

American Exception
Aaron Good
A podcast that illuminates the US empire. Subscribe to our Patreon to get first access to exclusive episodes and content! https://www.patreon.com/americanexception https://americanexception.com
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Mar 7, 2024 • 10min
The World at a Crossroads (DCC24 - Audio)
Aaron announces and explains his departure from the RFK Jr. superPAC. Then David Talbot joins Bryce Greene and Aaron to discuss US and global political events--including Bryce's new FAIR article: “Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7”
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Mar 2, 2024 • 11min
Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 21 (AE163)
Sound off in the comments if you appreciate this and the other recent episodes with Peter. I will pass on all the comments to him!
Professor Peter Dale Scott rejoins us to continue reading from his poem “A Ballad of Drugs and 9/11.” This poem was published in Flashpoints and it followed on the heels of Peter’s 2005 Lobster magazine article, "The Global Drug Meta-Group: Drugs, Managed Violence, and the Russian 9/11." This is the 21st 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 the sound engineering!

Feb 27, 2024 • 1h 33min
Journalism in Dark Times – with Tyrel Ventura (DCC23 - Audio)
Bryce and Aaron give a run-down on recent political developments. Then I have a conversation with Tyrel Ventura. Tyrel was formerly the host of Watching The Hawks on RT and is currently the other half of—along with his father—Jesse Ventura's Die First Then Quit on Substack.
Also check out Bryce's latest article: “Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7”
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Feb 22, 2024 • 10min
Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 20 (AE162) [TRAILER]
Professor Peter Dale Scott rejoins us to begin reading from his poem “A Ballad of Drugs and 9/11.” This poem was published in Flashpoints and it followed on the heels of Peter’s 2005 Lobster magazine article, “The Global Drug Meta-Group: Drugs, Managed Violence, and the Russian 9/11”. This is the 20th 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 the sound engineering!

Feb 18, 2024 • 1h 20min
Debacle in Ukraine and Gaza (DCC22) [AUDIO]
Bryce and Aaron are joined by journalist and activist, Niko House and Dan Kovalik, an American human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist. Preorder Dan Kovalik’s upcoming book, due in April: The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care.
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Feb 13, 2024 • 11min
Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott - Part 19 (AE161) [TRAILER]
Professor Peter Dale Scott rejoins us to discuss the World Commerce Corporation as the early US precursor to deep political entities like Castle Bank, Nugan Hand, BCCI, and Far West…
This is the 19th 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 the sound engineering!

Feb 9, 2024 • 10min
A Friendly Massacre? (DCC21 - Audio)
Asa Winstanley of Electronic Intifada joins us to talk about his blockbuster new article "Israeli HQ ordered troops to shoot Israeli captives on 7 October." Asa is also the author of the excellent book, Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. Check out Asa Winstanley’s Substack page!
Special thanks to:
Four Died Trying
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Feb 1, 2024 • 1h 18min
Fog of Genocide (DCC20 - Audio)
We deliver some Unreported News about the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Then Aaron Good, Bryce Greene, and David Talbot discuss a number of topics related to the politics of US Empire—including new Israeli admissions of wide-scale "friendly fire" deaths seemingly due to the improvised implementation of the so-called "Hannibal directive."
Special thanks to:
Four Died Trying
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 8min
Episode 159: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 18)
Having just celebrated his 95th birthday, Professor Peter Dale Scott joins us to recount his experiences working on a documentary back in the 1970’s for the CBC television news show “The Fifth Estate.”
This is the 18th 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 the sound engineering!
Music: "I Keep Sayin So Long"by Mock Orange

Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 32min
So Many Leftover Questions...January 2024 (AE158)
Aaron and Bryce deliver an update and answer the remaining Patron questions!
Note: Since Dana is out of the country, this episode is the raw recording.


