American Exception

Episode 137: Plumbing the Depths [TRAILER]

We look at HBO’s new series, White House Plumbers. Bryce Green and our own Seamus McGuinness join Aaron to review this strange production.
Bryce Green is a graduate student at Indiana University in Bloomington. He also writes for FAIR—Fairnesss and Accuracy in Media. Check out his latest article, “Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine.”
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!
Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange

Episode 136: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 15) [TRAILER]

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his Iran-Contra era experiences, including his work on the Kerry committee as well as his involvement with Gary Webb and the film, Kill the Messenger.
This is the 15th 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.
Check out:
The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis 
COVER UP: Behind the Iran Contra Affair 
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "12 O'clock Call" by Mock Orange

Episode 135: A Humble Peanut Farmer... (Part 1) [TRAILER]

Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the first of a two-part series on Jimmy Carter.
(Aaron is away at a family memorial service for his younger sister and will return very soon)
Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness!
Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Episode 134: RFK Jr: Truth at the Twilight of Empire

Dick Russell joins us to talk about his new book, The Real RFK Jr: Trials of a Truth Warrior. Russel is the author of fifteen books including two ground-breaking books on the JFK assassination:
The Man Who Knew Too Much - about JFK assassination figure Richard Case Nagell
On the Trail of the JFK Assassins - new edition to be released in November 2023
Russell is currently serving as a researcher and commentator for a 10-part podcast series about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, hosted by Rob Reiner and Soledad O’Brien to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary. Additionally, he has co-authored five books with former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, three of which became New York Times Best-Sellers.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Roll Your Eyes” by Mock Orange

Episode 133: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 14) [TRAILER]

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his seminal work on Indonesia 1965. He began researching the subject in the 1970’s, with his research culminating in a landmark 1985 academic article, “The United States And The Overthrow Of Sukarno, 1965-1967” as well as a public event in which Peter and dissident ex-CIA officer Ralph McGehee debated the subject with retired CIA director William Colby.
This is the 14th installment of the series with prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Tell Me” by Mock Orange

Episode 132: New 9/11-CIA Revelations [TRAILER]

Kit Klarenberg and Ben Howard join us to discuss new revelations about the CIA’s criminal mischief prior to 9/11.
In particular, we discuss Kit’s recent GrayZone article “Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits.”
Also relevant to this discussion is the article by Ben Howard, Aaron Good, and Peter Dale Scott, “Why Did Key U.S. Officials Protect the Alleged 9/11 Plotters?”
Kit Klarenberg is the Editor of Grayzone UK. His work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Ben Howard is an independent researcher and our resident 9/11 expert.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Stuck In” by Mock Orange

Episode 131: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 13)

After nearly a one year hiatus, Professor Peter Dale Scott returns to resume our Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light oral history series. We pick up where we left off, in the aftermath of Watergate. This is the 13th installment of the series with  prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Tell Me" by Mock Orange

Episode 130: Approaching the 60th [TRAILER]

James DiEugenio returns to talk about the upcoming 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination and the significance of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run. 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.
His latest book is JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. An accompaniment to the documentary film, the book includes a section from me.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Window” by Mock Orange

Episode 129: Corbyn and the Israel Lobby w/Asa Winstanley

Asa Winstanley joins us to talk about his new book, Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. Asa is an investigative journalist at Electronic Intifada.
Check Asa Winstanley’s substack page!
Music: "All You Have" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Episode 128: The Company’s Tortured Logic w/John Kiriakou [TRAILER]

We talk with former CIA officer John Kiriakou. We pick up where we left off with John last time—as the Global War on Terror was beginning, setting off a series of events which would lead to John exposing and essentially blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. John is co-host of the Political Misfits radio show on Sputnik International. He also has a Substack in addition to writing for Consortium News and CovertAction Magazine.
Music: "Only in Dreams" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!