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The Devil in Winter: 2023 Wrap-Up (DCC 16 - Audio) Jan 15, 2024

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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

Journalism in a Dying Empire (DCC 15 - Audio) Dec 26, 2023 Jan 15, 2024

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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 publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, Business Week, TIME, Salon, and CounterPunch. Lawrence currently writes at The Floutist on Substack and these columns are often carried by Consortium News and ScheerPost.

Find Patrick’s work here:

Special thanks to:

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

The Palestinian Case (DCC 14 - Audio) Jan 15, 2024

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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
The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care

Special thanks to:

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

A Reckoning for Zionism and US Hegemony? (DCC13 - Audio) Jan 15, 2024

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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 Ukraine.

Check out:

"Watch the film the Israel lobby didn’t want you to see" (The censored Al Jazeera documentary film, The Lobby - USA)
“Volodymyr Zelensky and the breadbasket-case of Europe: The deep politics of a hybrid regime” by Garrick Alder

Special thanks to:

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

Ukraine, Gaza, and US Hegemony Under Siege (AE157) [TRAILER] Dec 18, 2023

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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”

You can support Kit directly by subscribing to Kit’s Substack!

[NOTE: With apologies, this episode was made using a cloud recording. Kit's computer could not upload his local recording from Belgrade for unknown reasons. We did the best we could with the files we had to work with.]

Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "Crash and Die” by Mock Orange

Rays of Hope After 60 Years? (DCC 12 - Audio) Dec 11, 2023

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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 thanks to:

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

Dallas 63: A Cold War Cold Case (AE156) Nov 30, 2023

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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:

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Old Movies” by Mock Orange

Sixty Years Later: JFK Assassination Chokeholds (AE155) Nov 22, 2023

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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 available for purchase. Jim also runs the fantastic Kennedys and King website and is the author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Caseas well as The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.

He also runs the Kennedys and King website.

Watch Four Died Trying:

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “This Nation” by Mock Orange

Sixty Years and Counting: The JFK Assassination Cover-Up (Devil’s Chess Club 11) [AUDIO] Nov 22, 2023

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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 discussed in the episode: