American Exception

A Reckoning for Zionism and US Hegemony? (DCC13 - Audio)

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]

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)

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)

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:
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
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Old Movies” by Mock Orange

Sixty Years Later: JFK Assassination Chokeholds (AE155)

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.
Watch Four Died Trying:
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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]

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

The Fog of Israeli War Propaganda (Devil’s Chess Club #10) [AUDIO]

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!

Shadow Journalist (AE154)

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!

Peace or No? (Devil’s Chess Club #9) [AUDIO]

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!

Wilderness of Mirrors (Devil’s Chess Club #8) [AUDIO]

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!