American Exception

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MAGA as La Résistance? (DCC 51) Sep 13, 2024

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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 strange and conspiracist Resistance spectacle

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Is ISUS Us? (AE184) Sep 12, 2024

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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 discussion:

Follow The Cradle on Twitter, and check out The Cradle website regularly to stay up to date developments in the Middle East.

Image Credit: The Cradle

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

An Empire in Denial (DCC50) Sep 07, 2024

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Aaron discusses a pair of suppressed recent news articles from The Grayzone:

Then goes into an (overly?) extended discussion of a new academic article that offers a critique of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State:

'Oedipus and the cabal: conspiracy theories and the decline of symbolic efficiency'

NOTE: The 'I' in BRICS is for India. I likely said "Iran" because Iran is the BRICS member who, along with Russia and China, has done the most to defeat the pnac of late.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Did Israel "Win" the Iraq War? (DCC49 - Trailer) Aug 30, 2024

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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, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 29 (AE183) [TRAILER] Aug 27, 2024

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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 parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Image: 'The Famous Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Calif.' (Pacific Novelty Co., ca. 1907–January 14, 1910)

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange

Imperial Clown Show (DCC48) Aug 24, 2024

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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 Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 28 (AE182) [TRAILER] Aug 23, 2024

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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 episode!

Music: “Window” by Mock Orange

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Israel and the Neocons’ Iraq War (DCC47 - Audio) Aug 16, 2024

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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 Wilkerson. This is the first of what will be a two or three part series.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Making Sense of 9/11 (AE181) - [TRAILER] Aug 14, 2024

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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 Greene is producing.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" byMock Orange

'After the Uprising' (DCC46) Aug 09, 2024

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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 Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

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