The Think Tank Racket - Prog. Glenn Diesen on Groong Podcast

Propaganda as a science seeks to manipulate the audience without appealing to reason. Freud's idea of group psychology overwhelming the rational individual was developed further by his nephew, Edward Bernays, who laid th…

Paul Robinson is a professor of public and international affairs at University of Ottawa. Prof. Robinson discusses his most recent book - "Russia's World Order" and why civilisational discourse has again become a key foc…

Emmanuel Todd is a historical demographer, a best-selling author, and a leading intellectual in France. Emmanuel Todd predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1976, predicted the exhaustion and decline of the US Emp…

Lord Robert Skidelsky discusses why the period of globalisation is predictably followed by the lure of fascism and war. Skidelsky is a member of the British House of Lords, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, and th…

José Antonio Zorilla is a top Spanish diplomat, ambassador and author. Ambassador Zorilla discusses the wrong choices to build a new Europe without Russia after the Cold War, which produced the current crisis and war.Fol…

Nicolai N. Petro is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, and formerly the US State Department's special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union. Prof. Petro discusses the pending end of th…

Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how the growing structural problems in the US economy are not being addressed, as Trump is looking for a quick fix. Follow…

Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the economic and political consequences of NATO's pending loss of the proxy war in Ukraine. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: htt…

Matthew Hoh is a former U.S. Marine Officer and State Department Official. Hoh discusses the growing divisions within the US, which threaten the US empire. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substac…

Ehud Olmert is the former Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009). Olmert discusses the war in Gaza, and the impact of Israeli society and its place in the world.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.subs…

Ian Proud discusses Zelensky's increasingly aggressive forced conscription. Proud was a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. Ian was a senior officer at the British Embassy in Moscow from July 20…

Gordon Hahn discusses Europe's ideological fundamentalism, detached leadership, Russophobia, subservience to the US, and other causes for the death of the old continent.Follow the work of Gordon Hahn:https://gordonhahn.s…

Ian Proud discusses the EU's efforts to legalise the theft of Russia's sovereign assets. Proud was a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. Ian was a senior officer at the British Embassy in Moscow…

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow discusses the consequences of the Ukraine War on Russian society. Gilbert Doctorow's new book "War Diaries. Volume 1: The Russia-Ukraine War, 2022-2023" is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon…

Jack F. Matlock, Jr, was the U.S. Ambassador to the USSR, 1987–1991, and had a key role in negotiating an end to the Cold War. Ambassador Matlock discusses how NATO expansion destroyed the concept of a Common European Ho…