American Exception

Whose "Secret Agenda"? (AE188 - WG-SA Part 5) [TRAILER]

Jim Hougan and Peter Dale Scott join us to discuss the lingering mysteries of Watergate—with reference to Hougan’s masterpiece,  Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA.
This episode is part of the series, Watergate and Secret Agenda.
Image: James McCord testifies to the Senate Select Committee on Watergate, May 22, 1973. (AP Photo, file)
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music "Intake" by Mock Orange

Journalism as Imperial Forensic Science (DCC55 - Audio)

Aaron is joined by journalist and forensic historian, Kit Klarenberg. His work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions.
Check out his work at:
Global Delinquents
Active Measures
Grayzone
 
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Episode 187: A Cataclysmic Burglary (WG-SA Part 4) [TRAILER]

Aaron and Peter Dale Scott discuss the ill-fated Watergate break-ins and their historical impacts. They draw from Peter’s unpublished Watergate essay and from a Watergate timeline that Aaron, Peter, and Jim Hougan (author of 'Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA') have been working on.
Image: Nixon and Kissinger meeting with Fritz Kraemer in the Oval Office.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music "Some Say" by Mock Orange

Titanic Capitalists (DCC54 - Audio)

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Professor Peter Phillips joins us to talk about his illuminating new book, 'Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity'.
 Image: Freedom for Humanity (a temporary mural by the American artist Mear One)
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

The Banality of Western Propaganda (DCC53)

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Aaron and Bryce speak with Dr. Assal Rad. She is the Research Director at the National Iranian American Council and the author of 'The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran'.
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Who Didn't Let the Dogs Out? (AE186) [TRAILER]

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Bryce Greene is back speaking about 9/11 with two guests, John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski. They are the authors of 'The Watchdogs Didn't Bark: The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror'. This book was edited by our own David Talbot, who also wrote the foreword.
This episode marks the second in a series of 9/11 episodes that our own Bryce Greene is producing.
Image Credit: Washington Post
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music "Chrome Alligator" by Mock Orange

The Neocons' Iraq War (DCC52 - Audio)

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Gary Vogler and Lawrence Wilkerson join us to discuss the deep politics of the Iraq War, drawing from their respective insider perspectives. Gary Vogler is the author of 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. Lawrence Wilkerson wrote the foreword to the book. He is a retired US Army Colonel and former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

"Facing the Limen" (AE185 - PDS30)

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In this episode, Peter Dale Scott reads and discusses a new poem. Published at the American Exception Substack, the poem is entitled “Facing the Limen.”
This is the 30th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.
Image Credit: Ludlow Group
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

MAGA as La Résistance? (DCC 51)

To hear/see the full episode, please subscribe on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/americanexception Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of subjects:The criminally bad New York Times coverage of the Gaza Genocide
The US presidential debate farcehow Harris picked up the coveted Dick Cheney endorsement
How Russia and Iran are deepening their strategic relationship
The anniversary of 9/11 
MAGA’s new strange and conspiracist Resistance spectacle
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Is ISUS Us? (AE184)

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We talk with the Iraq Correspondent at the excellent website, The Cradle.  He has done outstanding work covering ISIS as the latest entry in a long and sordid Western imperial tradition--the covert use of Islamist terror groups as geopolitical sock puppets.
 Two articles from the Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent are particularly relevant to this episode’s discussion:
"Masoud Barzani: The Butcher of Sinjar"
"‘Justice is sleeping’: Yezidis struggle to punish Kurds who greenlit genocide"
Follow The Cradle on Twitter, and check out The Cradle website regularly to stay up to date developments in the Middle East.
Image Credit: The Cradle
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange