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  To hear the full episode and gain full access to our many videos, kindly subscribe to the American Exception podcast on Patreon. This is an expanded version of the presentation I recently delivered (via Zoom) to a group of top JFK assassination researchers. twitter.com/Aaron_Good_ youtube.com/americanexception9407

  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!   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! 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! 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!!

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 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 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 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

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!

  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

  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!

  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

Get access to The Backroom Exclusive episodes on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OneDime⁠In this episode, I am joined by ⁠Aaron Good⁠, author of the book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State⁠” and host of the ⁠American Exception podcast⁠ , to discuss Trump's plans to declassify the JFK and MLK Files. People believe that this promise is something that Trump can't afford to break, given that RFK Jr. has now been officially appointed as HHS Secretary. We also discuss the history of "The Deep State' and US-Israeli relations and whether it is even still in the interest of the American Empire to support Israel. Timestamps: 00:00 "JFK and MLK Files: Trump's Proposal02:19 Defining The Deep State11:22 The JFK Case: A closer Look32:42 Israel and US Foreign Policy53:14 Divisions among "The West"59:00 U.S. and Israel: A Complex Relationship01:00:04 Israel and US Foreign Policy01:14:20 Trump's and The Decline of US Hegemony 01:26:25 Concluding Predictions Support Aaron's American Exception Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/americanexceptionCheck out Aaron Good's Book: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/American-Exception-Empire-Deep-State/dp/1510769137/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=American+Exception%3A+Empire+and+the+Deep+State&qid=1705196022&sr=8-1⁠Follow me on X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial: Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeOutro Music by Karl CaseyBe sure to Leave a comment if you enjoyed the show.

  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!

  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 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

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

Subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! Professor Peter Phillips joins us to talk about his illuminating new book, 'Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity'.  Image: Freedom for Humanity (a temporary mural by the American artist Mear One) Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

To see the full episode, subscribe to  American Exception on Patreon! Aaron and Bryce speak with Dr. Assal Rad. She is the Research Director at the National Iranian American Council and the author of 'The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran'. 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 at https://www.patreon.com/americanexception Gary Vogler and Lawrence Wilkerson join us to discuss the deep politics of the Iraq War, drawing from their respective insider perspectives. Gary Vogler is the author of 'Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda'. Lawrence Wilkerson wrote the foreword to the book. He is a retired US Army Colonel and former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell. 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! In this episode, Peter Dale Scott reads and discusses a new poem. Published at the American Exception Substack, the poem is entitled “Facing the Limen.” This is the 30th 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 Credit: Ludlow Group Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: “Nine Times” by Mock Orange

Subscribe to American Exception on Patreon! We talk with the Iraq Correspondent at the excellent website, The Cradle.  He has done outstanding work covering ISIS as the latest entry in a long and sordid Western imperial tradition--the covert use of Islamist terror groups as geopolitical sock puppets.  Two articles from the Cradle's Iraq Correspondent are particularly relevant to this episode's discussion: "Masoud Barzani: The Butcher of Sinjar" "‘Justice is sleeping': Yezidis struggle to punish Kurds who greenlit genocide" Follow The Cradle on Twitter, and check out The Cradle website regularly to stay up to date developments in the Middle East. Image Credit: The Cradle Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

See the complete episode by subscribing to American Exception on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/americanexception/membership Aaron discusses a pair of suppressed recent news articles from The Grayzone: "Historic US-Russia prisoner swap exposes CIA support for Chechen jihad" "Accused financier of Moise assassination apparently advised by US intelligence" Then goes into an (overly?) extended discussion of a new academic article that offers a critique of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State: 'Oedipus and the cabal: conspiracy theories and the decline of symbolic efficiency' NOTE: The 'I' in BRICS is for India. I likely said "Iran" because Iran is the BRICS member who, along with Russia and China, has done the most to defeat the pnac of late. 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! 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 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 Subscribe to the American Exception on Patreon for access to our complete catalogue, including the "Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light" oral history series with Peter Dale Scott

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Michael Baker is an American-British former Central Intelligence Agency officer and security expert, technical advisor for the entertainment industry, TV commentator, and host. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW:  Author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State and host of American Exception Podcast. American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy. In particular, how we can understand the uncanny continuity of American foreign policy, the breakdown of the rule of law, and the extreme concentration of wealth and power into an overworld of the corporate rich. To trace the evolution of the American state, the author takes a deep politics approach, shedding light on those political practices that are typically repressed in “mainstream” discourse.

