American Exception

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Friday Mar 18, 2022


In this eleventh episode of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, Aaron talks with James DiEugenio, the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone's new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed, the four-hour cut of the film coming to the US in late February. Jim is also the author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case and The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today. Additionally, he runs the fantastic website Kennedys and King and makes regular appearances on Len Osanic's BlackOp Radio. In this conversation, Aaron and Jim discuss the recent attacks on Oliver Stone's JFK films leveled by people like Tim Weiner, Max Boot, Gerald Posner, and Jamie Kirchick.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
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Music by Mock Orange

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022


Aaron and Ben talk about the Ukraine War--its larger historical background and looming geopolitical implications.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Twelve O'Clock Call" by Mock Orange

Saturday Mar 12, 2022

This is Part 3 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years at Berkeley, including his experiences with the Berkeley Free Speech Movement and the antiwar movement. The Reichstag Fire and other matters are discussed as well.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Thursday Mar 10, 2022


This is Part 2 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon some of the events that led to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley, as well as his early years there.[UPDATE: We remastered this episode to fix the original files... basically we used technology to disguise the fact that I did too many whippets before and during the recording.]
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "I Can't Seem to Think" by Mock Orange

Wednesday Mar 02, 2022


This is the first part of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years prior to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley.Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Mind Is Not Brain" by Mock Orange

Sunday Feb 27, 2022


In this episode, Aaron is joined by Anthony Monteiro. They discuss the Black Radical Tradition in the context of US empire and capitalism. They focus especially on the towering figure of W.E.B. Dubois.
After many years as university professor--mostly at Temple University--Monteiro continues to work as a scholar and activist at the Saturday Free School in Philadelphia and at Black Agenda Report.
Check out Abby Martin's Empire Files episode: The Black Radical Tradition with Cornel West, Mumia Abu-Jamal 
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "East Side Song" by Mock Orange

Wednesday Feb 23, 2022


This is Part 2 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron, Hailey Rounsaville, and Mike Oldfield cover the tumultuous period from the end of World War II and the Sukarno-led victory over the Dutch which established Indonesian independence. They then trace the imperial intrigues which unfolded throughout the  Eisenhower years. Most notably, they discuss how American deep statesman Allen Dulles played the long game to seize control over the Indonesia's vast resource wealth.This is the audio version. The episode was produced as a video which you can watch here.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!Music by Subtropics

Saturday Feb 19, 2022


Aaron is joined by our man in Belgrade, Kit Klarenberg--an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We spoke about a number of subjects related to his recent GrayZone piece, "Propagandist for Syria terror proxies compromised Amnesty International, leaked docs show." The article was a follow-up of sorts to a previous article that Klarenberg co-authored with Max Blumenthal, "Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics."
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Payroll" by Mock Orange

Tuesday Feb 15, 2022


This is Part 1 of our Battleground Indonesia series--a special project produced in collaboration with TheKultureDotTV . In this episode, Aaron delivers the first part of a presentation on the Great Game to seize the staggering resource wealth of Indonesia. He is joined by Hailey Rounsaville and Mike Oldfield.
This is the video version. The audio only version is here.If there is any problem with the Patreon video player, this link should let you download the file: "A Mountain of Gold on the Moon"
This is Part 1 of our Battleground Indonesia series--a special project produced in collaboration with TheKultureDotTV . In this episode, Aaron delivers the first part of a presentation on the Great Game to seize the staggering resource wealth of Indonesia. He is joined by Hailey Rounsaville and Mike Oldfield.
 
Watch the video at our Patreon for free!

Sunday Feb 13, 2022


Aaron talks with Catherine Liu and Dan Kovalik about the Professional Managerial Class, "cancel culture," and US empire. Liu is a professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California at Irvine and the author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class.Daniel Kovalik is the author of Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture. He is also a human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist. He has contributed articles to CounterPunch, The Huffington Post, and TeleSUR. He teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Follow Catherine Liu on Twitter: @bureaucatliu 
Check out Dan Kovalik's author page at Amazon 
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!  Music: "Song in D" by Mock Orange

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