American Exception

Aaron and Branko Marcetic talk about the 2014 Maidan coup and the war in Ukraine. Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. Check out some of Branko Marcetic’s work at Jacobin: What the Left’s Critics Ignore About Military Solutions to Ukraine Turning Ukraine Into Another Afghanistan Would Be a Disastrous Idea A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Motel Man" by Mock Orange

This is Part 4 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with Professor Peter Dale Scott. He is the iconoclastic poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach. Also accompanied by special co-host Ben Howard, Peter reflects upon a number of topics including:  Malcolm X  the other the post-JFK political assassinations of the 1960’s  Peter’s involvement with the Pentagon Papers  the Ellsberg trial and Ellsberg’s parapolitical detractors  the rise and fall of the counterculture  the CIA and LSD  Peter’s important early book, The War Conspiracy Here is the fascinating Pacifica Radio broadcast over at Our Hidden History that Ben referenced: What the Pentagon Papers Do and Do Not Reveal and JFK & Vietnam w/ Peter Dale Scott (1971) Follow Ben on Twitter and check out his latest series on NATO over at TrueAnon: Episode 212: NATO (Part 1) Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Aaron speaks with Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth of  Project Censored. They discuss censorship, propaganda, and other subjects covered by Projects Censored's latest book, The State of the Free Press 2022—just released under their new publishing imprint, The Censored Press. Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored as well as a professor of social science, history, and journalism at Diablo Valley College where he co-chairs both the History and Journalism Departments. He is also executive producer and host of The Project Censored Show, a weekly syndicated public affairs program he founded with former Project Censored director Peter Phillips in 2010. The program originates from the historic studios of KPFA, Pacifica Radio, in Berkeley CA, airs on 50 stations around the US--and is also now a podcast online. Andy Lee Roth is the associate director of Project Censored. He coordinates the Project’s Campus Affiliates Program, a news media research network of several hundred students and faculty at two dozen colleges and universities across North America. His research and writing have been published in a variety of outlets, including Index on Censorship, In These Times, YES! Magazine, Media, Culture & Society, and the International Journal of Press/Politics. Roth earned a PhD in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has taught at a number of universities. He also serves on the board of the Media Freedom Foundation. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Stuck In" by Mock Orange

In this eleventh episode of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, Aaron talks with James DiEugenio, the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone's new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed, the four-hour cut of the film coming to the US in late February. Jim is also the author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case and The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today. Additionally, he runs the fantastic website Kennedys and King and makes regular appearances on Len Osanic's BlackOp Radio. In this conversation, Aaron and Jim discuss the recent attacks on Oliver Stone's JFK films leveled by people like Tim Weiner, Max Boot, Gerald Posner, and Jamie Kirchick. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Please check out: Aaron's book: American Exception: Empire and the Deep State Project Censored Homepage The American Truth and Reconciliation Committee Music by Mock Orange

Aaron and Ben talk about the Ukraine War--its larger historical background and looming geopolitical implications. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Twelve O'Clock Call" by Mock Orange

This is Part 3 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years at Berkeley, including his experiences with the Berkeley Free Speech Movement and the antiwar movement. The Reichstag Fire and other matters are discussed as well. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

This is Part 2 of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon some of the events that led to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley, as well as his early years there. [UPDATE: We remastered this episode to fix the original files... basically we used technology to disguise the fact that I did too many whippets before and during the recording.] Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "I Can't Seem to Think" by Mock Orange

This is the first part of Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light—our oral history series with the brilliant historian, political theorist, and poet--Professor Peter Dale Scott. Accompanied by Ben Howard and Aaron Good, Peter reflects upon his early years prior to his arrival at the University of California at Berkeley. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "Mind Is Not Brain" by Mock Orange

In this episode, Aaron is joined by Anthony Monteiro. They discuss the Black Radical Tradition in the context of US empire and capitalism. They focus especially on the towering figure of W.E.B. Dubois. After many years as university professor--mostly at Temple University--Monteiro continues to work as a scholar and activist at the Saturday Free School in Philadelphia and at Black Agenda Report. Check out Abby Martin's Empire Files episode: The Black Radical Tradition with Cornel West, Mumia Abu-Jamal  Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music: "East Side Song" by Mock Orange

This is Part 2 of our Battleground Indonesia collaboration with TheKultureDotTV. Aaron, Hailey Rounsaville, and Mike Oldfield cover the tumultuous period from the end of World War II and the Sukarno-led victory over the Dutch which established Indonesian independence. They then trace the imperial intrigues which unfolded throughout the  Eisenhower years. Most notably, they discuss how American deep statesman Allen Dulles played the long game to seize control over the Indonesia's vast resource wealth. This is the audio version. The episode was produced as a video which you can watch here. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music by Subtropics