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GrassRoots TruthCast with Gene ValentinoThe Truth They Don’t Want You to Hear- Gene Valentino Breaks Down the Democrat CollapseAmerica is facing one of the most chaotic political moments in modern history — and Gene Valentino breaks it all down with truth, clarity, and unapologetic honesty.In this explosive episode, Gene uncovers how political psyops, military manipulation claims, collapsing blue-state leadership, and a weaponized justice system are pushing the country toward a breaking point. From the War Powers Act to the failures in sanctuary cities, Gene exposes the forces tearing America apart — and how President Trump continues to outsmart his political enemies.We also cover: ✔️ The shocking psyop aimed at the U.S. military ✔️ W...
2025-11-2722 min
Two Old Farts Making NoisesDavid DeMolfetta Shares BREAKING Cybersecurity News Updates | Lost Dollar Business Club Ep 754Send a text🔥 SignalGate EXPOSED, Cyber War Rising & Trump’s NSC Purge | Lost Dollar Business Club x David DiMolfetta Ep 754Welcome to The Lost Dollar Business Club — where power, politics, and money collide.This week’s episode is a no-fluff, deep-dive into the underbelly of U.S. national security — and joining us is David DiMolfetta, a top defense and national security reporter from NextGov.In this urgent and eye-opening discussion, we cover:🚨 SignalGate meltdown — What happened, why no one’s taking responsibility, and what it means for U.S. intelligence.🧨...
2025-04-051h 02
🔍DEEP DIVE PODCAST 👫WE ARE HERE TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR🚨 Trump & Putin’s Call: What They Don’t Want You to Know!📞 What REALLY happened when Trump and Putin spoke? The world is buzzing about their phone call discussing Ukraine, Russia, and the global balance of power. But was this a diplomatic breakthrough or just another power play? Let’s break down the media spin, hidden agendas, and what this means for the future! 🕵️♂️✅ What Trump demanded & why Putin refused✅ Is this a turning point in U.S.-Russia relations?✅ How Western media is twisting the story✅ The real stakes for Ukraine & the global order✅ Who stands to gain from this high-stakes chess game?💬 What do YOU...
2025-03-1810 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsRussia vs Its NeighborsWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Anton Shekhovtsov
Moderators: Prof. Scott Lucas and Monique Camara
Anton Shekhovtsov is a Ukrainian academic and writer. He is known for his writings on the European radical right and, in particular, its connections to Russia.
Timestamps:
3:05 What are Vladimir Putin's tactics for "long-term regime change"?
7:56 What is significance of the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban to Moscow --- for the far right, for Hungarian politics, and for Ukraine?
14:03 Why have the Polish and...
2022-02-0355 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsA Very Turkish CrisisWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Lisel Hintz and Nicholas Danforth
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Lisel Hintz, the writer of “Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey”
Nicholas Danforth, the writer of “The Remaking of Republican Turkey: Memory and Modernity Since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire”
2022-01-0851 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsCan We Move Beyond a East v. West Politics? (Prof. Ayşe Zarakol)World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Ayşe Zarakol/ University of Cambridge
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
3:17 With the notion of "democracy" v. "autocracy", are we in danger of returning to a Cold War or "clash of civilizations" narrative?
5:48 How do we begin to understand "East" and "West" in your work?
8:04 Having working in the UK and US, do you think that you are in something called "the We...
2021-06-2239 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsFaith Beyond Hope: Making A Better NowWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Ece Temelkuran / Novelist and Political Writer
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
3:46 What does "Faith Over Hope" mean?
7:55 What role do different types of storytelling have in Faith Over Hope and politics?
11:34 What is distinctive about the discourse that you are seeking?
14:08 How do you bring forth dignity against a counter-message from leaders of "nationalism" and pride?
2021-06-1544 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIn Defense of Democracy (With Cas Mudde)World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Cas Mudde (University of Georgia)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
4:36 Is there a rise in far right movements in Europe and elsewhere amid the Coronavirus pandemic?
5:47 Is there a limit in what voters will accept from far right movements?
7:41 Is there "mainstreaming" by right-wing parties and Governments of far right movements?
9:28 Can the European Left draw any...
