to All-Out War - What Happens Now

Glenn Diesen speaks with Seyed Marandi the day after the United States attempted to force ships through the Strait of Hormuz, an operation Marandi…
Glenn Diesen · 5 May 2026

Scott Ritter: Iran War Reignites as U.S. Push to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Glenn Diesen speaks with Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, on May 4th, 2026, as the United…
Glenn Diesen · 4 May 2026

Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Paul Conti about the practical tools anyone can use to build mental health, develop self-awareness, and create…
Andrew Huberman · 4 May 2026

Jeffrey Sachs: Global Economic Meltdown & Destruction of Europe

Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Glenn Diesen to argue that the accelerating fragmentation of the global economy is producing clear winners and losers.…
Glenn Diesen · 3 May 2026

Seyed M. Marandi: U.S. Attack On Iran Could Be Imminent

Seyed Marandi, professor at Tehran University and former adviser to Iran's nuclear negotiation team, warns that a renewed US military attack on Iran…
Glenn Diesen · 1 May 2026

Larry Johnson: U.S. Desperation Grows as Iran Is Winning

Glenn Diesen interviews Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and writer at Sonar 21, about the ongoing US-Iran conflict. Johnson argues that the US…
Glenn Diesen · 30 Apr 2026

Control Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, presents a detailed breakdown of how the nervous system regulates sugar…
Andrew Huberman · 30 Apr 2026

Brian Berletic: U.S. Is Grooming Europe for War with Russia

Glenn Diesen and Brian Berletic argue that the United States has never intended to end the war in Ukraine — rather, it is executing a deliberate…
Glenn Diesen · 29 Apr 2026

Lawrence Wilkerson: Araghchi Meets Putin as Russia Goes All-In on Iran

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson joins Glenn Diesen to discuss Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi's meeting with Vladimir Putin, which Wilkerson reads as a…
Glenn Diesen · 28 Apr 2026

Alastair Crooke: Iran War Is Now a Global War for World Order

Glenn Diesen interviews Alastair Crooke, founder and director of Conflicts Forum and a veteran British diplomat and Middle East negotiator, on April…
Glenn Diesen · 27 Apr 2026

Richard Wolff: Petrodollar Decline Unravels the U.S. Empire

Professor Richard Wolff, a Marxist economist, joins Glenn Diesen to discuss the US economic campaign against Iran — dubbed "Economic Fury" by…
Glenn Diesen · 26 Apr 2026

Jeffrey Sachs: Trump's Defeat in Iran & Decline of the U.S. Empire

Glenn Diesen interviews Jeffrey Sachs on April 24th, 2026, discussing the long-term decline of Western hegemony and what the Iran war reveals about…
Glenn Diesen · 24 Apr 2026

Pepe Escobar: Connectivity Wars - The U.S. War on Multipolarity

Glenn Diesen interviews journalist and author Pepe Escobar, speaking from Southeast Asia, about what Escobar calls the "war of connectivity…
Glenn Diesen · 23 Apr 2026

John Mearsheimer: U.S. Expands Iran War & Divorces Europe

Glenn Diesen interviews Professor John Mearsheimer on April 22, 2026, covering the US-Iran war, the failure of American air power, and the strategic…
Glenn Diesen · 22 Apr 2026

Douglas Macgregor: No Peace - U.S. Prepares for 'Total War' Against Iran

Glenn Diesen speaks with Colonel Douglas Macgregor, decorated combat veteran, author, and former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, recorded on…
Glenn Diesen · 21 Apr 2026

Jack Matlock: How NATO Expansionism Broke European Security

Glenn Diesen interviews Jack Matlock, the former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, who played a central role in negotiating the end of the Cold War…
Glenn Diesen · 19 Apr 2026

Chas Freeman: Diplomacy Fails - Strait of Hormuz Shut Down Again

Glenn Diesen interviews Chas Freeman — former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and one of the interpreters…
Glenn Diesen · 18 Apr 2026

Scott Ritter: Russia Threatens Strike on Finland & Baltic States

Glenn Diesen interviews Scott Ritter about two major developments: Russia's explicit threats to strike European facilities producing drones used to…
Glenn Diesen · 17 Apr 2026

Daniel Davis: Breaking News - Iran Reopens the Strait of Hormuz

Glenn Diesen interviews Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, a four-times combat veteran and host of the Daniel Davis Deep Dive YouTube channel, about…
Glenn Diesen · 17 Apr 2026

Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials

Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, presents a detailed explanation of how memories are formed and,…
Andrew Huberman · 16 Apr 2026

Larry Johnson: Trump's Naval Blockade & Ceasefire Collapse

Glenn Diesen interviews Larry Johnson on April 15, 2026, covering the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, the state of the ceasefire, and the wider…
Glenn Diesen · 15 Apr 2026

Jiang Xueqin: The Iran War & the Battle for the Petrodollar

Glenn Diesen interviews Jiang Xueqin, host of the YouTube channel Predictive History, on the ongoing US-Iran war and its relationship to the…
Glenn Diesen · 13 Apr 2026
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