American Exception

We talk with Jefferson Morley about the outstanding work he has put into the JFK case for several decades.

Check out the recent, excellent NY Mag story on Jeff’s work here: "The Secrets of the JFK Assassination Archive"

Jefferson Morley is also the author of several books, including:

• Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Old Movies” by Mock Orange

To mark the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination, James DiEugenio returns to talk about the new book he co-wrote and co-edited, The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy

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 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 and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.

He also runs the Kennedys and King website.

Watch Four Died Trying:

• Apple TV

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “This Nation” by Mock Orange

The special episode commemorates the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. To mark the occasion, Aaron Good and Bryce Greene speak with two illustrious JFK assassination critics, Professor Peter Dale Scott and our Devil’s Chess Club co-host David Talbot.

Devil's Chess Club is an American Exception production.

Check out these two new articles discussed in the episode:

• "The JFK Assassination at 60: The Public Knows the Truth - Why Won’t the Media Report It?" by David Talbot

Peter Dale Scott's JFK assassination books:

• Deep Politics and the Death of JFK

David Talbot's JFK assassination books:

• Brothers The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

Peter Dale Scott's two final (maybe) prose books:

• Ecstatic Pessimist: Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope

Special thanks to:

• Dana Chavarria, production

Journalists Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod from Mint Press News join Aaron and Bryce to discuss Israel’s brutal siege of Gaza.

Check out some of their recent work:

• The Hannibal Directive: What Really Happened on October 7

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

World class essayist and journalist Patrick Lawrence joins us to talk about his latest book, Journalists and Their Shadows.

Check out:

• The Floutist (Patrick Lawrence’s substack)

Music: "Only in Dreams" by Mock Orange

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

David, Aaron, and Bryce discuss the deep politics of the US Empire and its current crises—including the issues of assassination, the reorientation of US foreign policy, and Israel’s war against the Palestinian people.

Check out:

• "Dear Joe Biden: Bobby’s Life Is in Your Hands"

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

We are joined by journalist and author Jefferson Morley about the JFK assassination, sixty years later! Then Aaron and Bryce discuss the strange Zionism of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s campaign manager, former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox and support for what was later revealed to be a very serious Israeli plan to drive the Palestinians of Gaza into the Sinai desert.

For Jefferson Morley’s work:

• The JFK Facts Substack

Check out: “‘Option C’ – Israeli Government Policy Paper Lays Out Plan for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza”

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Aaron and Bryce discuss the geopolitics of Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about his Kennedy Beacon column, “Mr. Smith's Radical Truth: Why a Hollywood Classic Holds the Secret to Political Success.”

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Ben Howard returns for a discussion with Aaron and Bryce on the situation in Palestine.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Relax and Degrade" by Mock Orange

Aaron and Bryce discuss Israel-Palestine. Then David Talbot joins us to talk about Kennedy's announcement in Philadelphia.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!