2021-06-1133 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsCan Turkey and the Us Reconcile? With Sinan ÜlgenWorld Unfiltered Specials Guest: Sinan Ülgen (EDAM) Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas Title: Can Turkey and the Us Reconcile? Launch Day: 08 June 2021 Timestamps: 2:32 What should we expect from the first meeting between US President Biden and Turkish leader Erdoğan? 7:58 Where did Turkey lose ground with the US? 11:47 Is there an imbalance in the perception from Ankara and and the perception from Washington? 13:03 Does a "grand reset" in Turkey-US have to start with a unilateral gesture from Ankara? 17:10 Is a Turkey-US accommodation possible over Syria and the Kurdish issue? 24:16 Is the Biden Administration content to step back from the issue of Turkey's clai...
2021-06-0846 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIs Turkish Foreign Policy in Trouble?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. İlhan Uzgel (Gazeter Duvar)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Are we witnessing not only a free fall in Turkish foreign policy but also the Turkey-US relationship? 3:40-9:00
2. If the Pentagon had not checked Trump --- preventing a full withdrawal of US troops from Syria and Iraq --- would we be saying today that President Erdoğan played the Americans and succeeded? 9:10-13:50
3. Yo...
2021-05-1941 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsPopulism and Polarization in Turkey and BeyondWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Emre Erdoğan (İstanbul Bilgi University)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Launch Day: 12 April 2021
Timestamps:
1. Is polarization the next political pandemic after populism? Is there a relationship between two? 2.00-7.11
2. Is affective polarization defined by political parties? Is this distinctive in 2021 or have we seen it for some time? 7.15-11.48
3. Is affective polarization greater with respect to political pa...
2021-04-1246 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIs There A Turkish Grand Strategy?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Mustafa Aydın (Kadir Has University and Chairman of International Relations Council in Turkey)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. In 2021, can we speak of a Turkish grand strategy? 2.20-4.59
2. Is this a grand strategy of balancing among multiple powers? 5.10-8.24
3. Is Turkey pursuing primacy in the Middle East? 8.30-13.30
4. Is this Turkish idea of "order" a grand s...
2021-04-0641 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsA Stable Ukraine - At Home and Abroad?World Unfiltered
Guest: Dr. Victor Andrusiv (Executive Director of Ukrainian Institute for the Future)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Why should we care about what happens in Ukraine? 03:44 – 06:17
2. Is Europe recognise that Ukraine as a vital part of the continent, pushing Ukraine away, or something in between? 06:52 – 09:35
3. How do you explain the Maidan Revolution of February 2014? 10:35 – 16:15
4. Did you and those around you anti...
2021-04-0147 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsShould the US Lead a New International Order?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. G. John Ikenberry/ Princeton University
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. What is liberal international order? Is it the same in 2021 as in 1999? 03:17 – 07:09
2. What is vital, even essential, in what you call a liberal international order? 07:36 – 10:15
3. How do you draw a universal from your reading of the US and Western Europe into developments at the same time in other parts of the world? 11:01 – 15:28
4. Is the liberal international order...
2021-03-2655 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsItaly and Populism in Europe with Daniele AlbertazziWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Dr. Daniele Albertazzi/ University of Birmingham
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. What is the starting point for populism: anti-business elite, anti-political elite, or anti-cultural elite? How does right-wing populism differ from left-wing populism? 3.17-7.46
2. What are the dynamics behind the change of government in Italy --- the economy, Coronavirus, or other issues? 7.50-13.17
3. Why is there divergence between Italy's right-wing populist parties, Salvini's L...
2021-03-2038 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIs Turkey in Political Crisis?World Unfiltered
Guest: Assoc. Prof. Burak Bilgehan Özpek /TOBB University
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Is this the year that Turkey approaches political crisis --- or it already in crisis? 3.15-7.17
2. What are the key issues that may lead to this crisis? 7.20-9.20
3. Is populism in Turkey similar to that of Salvini in Italy, Le Pen in France, or Orban in Hungary --- or is a d...
2021-03-1541 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIs Turkey in Economic Crisis?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Atilla Yeşilada / Economist
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Is this the year that Turkey faces an economic crisis? 3.30-5.17
