American Exception

  David Talbot and Bryce Greene join Aaron to reflect on the end of what was a brutal year for the American empire/deep state/establishment/oligarchy...whatever we're calling it these days! Special thanks to: Four Died Trying Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Bryce speak with Patrick Lawrence. A commentator, author, essayist, and lecturer, Patrick Lawrence has served as a correspondent and subsequently a columnist overseas for more than twenty years, chiefly for the International Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. He has won two Overseas Press Club Awards as well as other honors and prizes. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publicati...

Aaron speaks with Dan Kovalik, an American human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer, and peace activist. He has contributed articles to CounterPunch, The Huffington Post, and TeleSUR. For many years he taught International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He has written a number of books including: No More War Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture...

Aaron speaks with Lawrence Wilkerson about the current debacle in Israel-Palestine and how we got here. 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. Later in the episode, Aaron and Bryce discuss Israel, Palestine, and Ukr...

Aaron is joined again by Kit Klarenberg --an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We speak about two of Kit’s recent articles: At The GrayZone: “ Ukrainian trial demonstrates 2014 Maidan massacre was false flag ” At MintPress: “ Just Like 9/11? Suspicious Israeli Stock Market Activity Hints at Foreknowledge of October 7 Attack ”...

David Talbot joins Aaron and Bryce to discuss the media coverage of the JFK assassination 60th anniversary. We also discuss David's new column at the Kennedy Beacon, "How to Argue for RFK Jr.: Ten Things to Tell Your Uncle" .  Aaron and Bryce also discuss Lee Harvey Oswald impersonators and the question of whether Oswald was debriefed by the CIA upon his return from the Soviet Union. Special thank...

We talk with Jefferson Morley about the outstanding work he has put into the JFK case for several decades. Check out the recent, excellent NY Mag story on Jeff’s work here: " The Secrets of the JFK Assassination Archive " Follow and support Jefferson Morley’s work at JFK Facts ! Jefferson Morley is also the author of several books, including: Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Wat...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination, James DiEugenio returns to talk about the new book he co-wrote and co-edited, The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy 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 availa...

The special episode commemorates the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. To mark the occasion, Aaron Good and Bryce Greene speak with two illustrious JFK assassination critics, Professor Peter Dale Scott and our Devil’s Chess Club co-host David Talbot. Devil's Chess Club is an American Exception production. Check out these two new articles dis...

Journalists Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod from Mint Press News join Aaron and Bryce to discuss Israel’s brutal siege of Gaza. Check out some of their recent work: The Hannibal Directive: What Really Happened on October 7 Behind Israel’s Propaganda Campaign, with Alan Macleod Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

World class essayist and journalist Patrick Lawrence joins us to talk about his latest book, Journalists and Their Shadows . Check out: The Floutist (Patrick Lawrence’s substack) Patrick Lawrence: Biden’s Frankenstein The Banality of Propaganda Music: " Only in Dreams " by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

David, Aaron, and Bryce discuss the deep politics of the US Empire and its current crises—including the issues of assassination, the reorientation of US foreign policy, and Israel’s war against the Palestinian people. Check out: " Dear Joe Biden: Bobby’s Life Is in Your Hands " " The World in Crisis: Why We Need Kennedy’s New American Foreign Policy " " Israel’s Chance to Turn Carnage into Peace "...

We are joined by journalist and author Jefferson Morley about the JFK assassination, sixty years later! Then Aaron and Bryce discuss the strange Zionism of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s campaign manager, former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox and support for what was later revealed to be a very serious Israeli plan to drive the Palestinians of Gaza into the Sinai desert. For Jefferson Morley’s work: The JFK Fact...

Aaron and Bryce discuss the geopolitics of Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about his Kennedy Beacon column, “ Mr. Smith's Radical Truth: Why a Hollywood Classic Holds the Secret to Political Success .” Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Ben Howard returns for a discussion with Aaron and Bryce on the situation in Palestine. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: " Relax and Degrade " by Mock Orange

Aaron and Bryce discuss Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about Kennedy's announcement in Philadelphia. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Aaron and Bryce are joined by independent journalist Sam Husseini . Sam has some critiques about RFK Jr.’s positions on biowarfare and covid origins as well as Kennedy’s views on Israel-Palestine. Check out Sam Husseini’s Substack ! Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Bryce Green and Aaron review the excellent fourth season of Blowback. Get Blowback Season 4 at the Blowback homepage . Check out the four classic 9/11 articles from Peter Dale Scott, Aaron Good, and Ben Howard: Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: Why Di...

  Aaron and Bryce talk about their recent articles on the the recent Kennedy assassination scare in Los Angeles and Ukraine War propaganda, respectively. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about Robert F. Kennedy's big decision to spurn the hopelessly corrupt Democratic party and run as an independent. This will be an interesting 13 months! Check out: The Kennedy Assassination Scare and its Haunti...

We talk with Denis Voltaire about three recent Gladio-related articles that Denis has written for CovertAction Magazine. Voltaire is a researcher from France who has studied and worked in Washington, DC.  The three articles are: Top French Intelligence Operative Sent to Capture Carlos the Jackal Says that the Jackal Was Protected by Israeli Mossad For Years Infamous U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Man...

Professor James K. Galbraith joins us to talk about the present and future of dollar hegemony. Before that, David Talbot, Bryce Green , and Aaron talk about our current politics in historical context—including a discussion on David’s new article about the prospects of an independent RFK Jr. run for the White House: “ Bobby Unplugged: Will He or Won’t He? ” Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for prod...

Bryce Green joins us to talk about 9/11. Since his two upcoming 9/11 articles have not been published yet, maybe check out some of his past classics: US Media’s Intellectual No-Fly-Zone on US Culpability in Nord Stream Attack My Briefing to The United Nations Security Council on the Nord Stream Pipeline Attack Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: "Does it Show?" by Mo...

Noah Kulwin joins us to talk about Afghanistan--the subject of Blowback Season 4 ! Before that, David Talbot, Bryce Green , and Aaron talk about the CIA, the media and the JFK assassination--including the strange new write-ups on a new Magic Bullet witness from the JFK's Secret Service detail in Dallas. Check out: Four Died Trying - website " Yes, Big Media, JFK and RFK Were the Victims of CIA Plo...

Brandon Wolfe joins us to talk about his important book, The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq . Wolfe is an associate professor of history at California State University at Stanislaus. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: " Stop and Go " by Mock Orange

We discuss the newly launched International Center for 9/11 Justice with Kevin Ryan and Dr. Piers Robinson . Kevin Ryan was previously the Site Manager for the environmental testing division of Underwriters Laboratories (UL). In 2004, he was fired for publicly questioning and commenting on UL’s testing of World Trade Center construction materials and UL’s involvement in the WTC investigation being...