American Exception

Aaron is joined by Grayzone UK Editor Kit Klarenberg—an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. They discuss three of Kit’s recent articles: EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it Leaked documents: British spies constructing secret terror army in Ukraine FTX partnership with Ukraine is latest chapter in shady Western aid saga Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Stuck In" by Mock Orange Aaron is joined by Grayzone UK Editor Kit Klarenberg—an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. They discuss three of Kit’s recent articles: EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it Leaked documents: British spies constructing secret terror army in Ukraine FTX partnership with Ukraine is latest chapter in shady Western aid saga Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Stuck In" by Mock Orange

In this episode, we look at how JFK approached American policy in SE Asia in 1961—the first year of his presidency. Specifically, we look at how handled Laos and Vietnam during this time—culminating in his November 22, 1963 NSAM which increased military support and training for South Vietnam, even as JFK resisted enormous Pentagon/CIA pressure to commit US ground troops. This is the 19th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode, we look at how JFK approached American policy in SE Asia in 1961—the first year of his presidency. Specifically, we look at how handled Laos and Vietnam during this time—culminating in his November 22, 1963 NSAM which increased military support and training for South Vietnam, even as JFK resisted enormous Pentagon/CIA pressure to commit US ground troops. This is the 19th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

In this episode, we start to look at JFK’s presidency. Coincidentally, we are able to kick off our exploration of the Kennedy years right after our last episode (#87) on the 59th anniversary of the assassination in Dallas. In this episode, we discuss JFK’s background—his rise from son of privilege to World War II hero to Congressman to Senator to President. We look at the forces he had to accommodate and confront, and we look at how the Bay of Pigs fiasco impacted the early months of his presidency. This is the 18th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode, we start to look at JFK’s presidency. Coincidentally, we are able to kick off our exploration of the Kennedy years right after our last episode (#87) on the 59th anniversary of the assassination in Dallas. In this episode, we discuss JFK’s background—his rise from son of privilege to World War II hero to Congressman to Senator to President. We look at the forces he had to accommodate and confront, and we look at how the Bay of Pigs fiasco impacted the early months of his presidency. This is the 18th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

A special double episode on the 59th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination: Aaron speaks with the venerable James DiEugenio. After the discussion, Aaron looks at JFK’s “Peace Speech” at American University in which JFK called for “not just peace in our time, but peace for all time.” Calling for an end to the Cold War and for moves toward full disarmament, the speech was repeatedly broadcast in the Soviet Union afterward. JFK would not have long to pursue his vision for world peace. The speech was delivered in the Summer of 1963; he would be assassinated in the Fall. 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: "Captain Love" by Mock Orange A special double episode on the 59th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination: Aaron speaks with the venerable James DiEugenio. After the discussion, Aaron looks at JFK’s “Peace Speech” at American University in which JFK called for “not just peace in our time, but peace for all time.” Calling for an end to the Cold War and for moves toward full disarmament, the speech was repeatedly broadcast in the Soviet Union afterward. JFK would not have long to pursue his vision for world peace. The speech was delivered in the Summer of 1963; he would be assassinated in the Fall. 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: "Captain Love" by Mock Orange

Aaron discusses the latest in the world of “biodefense” with journalist Sam Husseini and the illustrious independent researcher who posts as Gumby on Twitter. Please check out Sam Husseini’s Substack page and his recent article “Did West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak of 2014 Have a Lab Origin?” which he cowrote with virologist Jonathan Latham. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange Aaron discusses the latest in the world of “biodefense” with journalist Sam Husseini and the illustrious independent researcher who posts as Gumby on Twitter. Please check out Sam Husseini’s Substack page and his recent article “Did West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak of 2014 Have a Lab Origin?” which he cowrote with virologist Jonathan Latham. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange

In this video version of the episode, we close out the Eisenhower years. Specifically, we look at Eisenhower’s policies in Cuba and Congo—as well as how he made weak, half-hearted attempts to respond to the threats posed by the dangerously unaccountable CIA and the murderously greedy military industrial complex. As you will see, Ike’s was indeed a legacy of Ashes! This is the 17th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode, we close out the Eisenhower years. Specifically, we look at Eisenhower’s policies in Cuba and Congo—as well as how he made weak, half-hearted attempts to respond to the threats posed by the dangerously unaccountable CIA and the murderously greedy military industrial complex. As you will see, Ike’s was indeed a legacy of Ashes! This is the 17th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Poulgrain. In this final part, they discuss how JFK, Dag Hammarskjold, and Sukarno were unable to stop Allen Dulles’ murderous grand strategy to turn Indonesia into world history’s most valuable neocolony—under imperial US auspices. Greg Poulgrain teaches history at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-65, The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles, as well as the more recent JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Poulgrain. In this final part, they discuss how JFK, Dag Hammarskjold, and Sukarno were unable to stop Allen Dulles’ murderous grand strategy to turn Indonesia into world history’s most valuable neocolony—under imperial US auspices. Greg Poulgrain teaches history at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-65, The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles, as well as the more recent JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange

Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Polugrain. In this first of two episodes, they discuss Allen Dulles' dark influence over US policy in Indonesia up through the Eisenhower administration. Greg Poulgrain teaches history at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-65, The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles, as well as the more recent JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange Artwork: From the cover of TIME, Dec. 23, 1946 Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Polugrain. In this first of two episodes, they discuss Allen Dulles' dark influence over US policy in Indonesia up through the Eisenhower administration. Greg Poulgrain teaches history at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is the author of The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-65, The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles, as well as the more recent JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange Artwork: From the cover of TIME, Dec. 23, 1946

We look at how Eisenhower and the Dulles Brothers handled two geopolitical hot spots of the Cold War: Indonesia and Egypt. This is the 16th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange We look at how Eisenhower and the Dulles Brothers handled two geopolitical hot spots of the Cold War: Indonesia and Egypt. This is the 16th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Nick Bryant discusses his prolific efforts to expose sexual blackmail as, in effect, a deep state institution. Nick is the author of The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal and co-author of Confessions of a DC Madam The Politics of Sex, Lies, and Blackmail. He also has a new book coming out in a few months entitled The Truth About Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies & Liars. Nick’s website is here. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange Nick Bryant discusses his prolific efforts to expose sexual blackmail as, in effect, a deep state institution. Nick is the author of The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal and co-author of Confessions of a DC Madam The Politics of Sex, Lies, and Blackmail. He also has a new book coming out in a few months entitled The Truth About Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies & Liars. Nick’s website is here. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange

In this episode we briefly discuss what the deep state is and is not before looking at the Eisenhower administration’s imperial chicanery in Guatemala and Vietnam. This is the 15th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode we briefly discuss what the deep state is and is not before looking at the Eisenhower administration’s imperial chicanery in Guatemala and Vietnam. This is the 15th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

In this episode we look at Eisenhower’s ties to Big Oil and how they influenced Operation AJAX--the CIA conspiracy which overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Mohammed Mossedegh in order to install a US puppet, the Shah of Iran. This is the 14th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode we look at Eisenhower’s ties to Big Oil and how they influenced Operation AJAX--the CIA conspiracy which overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Mohammed Mossedegh in order to install a US puppet, the Shah of Iran. This is the 14th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

