American Exception

Episode 47: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 9) [TRAILER]

 
This is Part 9 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the poet, historian, and iconoclastic creator of parapolitics and deep politics. We continue talking about key figures of America's parapolitical history, including:
· Donald Freed—prominent activist and co-writer of Executive Action
· Carl Oglesby—major SDS figure and author of The Yankee and Cowboy War
· Warren Hinkle—publisher of the legendary magazine, Ramparts
· Huey Newton and Jane Fonda also make appearances in this episode
With apologies, this episode was recorded while a team of workers outside Peter’s home were apparently trying to drill to the center of the Earth and/or operate some kind of massive circular saw. We did our best to clean this up as well as we could.
The great Ben Howard should be rejoining us again for the next installment in this series!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art. Extra special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Mind Is Not Brain" by Mock Orange
This is Part 9 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the poet, historian, and iconoclastic creator of parapolitics and deep politics. We continue talking about key figures of America's parapolitical history, including:
· Donald Freed—prominent activist and co-writer of Executive Action
· Carl Oglesby—major SDS figure and author of The Yankee and Cowboy War
· Warren Hinkle—publisher of the legendary magazine, Ramparts
· Huey Newton and Jane Fonda also make appearances in this episode
With apologies, this episode was recorded while a team of workers outside Peter’s home were apparently trying to drill to the center of the Earth and/or operate some kind of massive circular saw. We did our best to clean this up as well as we could.
The great Ben Howard should be rejoining us again for the next installment in this series!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art. Extra special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Episode 46: Multipolarity w/Ben Norton

Ben Norton of Multipolarista talks with Aaron about the end of US unipolarity (i.e., global dominance) and the dawn of a new multipolar world. Unlike the previous multipolar eras which led to colonialism and two world wars, the emerging multipolar world is more than just white imperialist powers in competition with each other.
After the discussion with Ben Norton, Aaron talks to Mike Lesiuk and Seamus McGuiness about the new American Exception website.  The first article at the site is Aaron's 2015 piece, "American Exception: Hegemony and the Dissimulation of the State."
Follow Ben Norton on Twitter and visit his excellent website, Multipolarista.com
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
Ben Norton of Multipolarista talks with Aaron about the end of US unipolarity (i.e., global dominance) and the dawn of a new multipolar world. Unlike the previous multipolar eras which led to colonialism and two world wars, the emerging multipolar world is more than just white imperialist powers in competition with each other.
After the discussion with Ben Norton, Aaron talks to Mike Lesiuk and Seamus McGuiness about the new American Exception website.  The first article at the site is Aaron's 2015 piece, "American Exception: Hegemony and the Dissimulation of the State."
Follow Ben Norton on Twitter and visit his excellent website, Multipolarista.com
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

Episode 45: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 8) [TRAILER]

 
This is Part 8 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Peter joins Aaron to reflect upon a number of figures in America's parapolitical history including:
Bill Colby
Dick Gregory
Mark Lane
Robert Blakey
Allard Lowenstein
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Song in D" by Mock Orange
This is Part 8 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Peter joins Aaron to reflect upon a number of figures in America's parapolitical history including:
Bill Colby
Dick Gregory
Mark Lane
Robert Blakey
Allard Lowenstein
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Episode 44: Did Bandar Bush Do 9/11? w/Branko Marcetic & Ben Howard [TRAILER]

 
Aaron talks with Branko Marcetic and Ben Howard about the recent 9/11 revelations which further implicate the Saudis--including the Saudis' key US deep state operative, Prince Bandar bin Sultan. 
Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. His recent 9/11 article at Jacobin is We Have New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11, and Barely Anyone Cares.
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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: "Tell Me Your Story" by Mock Orange
Aaron talks with Branko Marcetic and Ben Howard about the recent 9/11 revelations which further implicate the Saudis--including the Saudis' key US deep state operative, Prince Bandar bin Sultan. 
Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. His recent 9/11 article at Jacobin is We Have New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11, and Barely Anyone Cares.
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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!

