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.
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.
Afshin Rattansi challenges ex-CIA advisor on the legacy of America’s wars: Success or failure
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, former Pentagon Defense Policy Board member, former CIA External Advisory Board member, and author of ‘To Dare Mighty Things: US Defense Strategy Since the Revolution’. He discusses the role of asymmetric warfare from the American Revolution to the wars of today, the paradox of the US’ superpower status despite many military defeats and stalemates since Korea and Vietnam, the myth of American isolationism, the legacy of the US invasion of Afghanistan, the US’ role in the rise of ISIS and Al Qaeda, his view of the root causes of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the risk of direct NATO-Russia conflict as NATO continues to build up on Russia’s borders, and much more.
Iran War: Trump’s oil market manipulation and the breakdown of US dollar hegemony (Philip Pilkington)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Philip Pilkington, author of ‘The Collapse of Global Liberalism’ and host of the ‘Multipolarity’ podcast. He discusses how Donald Trump has manipulated markets to keep oil prices artificially low using Truth Social and mainstream media, how China and the United States likely struck a deal for China to reduce its oil imports to stave off an oil shock while the US signed the Memorandum of Understanding, why there is no plan at all for the US war on Iran, oil market manipulation since the beginning of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, why he predicts the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will likely creak before the midterms, why this could be the end of the US dollar global financial system, and much more.