[Update: We fixed and replaced the original audio file which had a problem around the introduction] In this episode we look at the history behind NSC-68, the seminal document of the US military industrial complex. This is the 13th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. The latter portion of this episode was already posted on YouTube because we thought it was so timely after the Nord Stream attack. I hope the larger, book-related portion of the episode also provides good context for this. Strangely enough, I added that extra material to the episode plan because I thought that all of the historical exegesis from the book was really relevant to our current moment. With the Nord Stream bombing, it turned out that I was more correct than I knew. Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange [Update: We fixed and replaced the original audio file which had a problem around the introduction] In this episode we look at the history behind NSC-68, the seminal document of the US military industrial complex. This is the 13th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. The latter portion of this episode was already posted on YouTube because we thought it was so timely after the Nord Stream attack. I hope the larger, book-related portion of the episode also provides good context for this. Strangely enough, I added that extra material to the episode plan because I thought that all of the historical exegesis from the book was really relevant to our current moment. With the Nord Stream bombing, it turned out that I was more correct than I knew. Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Ben Howard and Aaron continue the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on the history of USUK imperial support for reactionary Islamism. The first article in the series is now up at American Exception: “Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination.” Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for his editorial work on the article and to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "High Octane Punk Mode" by Mock Orange The image in the episode art is of the Al-Baqi cemetery before its 1926 demolition by the Saudis. The episode title is a mishmash of three relevant book titles: Dreyfuss' 'Devil's Game', Talbot's The Devil's Chessboard, and Brzezinski's The Grand Chessboard. Ben Howard and Aaron continue the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on the history of USUK imperial support for reactionary Islamism. The first article in the series is now up at American Exception: “Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination.” Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for his editorial work on the article and to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "High Octane Punk Mode" by Mock Orange The image in the episode art is of the Al-Baqi cemetery before its 1926 demolition by the Saudis. The episode title is a mishmash of three relevant book titles: Dreyfuss' 'Devil's Game', Talbot's The Devil's Chessboard, and Brzezinski's The Grand Chessboard.

In this episode, we begin our historical exploration of the post-World War 2 US empire. As explained in the book and in previous episodes of this history, the history of the post-World War 2 US empire is essentially the history of the US deep state. This is the 12th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Check out the attached PDF to see related images. 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 [Edit: The original episode file was missing the introduction as well as the final minutes.] In this episode, we begin our historical exploration of the post-World War 2 US empire. As explained in the book and in previous episodes of this history, the history of the post-World War 2 US empire is essentially the history of the US deep state. This is the 12th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Check out the attached PDF to see related images. 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

Aaron is joined by Christopher Mott to discuss his recent article, “Woke Imperium: The Coming Confluence Between Social Justice and Neoconservatism.” Christopher Mott is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy and the author of The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia. Follow Christopher on Twitter and check out his personal website: geotrickster.com. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Stuck In" by Mock Orange

In this episode, we wrap up our social science exploration of imperial criminality. We discuss dark power—i.e., top-down or despotic political power. Dark power is to be contrasted with open or democratic power—power derived from consensus and persuasion. This is the 11th installment 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange In this episode, we wrap up our social science exploration of imperial criminality. We discuss dark power—i.e., top-down or despotic political power. Dark power is to be contrasted with open or democratic power—power derived from consensus and persuasion. This is the 11th installment 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Aaron and Ben Norton of Multipolarista discuss Establishment scholar Francis Fukuyama and his strange intervention into deep state discourse. I am hoping that Fukuyama is just building up to addressing the deep state construct in future installments because he does mention some important aspects of the emergence of the state, even as he leaves out many other angles: Valuing the Deep State, Part I Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange Aaron and Ben Norton of Multipolarista discuss Establishment scholar Francis Fukuyama and his strange intervention into deep state discourse. I am hoping that Fukuyama is just building up to addressing the deep state construct in future installments because he does mention some important aspects of the emergence of the state, even as he leaves out many other angles: Valuing the Deep State, Part I Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

Aaron and Ben Norton of Multipolarista discuss Establishment scholar Francis Fukuyama and his strange intervention into deep state discourse. I am hoping that Fukuyama is just building up to addressing the deep state construct in future installments because he does mention some important aspects of the emergence of the state, even as he leaves out many other angles: Valuing the Deep State, Part I Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange Aaron and Ben Norton of Multipolarista discuss Establishment scholar Francis Fukuyama and his strange intervention into deep state discourse. I am hoping that Fukuyama is just building up to addressing the deep state construct in future installments because he does mention some important aspects of the emergence of the state, even as he leaves out many other angles: Valuing the Deep State, Part I Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

