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In this episode, Aaron is joined by Peter Dale Scott, who finishes reading some of his new politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s recently published poetry collection, 'Dreamcraft'.

This is the 29th 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: 'The Famous Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Calif.' (Pacific Novelty Co., ca. 1907–January 14, 1910)

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “I’m Leaving” by Mock Orange

Bryce and Aaron discuss a number of grim and ridiculous events—including the sinister “genocide pause” ceasefire hoax, the Kursk invasion fiasco, the DNC’s genocide-eliding spectacle in Chicago, RFK’s sad finale, tech monopoly censorship, and Russiagate’s strange Zionist angle.

Image: A view of the destruction in Gaza, February 22, 2024. (Photo credit: AFP/ Said Khatib)

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

In this episode, Aaron is joined again by Peter Dale Scott who reads some politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft.

This is the 28th 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.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Window” by Mock Orange

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To see/hear the full episode head over to https://www.patreon.com/americanexception to subscribe and support the best historical analysis of the U.S. Empire. Aaron reviews and discusses a new and very important book, 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. The book was written by Gary Vogler with a foreword from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. This is the first of what will be a two or three part series.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Bryce Greene speaks about 9/11 with two guests. The first is independent researcher Adam Fitzgerald. He runs The Darkened Hour podcast, the Adam Fitgerald YouTube channel, and on Word Press he runs the site 9/11/The Historical Timeline. The second guest is Ben, and he runs the Podcast for a New American Century.

This episode marks the first in a series of 9/11 episodes that our own Bryce Greene is producing.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Bryce and Aaron speak with Ray Nowosielski and Maria Chappelle-Nadal. They are two of the creators of 'After the Uprising', a true crime podcast which investigates a string of mysterious tragedies among Ferguson activists in St. Louis, years after they helped launch a national movement for Black Lives.

Image: Riot police in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014 (Al Jazeera)

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

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In this episode, we get another reading and discussion of some politically and biographically inspired poetry from Peter’s new poetry collection, Dreamcraft. This episode includes poetry about Peter’s friendship with the late Leonard Cohen.

This is the 27th 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: Leonard Cohen at the Isle of Wight, 1970 (Charles Everest/BBC)

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of recent, momentous events--including the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Trump, the Establishment/deep state coup that ended Biden 2024, the Zionists' assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Iran, and other insanity related to the Gaza Genocide.

Image: Reuters/Yaser Al-Khodor

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

We discuss pipeline geopolitics and US imperialism with attorney and historian Charlotte Dennett. Charlotte is the author of:

'Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil' (See: American Exception 110)

"Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil"

"War in Ukraine Could Be the Mother of All Energy Wars: But the Media Still Misses the Context"

Charlotte Dennett is also the co-author (with Gerard Colby) of 'Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil' (See: American Exception 107)

Image: A US soldier walks towards a burning oil well in Iraq's vast Rumaila oil fields in March of 2003. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

This episode includes my recent interview with John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte as well as some additional commentary on the assassination attempt.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Some Say" by Mock Orange