UNLOCKED Episode 15: Hollywood, the Pentagon, and the CIA

Aaron speaks with Dr. Matthew Alford, one of the co-producers of the soon to be released documentary film, Theaters of War. They discuss the film and it main subject--the covert and propagandistic role of the Pentagon and CIA in the entertainment world. 
Alford is the co-author with Tom Secker of National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. Along with TJ Coles, he is also co-author Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy, as well as author of The Writer with No Hands—a book, I hope to discuss on a future episode.
Here's a trailer for Theaters of War featuring Matthew Alford.
Also check out Tom Secker's site, Spy Culture. 
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!  Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange

Episode 43: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 7) [TRAILER]

 
This is Part 7 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Ben Howard also joins us again as we continue talking about issues related to Peter’s early 1970’s article “The Vietnam War and the CIA-Financial Establishment.” Namely, we discuss what Peter was writing about at the time—the balance of payments issue as it related to the Vietnam War, the titans of American high finance, and the CIA. We also get deeper into the historical implications of all this, taking us right up to the present day as US dollar hegemony seems to be tottering under pressure from Russia, China, and the Global South.
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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: "I Keep Saying So Long" by Mock Orange
This is Part 7 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Ben Howard also joins us again as we continue talking about issues related to Peter’s early 1970’s article “The Vietnam War and the CIA-Financial Establishment.” Namely, we discuss what Peter was writing about at the time—the balance of payments issue as it related to the Vietnam War, the titans of American high finance, and the CIA. We also get deeper into the historical implications of all this, taking us right up to the present day as US dollar hegemony seems to be tottering under pressure from Russia, China, and the Global South.
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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!

Episode 42: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 6) [TRAILER]

This is Part 6 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. We are again accompanied by co-host Ben Howard who joins us as Peter reflects upon a number of topics including:
his 1970 article for Ramparts which has yet to be      published after being  stolen by the CIA in 1970 as part of Operation      Chaos: "Private War Enterprise in Asia: Air America, the Brook Club,      and the Kuomintang"
his 1973 or 1974 article (we mistakenly dated it at      1971, but that is not quite right) about the the CIA, high finance, and      the Vietnam War: "The Vietnam War and the CIA-Financial      Establishment"
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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: "Stop and Go" by Mock Orange
This is Part 6 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and the creator of parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. We are again accompanied by co-host Ben Howard who joins us as Peter reflects upon a number of topics including:
his 1970 article for Ramparts which has yet to be      published after being  stolen by the CIA in 1970 as part of Operation      Chaos: "Private War Enterprise in Asia: Air America, the Brook Club,      and the Kuomintang"
his 1973 or 1974 article (we mistakenly dated it at      1971, but that is not quite right) about the the CIA, high finance, and      the Vietnam War: "The Vietnam War and the CIA-Financial      Establishment"
Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO 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!

Episode 41: JFK and Civil Rights American Exception [TRAILER]

 
Following up on issues raised in the JFK assassination debate episode, James DiEugenio joins us to discuss JFK’s record on civil rights as well as other issues related to the JFK assassination. 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 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.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Majestic Raincoat" by Mock Orange
Following up on issues raised in the JFK assassination debate episode, James DiEugenio joins us to discuss JFK’s record on civil rights as well as other issues related to the JFK assassination. 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 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.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Episode 40: Ukraine and ”Biodefense” (Part 3) w/Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin [TRAILER]

 
We wrap up our discussion on "biodefense" with Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange
We wrap up our discussion on "biodefense" with Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Episode 39: Ukraine and ”Biodefense” (Part 2) w/Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin [TRAILER]

 
Continued discussion of "biodefense" and Ukraine with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange
Continued discussion of "biodefense" and Ukraine with the illustrious researcher Gumby4Christ and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio!
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!