

Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi
Going Underground
We ask the questions mainstream media avoid. Current affairs and geopolitics. Produced independently from Dubai, UAE. Hosted by award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi.
https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 26, 2025 • 28min
‘Israel’s Genocide in Gaza is DWARFING the Nazi Holocaust’- If Americans Knew Founder Alison Weir
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alison Weir, the Founder and Executive Director of If Americans Knew. She discusses the purpose of her organisation which is to educate Americans on Israel’s historical and contemporary crimes against Palestinians which their tax dollars pay for, the mainstream media’s whitewashing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and omission of the US’ role in Israel’s atrocities, the incident where the FBI visited her over her work and the threats she faces, the smears of ‘anti-Semitism’ against those who oppose Israel’s action, the power of the pro-Israel lobby and AIPAC over all levels of government, and much more.

May 24, 2025 • 28min
HOPELESS: Peter Schiff SLAMS US Involvement in Ukraine, Zelensky’s Corruption & Threat to the Dollar
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground، we speak to Peter Schiff, Chief Economist & Global Strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management. He discusses why the US involvement in Ukraine against Russia was a massive mistake, the massive corruption among US politicians and Zelensky’s entourage stemming from US aid to Ukraine, military-industrial complex profiteering off of the proxy war, the threats he received for simply asking whether Zelensky owned a suit, the propaganda to make the Ukraine proxy war a ‘freedom fight’, and much more. In the second half of the interview, he discusses how the Ukraine proxy war galvanised BRICS countries against the dollar, China’s increased purchasing of gold and China’s slow pace of dumping US treasuries and dollars, why he views Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as ‘gambling’, Donald Trump’s support for the crypto industry, the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence program, and much more.

May 19, 2025 • 27min
Economic Hitman John Perkins on The ‘Death Economy’, Decline of the US Empire & the Rise of China
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman. He discusses why he believes Donald Trump is trying to become a dictator, Trump’s attempts to pressure Netanyahu as the Gaza genocide rages on, Trump’s axing of USAID as China rises while the US becomes isolationist, the degenerative death economy polluting and consuming itself into extinction, the rise of a new class of oligarchs under predatory capitalism, Latin America’s economic shift towards China and China’s solutions to some of the problems the US has created, the threat of nuclear war, AI, and destruction of the climate, and much more.

May 17, 2025 • 28min
Trump's SLAM DUNK Middle East Trip & The Sabotage Campaign Against Trump (George Papadopoulos)
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to George Papadopoulos, Former Foreign Policy Advisor to US President Donald Trump and best-selling author of 'Deep State Target'. He discusses Donald Trump's landmark trip to the Middle East and the achievements of the trip, the push for a war against Iran by neoconservatives, Trump's efforts to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the deep state and international campaign of sabotage and entrapment against those surrounding Donald Trump since the 2016 campaign, the threats that remain against Donald Trump, and much more.

May 12, 2025 • 27min
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Israel OWNS the Trump Administration, Israel is a LIABILITY for the US
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. He discusses the potential risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan after the recent breakout of conflict, the alignment of China and the US on either side of the India-Pakistan conflict, Israel’s internal deterioration and civil unrest, Donald Trump’s support for Israel as the Gaza genocide continues, Israel’s campaign to push the United States into a war with Iran, the US’ campaign against Yemen and why it harms the US’ campaign to contain China, Mike Waltz working with Netanyahu behind Trump’s back to push for a war with Iran, Israel and the US’ plan to keep Syria wrecked and broken, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s demand for a Palestinian state, Trump’s failure to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, his prediction that a war will end on the battlefield as a frozen conflict with a Ukrainian defeat, and much more.

May 10, 2025 • 27min
‘Israel CANNOT Beat Hamas’ Afshin Rattansi Challenges Jerusalem Center President Dr. Dan Diker
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi gets into a heated exchange with Dr. Dan Diker, the President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and the former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress. In the interview, Afshin challenges him on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Israel’s push for a war on Iran, Israel’s international isolation as the Gaza genocide continues, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s classification of Israel’s war as a genocide, Israel’s state of crisis and near civil war, Israel’s war against Yemen, and much more.

May 5, 2025 • 28min
Elon Musk’s Father on Starlink for Gaza, Zelensky’s Dictatorship in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, & Trump
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
In this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Errol Musk, the father of Elon Musk. He discusses his son’s purchase of X and his political evolution from a Democrat to becoming a Republican and supporting Donald Trump, Zelensky’s role as a tool of Washington in the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, his opinions on Vladimir Putin and why Elon allows the Ukrainian military to use Starlink, potential NATO membership for Ukraine being a root cause of the Ukraine proxy war, how Hamas contacted him to request Elon Musk to allow Starlink to operate in Gaza, how the Musk Institute of Science was created and much more.

May 3, 2025 • 28min
Jimmy Dore: Russia & Ukraine WON’T Accept Peace Deal, Trump Should Halt Aid & Let EU Bankrupt Itself
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Jimmy Dore, Host of The Jimmy Dore Show. He discusses the media’s coverage of the Gaza genocide in the United States and shifting public opinion against Israel, Donald Trump’s censorship at the behest of Israel, the role of Israeli agents in social media censorship, the crackdown against pro-Palestinian journalists and activists in the UK and European Union, why Donald Trump is finding it more difficult than he initially thought to end the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, Russia’s victory in the war and Zelensky’s unrealistic demands for bringing the war to an end, the lose-lose-lose situation the US and EU face, the neocon campaign against Pete Hegseth for opposing a war on Iran, the deindustrialisation of the US as the reason for so many of the US’ contemporary problems, and much more.

Apr 14, 2025 • 28min
The US’ Economic Entropy: Russia Sanctions, Trump’s Tariffs & Oligarch Power (Prof. James Galbraith)
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Galbraith, Co-Author of ‘Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production’, and Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He discusses why the orthodox understanding of economics and markets has been harmful and not rooted in reality, how the US-UK-EU sanctions on Russia resulted in the strengthening and transformation of the Russian economy into a business economy, how the Cold War created Washington’s and academia’s current understanding of economics, why Trump’s plan to rejuvenate American industry will just lead to private corporations restricting output and increasing prices, why US tech company leaders supporting Trump’s tariffs shows that the US’ technology is no longer number one, the 2008 financial crisis and the decades of deregulation that led to a meltdown of the financial system, why two-party ‘democratic’ systems have hugely benefited the oligarchy, and much more.

Apr 12, 2025 • 28min
US Missile Defence EXPOSED: Mega Corruption, BILLIONS Spent on Systems That DON’T Work
FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Subrata Ghoshroy, Science, Technology, and Society Researcher at MIT. He was a whistleblower and former Senior Analyst at the US Government’s Accountability Office. He discusses blowing the whistle in 2006 on the US’ plan for a conventional laser missile defence system, the main problem with airborne laser systems which has seen it not enter modern warfare, the corruption over missile defence involving Congress and the military-industrial complex, the power of the missile defence lobby over Congress to ensure continuous spending, Russian missile defence systems vs American missile defence systems, Trump’s plan for a ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system for the USA, and much more.


