American Exception

  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...

In this eleventh episode of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, Aaron talks with James DiEugenio, the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone's new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed , the four-hour cut of the film coming to the US in late February. Jim is also the author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case...

Aaron and Ben talk about the Ukraine War--its larger historical background and looming geopolitical implications. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Twelve O'Clock Call" by Mock Orange

This is Part 3 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years at Berkeley, including his experiences with the Berkeley Free Speech Movement and the antiwar movement. The Reichstag Fire and other matters are discuss...

This is Part 2 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon some of the events that led to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley, as well as his early years there. [UPDATE: We remastered this episode to fix the...

This is the first part of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years prior to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the s...

In this episode, Aaron is joined by Anthony Monteiro. They discuss the Black Radical Tradition in the context of US empire and capitalism. They focus especially on the towering figure of W.E.B. Dubois. After many years as university professor--mostly at Temple University--Monteiro continues to work as a scholar and activist at the Saturday Free School in Philadelphia and at Black Agenda Report . C...

This is Part 2 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV . Aaron, Hailey Rounsaville, and Mike Oldfield cover the tumultuous period from the end of World War II and the Sukarno-led victory over the Dutch which established Indonesian independence. They then trace the imperial intrigues which unfolded throughout the  Eisenhower years. Most notably, they discuss how American de...