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Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 27 (AE180 - TRAILER] Aug 07, 2024

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In this episode, we get another reading and discussion of some politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft. This episode includes poetry about Peter’s friendship with the late Leonard Cohen.

This is the 27th 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: Leonard Cohen at the Isle of Wight, 1970 (Charles Everest/BBC)

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

On the Brink (DCC45) Aug 02, 2024

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Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of recent, momentous events--including the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Trump, the Establishment/deep state coup that ended Biden 2024, the Zionists' assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Iran, and other insanity related to the Gaza Genocide.

Image: Reuters/Yaser Al-Khodor
Special thanks to:

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

Imperial Pipe Dreams (DCC44) Jul 28, 2024

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We discuss pipeline geopolitics and US imperialism with attorney and historian Charlotte Dennett. Charlotte is the author of:

Charlotte Dennett is also the co-author (with Gerard Colby) of 'Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil' (See: American Exception 107)

Image: A US soldier walks towards a burning oil well in Iraq's vast Rumaila oil fields in March of 2003. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

Special thanks to:

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

Chaos at the Twilight of Empire: The Trump Shooting (AE179) Jul 23, 2024

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This episode includes my recent interview with John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte as well as some additional commentary on the assassination attempt.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Some Say" by Mock Orange

Deez Lone Nutz Strike Again!? (DCC43) Jul 19, 2024

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Aaron and Bryce review and discuss Bryce's recent and brief interview appearance on British television before getting into a longer discussion on the Trump assassination plot and Trump's VP pick.

Image: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
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 26 (AE178) Jul 16, 2024

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In this episode, we get a reading and discussion of politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft.

This is the 26th 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: "Some Say" by Mock Orange

A Deadly Betrayal? (DCC42) Jul 12, 2024

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Aaron speaks to Lawrence Wilkerson about a new book on the Iraq War for which Wilkerson wrote the foreword: 'Deadly Betrayal: The Truth About Why the United States Invaded Iraq'.

Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Image: US Marine places flag over statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in 2003 (AFP)

Special thanks to:

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

Far West and the Global Drug Meta-Group - Part 5 (AE177) Jul 09, 2024

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Ben Howard and Aaron to continue our series on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). In this installment, they are joined by Peter Dale Scott who finally breaks his semi-silence on the subject!
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's epic 2005 Lobster magazine article, “The Global Drug Meta-Group: Drugs, Managed Violence, and the Russian 9/11.” In this episode, we focus on the essay's fourth section, “The Meta-Group, the War on Terror, and 9/11.”

The 2005 article and its subject matter were a major part of Peter's poem, “A Ballad of Drugs and 9/11,” which we discussed in Part 20 of our Peter Dale Scott Oral History series.

Check out the CovertAction Magazine 9/11 trilogy by Good, Howard, Scott:

Episode art by Casey Moore!

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Only in Dreams" by Mock Orange

Independence Day! (DCC41) Jul 05, 2024

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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

David Talbot: A Tribute and Call to Action (DCC40) Jun 28, 2024

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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: