American Exception

Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the second part of a series on Jimmy Carter.

Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness!

Music: "Feel it Now” by Mock Orange

We look at HBO’s new series, White House Plumbers. Bryce Green and our own Seamus McGuinness join Aaron to review this strange production.

Bryce Green is a graduate student at Indiana University in Bloomington. He also writes for FAIR—Fairnesss and Accuracy in Media. Check out his latest article, “Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine.”

Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!

Music: "Til the Mornin" by Mock Orange

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his Iran-Contra era experiences, including his work on the Kerry committee as well as his involvement with Gary Webb and the film, Kill the Messenger.

This is the 15th 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.

Check out:

• The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis 

Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "12 O'clock Call" by Mock Orange

Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the first of a two-part series on Jimmy Carter.

(Aaron is away at a family memorial service for his younger sister and will return very soon)

Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness!

Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Dick Russell joins us to talk about his new book, The Real RFK Jr: Trials of a Truth Warrior. Russel is the author of fifteen books including two ground-breaking books on the JFK assassination:

• The Man Who Knew Too Much - about JFK assassination figure Richard Case Nagell

Russell is currently serving as a researcher and commentator for a 10-part podcast series about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, hosted by Rob Reiner and Soledad O’Brien to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary. Additionally, he has co-authored five books with former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, three of which became New York Times Best-Sellers.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: “Roll Your Eyes” by Mock Orange

Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his seminal work on Indonesia 1965. He began researching the subject in the 1970’s, with his research culminating in a landmark 1985 academic article, “The United States And The Overthrow Of Sukarno, 1965-1967” as well as a public event in which Peter and dissident ex-CIA officer Ralph McGehee debated the subject with retired CIA director William Colby.

This is the 14th installment of the series with prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: “Tell Me” by Mock Orange

Kit Klarenberg and Ben Howard join us to discuss new revelations about the CIA’s criminal mischief prior to 9/11.

In particular, we discuss Kit’s recent GrayZone article “Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits.”

Also relevant to this discussion is the article by Ben Howard, Aaron Good, and Peter Dale Scott, “Why Did Key U.S. Officials Protect the Alleged 9/11 Plotters?”

Kit Klarenberg is the Editor of Grayzone UK. His work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Ben Howard is an independent researcher and our resident 9/11 expert.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "Stuck In” by Mock Orange

After nearly a one year hiatus, Professor Peter Dale Scott returns to resume our Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light oral history series. We pick up where we left off, in the aftermath of Watergate. This is the 13th installment of the series with  prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Music: "Tell Me" by Mock Orange

James DiEugenio returns to talk about the upcoming 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination and the significance of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run. 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.

His latest book is JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. An accompaniment to the documentary film, the book includes a section from me.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: “Window” by Mock Orange

Asa Winstanley joins us to talk about his new book, Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. Asa is an investigative journalist at Electronic Intifada.

Check Asa Winstanley’s substack page!

Music: "All You Have" by Mock Orange

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!