{"podcast":{"title":"Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi","slug":"going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572","podcast_index_feed_id":6331572,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/k4rk5","website_url":"https://goingunderground.castos.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/644258b7650582-10405540/images/podcast/covers/c1a-o9ngg-1p7x7v6vs6j1-xzcvxr.jpg","author":"Going Underground","episode_count":100,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T10:21:28.590950+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572"},"episode":{"title":"CIA Whistleblower Prof. Melvin Goodman on US War on Iran, Ukraine proxy war, Epstein Files & More","slug":"cia-whistleblower-prof-melvin-goodman-on-us-war-on-iran-ukraine-proxy-war-epstein-files-more","published_at":"2026-02-16T09:32:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572/cia-whistleblower-prof-melvin-goodman-on-us-war-on-iran-ukraine-proxy-war-epstein-files-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572","url":"https://goingunderground.castos.com/episodes/cia-whistleblower-prof-melvin-goodman-on-us-war-on-iran-ukraine-proxy-war-epstein-files-more","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/644258b7650582-10405540/2364066/c1e-jvo99a41w5zt0gppv-qd106g8dt8dg-b74vyw.m4a","summary":"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, Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine proxy war and one of the causes being NATO expansion to Russia’s borders, the beginning of a new Russia-China-US nuclear arms race after expiry of the START treaty, the Epstein Files and whether Israel is pressuring Donald Trump via blackmail, the US’ ‘takeover’ of Venezuela and regime change campaign against Cuba, the ‘mediocrity’ of Trump’s cabinet team, and much more.","meta_description":"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 cov…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1681,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572/episodes/cia-whistleblower-prof-melvin-goodman-on-us-war-on-iran-ukraine-proxy-war-epstein-files-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-underground-hosted-by-afshin-rattansi-6331572/cia-whistleblower-prof-melvin-goodman-on-us-war-on-iran-ukraine-proxy-war-epstein-files-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}