Going Underground

‘This is not our war’: UAE navigates instability amid US-Israeli war on Iran (Mohammed Baharoon)
In this episode, we speak with Mohammed Baharoon, the director-general of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. What is the situation on the ground in Dubai as Iranian missiles and drones continue to target UAE? What is the state of the...
Mar 9, 2026 06:42
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.

‘This is not our war’: UAE navigates instability amid US-Israeli war on Iran (Mohammed Baharoon)
In this episode, we speak with Mohammed Baharoon, the director-general of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. What is the situation on the ground in Dubai as Iranian missiles and drones continue to target UAE? What is the state of the...
Mar 9, 2026 06:42
Assault on Iran: ‘The American people don’t want this war’ Afshin Rattansi challenges Capt. James Fanell
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Captain James Fanell, the Former Director of Intelligence of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet. Why did US President Donald Trump start this unpopular war against Iran? Was it dragged in by...
Mar 7, 2026 06:17
Will the Epstein files be the end of the British royal family?
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Rt. Hon. Norman Baker, former UK Home Office Minister for Crime Prevention and Privy Councilor to King Charles III. How has the Epstein Files revelations about Peter Mandelson shaken the political...
Mar 2, 2026 06:20
US-Israeli war on Iran: Can Israel survive full-scale Iranian retaliation? (Prof. Uri Bar-Joseph)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Uri Bar-Joseph, Prof. Emeritus of International Relations at the University of Haifa. Can Israel survive an all-out Iranian retaliation as Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu prepare a second...
Feb 28, 2026 06:23
Can Cuba’s revolution survive Trump’s economic war? (Cuba’s UN ambassador, Ernesto Soberon Guzman)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Cuba’s ambassador to the UN, Ernesto Soberon Guzman, amid US President Donald Trump’s unprecedented campaign to strangle the Cuban Revolution by intensifying the blockade. Can Cuba...
Feb 23, 2026 06:49
Ukraine: Europe’s deliberate lying and fearmongering on ‘Russian threat’ (Prof. Anatol Lieven)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Anatol Lieven, the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute. He discusses Europe’s self-entrapment over providing assistance to Ukraine as the proxy war against Russia...
Feb 21, 2026 10:00
CIA whistleblower Prof. Melvin Goodman on US war on Iran, Ukraine proxy war, Epstein Files & more
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CIA veteran Prof. Melvin Goodman. In an at times heated interview, Afshin Rattansi and Prof. Goodman cover the looming US war on Iran and why the focus will be Iranian ballistic missiles,...
Feb 16, 2026 06:47
US won’t get what it wants through war on Iran – ex-senior State Department adviser Alan Eyre
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alan Eyre, a former senior adviser for Iran and first Persian-language spokesperson at the US State Department. He discusses the Trump administration’s strategic ambiguity and inconsistency...
Feb 14, 2026 08:35
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,...
Feb 9, 2026 06:12