On today's show, Dr. Aaron Good discusses Foreign Policy. GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr. Aaron Good is the author of "American Exception: Empire and the Deep State" and the host of the American Exception Podcast. American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy, focusing on understanding the continuity of American foreign policy, the breakdown of the rule of law, and the extreme concentration of wealth and power among the corporate elite. To trace the evolution of the American state, the author takes a deep politics approach, shedding light on political practices that are typically repressed in mainstream discourse. You can find more information at https://www.patreon.com/americanexception.

Support my work and get access to exclusive content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OneDime⁠ Read More with Speechify: https://speechify.com/?source=fb-for-mobile&via=1Dime In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by Aaron Good, host of the @American Exception podcast and author of the book, 'American Exception: Empire and the Deep State” to discuss the concept of the 'Deep State' in US politics. The discussion covers topics such as structural “deep events” that dramatically top-down undemocratic reshaped top-down governance, such as the JFK assassination, the mystery surrounding Nixon's Watergate scandal, the Iran Contra scandal under the Carter and Reagan Administrations, and 9/11 under Bush, Cheyney and Rumsfeld. Good talks about the history and development of the national security agencies formed after World War II amidst the Cold War, their connections to the financial overworld, and their past involvement with the underworld of organized crime. Timestamp: 0:00 Intro to Aaron Good and the American Exception podcast 1:42 Defining the “Deep State” 10:32 The CIA's Relation to Organized Crime and the Corporate World 18:34 The Doomsday Project and “Deep Events” 31:40 Nixon's Watergate Mystery 46:45 Carter vs the Iran-Contra Affair 59:40 9/11 and Secret powers 1:09:40 Trump and the National Security Establishment Check out Aaron Good's book: https://www.amazon.com/American-Exception-Empire-Deep-State/dp/1510769137/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=American+Exception%3A+Empire+and+the+Deep+State&qid=1705196022&sr=8-1 In Audio Form also ⁠https://www.audible.ca/fr_CA/pd/American-Exception-Livre-Audio/B09V7BGZZG?source_code=GDGPP30DTRIAL547122322005C&&source_code=GDGPP30DTRIAL547122322005C&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhomtBhDgARIsABcaYykE5R8aH2djlhgQhUMaNqmh794h5u4ZcW0IVpxqjOSBOoUEJERslhQaAgKbEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds⁠ Support Aaron's Work: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/americanexception⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/6kUXOtNbYDtoGQ6UBdjQ3Z Check out the main channel 1Dime videos if you haven't already: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Be sure to give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating if you get value from this podcast!

Danny and Derek speak with the political scientist Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State and the new podcast American Exception, about the JFK assassination. They delve into the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination, the  idea of Kennedy as a "peacenik," why it's important to study the assassination, and much more.Fredrik Logevall's essay "Kennedy and What Might Have Been" can be found in The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward.Check out the second part here.Original published December 12, 2021 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek continue the conversation with Aaron Good of American Exception on the JFK assassination. Check out the first part here.Originally published Dec 18, 2021

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 "Six Decades On, It's Time to Disclose the Truth about the JFK Assassination" by Aaron Good Peter Dale Scott's JFK assassination books: Deep Politics and the Death of JFK Dallas 63 David Talbot's JFK assassination books: Brothers The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Peter Dale Scott's two final (maybe) prose books: Ecstatic Pessimist: Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope Reading the Dream: A Post-Secular History of Enmindment Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

In this fascinating and fun episode, Aaron Good comes on the show to discuss his book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State.  This is a great conversation which focuses on Aaron's conceptualizing of exceptionism and how the American Empire works.  This topic is critical for us, as the concept of "the Deep State" has been distorted by the right-wing, and obscures the workings of the actual Deep State here within the belly of the beast.   Aaron Good has a PhD in Political Science from Temple University. His dissertation, “American Exception: Hegemony and the Tripartite State,” examined the state, elite criminality, and US hegemony.  His book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State is available from Skyhorse Publishers, and he has a website and podcast of the same name which can be found at https://americanexception.com/.  Aaron can be followed on twitter @Aaron_Good_. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

