American Exception

Episode 57: High Crimes of Empire (EDS Part 1)[TRAILER]

 
This is the first episode of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration on my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series. We discuss the book's origins and the main research questions that propelled the research and scholarship. Essentially: Why does US foreign policy remain unchanged across administrations  and why has US democracy declined with the rise of the US global dominance in era following World War 2?Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange
This is the first episode of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration on my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series. We discuss the book's origins and the main research questions that propelled the research and scholarship. Essentially: Why does US foreign policy remain unchanged across administrations  and why has US democracy declined with the rise of the US global dominance in era following World War 2?Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Episode 56: Battleground Indonesia - Part 4: ”Foreign Policy Can Kill Us” (Audio Version)[TRAILER]

 
This is Part 4 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron and Hailey Rounsaville are again joined by our own Seamus McGuinness to cover the JFK era of US-Indonesia relations. The discussion picks up from the last episode where JFK’s plans for a sovereign West Papua under UN auspices were derailed by the assassination of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. We cover the tale of how Allen Dulles and his allies managed to subvert Sukarno and JFK by sparking Konfrontasi and preventing JFK’s plans to provide aid to stabilize Sukarno’s government. In desperation, JFK planned to visit Indonesia himself in 1964 to solve the problem of Konfrontasi once and for all. Thanks to the dark forces behind events in Dallas, such would not come to pass…
This is the audio version. A video version will be released in the near future and posted here.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!Music by Subtropics
This is Part 4 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron and Hailey Rounsaville are again joined by our own Seamus McGuinness to cover the JFK era of US-Indonesia relations. The discussion picks up from the last episode where JFK’s plans for a sovereign West Papua under UN auspices were derailed by the assassination of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. We cover the tale of how Allen Dulles and his allies managed to subvert Sukarno and JFK by sparking Konfrontasi and preventing JFK’s plans to provide aid to stabilize Sukarno’s government. In desperation, JFK planned to visit Indonesia himself in 1964 to solve the problem of Konfrontasi once and for all. Thanks to the dark forces behind events in Dallas, such would not come to pass…
This is the audio version. A video version will be released in the near future and posted here.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!Music by Subtropics

Episode 55: Battleground Indonesia - Part 3: ”The Greatest Statesman of the 20th Century” (Audio Version)[TRAILER]

This is Part 3 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron and Hailey Rounsaville are joined this time by our own Seamus McGuinness to cover the JFK era of US-Indonesia relations. Most notably, they discuss how American deep statesman Allen Dulles was able to utilize murderous clandestine arts to subvert US and UN policy so that control over Indonesia's vast riches could eventually be attained by the Rockefeller overworld of private wealth.
This is the audio version. A video version will be released in the near future and posted here.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music by Subtropics
This is Part 3 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron and Hailey Rounsaville are joined this time by our own Seamus McGuinness to cover the JFK era of US-Indonesia relations. Most notably, they discuss how American deep statesman Allen Dulles was able to utilize murderous clandestine arts to subvert US and UN policy so that control over Indonesia's vast riches could eventually be attained by the Rockefeller overworld of private wealth.
This is the audio version. A video version will be released in the near future and posted here.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music by Subtropics

Episode 54: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 12) [TRAILER]

 
This is the 12th installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott—the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.In this episode, we delve further into the confusion surrounding the structural deep event that we refer to simply as Watergate. Peter and I talk about connections between Watergate other deep events like the JFK assassination. We even discuss the very suspicious Ruth Paine and the extremely grave issue of COG--Continuity of Government—aka: the Doomsday Network.Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange
This is the 12th installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott—the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.In this episode, we delve further into the confusion surrounding the structural deep event that we refer to simply as Watergate. Peter and I talk about connections between Watergate other deep events like the JFK assassination. We even discuss the very suspicious Ruth Paine and the extremely grave issue of COG--Continuity of Government—aka: the Doomsday Network.Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange

Episode 53: Masongate w/Kit Klarenberg

 
Aaron is joined by Kit Klarenberg--an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We speak about his recent GrayZone piece with Max Blumenthal—the first in a series on the Paul Mason email scandal. The piece is entitled, Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed.
A follow-up article was also published at Grayzone: Leaked emails expose Paul Mason’s collusion with senior British intelligence agent
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange
Aaron is joined by Kit Klarenberg--an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We speak about his recent GrayZone piece with Max Blumenthal—the first in a series on the Paul Mason email scandal. The piece is entitled, Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed.
A follow-up article was also published at Grayzone: Leaked emails expose Paul Mason’s collusion with senior British intelligence agent
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange

Episode 52: Tricky Dicks: Watergate and the CIA w/ Jefferson Morley

In this second episode of our Watergate double feature here on the 50th anniversary of that fateful botched burglary, Aaron talks with Jefferson Morley about his new book, Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate. Therein, Watergate is presented as a tale of two Dicks—Nixon and Helms. On the surface, Watergate was a notorious presidential scandal. The further one looks into the case, the more the whole affair looks like an Establishment civil war fought over deeper issues of world historic importance.Jefferson Morley is a Washington author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. Some of his other books include The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton and Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Song in D” by Mock Orange
In this second episode of our Watergate double feature here on the 50th anniversary of that fateful botched burglary, Aaron talks with Jefferson Morley about his new book, Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate. Therein, Watergate is presented as a tale of two Dicks—Nixon and Helms. On the surface, Watergate was a notorious presidential scandal. The further one looks into the case, the more the whole affair looks like an Establishment civil war fought over deeper issues of world historic importance.Jefferson Morley is a Washington author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. Some of his other books include The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton and Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Song in D” by Mock Orange

Episode 51: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 11) [TRAILER]

As a happy coincidence, we recorded this around on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in and the arrest of the Plumbers. We talk about the deep politics of Watergate in this installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott.
Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. His work on Watergate had a big influence on my own view of Watergate, a subject I dedicate two whole chapters to in American Exception--now days away from its official publication!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange
As a happy coincidence, we recorded this around on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in and the arrest of the Plumbers. We talk about the deep politics of Watergate in this installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott.
Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. His work on Watergate had a big influence on my own view of Watergate, a subject I dedicate two whole chapters to in American Exception--now days away from its official publication!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange

Episode 50: The Truth About Ruth w/Max Good and James DiEugenio

Joined by James DiEugenio, Aaron talks with Max Good about his new film, The Assassination and Mrs. Paine. The film features Ruth Paine herself—along with a number of other people that you may be familiar with--including, James DiEugenio, Peter Dale Scott, Max Holland, Gerald Posner, Priscilla Johnson-McMillan, and Vincent Salandria.
Rent the film here on June 14: The Assassination and Mrs. Paine on iTunes
Follow on Twitter: JFK Paine Doc
James DiEugenio's website: Kennedys and King
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 49: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/ Peter Dale Scott (Part 10) [TRAILER]

In this installment of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light, our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott, Peter talks with Ben Howard and me about some legendary figures in the history of American parapolitical research—namely: William Turner, Mae Brussell, and Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty. From there, we start to get into Watergate!Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on the Boston Bombing over at TrueAnon: Episode 220: Marathon Men (Part 1)Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Episode 48: Ukraine and the End of the (Unipolar) World w/Lawrence Wilkerson and Peter Kuznick

Aaron is joined by Lawrence Wilkerson and Peter Kuznick to discuss the Ukraine War in the context of America’s evaporating “unipolar moment.”
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:
Peter Kuznick is Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. The author of numerous books and articles, Kuznick is perhaps most notably the cocreator—with Oliver Stone—of The Untold History of the United States. It is a 12-part documentary series that first played on Showtime, and there’s also an excellent book version, now in its second edition.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: “The End of the World” by Mock Orange