On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Victoria Panova, Head of Russia’s BRICS Expert Council who participated at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. She discusses the shadow of a US war on Iran hanging over the region,...
Feb 9, 2026 06:12
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.
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Victoria Panova, Head of Russia’s BRICS Expert Council who participated at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. She discusses the shadow of a US war on Iran hanging over the region,...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe about the Epstein files. He discusses his belief that Israel is holding sensitive information which they would release if they felt Donald Trump...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s Minister of Business, Mineral Resources & Energy. She discusses the US betrayal of Greenland following Donald Trump’s plans to annex Greenland,...
In this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CMSGT. Dennis Fritz, a former adviser to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers. He discusses the Trump administration’s crackdown against anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota and how...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Tuomas Malinen, associate professor of Economics at the University of Helsinki and CEO of GnS Economics. He discusses why it is likely US President Donald Trump will fail to broker peace in the...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to renowned writer, filmmaker and activist Tariq Ali. He discusses the mainstream media’s obsession with the World Economic Forum in Davos and why we may be closer to the end of the organization...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago for our final episode of the year and season. He discusses Donald Trump’s foreign policy failures of 2025, the 12-day Israeli war on Iran,...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Philip Pilkington, senior research fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and author of ‘The Collapse of Global Liberalism’. He discusses how the Ukraine proxy war has...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Richard Spence, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Idaho. He discusses what is and what defines a society and the importance it has on elite decision making, the origins of the...
