American Exception

  Aaron Good and Max Arvo  continue to explore the evolution of American organized crime. In particular, we discuss the key importance of the racing wire service and the obscured nature of mid-20th century American organized crime: Did mafia or La Cosa Nostra models really apply? Or alternatively, were the ethnic Italian elements, which seem to confirm those theories, merely the lower and thus mor...

Aaron speaks with Charles Derber and Yale Magrass, authors of the new book, Who Owns Democracy?: The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America . Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He has written 26 books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change. Yale Magrass is a Chancellor Pr...

  This episode kicks off our new Gray Alliance series featuring Aaron and independent researcher Max Arvo. In this introductory episode, we cover the evolution of American organized crime in the 20th century. Special thanks Dana Chavarria  for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore  for the episode art! Music: “Nine Times”  by Mock Orange

  Aaron speaks with Too Black  and Rasul Mowatt, authors of ' Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits '. Check out Too Black's Black Myths podcast ! Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria , production Casey Moore , graphics Michelle Boley , animated intro Mock Orange , music

  Aaron and Bryce are joined by human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist Daniel Kovalik . His new book is ' The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care '. Image: Residents and civil defense after an Israeli army strike on Asma School, run by UNRWA, in Gaza City on October 27, 2024 (Omar El Qattaa /Anadolu via Al Jazeera ) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria , pr...

Bryce Greene speaks about 9/11 with a special guest, Jon Gold . Independent researcher and activist Jon Gold is the author of We Were Lied to About 9/11: The Interviews--a very useful book for anyone interested in referencing suppressed true facts of 9/11. You can download a free copy of the book at Jon’s We Were Lied to About 9/11 website. This episode marks the third in a series of 9/11 episodes...

Jefferson Morley joins us to discuss the JFK case, including new developments centering around a strange CIA repository with some apparently extremely sensitive JFK assassination-related documents. Jefferson Morley is a Washington-based author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. He runs the excellent website, JFK...

J im Hougan and Peter Dale Scott join us to discuss the lingering mysteries of Watergate—with reference to Hougan’s masterpiece,   Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA . This episode is part of the series, Watergate and Secret Agenda . Image: James McCord testifies to the Senate Select Committee on Watergate, May 22, 1973. (AP Photo, file) Special thanks to Dana Chavarria  for produc...

Aaron is joined by journalist and forensic historian, Kit Klarenberg . His work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Check out his work at: Global Delinquents Active Measures Grayzone   Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria , production Casey Moore , graphics Michelle Boley , animated intro Mock Orange , music

Aaron and Peter Dale Scott discuss the ill-fated Watergate break-ins and their historical impacts. They draw from Peter’s unpublished Watergate essay and from a Watergate timeline that Aaron, Peter, and Jim Hougan (author of ' Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA ') have been working on. Image: Nixon and Kissinger meeting with Fritz Kraemer in the Oval Office . Special thanks to Dana...

Subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Professor Peter Phillips joins us to talk about his illuminating new book, ' Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity '.  Image: Freedom for Humanity (a temporary mural by the American artist Mear One) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria , production Casey Moore , graphics Michelle Boley , animated intro Mock Orange , music

To see the full episode, subscribe to  American Exception on Patreon! Aaron and Bryce speak with Dr. Assal Rad . She is the Research Director at the National Iranian American Council and the author of ' The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran '. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Listen to the full episode by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/americanexception . Bryce Greene is back speaking about 9/11 with two guests, John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski . They are the authors of ' The Watchdogs Didn't Bark: The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror '. This book was edited by our own David Talbot, who also wrote the foreword. This episode marks the second in a seri...

To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/americanexception Gary Vogler and Lawrence Wilkerson join us to discuss the deep politics of the Iraq War, drawing from their respective insider perspectives. Gary Vogler is the author of ' Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda '. Lawrence Wil...

To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! In this episode, Peter Dale Scott reads and discusses a new poem. Published at the American Exception Substack, the poem is entitled “ Facing the Limen .” This is the 30th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approac...

To hear/see the full episode, please subscribe on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/americanexception Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of subjects: The criminally bad New York Times coverage of the Gaza Genocide The US presidential debate farce how Harris picked up the coveted Dick Cheney endorsement How Russia and Iran are deepening their strategic relationship The anniversary of 9/11  MAGA’s new s...

Subscribe to American Exception on Patreon ! We talk with the Iraq Correspondent at the excellent website, The Cradle .  He has done outstanding work covering ISIS as the latest entry in a long and sordid Western imperial tradition--the covert use of Islamist terror groups as geopolitical sock puppets.  Two articles from the Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent are particularly relevant to this episode’s d...

See the complete episode by subscribing to American Exception on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/americanexception/membership Aaron discusses a pair of suppressed recent news articles from The Grayzone: " Historic US-Russia prisoner swap exposes CIA support for Chechen jihad " " Accused financier of Moise assassination apparently advised by US intelligence " Then goes into an (overly?) extended d...

This is the second of Aaron's two-part review and discussion of a new and very important book, ' Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda '. The book was written by Gary Vogler, with a foreword from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. Image: West Qurna 1 Oil Field  (Middle East Online) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphic...

To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! In this episode, Aaron is joined by Peter Dale Scott, who finishes reading some of his new politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s recently published poetry collection, ' Dreamcraft '. This is the 29th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us...

Bryce and Aaron discuss a number of grim and ridiculous events—including the sinister “genocide pause” ceasefire hoax, the Kursk invasion fiasco, the DNC’s genocide-eliding spectacle in Chicago, RFK’s sad finale, tech monopoly censorship, and Russiagate’s strange Zionist angle. Image: A view of the destruction in Gaza, February 22, 2024. (Photo credit: AFP/ Said Khatib) Special thanks to: Dana Cha...

In this episode, Aaron is joined again by Peter Dale Scott who reads some politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft . This is the 28th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria  for producing the...

To see/hear the full episode head over to https://www.patreon.com/americanexception to subscribe and support the best historical analysis of the U.S. Empire. Aaron reviews and discusses a new and very important book, ' Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda '. The book was written by Gary Vogler with a foreword from Col. Lawrence Wilkerso...

Bryce Greene speaks about 9/11 with two guests. The first is independent researcher Adam Fitzgerald . He runs The Darkened Hour  podcast, the Adam Fitgerald YouTube channel , and on Word Press he runs the site 9/11/The Historical Timeline . The second guest is Ben , and he runs the Podcast for a New American Century . This episode marks the first in a series of 9/11 episodes that our own Bryce Gre...

Bryce and Aaron speak with Ray Nowosielski  and Maria Chappelle-Nadal . They are two of the creators of ' After the Uprising ', a true crime podcast which investigates a string of mysterious tragedies among Ferguson activists in St. Louis, years after they helped launch a national movement for Black Lives. Image: Riot police in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014 ( Al Jazeera ) Special thanks to: Dana Chavar...