Ben Howard and Aaron kick off the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on their own personal reckonings with the great terror spectacle of 2001. The first article in the series is now up at American Exception: “Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination.” Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for his editorial work on the article, to Casey Moore for the episode art, and to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "High Octane Punk Mode" by Mock Orange Ben Howard and Aaron kick off the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on their own personal reckonings with the great terror spectacle of 2001. The first article in the series is now up at American Exception: “Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination.” Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for his editorial work on the article, to Casey Moore for the episode art, and to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "High Octane Punk Mode" by Mock Orange

We discuss trace the development of parapolitics, deep politics, and the deep state in this penultimate episode on the social science of imperial criminality. This is Part 10 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well as our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange [Sorry for initially posting the wrong file--Aaron] We discuss trace the development of parapolitics, deep politics, and the deep state in this penultimate episode on the social science of imperial criminality. This is Part 10 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well as our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange

Aaron and Seamus discuss the Security Research Staff (SRS), the inner sanctum of the CIA’s Office of Security. We also discuss James McCord’s friend Lee Pennington and related issues from Jim Hougan’s masterpiece, Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA. Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange Aaron and Seamus discuss the Security Research Staff (SRS), the inner sanctum of the CIA’s Office of Security. We also discuss James McCord’s friend Lee Pennington and related issues from Jim Hougan’s masterpiece, Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA. Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" by Mock Orange

We discuss the higher immorality and crackpot realism as described in The Power Elite—the scholarly masterpiece of sociologist C. Wright Mills—and how these concepts can inform the sociology of the imperial American deep state. This is Part 9 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True"by Mock Orange We discuss the higher immorality and crackpot realism as described in The Power Elite—the scholarly masterpiece of sociologist C. Wright Mills—and how these concepts can inform the sociology of the imperial American deep state. This is Part 9 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True"by Mock Orange

Aaron and Seamus discuss the deep state personage of James McCord and related issues from Jim Hougan’s masterpiece, Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA. Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange Aaron and Seamus discuss the deep state personage of James McCord and related issues from Jim Hougan’s masterpiece, Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA. Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange

Aaron and Seamus discuss and expand on a Watergate timeline from two critical luminaries—Jim Hougan (author of Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA) and Peter Dale Scott. Because this is a unique episode in terms of the minutiae we cover, I created and posted a PDF of the timeline that might be helpful for anyone who is not steeped in this material. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" (live version) by Mock Orange Aaron and Seamus discuss and expand on a Watergate timeline from two critical luminaries—Jim Hougan (author of Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA) and Peter Dale Scott. Because this is a unique episode in terms of the minutiae we cover, I created and posted a PDF of the timeline that might be helpful for anyone who is not steeped in this material. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" (live version) by Mock Orange

We discuss The Power Elite—the scholarly masterpiece of sociologist C. Wright Mills—and how it informs our understandings of the imperial American deep state. This is Part 8 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series--and who did the art for this episode! Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True"by Mock Orange We discuss The Power Elite—the scholarly masterpiece of sociologist C. Wright Mills—and how it informs our understandings of the imperial American deep state. This is Part 8 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series--and who did the art for this episode! Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True"by Mock Orange

Aaron and Seamus discuss and expand on a Watergate timeline from two critical luminaries—Jim Hougan (author of Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA) and Peter Dale Scott. Because this is a unique episode in terms of the minutiae we cover, I created and posted a PDF of the timeline that might be helpful for anyone who is not steeped in this material. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" (live version) by Mock Orange Aaron and Seamus discuss and expand on a Watergate timeline from two critical luminaries—Jim Hougan (author of Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA) and Peter Dale Scott. Because this is a unique episode in terms of the minutiae we cover, I created and posted a PDF of the timeline that might be helpful for anyone who is not steeped in this material. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "World of Machines" (live version) by Mock Orange

We discuss the dual state and Professor Michael Glennon’s double government. This is Episode 7 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Nortonof Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. 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 We discuss the dual state and Professor Michael Glennon’s double government. This is Episode 7 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 again joined by series co-host Ben Nortonof Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series. 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

