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Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
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 Case as well as The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.
He also runs the Kennedys and King website.
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Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “This Nation” by Mock Orange
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
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:
"The JFK Assassination at 60: The Public Knows the Truth - Why Won’t the Media Report It?" by David Talbot
"Six Decades On, It’s Time to Disclose the Truth about the JFK Assassination" by Aaron Good
Peter Dale Scott's JFK assassination books:
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK
Dallas 63
David Talbot's JFK assassination books:
Brothers The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
Peter Dale Scott's two final (maybe) prose books:
Ecstatic Pessimist: Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope
Reading the Dream: A Post-Secular History of Enmindment
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Journalists Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod from Mint Press News join Aaron and Bryce to discuss Israel’s brutal siege of Gaza.
Check out some of their recent work:
The Hannibal Directive: What Really Happened on October 7
Behind Israel’s Propaganda Campaign, with Alan Macleod
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
World class essayist and journalist Patrick Lawrence joins us to talk about his latest book, Journalists and Their Shadows.
Check out:
The Floutist (Patrick Lawrence’s substack)
Patrick Lawrence: Biden’s Frankenstein
The Banality of Propaganda
Music: "Only in Dreams" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
David, Aaron, and Bryce discuss the deep politics of the US Empire and its current crises—including the issues of assassination, the reorientation of US foreign policy, and Israel’s war against the Palestinian people.
Check out:
"Dear Joe Biden: Bobby’s Life Is in Your Hands"
"The World in Crisis: Why We Need Kennedy’s New American Foreign Policy"
"Israel’s Chance to Turn Carnage into Peace"
Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
We are joined by journalist and author Jefferson Morley about the JFK assassination, sixty years later! Then Aaron and Bryce discuss the strange Zionism of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s campaign manager, former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox and support for what was later revealed to be a very serious Israeli plan to drive the Palestinians of Gaza into the Sinai desert.
For Jefferson Morley’s work:
The JFK Facts Substack
Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate
The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton
Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA
Check out: “‘Option C’ – Israeli Government Policy Paper Lays Out Plan for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza”
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Aaron and Bryce discuss the geopolitics of Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about his Kennedy Beacon column, “Mr. Smith's Radical Truth: Why a Hollywood Classic Holds the Secret to Political Success.”
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Ben Howard returns for a discussion with Aaron and Bryce on the situation in Palestine.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: "Relax and Degrade" by Mock Orange
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Aaron and Bryce discuss Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about Kennedy's announcement in Philadelphia.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Aaron and Bryce are joined by independent journalist Sam Husseini. Sam has some critiques about RFK Jr.’s positions on biowarfare and covid origins as well as Kennedy’s views on Israel-Palestine.
Check out Sam Husseini’s Substack!
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!