Deep Dive with Richard Heydarian
As one of Asia's leading political podcasts, Deep Dive provides in-depth, long-form and engaging analysis of the most compelling political, economic and social issues in the Philippines, Asia and the world over by global columnist, university lecturer, and author Richard Heydarian.
Episodes
"SENATE CHAOS": TIME FOR PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM!??
A conversation with Atty Dino Deleon.
"House of Dynamite": Time for Cold Peace with North Korea?
An interview with Professor VICTOR CHA, Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University and President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The interview draws on his latest Foreign Affairs essay: North Korea as It IsThe Case for a Cold PeaceVictor ChaMay/June 2026Published on April 21, 2026. https://www.foreignaffairs.c
"DU13 & DUTERTE": ICC, IMPEACHMENT & ICC
A conversation with Atty Conti.
"JINGGOY BAIL OUT": MAKULONG BA MGA DU13 MEMBERS!??
A conversation with Ret. Justice Antonio Carpio
"DU13 MAJORITY": BAKA MAUBUS SA MGA KASO!??
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"BATO ICC ARREST ESCAPE": GEN TORRE ANG SAGOT??
A conversation with the legendary police chief!
"BATO ESCAPE, CAYETANO DRAMA, ROBINHOOD PWEDE MAKULONG ULIT!?"
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"ROBIN PADILLA & CAYETANO": PWEDE MAKULONG OVER BATO ICC ESCAPE??
A conversation with (Ret) Justice Antonio Carpio.
"CAYETANO": MA COUP DIN SA SENADO AFTER BATO DEBACLE!??
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"SCRIPTED PUTOKAN SA SENADO": PAANO NAKATAKAS ANG ICC FUGITIVE!??
A conversation with Senator Trillanes.
"BATO ARREST DRAMA; DUTERTE DYNASTY CRISIS!?"
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"PUTUKAN SA SENADO": ABOLISH SENATE NA!??
Reflections on the BATO ARREST mess!
"LENI PRESIDENCY": IS IT THE BEST OUTCOME?
A conversation with Chris Tan.
"BATO ARREST ESCAPAE; SARA IMPEACHED AGAIN!"
An episode with Prof Cleve Arguelles and Atty Dino Deleon.
"LENI v SARA v TULFO": THE RACE TIGHTENS!
A conversation with Dean Ederson & Prof Rye.
ENDGAME: DUTERTE IN ICC DETENTION, SARA IMPEACHMENT!??
A conversation with Atty Kristina Conti.
"SARA DUTERTE": IMPEACHMENT TRIAL NEXT!
A conversation with Atty Dino de Leon.
"BANK SECRECY LAW": SARA DUTERTE FALSE DEFENSE
A conversation with Justice Carpio.
"MEN OF STEEL": MANUFACTURING & PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC FUTURE
A special SteelAsia episode.
"BUKINGAN": SARA DUTERTE BANK ACCOUNTS & IMPEACHMENT
A special Quadcom episode.
"UNIPINK": LENI, BAM & RISA 2028
A special QUADCOM episode.
"ATTY INDAY DUTERTE; DDS v DDS; DISINFORMATION"
A special QUADCOM episode.
"WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, DUTERTE & CHINA"
A special QUADCOM episode.
"UNIPINK": CAN LENI BEAT SARA DUTERTE!???
A special Ronald Llamas episode #Pilipinas360
"ENERGY CRISIS, WEST PHILIPPINE SEA & DUTERTE-CHINA AXIS"
A special Ronald Llamas episode #Pilipinas360
"MADRIAGA EXPOSE": SARA IMPEACHMENT ANALYSIS
A special Quadcom episode.
"ATTY INDAY SARA & CHIZ ESCUDERO"
A special Quadcom episode.
“SARA IMPEACHMENT 2.0”: ENDGAME!??
A Ronald Llamas episode.
“Philippine Energy Crisis, Corruption & 2028 Elections”: Manila House Talk
A chat with Prof Winnie Monsod & Comm Heidi Mendoza
“UNIPINK”: LENI, RISA & BAM v DUTERTE COMEBACK
A Ronald Llamas episode.
"SARA IMPEACHMENT & SUPREME COURT": AN ANALYSIS
An interview with Justice Carpio.
"PHILIPPINE ENERGY EMERGENCY": WHAT IS BBM UP TO!??
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"OIL CRISIS, SARA IMPEACHMENT & LENI PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS"
A conversation w/ Ronald Llamas.
“LENI”: KAYA 50 PERCENT VOTES IN 2028 IN INTERNAL SURVEY!??
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"Persian Gulf War": China, West Philippine Sea & Asian Geopolitics
A conversation with Ret Admiral Rommel Ong.
"Oil & OFWs": WHAT BBM SHOULD DO WITH MIDDLE EAST CRISIS!??
An interview with Ronald Llamas.
"PERSIAN GULF WAR": EPIC FAIL!???
A conversation w/ Washington DC-based Iran expert Sina Toosi.
"LENI, BAM, RISA": WHO WILL GO AGAINST DUTERTE!???
A special Quadcom episode.
"ASIA AFTER AMERICA": TRUMP, CHINA & END OF PIVOT TO ASIA?
A conversation with ZACK COOPER is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a Lecturer at Princeton University. Between 2005 and 2008, he served at the U.S. Department of Defense and on the National Security Council. He is the author of Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries on his latest Foreign Affairs magazine essay. "Asia After America: How U.S. Strateg
"ICC, MARCOLETA & WEST PHILIPPINE SEA"
A conversation with Justice Carpio.