We discuss American scholars and their failure to grapple with US imperialism. This is Episode 6 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. 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 We discuss American scholars and their failure to grapple with US imperialism. This is Episode 6 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. 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

We discuss the historians and historiography of the US empire. This is Episode 5 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. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange We discuss the historians and historiography of the US empire. This is Episode 5 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. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Released in conjunction with the upcoming publication of Peter's "lost" (read "stolen by the CIA in 1970") article originally intended for Ramparts, we present a 2011 debate between the two top experts on the Postwar Southeast Asian heroin traffic: Professors Peter Dale Scott and Alfred McCoy. I add some context at the beginning which will hopefully be of interest to everybody! Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Alfred McCoy is History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and the author of The Politics of Heroin—now in its third edition. Apologies for the weird noises during the debate. We have no idea exactly what was making that intermittent whirring and clicking noise. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange Released in conjunction with the upcoming publication of Peter's "lost" (read "stolen by the CIA in 1970") article originally intended for Ramparts, we present a 2011 debate between the two top experts on the Postwar Southeast Asian heroin traffic: Professors Peter Dale Scott and Alfred McCoy. I add some context at the beginning which will hopefully be of interest to everybody! Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Alfred McCoy is History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and the author of The Politics of Heroin—now in its third edition. Apologies for the weird noises during the debate. We have no idea exactly what was making that intermittent whirring and clicking noise. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange

We discuss the concepts of hegemony and empire in relation to the USA! [We updated the file after a slightly incomplete file was missing...basically without the very brief intro] This is Episode 4 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. 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 We discuss the concepts of hegemony and empire in relation to the USA! [We updated the file after a slightly incomplete file was missing...basically without the very brief intro] This is Episode 4 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. 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

Aaron and guest cohost Brace Belden talk to David Talbot about his book, The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government. This episode is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, Professor Peter Dale Scott. Peter Dale Scott and Ben Howard also both appear in this episode. Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on the Boston Bombing over at TrueAnon: Episode 220: Marathon Men (Part 1) And of course, check out Brace at TrueAnon. This episode is also Part 13 in our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange Aaron and guest cohost Brace Belden talk to David Talbot about his book, The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government. This episode is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, Professor Peter Dale Scott. Peter Dale Scott and Ben Howard also both appear in this episode. Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on the Boston Bombing over at TrueAnon: Episode 220: Marathon Men (Part 1) And of course, check out Brace at TrueAnon. This episode is also Part 13 in our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Old Man" by Mock Orange

We discuss the creation of the US national security state and the rise of US exceptionism! This is Episode 3 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. 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 We discuss the creation of the US national security state and the rise of US exceptionism! This is Episode 3 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. 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

Aaron speaks with Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott about key issues on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests. Specifically, they discuss Nixon’s Vietnam strategy, the way these plans were threatened by the leak of the Pentagon Papers, and the mysteries around Watergate which collectively suggest that Nixon’s resignation was effected by forces to the right of Nixon himself. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Seamus McGuinness is producing a video version of this episode which should be coming soon! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange Aaron speaks with Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott about key issues on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests. Specifically, they discuss Nixon’s Vietnam strategy, the way these plans were threatened by the leak of the Pentagon Papers, and the mysteries around Watergate which collectively suggest that Nixon’s resignation was effected by forces to the right of Nixon himself. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Seamus McGuinness is producing a video version of this episode which should be coming soon! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

We discuss deep politics in the history of the USA. As per Peter Dale Scott, deep politics refers to “all those political practices and arrangements, deliberate or not, which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.” This is Part 2 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 Nortonof Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series. 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 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

We discuss deep politics in the history of the USA. As per Peter Dale Scott, deep politics refers to “all those political practices and arrangements, deliberate or not, which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.” This is Part 2 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 Nortonof Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series. 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 Subscribe to American Exception on Patreon for the full episode! We discuss deep politics in the history of the USA. As per Peter Dale Scott, deep politics refers to “all those political practices and arrangements, deliberate or not, which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.” This is Part 2 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 Nortonof Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series. 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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