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.
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.
Prof. Steve Hanke warns to stay away from US bond market as ‘Trump is trapped in an inflation crisis’
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. He discusses the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates by 25 basis points last Wednesday, the real reason behind the US bond market being in a slump and why inflation will be around for a while, why he recommends private investors to stay away from the US bond market, why Donald Trump has no good options to escape the current inflation and bond market crisis, the war on Iran’s impact on the US government’s budget deficit, increased energy prices in the US being a ‘war tax’ on the American people, and how Donald Trump has contributed to BRICS through his actions, and why Xi Jinping holds all the cards in dealing with the United States.
Prof. Hanke and Afshin Rattansi also debate the legacy of Hugo Chavez’ Bolivarian Revolution, with Hanke calling Chavez an economic disaster for Venezuela and calling for the adoption of the dollar for Venezuela, while Afshin Rattansi points out the achievements of Chavez in improving the lives of ordinary Venezuelans.
Tucker Carlson: We are on the brink of a world war that ends with the use of nuclear weapons
On this special episode of Going Underground, we speak to Tucker Carlson, host of The Tucker Carlson Show, and one of the most famous journalists on the planet. He discusses the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine and the risk of nuclear war, the disastrous US-Israeli war on Iran, eroding political freedoms in the United States as censorship of dissent and anti-Israel voices becomes more prevalent, the rise of BRICS and China’s ever-growing superpower status, and much more.
The Trump assassination attempts: What you haven’t been told (Ken Silva)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ken Silva, author of ‘The Trump Assassination Plots’, to discuss everything from the Ukrainian and Israeli connection to the assassination attempts, Israel’s alleged role in cooking up fake assassination plots to make Trump more hawkish on Iran, unexplained coincidences, and whether a cover-up is taking place.