Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: We are at dire risk of nuclear war from Russia-NATO escalation over Ukraine
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, President of the UN’s Department for Sustainable Development. He discusses the mood surrounding the Ukraine proxy war at the UN General Assembly and what the “only glimmer of light” was, why the Ukraine proxy war and the war on Iran have “sensible exit ramps,” the UN’s absence in efforts to end the war on Iran and the Ukraine proxy war, Trump’s incompetence in negotiating with Russia to end the Ukraine proxy war, the “dire risk” of nuclear war as Europe refuses to negotiate sincerely with Russia, his conversation with then-National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the one thing which could have stopped the Ukraine proxy war happening which Sullivan refused to do, the “incompetence” of European officials as Europe gears its societies for war with Russia, the media’s role in continuing the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.
20 years of WikiLeaks: The biggest revelations, the state of press freedom, Julian Assange
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, which celebrated its 20th Anniversary recently. He discusses how Julian Assange is doing two years after he was freed, the state of press freedom globally with the assassinations of journalists in Gaza and why Julian chose to speak about Gaza after his release, the impact and legacy of WikiLeaks publishing the collateral murder video, how the Iraq War Logs helped end the Iraq War and how the Afghan War Diaries exposed the lies of NATO governments and the media, the CableGate revelations of 250,000 diplomatic diplomatic cables from around the world which showed how the US empire works, the revelations of US spying on European officials and the UN Secretary General, the Vault 7 revelations which was the largest CIA leak in history, the significance of the DNC & Podesta email leaks, the censorship of RT in the European Union, the future of WikiLeaks, and much more.
Ex-CIA operations officer challenged by Afshin Rattansi on Ukraine, Iran, Syria, false flags & more
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Charles Finfrock, former CIA senior operations officer and founder and CEO of Vigilance. He discusses the supposed ‘foiled attack’ on RAF Fairford which has been blamed on Iran and whether it could have been a false flag. He debates Afshin Rattansi on the history of the CIA false flags and the Wikileaks Vault 7 leaks, Seymour Hersh’s report that the Ghouta 2013 chemical weapons attack was a false flag attack, whether the CIA was working with Al-Qaeda in Syria to overthrow Bashar Assad, the extent of the CIA’s role in the Maidan coup in 2014, whether Israel started the war on Iran purposely to destroy the US’ presence in the Middle East and degrade the power of GCC countries, Iran’s nuclear program and how close Tehran was to building a nuclear weapon, how isolated Iran is economically, the effectiveness of US sanctions, whether the CIA was involved in the Nord Stream pipeline attacks, and much more.
Significant possibility of nuclear weapons being used against Iran – ex-State Dept. official Matthew Hoh
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former State Department and Defense Department official Matthew Hoh, who resigned over the Afghanistan war. He discusses the significance of the 20th anniversary of Julian Assange founding WikiLeaks, increasing censorship of journalism in the US and NATO nations, the possibility of the US or Israel using nuclear weapons against Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu’s increasing political desperation, Pete Hegseth’s overhaul of the US military, why we don’t see more government resignations over America’s atrocities abroad, and much more.
Americans pay $2 billion a day for Iran war: Afshin Rattansi challenges ex-deputy CENTCOM commander
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Vice Admiral Robert Harward, former deputy commander of US CENTCOM and executive VP of Shield AI. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on his support for the US regime-change war against Iran, Iran’s de facto alliance with the US against ISIS & Al-Qaeda, the economic cost of the war at $2 billion a day for Americans, the level of the Iranian threat against the US before the war began, the fate of US bases in the Gulf after the Iran war ends, the US sanctions on Iran and the 38 million deaths caused by US sanctions up to 2021, the state of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Kiev being unable to win the war, Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries fueling the global energy crisis, the Maidan Coup and the NATO provocations that caused Russia’s invasion in 2022, and much more.
Joe Kent: How Netanyahu and the Israel lobby trapped Trump in the Iran war quagmire
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joe Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned from the Trump administration after the US-Israeli war on Iran was launched. He discusses the effects of the war domestically and how Israel marched the US to war, who the individual access points are for the Israel lobby in the Trump administration, what was behind Israel’s calculation to assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war to keep Trump stuck in the war, why Trump has decided not to aid Saudi Arabia militarily in the campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, the association of Nicolas Maduro with Tren de Aragua – the pretext for regime change in Venezuela, why nothing has been done about the perpetrators about the Russiagate hoax, the ongoing cover-up of 9/11, the anniversary of the Nord Stream attack and whether the US was behind it, why no one resigned from the Biden & Trump administrations over the Gaza genocide, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and much more.