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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…
Glenn Diesen · 5 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 4 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 3 Sept 2026

Essentials: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State | Dr. Gina Poe

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Gina Poe, a sleep researcher, in this Huberman Lab Essentials episode focused on the science of sleep and its role in…
Andrew Huberman · 3 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 3 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 3 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 1 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 1 Sept 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 31 Aug 2026

How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandt

Andrew Huberman interviews Joe Liemandt, principal of Alpha School, a network of schools where students spend just two hours a day on academics using…
Andrew Huberman · 31 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 29 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 28 Aug 2026

Essentials: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris Palmer

Dr. Chris Palmer, a Harvard psychiatrist, joins Andrew Huberman to discuss the relationship between metabolic health and mental illness. He shares…
Andrew Huberman · 27 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 27 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 26 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 26 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 25 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 24 Aug 2026

How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husain

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Masud Husain, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Oxford, whose research focuses on motivation, apathy, and attention.…
Andrew Huberman · 24 Aug 2026

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 —…
Glenn Diesen · 23 Aug 2026

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 —…
Glenn Diesen · 22 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 22 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 21 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 21 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 20 Aug 2026

Essentials: How to Access Your Creativity | Rick Rubin

Andrew Huberman sits down with Rick Rubin, whose book on creativity serves as the launching point for a wide-ranging conversation about how creative…
Andrew Huberman · 20 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 19 Aug 2026

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 —…
Glenn Diesen · 18 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 17 Aug 2026

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,…
Glenn Diesen · 17 Aug 2026

Episode 294 Ralph Adolphs

Andrew Huberman interviews Ralph Adolphs, a world expert in the neurobiology of emotions at Caltech, covering what emotions are, how they function in…
Andrew Huberman · 17 Aug 2026

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.…
Glenn Diesen · 16 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 15 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 15 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 14 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 13 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 13 Aug 2026

Essentials: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Dr. Sara Gottfried

Andrew Huberman interviews Dr Dr Sara Gottfried about female hormone health across the lifespan, from the teenage years through menopause and beyond.…
Andrew Huberman · 13 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 12 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 12 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 11 Aug 2026

Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity | Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Dr Fei Fei Li, professor of computer science at Stanford and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, joins Andrew Huberman to…
Andrew Huberman · 10 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 10 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 9 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 9 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 8 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 8 Aug 2026

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,…
Glenn Diesen · 1 Aug 2026

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…
Glenn Diesen · 31 Jul 2026

Essentials: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Jocko Willink

Andrew Huberman speaks with Jocko Willink about discipline, resilience, identity, and leadership — drawing on Jocko's military career and his work as…
Andrew Huberman · 30 Jul 2026
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