2. How will US sanctions affect Turkey? 5.20-8.30
3. Are the fundamentals of the Turkish economy strong? 8.40-11.28
4. Can the relationship between Turkey and US enter a new era of win-win? 11.30-15.10
5. Do you e...
2021-03-0834 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsCan Journalism Still Speak 'Truth to Power'?World Unfiltered
Guest: Nevşin Mengü / Freelancer Journalist
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Can journalists in 2021 still speak truth to power? 2.05-3.13
2. Why did you become a journalist? 3.20-5.02
3. When you worked for CNN Türk, was their State influence or even pressure? Did this increase after the unsuccesful coup attempt in 2016? 7.00-9.21
4. What were the similarities and differences between working in...
2021-03-0437 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsCan Belarus Triumph Over Lukashenko?World Unfiltered
Guest: Kaciaryna Šmacina/Research Fellow/the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Why should we care about Belarus? 3.20-5.11
2. What is the significance not just of President Lukashenko but of an authoritarian system, 30 years after the break from the Soviet Union? 5.20-8.30
3. What are the concerns of people inside Belarus beyond Lukashenko? 8.35-12.48
4. What is t...
2021-03-0140 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsWhy We Should Care About AzerbaijanWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Dr. Farid Shafiyev/Ambassador, Chairman of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (Air Centre)
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps
1. Why should we care about Azerbaijan? 1.46-5.08
2. How does the intersection of a young nation-state with centuries of political culture shape the Azerbaijani approach? 5:15-8:06
3. Is there tension in a system in which one family has held the Presidency for more than 27 years? 8:40-12:40
2021-02-2544 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsWhy We Should Care About Armenia?World Unfiltered
Timestamps
1. Why should the World care about Armenia? 2.32-4.32
2. What are the immediate issue for Armenia? The status of Nagorno Karabakh and conflict with Azerbaijan? A post-revolutionary government trying to regain legitimacy? Economic issues? 4.35-9.26
3. If you're a government advisor, do you make Nagorno Karabakh your headline issue? Or do you actually try to put it to the side and focus on the pandemic and economic recovery? 9.30-11.15
4. Why has it not po...
2021-02-2533 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsReligion, Identity and Power: Turkey and the BalkansGuest: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Erdi Öztürk/Coventry University and London Metropolitan University
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. What does history tell us about Turkey's relationships with Balkan countries? 3.20-7.48
2. In the northern Balkans, many people express Turkish identity or at least an affinity with it. Yet at the same time there's the sentiment of being left behind if not betrayed by Turkey. What is the significance of this paradox? 7.50-11.08
3. Ho...
2021-02-2037 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsThe Final Curtain for Putin’s Russia?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Mark Galeotti/Mayak Intelligence
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Mark, you argue that the "Navalny effect" might be to sustain "late Putinism". What does that mean? 1.00-6.15
2) What reforms might we see in Russia in response to developments of recent weeks, including protests? 6.20-8.38
3) Who is Alexei Navalny? What is his significance? 8.40-13.30
4. Can the different strands of the Russian opposition be brought together? Or are...
2021-02-1641 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsA Turkish-EU Divorce?World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Senem Aydın Düzgit/Sabancı University
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. Is Europe strategically important for Turkey? And is Turkey strategically important for Europe? 2.55-09.04
2. Since 1963, when Turkish association began with the European Economic Community, has the relationship been steady? Or has it had ups and downs? 09.14-13.20
3. Why didn't the EU membership process culminate in Turkish accession? 13.21-18.50
4. Why do we now have a "tra...
2021-02-1347 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsUS Politics: Recovery or Decline?World Unfiltered
Guest: Yunus Emre Erdölen
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Timestamps:
1. You've written of two narratives for the future of the US: recovery or damage and insecurity. Which is more likely? 04.10-09.05
2. Do we have a Trumpist rather than a Republican Party, especially in the House? 09.08-12.40
3. Which Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will we see: one who draw a line against the Trumpists or on...
2021-02-1044 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsDecoding the Turkey-Gulf States RelationshipWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Dr. Ali Bakir
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Descriptions and Timestamps:
1. Has Turkey been involved in the Gulf region since 1945? Or is this more a feature of the policy of the last 20 years, including under President Erdoğan? 03.40-10.08
2. Was division over the Muslim Brotherhood the key marker of Turkish-Gulf relations from 2011? 10.50-15.06
3. Did the support of different anti-Assad factions in Syria’s conflict split Turkey and Qatar from Saudi Arabia and the UAE...