With Sweden officially becoming a NATO member, Ola Tunander returns to discuss the subject, with reference to his landmark article on the NATO deep state in Sweden. Entitled, “Dual State: The Case of Sweden,” this article was published in The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security Complex. Ola Tunander 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. He has written and edited 15 books on geopolitics, military strategy and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations). Also, please subscribe to Ola's Substack where you can check out these additional excellent articles by Ola Tunander: The Concept of the Deep State (This one discusses his recent discussions on American Exception with Peter Dale Scott and Aaron) Democratic State vs. Deep State: Part I (His classic article the deep state of the West) “An Underwater U-2”: Part I (Important work on the Swedish version of the strategy of tension, psychological operations which in the Swedish case involved submarine warfare) After Seymour Hersh's article (His article on the Nord Stream bombing) Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Hawks Can Go” by Mock Orange

The United States is an empire, even if its citizens don't all realize it. That is the conclusion from historian and political scientist Aaron Good, who joins Alan MacLeod on this week's edition of “MintCast.” Today, Good walks us through the history of how the United States came to dominate the world and the organizations it uses – especially the CIA and NATO – in order to enforce its control over the planet.He notes that as Europe and Asia were destroying themselves in conflict, the U.S. gave the powerful business think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, the task of planning America's entry into World War II.Enter the war, win it, and establish dominion over global capitalism. They are going to essentially take control of Western imperialism. It's not stated that way, but that's what ends up being the consensus of people at the top of the U.S. And that consensus of the U.S. as the global hegemon of capitalism worldwide is the story of our time.”In this, the U.S. has been very effective dominating the planet for the past 75 years, although Good does later note that China's growing role is loosening the American grip on the world.  Good describes the U.S. as a “paper tiger,” explaining that:In a sense, the U.S. is musclebound to the military, meaning that we may have all these bases and all these billions. But there are two things that the U.S. does not have the ability to do. One is actually using its nuclear arsenal because it would kill everybody. It is a non-starter.”“The other…is fielding a military. When they talk about the U.S. potentially entering a war in Ukraine. Good luck with that!... Who in the world is going to fight in some World War One-style battle?! In Iraq, the U.S. lost fewer than 10,000, and that was very unpopular. By some estimates, 400,000 have died in Ukraine. How could you possibly expect Americans or Europeans to want to die in that way?”Today, Good and MacLeod also chat about the power and purpose of the CIA, how the United States laid the groundwork for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the use and misuse of the term “the deep state.”Aaron Good is a historian and former political organizer. His book, “American Exception: Empire and the Deep State,” was published in 2022. He is also the host of the American Exception podcast, which can be found on most major podcast platforms.Support the showMintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.

Click here for the full interview with David Talbot and Aaron Good: https://usefulidiots.locals.com/post/4191638/the-kennedys-vs-the-deep-state For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and chat live with Katie and Aaron in the Absurd Arena at http://usefulidiots.locals.com Find us on Substack at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Join the Absurd Arena live chat with Katie and Aaron every Tuesday at 12pm est at https://usefulidiots.substack.com/chat Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown – Biden: Build a 700-mile Fence to Keep Out the Illegals https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/biden-build-a-700-mile-fence-to-keep?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “We've gotten to the point now where we've been lied to for so long that people are really pissed off. One major event after the other we've been lied to. And we want the truth.” These wise words come from our guest David Talbot, journalist and author of The Devil's Chessboard and Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years. He's joined by Aaron Good, a historian and host of the American Exception podcast. They both bring their extensive research of the deep state, the secrets of the American empire, and previously-classified info from first-hand interviews and loads of documents. Plus they share their respectful disagreement with Noam Chomsky over JFK. Watch the full interview where they reveal who their research shows killed Robert F. Kennedy, their thoughts on presidential candidate RFK Jr, and how news media has collapsed since David founded Salon in 1995, one of the first online news magazines. The deep state has a lot of secrets, but the Useful Idiots are digging them up. Listen in. Don't miss this week's Thursday Throwdown where we watch a newly-resurfaced clip of Biden calling for a 700-mile fence on the Mexican border to keep out the “illegals.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Historian Aaron Good discusses Operation Mongoose, the CIA's terror campaign against Cuba; how it led to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; and the response of US President John F. Kennedy (JFK). VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mR_skuR6910 This is from the Empire and the Deep State series that we are co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 6 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies in Latin America, the CIA's terror war on Cuba, the coup against Brazil's left-wing President João Goulart, and the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo and coup against President Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_5xAypPNe2Y This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 5 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's economic policies and his clashes with US Steel and Wall Street, as well as the deaths of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld and oligarch Michael Rockefeller. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4HiC0Hxsrw This is from the Empire and the Deep State series that we are co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 4 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba, as well as Indonesia's leftist nationalist President Sukarno. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_h_3SYc0c8 This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 3 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

If Macro N Cheese wasn't committed to spreading MMT to the activist community, we might have been a history podcast. Nothing excites Steve Grumbine as much as listening to 50 hours of lectures on the French Revolution or the Black Plague. This week's guest, Aaron Good, checks a lot of our boxes. What he brings to the table is history with a solid class analysis.Aaron is the author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. American exception should not be confused with American exceptionalism; think instead of the concept of laws applying to everyone EXCEPT one nation or one elite group.During World War II, the US oligarchy saw the opportunity to replace the western European colonial powers with a new empire. They planned and created institutions like the World Bank, the IMF, the CIA — all designed to launch and support this new era of US domination of global capitalism. Imperialism required its own strategy:“To do all of this, they need to have the capitalist world all marching to America's beat. And so the Cold War is more or less ginned up and anti-communism becomes the principle around which the US empire is organized. So it's an empire, but it's not an empire that says ‘we are an empire and we're going out to rule the world.'Instead, it is packaged as a defensive response to a terrible threat. And so communism is the perfect foil because you can basically castigate any left-wing idea that you don't like as being part of this global communist plot, whether domestically or around the world. And they use this to legitimate, really, an attack on the whole world and also on the US population.”Aaron and Steve go on to discuss more of the history of US hegemony, elite criminality, and anti-democratic forces. They look at ruling class manipulation of institutions like academia, politics, and media. They critique Scandinavia as an example of democratic socialism (or social democracy?) with capitalist rule and explore the complicated legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt.Aaron Good holds a doctorate in political science from Temple University. He is the author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, and host of the American Exception podcast. Support him on patreon.com/americanexception@Aaron_Good_ on Twitter

Today, we have Author Aaron Good, join us to talk about the driving force behind the US foreign policy for the past 100 years. He talks about who the actors are, what actually occurs and what the end result is, in this extremely informative interview. 0:00:49 - Aaron Good's transition from working on the Obama Campaign to writing the book “American Exception” 0:03:36 - The impact of JFK and the unspeakable 0:04:41 - The US Empire being a mass criminal enterprise0:05:31 - Political Scientist with a skewed “Democracy Scale”0:05:59 - Hegemony0:06:29 - US Hegemony 07:26:15 - Deep Politics09:36:01 - Parapolitics 10:56:31 - Management of Savagery11:23:23 - Putin's Observation about lack of change in US policy across Presidents15:04 - Pax American Speech17:42 - The Nixon Ouster in a Different Light18:32 - “Every President since Reagan has basically been Reagan”19:27 - National Security State operates on a permanent state of exception21:11 - “Rules-Based International Order”22:19 - Propaganda and the National Security State26:03 - What is the “East India Company Point of View”?30:50- What is Higher Immorality?31:55 - Conundrum of Human CivilizationThe State Department Leak on AfghanistanThread on Morales39:56 - Concept of Permanent War42:12 - Aerospace crisis45:00 - The Dollar Gap 47:37 - Who Killed JFK?51:00 - A Brief History of Every US War Since then59:00 - the Trump Card for the Dollar HegemonyYou can find Aaron Good on Twitter Get full access to Historic.ly at www.historicly.net/subscribe

Danny and Derek welcome back Aaron Good, host of the American Exception podcast and author of a book by the same name, for a discussion of American foreign policy education and historiography. They talk about what drove Aaron to write the book, individual actors' power within the “US regime,” the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the value of highlighting the US's political dark side for political change, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

Aaron Good (twitter.com/Aaron_Good_), author of the newly published American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769137/american-exception), joins us to talk the state of exception, continuity of government, and whether or not Richard Nixon was based or cringe. American Exception podcast: americanexception.com/podcast/ TrueAnon tour tickets: https://linktr.ee/trueanon