"Philippine Education Crisis"
A conversation with Senator Win Gatchalian.
"LENI-BBM MEET": A NEW ALLIANCE!???
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"DUTERTE ICC TRIAL": LIVE ANALYSIS
A conversation with Atty Conti.
"SARA DUTERTE DECLARES PRESIDENCY; BATO STILL ON THE RUN!??""
A conversation with Justice Carpio.
"New World Disorder": Trump, China & West Philippine Sea
An interview with Ray Powell and Jim Carouso.
"TSINADORS": CHINA's PROXIES IN THE PHILIPPINES??
An interview with Ronald Llamas.
"2028: LENI, PINKS & UNITED FRONT AGAINST DUTERTES"
An interview with Dean Gary Dionisio.
"PERFORMATIVE": WHY SARA DUTERTE IS POPULAR!??
An interview with Prof Ranjit Rye of Octa Research.
"WEST PHILIPPINE SEA": CALL OUT TSINADORS!!!
Reflections on correct stance on West Philippine Sea issues.
"MARCOLETA, WEST PHILIPPINE SEA & PRO-CHINA POLITICIANS"
An interview with ret. Justice Antonio Carpio.
"CORRUPTION, POVERTY & INDUSTRIAL POLICY": AN ANALYSIS
An evidence-based analysis of Philippine state and development.
"DUTERTE ICC TRIAL SOON": ATTY CONTI ANALYSIS
A conversation with Atty Conti.
"CHIZ, JINGGOY & JOEL": ARE THEY NEXT?
A conversation with (Ret) Justice Antonio Carpio.
"RONALD LlAMAS v TEAM CHINA"
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"China & Grand Strategy": Why Trump Wants Greenland?
A conversation with (Ret) Admiral Rommel Ong.
"DIGONG, JINGGOY, BONG": DI NA SAFE!!!!
Reflection on PH politics.
"ICC UPDATE": BATO ARREST WARRANT, DUTERTE's TRIAL
A conversation with Atty Kristina Conti.
"LEVISTE": THE CURIOUS CASE OF LOREN LEGARDA'S AMBITIOUS SON
A Project Pilipinas convo.
"SARA IMPEACHMENT 2.0": SONNY TRILLANES INTERVIEW
A conversation with Sen Sonny Trillanes.
"GEN Z VOTE": A PINK MOVEMENT STRATEGY!???
A special Team Pinas episode.
"INDUSTRIAL POLICY": HOW PHILIPPINES CAN BECOME RICH
A conversation with Stephen T. CuUnjieng, Dr. Lisandro Claudio, and Professor Jesus Felipe.
"BATO ICC ARREST SOON": END OF DUTERTE POWER!??
A conversation with Ronald Llamas.
"SARA DUTERTE PRESIDENCY": INEVITABLE NA!?
A conversation with Ronald Liamas.
""OMBUDSMAN": SINO ANG MGA 'BIG FISH' NA KAKASUHAN!??
A conversation with ex Justice Antonio Carpio.
“THIRD FORCE”: Ronald Llamas v Walden Bello
A conversation on future of Pink Movement...
"KAKASUHAN NA MGA DUTERTE!!!": SEN TRILLANES INTERVIEW
A conversation with the firebrand ex-senator.
“VENEZUELA”: TRUMP, CHINA, MADURO, MARCOS, PINK MOVEMENT
A conversation with Ronald Llamas, Walden Bello, Jose Antonio Custodio, and Lourd de Veyra.
"MARCOS ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVE": BUDOL OR REAL DEAL?
A special Quadcom episode.
"KORUPSON": REFORM OR REVOLUTION?
A conversation with Atty Star Elamparo, Prof Walden Bello & Dr Lisandro Claudio.
"Third Force": Can Pink Opposition Overcome Duterte-Marcos Struggle?
A conversation with Ronald Liamas.
CABRAL SUICIDE, DDS DESTABILIZATION, DRUG WAR & DYNASTIES
A conversation with DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla
BAM AQUINO PRESIDENCY!!??
Reflections on potential 2028 contenders.
"DPWH MYSTERY; DISCAYA JAILED; BATO IMPENDING ARREST!?"
A special QUADCOM episode.
"RED WEDDING": TRILLANES ON FALL OF DUTERTE DYNASTY
A conversation with the firebrand senator.
"2028": WHO CAN BEAT SARA DUTERTE!??
A conversation with Ronald Liamas.
"MARCOS v DUTERTE": FINAL SHOWDOWN!??
A conversation with Ronald Liamas.
"DUTERTE DYNASTY": ENDGAME NA SOON!??
A conversation with Senator Trillanes.
"SARA, MADRIAGA EXPOSE, & BANNING DYNASTIES": QUADCOM
A Quadcom analysis with Atty Falcis, Chris Tan and Marc Gamboa.
"THE DUTERTE AGE OF DARKNESS": Atty CLAIRE CASTRO INTERVIEW
A Best of 2025 Interview.
Oxford University Lecture:"Hundred Years of War on Corruption in PH"
Utmost gratitude to folks at Asian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College, Oxford, for the privilege to share my analysis of latest anti-corruption revolt in the Philippines as part of the “Asia Revolutions” conference… 📚PS: Goes without saying my views purely represent my own and not any institution I’m affiliated with. And yes, was happy to put back my lecturer hat on after months of wonderful ex
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