American Exception

Episode 112: A Chinese Lab Leak? [TRAILER]

Gumby returns to talk about the latest developments in the covid origins mystery. Gumby is an independent researcher who often posts on Twitter.
Very special thanks to Bijan Sharifi for the artwork! Bijan is an art teacher and freelance artist in Tokyo. Follow Bijan on Instagram!
Thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Driving Day” by Mock Orange

Episode 111: Operation POMO [TRAILER]

Gabriel Rockhill joins us to talk about postmodernism and its usefulness to imperial capitalism. We also touch on the subject of fascism. Rockhill is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop, Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, and the author or editor of nine books, as well as numerous scholarly and general public articles, including:
“The CIA Reads French Theory: On the Intellectual Labor of Dismantling the Cultural Left”
“The CIA & the Frankfurt School’s Anti-Communism”
“Liberalism & Fascism: The Good Cop & Bad Cop of Capitalism”
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

Episode 110: Arteries of Empire [TRAILER]

We talk about oil pipelines and spycraft with Charlotte Dennett, author of Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil.
Along with Gerard Colby, Dennett is also the coauthor of Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil—a book we discussed in Episode 107.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Intake” by Mock Orange

Episode 109: Tribute to a Minder – Part 2 (Fundraiser for Peter Dale Scott)

This is the second part of our tribute in support of the GoFundMe campaign for Professor Peter Dale Scott after he incurred major unexpected medical and publishing expenses. In this episode, special co-host Ben Howard and I are joined by Oliver Stone and Peter Dale Scott to discuss themes and subjects related to Peter Dale Scott’s life and work.
Once again, please do donate to the GoFundMe campaign for Peter if you are able!
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!
Music: “The End of the World” by Mock Orange

Episode 108: Tribute to a Minder (Fundraiser for Peter Dale Scott)

A wonderful cast joins us to support the GoFundMe campaign for Professor Peter Dale Scott after he incurred major unexpected medical and publishing expenses. In this first of two parts, special co-host Ben Howard and I are joined by the following guests at the following timestamps:
7:19—David Talbot
25:20—James Galbraith
48:45—Joshua Oppenheimer, Peter Dale Scott, Daniel Ellsberg, and John Kiriakou
57:10—Liz Franczak, Brace Belden (and Yung Chomsky!)
1:13:00—Noah Kulwin
Once again, please do donate to the GoFundMe campaign for Peter if you are able!
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!
Artwork by Casey Moore!
Music: “Song in D” and  “The End of the World” by Mock Orange

Episode 107: Nelson Rockefeller and the US Empire

We are joined by Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett, the authors of Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil.
Gerard Colby is also the author of Du Pont: Behind the Nylon Curtain. Charlotte is also the author of Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange

Episode 106: The Parafascist Template [TRAILER]

Aaron and Seamus are joined by independent researcher Robert Skvarla to discuss three notorious, interrelated US clandestine operations: Gladio, COINTEL, and CHAOS.
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!
Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Episode 105: Company Man w/John Kiriakou [TRAILER]

We talk with John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who blew the whistle on the agency’s illegal 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!

Episode 104: The Ruthless US Empire w/Daniele Ganser [TRAILER]

We talk with Daniele Ganser about his new book, USA: The Ruthless Empire. Ganser is a historian and peace researcher based in Basel, Switzerland. Author of several books in European languages, he is best known in the US as the author of NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe. 
You can follow Daniele Ganser on Twitter, Telegram, and YouTube.
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!
Music: "Silent Motion" by Mock Orange

Episode 103: Ft. Bragg Murder Mysteries w/Seth Harp

 
We talk with Seth Harp about the mysterious crime wave around the US military’s special forces headquarters at Ft. Bragg.
Seth Harp is an investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and magazine writer. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and has also reported from Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Mexico for publications including Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Intercept, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and the Columbia Journalism Review. Harp is a veteran of the Iraq war, and before becoming a journalist was an assistant attorney general for the state of Texas.
He is currently working on a book about the subject we discuss in this episode: The Ft. Bragg Murders.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: "Nine Times" by Mock Orange