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  To gain access to the most comprehensive library of historical research on the tripartite state, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon. Former CIA officer and bestselling author Barry Eisler joins us to discuss his new novel, The System. Here is what I wrote about the book: The System depicts a fictionalized version of the late US Empire—an economic and military juggernaut now in terminal decline as the regime and its institutions buckle under the weight of their own corrupt and corrupting inertia. With compelling prose, Eisler has written a deep political thriller in which the characters exist in shades of gray. They all must accommodate various governmental and private sector interests in such a way as to become complicit in a system so illegitimate that its true dimensions cannot be candidly discussed or explained in “mainstream” settings. Let us hope that entertaining fiction like this can help snap Americans out of their red/blue partisan trances and unite them against their real enemy—the oligarchic regime itself. Check out: Barry Eisler's website Barry's Substack Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Aaron and Bryce discuss the outbreak of hot war in Iran, kicked off by a brazenly illegal Zionist assassination spree abetted by the US President. Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon!   Internet pioneer Ken McCarthy joins us to discuss his two books on the anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist foreign policies of John and Robert Kennedy.   Check out: 'JFK and RFK's Secret Battle Against Zionist Extremism' 'John F. Kennedy Anti-Imperialist: His Character and Intentions Revealed in Five Speeches and One Telegram' Brasscheck TV

  To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! We are joined again by John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who blew the whistle on the agency's illegal torture program. Check out: Substack: Loud & Clear with John Kiriakou Deep Focus with John Kiriakou The DeProgram Show Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon!   Aaron and Max discuss the 2019 Martin Scorsese film, The Irishman. The film stars Robert DeNiro as an Irish-American hitman and Al Pacino as the notorious Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa. The film is based on the book, I Heard You Paint Houses, by Charles Brandt. We recommend that people watch the film before listening since we don't attempt to give any organized synopsis, nor do we avoid spoilers. Listen at your own risk! Music: "Silent Motion" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

  Aaron is joined by Ben Thomason. Ben recently earned his doctorate in American Cultural Studies from Bowling Green State University. His dissertation is entitled, Making Democracy Safe for Empire: A History and Political Economy of the National Endowment for Democracy, United States Agency for International Development, and Twenty-First Century Media Imperialism. In this episode, we discuss two of Ben's latest articles for CovertAction Magazine, both of which deal with the US dirty war on Syria. The first article is “The U.S.A.'s Longest ‘Democracy' Project in Syria Has Resulted in the Empowerment of Al-Qaeda.” The second article, soon to be published, is “Western Soft Power Agencies Established a Support Front for Armed Insurrection in Syria led by al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels.” Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  To get access to the entire American Exception/Devil's Chess Club library, support our work on Patreon! Aaron is joined by US Army Colonel (Ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson. Wilkerson was chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell during the first George W. Bush administration. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To get access to the entire American Exception/Devil's Chess Club library, support our work on Patreon! Monika Wiesak joins us to give her first interview for her brand new book, Echoes of a Lost America: Unraveling the Murder of JFK. I previously interviewed Monika about her first book, America's Last President in American Exception Episode 101. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  To gain access to the archive of the best historical analysis of deep politics, please subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon!   James DiEugenio joins us to discuss the Trump administration's release of long-withheld JFK-related documents. DiEugenio recently appeared before Congress with friends of the pod, Oliver Stone and Jefferson Morley. The three were there to discuss the JFK case with Representative Luna's committee. Check out: Jim's website: Kennedys and King Jim's latest book (ed.): The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To hear the full episode and to gain access to the archive of the best historical analysis of deep politics, please subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon! Aaron and Max Arvo discuss the 2010 Martin Scorsese film, Shutter Island. The film stars Leonardo DeCaprio and is based on a 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. We recommend that people watch the film before listening since we don't attempt to give any organized synopsis, nor do we avoid spoilers. Listen at your own risk! Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

