Going Underground

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    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the long-awaited Chilcot report. He’s joined by a former political exile from Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Sami Ramadani. The deputy head of Baghdad Council’s Security Committee tell us what it's like for...
  • Going Underground
    Three times a week Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to discover the stories that aren’t being covered by the mainstream UK media. From GCHQ to Occupy protests, and everything else in between, Going Underground is here to bring a fresh perspective to our audiences around Britain.
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    Chilcot report special (E364)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the long-awaited Chilcot report. He’s joined by a former political exile from Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Sami Ramadani. The deputy head of Baghdad Council’s Security Committee tell us what it's like for...
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    Independence Day special w/ Ed Schultz (E363)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the United States of America's 240th birthday; broadcast veteran Ed Schultz on Trump versus Clinton, and Save the Children on how Europe's migration polices put children in danger. Plus, what will happen to the...
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    Britain's future post-Brexit (E362)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the future of the Conservative Party post-Brexit. Plus, what does leaving the EU mean for renters and homeowners alike? And, an ex-SAS soldier explains why you shouldn't join the army. LIKE Going...
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    Brexit Backtracking and the Two State Delusion on Palestine (E361)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on CIA, Brexit and Palestine. Former White House official, Paul Craig Roberts tells us that Washington is telling the UK it cannot leave the European Union, whatever the will of the British people. And does Brexit...
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    What happens after Brexit? (E360)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the UK’s vote to leave the EU; Tory Euroskeptic Sir Bill Cash criticizes George Osborne, the SNP’s Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh speaks on Scotland’s future, and UKIP’s only MP Douglas Carswell...
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    Brexit Special: Are we living in a Disunited Kingdom? (E359)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on Brexit. The votes are in. Britain is out of the European Union, and UK Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned. We speak to Alex Salmond, former First Minister of the Scottish National Party about the...
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    A very US coup & disappearing Christianity (E358)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground with Britain's former ambassador to Brazil on the US-backed coup d'état against Dilma Rousseff. And, is Christianity about to disappear from its birth place – the Middle East? Plus, we look at how many...
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    Julian Assange's future & homophobia in Orlando (E357)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Can he destroy Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House? And, was the Orlando Shooting an act of radical homophobia? Plus, award-winning director turns the tables on the very word...
  • Historical photographs of mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire are displayed at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum in Yerevan. © David Mdzinarishvili
    Armenian genocide special: Mass murder or civil war? (E356)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground on the Armenian Genocide. We speak to Mehmet Perincek, a historian and political scientist who defended his father's denial of the Armenian Genocide at the European Court of Human Rights. And on the other side of...
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    Orlando Shootings, Guantanamo Torture & the Saudi Regime (E355)
    Afshin Rattansi goes underground with a man who was tortured in Guantanamo; the MP who brought the fight against Saudi human rights abuses and the worst mass shooting in US history. Plus broadcaster and former MP Lembit Opik looks at the week's...