American Exception

  This is the 12th installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott—the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. In this episode, we delve further into the confusion surrounding the structural deep event that we refer to simply as Watergate. Peter and I talk about...

  Aaron is joined by Kit Klarenberg--an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We speak about his recent GrayZone piece with Max Blumenthal—the first in a series on the Paul Mason email scandal. The piece is entitled, Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed . A follow-up article was also publish...

In this second episode of our Watergate double feature here on the 50th anniversary of that fateful botched burglary, Aaron talks with Jefferson Morley about his new book, Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate . Therein, Watergate is presented as a tale of two Dicks—Nixon and Helms. On the surface, Watergate was a notorious presidential scandal. The further one looks into t...

As a happy coincidence, we recorded this around on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in and the arrest of the Plumbers. We talk about the deep politics of Watergate in this installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as wel...

Joined by James DiEugenio, Aaron talks with Max Good about his new film, The Assassination and Mrs. Paine . The film features Ruth Paine herself—along with a number of other people that you may be familiar with--including, James DiEugenio, Peter Dale Scott, Max Holland, Gerald Posner, Priscilla Johnson-McMillan, and Vincent Salandria. Rent the film here on June 14: The Assassination and Mrs. Paine...

In this installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott, Peter talks with Ben Howard and me about some legendary figures in the history of American parapolitical research—namely: William Turner, Mae Brussell, and Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty. From there, we start to get into Watergate! Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, a...

Aaron is joined by Lawrence Wilkerson and Peter Kuznick to discuss the Ukraine War in the context of America’s evaporating “unipolar moment.” Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired US Army Colonel, former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, and current Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary: Peter Kuznick is Professor of History...

  This is Part 9 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the poet, historian, and iconoclastic creator of parapolitics and deep politics. We continue talking about key figures of America's parapolitical history, including: · Donald Freed—prominent activist and co-writer of Executive Action · Carl Oglesby—major SDS figure and author...

Ben Norton of Multipolarista talks with Aaron about the end of US unipolarity (i.e., global dominance) and the dawn of a new multipolar world. Unlike the previous multipolar eras which led to colonialism and two world wars, the emerging multipolar world is more than just white imperialist powers in competition with each other. After the discussion with Ben Norton, Aaron talks to Mike Lesiuk and Se...

  This is Part 8 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Peter joins Aaron to reflect upon a number of figures in America's parapolitical history including: Bill Colby Dick Gregory Mark Lane Robert Blakey Allard Lowenstein Specia...

  Aaron talks with Branko Marcetic and Ben Howard about the recent 9/11 revelations which further implicate the Saudis--including the Saudis' key US deep state operative, Prince Bandar bin Sultan.  Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden . His recent 9/11 article at Jacobin is We Have New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11, and Barely Any...

Aaron speaks with Dr. Matthew Alford, one of the co-producers of the soon to be released documentary film, Theaters of War. They discuss the film and it main subject--the covert and propagandistic role of the Pentagon and CIA in the entertainment world.  Alford is the co-author with Tom Secker of National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood . Along with TJ...

  This is Part 7 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Ben Howard also joins us again as we continue talking about issues related to Peter’s early 1970’s article “The Vietnam War and the CIA-Financial Establishment.” Namely, we...

This is Part 6 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. We are again accompanied by co-host Ben Howard who joins us as Peter reflects upon a number of topics including: his 1970 article for Ramparts which has yet to be      publis...

  Following up on issues raised in the JFK assassination debate episode, James DiEugenio joins us to discuss JFK’s record on civil rights as well as other issues related to the JFK assassination. DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed —the four-hour cut of the film which is now available for digital p...

  We wrap up our discussion on "biodefense" with Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio ! Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: " Til the Mornin " by Mock Orange We wrap up our discussion on "biodefense" with Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio ! Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana...

  Continued discussion of "biodefense" and Ukraine with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio ! Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: " Til the Mornin " by Mock Orange Continued discussion of "biodefense" and Ukraine with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots...

  James DiEugenio joins us again to follow up on issues raised in Episode 34--our JFK Assassination debate featuring Jim and Robert Buzzanco. James DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed —the four-hour cut of the film which is now available for digital purchase. Jim is the author of Destiny Betrayed:...

  Aaron and guest cohost Brace Belden talk to David Talbot about his book, The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government . This episode is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, Professor Peter Dale Scott. Peter Dale Scott and Ben Howard also both appear in this episode. Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on the Boston Bombing ov...

Aaron talks about "biodefense" with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ . Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: " Til the Mornin " by Mock Orange Aaron talks about "biodefense" with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ . Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

    This is Part 5 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Also accompanied by special co-host Ben Howard, Peter reflects upon a number of topics including: his early research in to Air America his friendship with...

This episode features a debate on the JFK assassination between Robert Buzzanco and James DiEugenio. Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He is also the author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era , as well as cohost of the Green and Red Podcast . James DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through t...

Aaron and Branko Marcetic talk about the 2014 Maidan coup and the war in Ukraine. Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden . Check out some of Branko Marcetic’s work at Jacobin: What the Left’s Critics Ignore About Military Solutions to Ukraine Turning Ukraine Into Another Afghanistan Would Be a Disastrous Idea A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revo...

This is Part 4 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Also accompanied by special co-host Ben Howard, Peter reflects upon a number of topics including:  Malcolm X  the other the post-JFK political assassinations...

Aaron speaks with Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth of   Project Censored . They discuss censorship, propaganda, and other subjects covered by Projects Censored's latest book, The State of the Free Press 2022 —just released under their new publishing imprint, The Censored Press. Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored as well as a professor of social science, history, and journalism at Diablo...