  To access the complete library of the best historical deep state research and analysis, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Max Parry joins us to speak with us about his new Covert Action Magazine article entitled  “Did the CIA Covertly Support Chechen Separatist Terrorism? Of Course They Did.” Max Parry is an independent journalist and geopolitical analyst based in Baltimore. His writing has appeared widely in alternative media and he is a frequent political commentator featured in Sputnik News and Press TV. He also hosts the podcast Captive Minds which is also available on YouTube. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Jefferson Morley joins us to discuss recent events around the release of many long-withheld or redacted documents pertaining to the JFK assassination—including his appearance in front of Congress with our friends Oliver Stone and James DiEugenio. Jefferson Morley is a Washington-based author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. He runs the excellent website, JFK Facts. Subscribe to JFK Facts if you want access to some of the very best reporting and analysis on the JFK case! Jefferson Morley is also the author of: Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton. Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA Music: "Only in Dreams" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon!   Aaron and Max Arvo discuss the recent JFK assassination declassification hearings in Washington. Also, Max revisits the Neocon Clean Break Report of 1996! Music: "Hawks Can Go" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

To hear the full episode and gain access the entire archive of deep historical research, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon!   This is the second half of a two-part discussion with Max Arvo covering the new JFK document releases in the context of our Gray Alliance series as well as my new article which centers on one of these documents. Check out the article: "James Angleton, Mossad, the Syndicate, and the CIA's 'Cuban Business'" Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode and Casey Moore for the episode art!

  This episode features Part 3 of a presentation based on my recent article, “James Angleton, Mossad, the Syndicate, and the CIA's 'Cuban Business'.” This episode seeks to explore the historical consequences of Zionism's role in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  This episode features Part 2 of a presentation based on my recent article, “James Angleton, Mossad, the Syndicate, and the CIA's 'Cuban Business'.” Specifically, this installment examines the nature of the regime which killed JFK as well as Zionism's role in the assassination. To get access to the complete archive of the best historical research on deep political events and the tripartite state, subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

This episode features a presentation based on my recent article, “James Angleton, Mossad, the Syndicate, and the CIA's 'Cuban Business'.” About a year ago I discovered a page in James Angleton's 1975 Church Committee testimony that the CIA tried to hide by deleting in subsequent releases. The 86ed page—which happened to be page 86—shows that CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton did not tell CIA director John McCone that, in order to bypass the entire CIA, Angleton was using a Mossad officer as an operational agent for anti-Castro operations in Cuba. The outcome was that there was very little paper trail at the Agency when it came to the details of Angleton's mobbed-up “Cuban business”—especially the assassination apparatus which many JFK assassination researchers believe was later redirected at President Kennedy.   To get access to the complete archive of the best historical research on deep political events and the tripartite state, subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception   Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  This episode features my recent speaking appearance at Wayne State University. Deep appreciation for to Professor Khari Brown as well as the Wayne State Sociology, African-American Studies, and History departments---and to Wiley Michelle Boley for filming and editing! To get access to the complete archive of the best historical research on deep political events and the tripartite state, subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  This is the first of a two-part series with Max Arvo covering the new JFK document releases in the context of our Gray Alliance series as well as my new article which centers on one of these documents. Check out the article: "James Angleton, Mossad, the Syndicate, and the CIA's 'Cuban Business'" Music: "Hawks Can Go" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode and Casey Moore for the episode art!

Christian Parenti joins us to discuss a number of his recent articles, each of which addresses aspects of the feckless, co-opted US Left. Christian Parenti is Professor of Economics at John Jay College, CUNY. His academic work focuses on: American economic history, environmental history, and the history of capitalism; climate change and sustainable energy; as well as war, policing, and political violence. His most recent bookis 'Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder'. This discussion is centered around three of his recent articles: The Cargo Cult of Woke How the Organized Left Got Covid Wrong, Learned to Love Lockdowns and Lost Its Mind: An Autopsy The Left-Wing Origins of ‘Deep State' Theory Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Max Arvo joins Aaron to discuss the disastrous Netflix “adaptation” of Tom O'Neill's masterpiece, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. Check out these interviews, any of which are better than Errol Morris' passive-aggressive Netflix farce: Audio & Video for CHAOS Music: "Chrome Alligator" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

  Aaron and Bryce devote the episode to answering patron questions that we couldn't get to in the monthly American Exception Zoom session. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron is joined again by prolific anti-imperialist journalist and forensic historian, Kit Klarenberg. His work explores the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. In the episode, Kit and Aaron discuss Kit's recent article "Britain: Operation Gladio's Secret 'Headquarters'" along with related subjects. 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

  Max Arvo and I are back for the fourth and final (?) episode in our series on Max's important and groundbreaking articles on Jack Ruby. After he killed Lee Oswald, Jack Ruby's life became a nightmare from which he could never be allowed to escape...until he died from an extremely aggressive cancer case which progressed so rapidly as to seem almost unnatural. Check out the articles here: Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 1 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 2 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 3 Music: "Silent Motion" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

  Bryce Greene and Aaron discuss unfolding events here at the twilight of the American Century: Trump's “Truth” tweet which turns US policy on Russia and NATO 180 degrees Vice President JD Vance's speech to EU leaders…Will history remember it as the “Munich Massacre”? Bernie Sanders 2025 version looking bad how the bull market for gold may portend the end of the post-Bretton Woods Rumpelstiltskin dollar how a Zionist-on-Zionist mini-crime wave broke out in Florida how Canada is jailing people for criticizing genocide advocates on social media   Check out: Bryce Greene's article: “Marco Rubio Is At The State Department To Push US Aggression Around The World” Bryce Greene's Newsletter   Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! February 18   Max Arvo and I are back for the third of four episodes discussing Max's important and groundbreaking articles on Jack Ruby which were published by our friend Jim DiEugenio over at Kennedys and King. Max's research and articles detail how Jack Ruby was cast down, by his own legal team, into a CIA-MKULTRA labyrinth of clandestine lawfare and brain warfare. Ultimately, the account reveals the horror show that Ruby's life became. Now more than ever, the life and death of Jack Ruby are a synecdoche for the American deep state.   Check out the articles here: Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 1 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 2 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 3 Music: "Some Say" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

  Support the work of Aaron Good by subscribing to American Exception on Patreon! Aaron is joined by Ben Thomason. Ben recently earned his doctorate in American Cultural Studies from Bowling Green State University. His dissertation title is Making Democracy Safe for Empire: A History and Political Economy of the National Endowment for Democracy, United States Agency for International Development, and Twenty-First Century Media Imperialism. In the show, we discuss the subject of his dissertation: the US empire's so-called “democracy promotion” enterprises. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Max Arvo and I are back for the second of four episodes covering Max's important and groundbreaking articles on Jack Ruby. The articles detail how Jack Ruby was cast down, by his own defense lawyers, into a CIA-MKULTRA labyrinth of clandestine lawfare and brain warfare—a horror show from which he could never be allowed to escape. Max's article were published by our friend Jim DiEugenio over at Kennedys and King. You can find them here: Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 1 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 2 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 3 Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

  To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! We are joined by John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who blew the whistle on the agency's illegal torture program. Aaron and John discuss a number of current events pertaining to the state of the US Empire here in the early weeks of Trump's second term—including Trump's Gaza takeover plan, Rubio's strange endorsement of “multipolarity,” the Gabbard and Kennedy nominations, the hopeless state of the Democrats, the prospects for JFK disclosure under Trump, and 9/11 in the context of the Gaza Genocide and the US-backed al Qaeda takeover of Syria. Check out: Substack: Loud & Clear with John Kiriakou The DeProgram Show Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron and Bryce discuss a number of significant and/or bizarre recent events, including: Colombian President Gustavo Petro's resistance to Yankee imperialism The spectacular release of Hamas' female IDF hostages Trump's Executive Order on the JFK/MLK/RFK assassinations Trump's conquest of Greenland Europe's rolling implosion Elon Musk's strange nazi tic! Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron and Max discuss President Trump's executive order to declassify the remaining documents related to the JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Hawks Can Go” by Mock Orange To support our work, please subscribe to American Exception on Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception

  To hear the full episode, subscribe to American Exception on Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Max Arvo and I are pausing the Gray Alliance series for the first of two (or three?) episodes that we are devoting to discussing Max's important and groundbreaking articles on Jack Ruby. Max's account is a very important new and improved narrative explaining what happened to Jack Ruby. These articles were published by our friend Jim DiEugenio over at Kennedys and King. Check out the articles here: Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 1 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 2 Jack Ruby: A Review and Reassessment - Part 3 Music: “Sidewalk” by Mock Orange Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

We are joined by Ola Tunander. Ola is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He earned his doctoral degree in 1989 with a thesis on US Maritime Strategy. Ola has written and edited 15 books on geopolitics, military strategy, European security, submarine warfare, and deception/psychological operations. He currently publishes at Ola's Substack. Aaron and Ola discuss the fates of Sweden's best internationalist statesmen as well as Ola's currently very relevant seminal work on the US false flag submarine operation in Sweden during the 1980's. Please check out Ola's Substack, especially his brilliant two-part article: Democratic State vs. Deep State: Part I Democratic State vs. Deep State: Part II Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron and Max explore the links between the JFK assassination and Operation X—the operationalized symbiosis between the Lansky/Teamster National Crime Syndicate and powerful agencies within the US national security state. Most notable, we're talking about Hoover's FBI, Anslinger's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and the clandestine inner sanctum of the CIA which was the fiefdom of James Angleton. This is the sixth part of our Gray Alliance series, an investigation of the Lansky Syndicate-CIA-Mossad threads running through the JFK assassination, Watergate, and beyond! Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music: "Window" by Mock Orange

  To have access to the full episode, please subscribe to American Exception on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/americanexception We are joined by Adnan Husain, a historian of both Medieval Europe and of the Middle East. Adnan is Associate Professor, Queen's National Scholar Graduate Chair, and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. He is also the co-host of the Guerilla History podcast. We discuss a number of topics including the state of the Empire, the absence of an effectual Western Left, the state of the Middle East, and the determinants of US foreign policy. Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Mickey Huff joins Aaron to discuss the sorry state of American media. Mickey is Professor of Journalism at Ithica College in New York where he also serves as the Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media.  Additionally, Mickey Huff is the third director of Project Censored (founded in 1976), and he is the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation.  Mickey Huff is the co-editor of Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2025.  Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Max Discuss how Robert F. Kennedy, by targeting the Teamsters and thus the Lansky Syndicate, was also threatening what Peter Dale Scott has termed Operation X—the institutionalized symbiosis between the drug traffic and national security state entities like Hoover's FBI, Anslinger's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and James Angleton's clandestine counter-intelligence fiefdom at the CIA. This is the fifth part of our Gray Alliance series, an investigation of the Lansky Syndicate-CIA-Mossad threads running through the JFK assassination, Watergate, and beyond! To hear the full episode, subscripe to American Exception on Patreon! Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music "Chrome Alligator" by Mock Orange

  Listen to the full episode and join us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/americanexeception. To discuss the cataclysmic fall of the Syrian government, we are joined again by Lawrence Wilkerson. He is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Image credit: AFP (via The Cradle) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Max Arvo explore how Jack Ruby's Syndicate and Teamster connections were covered up and obscured—first by the Warren Commission and then by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. This is the fourth part of our Gray Alliance series, an investigation of the Lansky Syndicate-CIA-Mossad threads running through the JFK assassination, Watergate, and beyond! Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music: “I'm Leaving” by Mock Orange

Aaron and Bryce discuss various, insane, history-making events we've seen in recent days, including the assassination of a health insurance executive (capo?) as well as Biden's pardon of Hunter, new Russian super missiles, and the West's new McJihad offensive in Syria--now spearheaded by Erdogan's Turkey! Check out: Bryce Greene's article: “As Most Ukrainians Prefer Ceasefire With Russia, Washington Says More Ukrainian Teenagers Should Die” Kit Klarenberg's article, “Syrian Dirty War's Secret Origins” William Van Wagenen on Twitter Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  We are joined again Sam Husseini—an independent journalist who has been piercing through the establishment's falsifications for 25 years. Please check out Sam Husseini's Substack where you can find the articles we discuss today: Israel, Blackmail and the Presidents "Russiagate" Was Israelgate The Notable Timeline of Kennedy's Remarks on "Ethnic Bioweapons" Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron Good and Max Arvo interrogate the absurdly suspicious life and times of Jack Ruby—the "pimp for all seasons" who assassinated Lee Oswald, the most politically important prisoner in US history. Over the years, many people have come to find it suspicious that a mob-connected figure could murder Oswald in a room full of armed policemen whose one job at the time was to effect an orderly transfer of prisoner Lee Oswald. Rather than looking exhaustively at the assassination here, we explore what Ruby represents. From that, we may discern why the plotters would have utilized someone like Ruby--given that he was situated within so many sensitive parapolitical networks within the American deep political system. Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music: "Hawks Can Go" by Mock Orange

This special episode features Professor Jeffrey Sachs interviewing Aaron Good about American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. The interview was for Professor Sachs' excellent podcast and video series, Book Club With Jeffrey Sachs. We decided to make a DCC episode which includes the interview, along with extra material before and after the discussion in which I speak about Jeffrey Sachs and then, eventually, about the history and and scholarship behind the concept of the deep state.  I encourage everyone to follow Book Club With Jeffrey Sachs. The Professor is a great interviewer, and his choices of books and authors are excellent. They have a YouTube channel and they are on the major podcasting apps. The official website is here: Book Club With Jeffrey Sachs Image: American Exception, by Abby Martin, graphics by Casey Moore--cover art for American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (Skyhorse Publishing: New York, 2022) by Aaron Good Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron Good and Max Arvo continue to explore the evolution of American organized crime. In particular, we discuss the key importance of the racing wire service and the obscured nature of mid-20th century American organized crime: Did mafia or La Cosa Nostra models really apply? Or alternatively, were the ethnic Italian elements, which seem to confirm those theories, merely the lower and thus more visible levels of a larger and more nefarious entity—the Lansky Syndicate? Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music: "Silent Motion" by Mock Orange

Aaron speaks with Charles Derber and Yale Magrass, authors of the new book, Who Owns Democracy?: The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America. Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He has written 26 books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change. Yale Magrass is a Chancellor Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He is the author/co-author of nine books and 80 articles. His work explores how militaristic capitalism distorts everyday life as it promotes inequality, bullying, environmental devastation, and war. Image: The Bosses of the Senate, Joseph Keppler, Puck (January 23, 1889) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  This episode kicks off our new Gray Alliance series featuring Aaron and independent researcher Max Arvo. In this introductory episode, we cover the evolution of American organized crime in the 20th century. Special thanks Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering and to Casey Moore for the episode art! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

  Aaron speaks with Too Black and Rasul Mowatt, authors of 'Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits'. Check out Too Black's Black Myths podcast! Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

  Aaron and Bryce are joined by human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist Daniel Kovalik. His new book is 'The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care'. Image: Residents and civil defense after an Israeli army strike on Asma School, run by UNRWA, in Gaza City on October 27, 2024 (Omar El Qattaa /Anadolu via Al Jazeera) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

Bryce Greene speaks about 9/11 with a special guest, Jon Gold. Independent researcher and activist Jon Gold is the author of We Were Lied to About 9/11: The Interviews--a very useful book for anyone interested in referencing suppressed true facts of 9/11. You can download a free copy of the book at Jon's We Were Lied to About 9/11 website. This episode marks the third in a series of 9/11 episodes that our own Bryce Greene is producing. Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music "End of the World" by Mock Orange

Jefferson Morley joins us to discuss the JFK case, including new developments centering around a strange CIA repository with some apparently extremely sensitive JFK assassination-related documents. Jefferson Morley is a Washington-based author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. He runs the excellent website, JFK Facts. Subscribe to JFK Facts if you want access to some of the very best reporting and analysis on the JFK case! Jefferson Morley is also the author of: Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton. Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

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