American Exception

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

Episode 102: Strange JFK Coverage w/James DiEugenio

We speak with James DiEugenio, 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 digital 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: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange

Episode 101: The Last President w/Monika Wiesak

We speak with Monika Wiesak about her excellent new book America’s Last President: What the World Lost When It Lost John F. Kennedy.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Grow Your Soul Away” by Mock Orange

Episode 100: McJihad in the Balkans [TRAILER]

We are is joined by Kit Klarenberg and Tom Secker. As GrayZone UK Editor, Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist whose work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and  perceptions. Tom Secker is a British-based journalist, author, and podcaster. His specialties include the security services, Hollywood, propaganda, censorship and the history of terrorism. Tom Secker’s writing and research have appeared in The Mirror, RT, Salon, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The Independent, Insurge Intelligence, Shadowproof, TechDirt and elsewhere. He runs the excellent Spy Culture website and the ClandesTime Podcast.
In this episode, we talk about the recent GrayZone UK article by Klarenberg and Secker: Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war.
Here is the video which I reference during the episode: Michael Parenti - To Kill A Nation.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "High Octane Punk Mode" by Mock Orange

Episode 99: The Meaning of the Missile Crisis (EDS 24) [TRAILER]

 
We look at the existential issues raised by the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is the 24th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. Again I am joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Geopolitical Economy as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series.
Note: the audio in the later segment sounds different because for some reason the app switched me from my good microphone to my computer’s factory microphone.
Music: “The End of the World” by Mock Orange

Episode 98: Propaganda!

 
We are joined by Dr. Piers Robinson, founding editor of Propaganda in Focus. We discuss a number of topics, including his 2022 article, "Cock-up or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event" and the recent tribute to Lance DeHaven-Smith published at Propaganda in Focus—a piece which Piers asked me to co-write with Professor Matthew Witt. Piers Robinson is also co-director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies, convenor of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, associated researcher with the Working Group on Propaganda and the 9/11 Global ‘War on Terror’, and member of Panda and BerlinGroup21.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange