American Exception

David Talbot and Bryce Green team up with Aaron to launch Devil’s Chess Club, our new show which will be available on Patreon first, then on Rokfin, and then on YouTube. In this episode, we talk about David Talbot’s two Kennedy assassination classics, Brothers The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years and The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government . Sp...

James DiEugenio returns to talk about two recent articles related to the JFK case: The Mystery of Kennedy’s Brain Deepens Hoover vs. King: The ARRB Documents 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 purchase. Jim also runs the fantastic Kennedys...

Dan Kovalik joins us to talk about the subject of his recent article, “ Why We Need RFK, Jr.: Russia, Ukraine & the Slide into Nuclear War .” Daniel Kovalik is a human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist. He has contributed articles to CounterPunch, The Huffington Post, and TeleSUR. He teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is the...

With Sweden officially becoming a NATO member, Ola Tunander returns to discuss the subject, with reference to his landmark article on the NATO deep state in Sweden. Entitled, “ Dual State: The Case of Sweden ,” this article was published in The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security Complex. Ola Tunander is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace Research Institute in...

We talk about the “unsolved” Nord Stream bombing with Jeffrey Brodsky and Bryce Green . Check out Jeff’s Substack articles on the Nord Stream bombing crime scene: New Revelations from Nord Stream Expedition My Full Remarks before the United Nations Security Council Lab Analysis Does Not Detect Explosives Used in Nord Stream Sabotage. Did Someone Clean Up the Crime Scene? …and Bryce’s articles too:...

Professor Peter Dale Scott reads his new poem for Dan Ellsberg. We then discuss the "Reagan Revolution" and how its dawning was the catalyst for a psychic crisis that Peter resolved through poetry— Coming to Jakarta , specifically. This is the 16th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics...

We discuss the history of UFOs and their recent reemergence in the news with Philadelphia-based independent researcher Robert Skvarla . Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: " World of Machines " by Mock Orange

This is the second of two episodes featuring Aaron’s interview with two luminaries of US anti-imperialism—Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Viet...

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...

This is the first of two episodes featuring Aaron’s interview with two luminaries of US anti-imperialism—Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietn...

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses the Reagan era and how its dawning was the catalyst for a psychic crisis that Peter resolved through poetry— Coming to Jakarta , specifically. This is the 16th 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 Casey Moore for the epis...

Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the second part of a series on Jimmy Carter. Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness ! Music: " Feel it Now ” by Mock Orange

We look at HBO’s new series, White House Plumbers . Bryce Green and our own Seamus McGuinness join Aaron to review this strange production. Bryce Green is a graduate student at Indiana University in Bloomington. He also writes for FAIR —Fairnesss and Accuracy in Media. Check out his latest article, “ Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine .” Special thanks to...

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his Iran-Contra era experiences, including his work on the Kerry committee as well as his involvement with Gary Webb and the film, Kill the Messenger . This is the 15th 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. Check out: The Secret Government:...

Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the first of a two-part series on Jimmy Carter. (Aaron is away at a family memorial service for his younger sister and will return very soon) Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness ! Music: " This Nation " by Mock Orange

Dick Russell joins us to talk about his new book, The Real RFK Jr: Trials of a Truth Warrior . Russel is the author of fifteen books including two ground-breaking books on the JFK assassination: The Man Who Knew Too Much - about JFK assassination figure Richard Case Nagell On the Trail of the JFK Assassins - new edition to be released in November 2023 Russell is currently serving as a researcher a...

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his seminal work on Indonesia 1965. He began researching the subject in the 1970’s, with his research culminating in a landmark 1985 academic article, “ The United States And The Overthrow Of Sukarno, 1965-1967 ” as well as a public event in which Peter and dissident ex-CIA officer Ralph McGehee debated the subject with retired CIA director William Colby. This...

Kit Klarenberg and Ben Howard join us to discuss new revelations about the CIA’s criminal mischief prior to 9/11. In particular, we discuss Kit’s recent GrayZone article “ Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits .” Also relevant to this discussion is the article by Ben Howard, Aaron Good, and Peter Dale Scott, “ Why Did Key U.S. Officials Protect the Alleged 9/11 Plotters? ” Kit Klarenb...

After nearly a one year hiatus, Professor Peter Dale Scott returns to resume our Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light oral history series. We pick up where we left off, in the aftermath of Watergate. This is the 13th installment of the series with  prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Special thanks to Casey Moore for t...

James DiEugenio returns to talk about the upcoming 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination and the significance of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run. 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 purchase. Jim also runs the fantastic Kennedys an...

Asa Winstanley joins us to talk about his new book, Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn . Asa is an investigative journalist at Electronic Intifada . Check Asa Winstanley’s substack page ! Music: " All You Have " by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

We talk with former CIA officer John Kiriakou . We pick up where we left off with John last time—as the Global War on Terror was beginning, setting off a series of events which would lead to John exposing and essentially blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. John is co-host of the Political Misfits radio show on Sputnik International. He also has a Substack in addition to writing for C...

We are joined by the two academic sages of deep politics, Peter Dale Scott and Ola Tunander. This is Part 4 of our Parafascism and the Deep State series focusing on two seminal essays—Peter Dale Scott’s “ Transnationalised Repression” Parafascism and the US ” and Ola Tunander’s “ Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West .” Please check out: Ola Tunander’s Substack Pe...

We are joined by two old friends and luminaries--Peter Dale Scott and Ola Tunander.  Following up on the previous two episodes in our Parafascism and the Deep State series this series, we discuss two seminal essays—Peter Dale Scott’s “ Transnationalised Repression: Parafascism and the US ” and Ola Tunander’s “ Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West .” Please check...

Aaron and Seamus discuss Ola Tunander’s seminal essay, “ Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West .” The piece was included in the anthology Government of the Shadows: Parapolitics and Criminal Sovereignty in 2009. This episode is the second part of our Parafascism and the Deep State series focusing on classic works by Peter Dale Scott and Ola Tunander. Future episod...