2021-02-0739 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsGlobal Economy and Society After the PandemicWorld Unfiltered
Guest: Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Descriptions and Timestamps:
1. What is "Society 5.0", both for a global economy and a global society? 3.08 - 7.18
2. How can get we to a "Global Society" when so much of our attention is focused on national markers as GDP and stock markets? 7.30 - 9.28
3. Are there any countries shifting from a national-oriented growth approach to a more social, environmental, and transnational one? 9.40 - 13.53
...
2021-02-0535 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsBest Friends in the Middle East? Understanding the Turkish-Israeli RelationshipWorldUnfiltered
Guest: Dr. Selin Nasi/ International Relations Specialist and Journalist
Descriptions and Timestamps:
1. The historic relationship between Turkey and Israel: up and down between cooperation and conflict? Or a continuous link from 1949 to now? 4.10-14.50
2. Has there been continuity in the military relationship despite high-level political tensions? 15.00-16.15
3. What was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s vision of Israel when he rose to highest Turkish offices from 2002? And what is his vision now...
2021-02-0138 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsTurkey and the Biden Administration - Is There A Way Forward?World Unfiltered
Guest: Soli Özel
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas
Descriptions and Timestamps:
1. What is the Turkish government’s approach to the Biden Administration? Where can each side start fixing the relationship? 01.40-11.10
2. What was Erdogan Government’s expectation from Washington on the night of the July 2016 coup attempt? 11.15-13.20
4. If the US Government released a public statement on the night of coup attempt, would the August 2016 meeting between Presidents Erdoğan and Putin have taken place...
2021-01-3037 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsIs America Broken?Deep Dive Politics presents.
World Unfiltered
Our Guest: Prof. William Kennedy
Presenter: Prof Scott Lucas (University of Birmingham/EA Worldview)
Disclaimer: All opinions in this video reflect the views of the speaker(s), not of Deep Dive Politics.
2021-01-2531 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsWhy We Need a Feminist Foreign Policy?Deep Dive Politics presents.
World Unfiltered
Our Guest: Prof. Zeynep Alemdar
Presenter: Prof Scott Lucas (University of Birmingham/EA Worldview)
Disclaimer: All opinions in this video reflect the views of the speaker(s), not of Deep Dive Politics.
2021-01-2530 minDeep Dive Politics PodcastsBritain Is Out : What's Next for EU and UK?Deep Dive Politics presents.
Title: Britain Is Out : What's Next for EU and UK?
Our Guest: Simon Usherwood
Presenter: Ali Onur Özçelik
Disclaimer: All opinions in this video reflect the views of the speaker(s), not of Deep Dive Politics.
2021-01-2536 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsTurkish-Russian Relations: Strategic Partnership or Regional Rivalry?Deep Dive Politics presents.
-World Unfiltered-
Presenter: Prof Scott Lucas (University of Birmingham/EA Worldview)
Our Guest: Emre Erşen
Disclaimer: All opinions in this video reflect the views of the speaker(s), not of Deep Dive Politics.
2021-01-2532 minDeep Dive Politics PodcastsAn Attempted Coup in WashingtonDeep Dive Politics presents.
Deep Dive Politics Special focused on the storming of the Capitol Hill in Washington on 6th January 2020.
Ali Onur Özçelik and Scott Lucas discussed about those questions listed below:
1. There is a confusion how to describe the event occurred in Washington. Biden chose to say insurrection, Trump said that it is a non-violent protest. There are also different definitions: insurgency, riots, coup, etc….how do you describe it?
2. The consensus is that Trump is the n...
2021-01-2523 min
Deep Dive Politics PodcastsWhy World Can't Depend on Joe Biden Alone?"Deep Dive Politics" presents.
Our Guest: Prof Scott Lucas (University of Birmingham/EA Worldview)
Topics:
What is Deep Dive Politics?
Why did Scott Lucas choose to talk in Deep Dive Politics?
Is the President-elect Joe Biden a remedy for the existing problems of the emerging world order/disorder?
2021-01-2523 min