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.
BRICS must ‘step up’, otherwise Trump will pick off US’ rivals one by one – Dr. Victoria Panova
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, the status of Saudi Arabia’s invitation to join BRICS and Javier Milei’s rejection of BRICS membership for Argentina, the BRICS New Development Bank as an alternative to the Washington-dominated World Bank and IMF, Brazil’s Lula Da Silva vetoing BRICS membership for Venezuela, the subsequent kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores by Donald Trump and the silence of BRICS and the international community. In the second half, she discusses why Donald Trump believes BRICS is an anti-US bloc, building an independent payment system and the use of non-dollar currencies, Trump’s tariff war against BRICS nations, Donald Trump being the ‘best thing’ to happen to BRICS, and much more.
Netanyahu blackmailing Trump over Iran using Epstein files – ex-Israeli intel officer Ari Ben-Menashe
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 was threatening Israel, Jeffrey Epstein’s history of working as a Mossad agent to attain compromising blackmail on Western politicians, his allegations that MI6 is working with Israel amid the revelations about Peter Mandelson in the Epstein files, the Western media’s claims that Epstein was a Russian agent and Israel being behind the cover-up, his belief that Benjamin Netanyahu would sabotage a US-Iran deal with damaging Epstein material against Trump and other US officials, the previous Israeli policy of supporting Hamas and the turn to destroying Palestinians, his belief that Trump wants Netanyahu out of power, the possibility of Israel using nuclear weapons against Iran, former British Prince Andrew’s role as Epstein’s useful idiot, and much more.
Between NATO & US annexation: What is Greenland’s future? (Greenland Minister Naaja Nathanielsen)
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, her policies on banning uranium mining and natural resource extraction, Greenland’s NATO membership and the accusation that it makes Greenland a target for Russia and China, her view of China as a competitor rather than a potential partner, whether Greenlanders see Trump’s annexation plan as leverage against Denmark to gain full independence, the lower rates of poverty in Denmark compared to Greenland and the lack of sovereignty over US bases, Trump’s offer of $100,000 to every Greenlander in exchange for annexation, Denmark’s arming of Israel for the genocide in Gaza, whether the US threats over Greenland signal the beginning of the end of NATO, and much more.
Netanyahu and Israel lobby leading US to war against Iran (CMSGT. Dennis Fritz)
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 it’s a training ground for repression against the American population, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and what the motivations are behind his threats, the looming threat of a US-led regime change war against Iran, America’s failed use of unrest in Iran to bring down the Iranian government, which makes war more likely, whether Saudi Arabia and the UAE can dissuade Trump from attacking Iran while the Israel lobby and Benjamin Netanyahu are persuading Trump into going to war, whether China will imminently move to reintegrate Taiwan by force, and much more.
US Deep State’s sinister plan: Preventing a Russia-China-Europe alliance (Prof. Tuomas Malinen)
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 Ukraine proxy war thanks to the neoconservatives in his administration, the neocon faction’s priority shifting to stopping an alliance between China, Russia, and Europe, the Greenland crisis and whether NATO could actually break up over the dispute, the construction of 15 US bases in Finland since it became a full NATO member, how Georgia was a test for pushing Russia’s red lines in Ukraine, the catastrophic state of the Western European banking sector, the structural fragility of the European Union and the vulnerability of the euro, the potential re-igniting of the Israel-Iran war and the fears of a Strait of Hormuz closure, the facade being presented of the US’ and Israel’s military power over Venezuela and Iran, and much more.
2026 begins in crisis: Tariq Ali on Venezuela regime change, looming war on Iran, Greenland, Ukraine
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 than we imagine, US President Donald Trump’s regime change kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro at the start of 2026, his thoughts on the new Acting President Delcy Rodriguez and the deals being made with Washington over Venezuelan oil, the worsening relationship between Brazil’s President Lula Da Silva and Nicolas Maduro, which aided the US’ regime change campaign, the effects of the economic strangulation by the US, UK, and EU of Venezuela’s democracy, Donald Trump’s motivations for setting his sights on Greenland, the state of the Ukraine proxy war following the assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the looming reaction of the Ukrainian far-right groups to a negotiated end of the war, the scale of repression against pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Germany, France and Starmer’s UK, the protests in Iran which have sparked a renewed effort by the US and Israel for a regime change campaign, and much more.