American Exception

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China's Return to Form (AE171) [TRAILER] May 14, 2024

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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. In this episode, we talk about these issues and their implications for China and the West.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

RIC, ISUS, and the Octopus/Syndicate Intel Mob War (DCC33) [AUDIO] May 10, 2024

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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

Special thanks to:

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

Mafia Parastates of the West (AE170) May 07, 2024

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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.
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Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

Students Opposing Genocide (DCC32) [AUDIO] May 03, 2024

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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 Israel a US puppet or is the US controlled by Zionism…or do we have to choose one or the other for some reason?

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

Angleton and the "Israeli Account" (DCC31) [AUDIO] Apr 26, 2024

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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 of 'The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton'.

Please check out Jeff Morley’s excellent website, JFK Facts. Subscribe if are able and would like access to some of the very best reporting and analysis on the JFK case!

Special thanks to:

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

Havana Syndrome? (AE169) [TRAILER] Apr 23, 2024

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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

A Very Special Relationship (DCC30) [AUDIO] Apr 19, 2024

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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 redactions than the version released in the 1990’s.

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 25 (AE168) [TRAILER] Apr 16, 2024

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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 why did he just as abruptly stop? Peter mulled this over in his mind over many decades. This poem is a meditation on that period and on its implications.

This is the 25th 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 the sound engineering!

The Oily War of Drugs (DCC29) [AUDIO] Apr 12, 2024

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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 imperialism by collaborating with drug traffickers, jihadi terror networks, oil companies, and the intelligence services of US client states.

Check out: Loud and Clear, John’s Substack page!

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 24 (AE167) [TRAILER] Apr 09, 2024

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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 as well as the deep politics approach.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

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