With a series of murky international trade agreements like the TPP being negotiated, will a secret court give corporations the power to erode the rights of nation states? The TPP includes an Investor State Dispute Settlement clause that allows a secret court (ICSID; International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) with global reach to arbitrate disputes between multinationals and the countries they operate in, potentially forcing governments to change sovereign laws or pay compensation to companies if they lose a case. The Undercurrent shines a light on the issue and asks – is the TPP the end of democracy? The Undercurrent is an online news show billing itself as an antidote to the five-second soundbite. Creators Jen Dainer and Dan Graetz say it is the show they wish existed – so they created it themselves