American Exception

On Independence Day, Aaron and Bryce discuss how current events show that the world is incrementally declaring independence from Western imperialism! Image: The Bidens watch the fireworks from the White House on July 4, 2021. Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

An All-Star line-up pays homage to our founding Devil’s Chess Club co-host, the great journalist and historian, David Talbot, who recently suffered his second near-fatal stroke in seven years. Please contribute here if you can: Help David Talbot After a Severe Stroke In this episode, we hear from: Glenn Greenwald James DiEugenio Jefferson Morley John Kirby Libby Handros Oliver Stone Peter Dale Sco...

Ben Howard  joins us to continue our series on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). For a time, the GDMG was centered around the milieu at Far West, a private military/intelligence outfit that combined elements of classic deep state outfits like the World Commerce Corporation, Booz Allen, BCCI, etc. The basis for this series is Peter Dale Scott's epic 2005 Lobster magazine article, “Th...

Retired US Marine and former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter  joins Aaron, Bryce, and guest co-host Wiley Boley  to discuss the multiple crises facing the US Empire. Please contribute here if you can: Help David Talbot After A Severe Stroke Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

We continue our series with Ben Howard  on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). For a time, the GDMG was centered around the milieu at Far West, a private military/intelligence outfit that combined elements of classic deep state outfits like the World Commerce Corporation, Booz Allen, BCCI, etc. The basis for this series is Peter Dale Scott's epic 2005 Lobster magazine article, “The Gl...

Aaron breaks down Russia's latest peace overtures and the reported demise of the "petrodollar." Then we explore the strange case of Pete Brewton's important book, ' The Mafia, CIA & George Bush '. Please contribute here if you can: Help David Talbot After A Severe Stroke Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

We continue our series with Ben Howard  on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). For a time, the GDMG was centered around the milieu at Far West, a private military/intelligence outfit that combined elements of classic deep state outfits like the World Commerce Corporation, Booz Allen, BCCI, etc. The basis for this series is Peter Dale Scott's epic 2005 Lobster magazine article, “The Gl...

Aaron and Bryce discuss the current and ongoing geopolitical crises that the US empire is facing. Then, they look at the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy here around the 56 anniversary of that unsolved crime. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Bryce speak with Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate for 2024 . We discuss how she came to be the 2024 nominee, the Cornel West debacle, the Gaza Genocide, the collapse of the US Empire, and the urgent need for an American Truth & Reconciliation  process. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange,...

  Show less This episode kicks off our series with Ben Howard  on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). For a time, the GDMG was centered around the milieu at Far West, a private military/intelligence outfit that combined elements of classic deep state outfits like the World Commerce Corporation, Booz Allen, BCCI, etc. The basis for this series is Peter Dale Scott's epic 2005 Lobster ma...

Aaron is joined by Vanessa Beeley  and   Dr. Piers Robinson  to discuss issues raised by their 2024 article, “ Understanding Power Dynamics and Moving Beyond Divisions: COVID 19 through to Ukraine and Israel/Palestine .” In particular, we discuss whether our terrible regime is a manifestation of Western capitalist imperialism or, alternatively, if we are ruled by a globalist cabal that secretly co...

Aaron and Bryce discuss the latest on the Gaza Genocide and how even The Economist magazine is acknowledging the existential crisis facing the Western imperialism--aka, the "liberal order." Support Bryce Greene and the movement here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/helpourselves Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Arnaud Bertrand  joins us to discuss the reemergence of China on the global stage—a development that has unfolded in the context of a neocon-propelled collapse of US hegemony and Western imperialism on the whole. Arnaud has a very popular account on Twitter/X where he is an insightful and informed commentator tweeting in English about China—especially about China’s domestic and foreign policies. I...

Aaron and Bryce discuss the latest on the Gaza Solidarity Encampments, the Russia-Iran-China alliance converging against the US empire, and the suspiciously convenient rise of ISUS. Aaron discusses his new deep political historical thesis of an Western intelligence mob war going back to the early Cold War. Support Bryce Greene and the movement here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/helpourselves Sp...

Kit Klarenberg  returns to discuss his recent articles on US support for terrorist mafia parastates--Kosovo and ISIS. Kit is an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Please support Kit's work if you can by subscribing to Active Measures !  Featured in this episode: Collapsing Empire: 'How US Broke Kosovo' Tony Blair’s Secret Yugos...

Aaron and Bryce discuss issues related to the campus protests spreading across the US in opposition to the Zionist campaign of genocide in Gaza. Bryce Greene has been a leader of this movement at Indiana University in Bloomington. He was recently arrested and subsequently banished from campus for 5 years by the powers that be. We talk about this along with related issues…like the question: Is Isra...

  Aaron and David speak to Jefferson Morley about the recently released, newly less-redacted version of the James Angleton’s executive session testimony of to the Church Committee in 1975. Morley is a Washington-based author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. Most relevant to today’s discussion, he is the author...

  Independent researcher Robert Skvarla  joins us to discuss the dreaded so-called Havana Syndrome afflicting American spooks around the world. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria  for the sound engineering! Music: " I Can't Seem to Think " by Mock Orange

Aaron speaks to Lawrence Wilkerson. He is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Then Aaron gives a detailed rundown on a significant re-declassified JFK assassination document—the executive session testimony of James Angleton to the Church Committee in 1975 . Released in December of 2022, the new version has far fewer redac...

Peter Dale Scott reads and discussion his poem “Bob Silvers and the Deep State” (See attachment). The poem centers around the brief period in the 1970’s where Peter had a toe in the American prestige media. Specifically, he worked with Bob Silvers of the NYRB to publish important articles related to the US in Southeast Asia. Why did this CIA-connected fellow want to publish Peter Dale Scott—and wh...

Aaron Speaks with former CIA officer and torture whistleblower, John Kiriakou. We discuss the Ukraine War, the Moscow terror attack, the Gaza Genocide and the Zionists’ recent deadly attacks on Iran’s embassy in Syria and on American aid workers. We then tie this into a larger deep historical context---the CIA’s covert operations and the ways in which the "intelligence community" advanced US imper...

In the context of the ongoing exposure of American state criminality--if not adjudication--Professor Peter Dale Scott reads and discusses his poem “Bob Silvers and the Deep State” (See attachment). Check out Peter's articles in the 'New York Review of Books '. This is the 24th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics...

Aaron Good and Bryce Greene discuss the terror attack in Moscow, the US use of al Qaeda during the Iraq War, the brazenly criminal Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria, the Zionist push to ban TikTok, and the bizarre contradictions of the RFK2024 campaign... Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Aaron and David Talbot discuss the terror attack in Moscow, the UNSC ceasefire resolution, and RFK Jr's running mate. Then James DiEugenio joins us to discuss his review of the Four Died Trying prologue as well as the new book he co-wrote and co-edited, The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphic...

James DiEugenio returns to discuss the latest developments in the JFK case—including an important lawsuit. We also discuss more material from Jim’s latest book—co-authored with Paul Bleau, Matt Crumpton, Andrew Iler, and Mark Adamczyk— The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy . DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Thro...