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Israel and Nine Eleven (AE272 - Excerpt)
Kees van der Pijl joins us to discuss his important new book, Israel and 9/11: The Rise of Atlantic Zionism.
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The SOGA Interview – Part 2 (AE271)
Picking up where they left of with Part 1, Max Arvo interviews Aaron about the Zionist-led neocon takeover of the US foreign policy apex through the lens of the Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance. The plan is for this to be a much shorter version of the ongoing SOGA series which Aaron and Max will turn into an article for Piers Robinson Journal of 9/11 Studies.
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The SOGA Interview - Part 1 (AE270)
Max Arvo interviews Aaron about the Zionist-led neocon takeover of the US foreign policy apex through the lens of the Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance. The plan is for this to be a much shorter version of the ongoing SOGA series which Aaron and Max will turn into an article for Piers Robinson Journal of 9/11 Studies.
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Exceptionism at the UN (AE269)
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Aaron and Bryce discuss Trump’s criminal and genocidal UN appearance—as well as other fun topics like Ed Sheeran’s well-deserved comeuppance.
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Iran-Contra: A Watergate Sequel – SOGA Part 4 (AE268)
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In this episode—Part 4 of The Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance—we look at how the Iran-Contra scandal was part of a bigger Zionist neoconservative deep state campaign to derail the Reagan and Bush-led efforts to impose a Palestinian state on Israel. The neocons’ campaign included much more than the weaponization of the Iran-Contra scandal. Its climax was the...
Long 9/11 (AE267 - Audio)
Aaron is joined by independent journalist and congressional candidate for Maryland's 4th congressional district, Sam Husseini.
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Check out:
Sam Husseini’s Substack page
Sam Husseini for Congress
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Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mo...
MKULTRA: THE BLACK BOX (AE266)
Max Arvo returns to discuss the origins and lingering mysteries of MKULTRA. His upcoming article on Project Artichoke and MKULTRA will soon appear on his Substack page, Secret Power.
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Watergate as Zionist Neocon Coup – SOGA Part 3 (AE265 - Audio)
In this episode—Part 3 of The Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance—we look at how Watergate was an even more spectacular example of how the emerging Zionist-led neoconservative coalition deployed political blackmail related to the JFK assassination and other deep political scandals to bend the US deep state to their will and advance Zionist goals.
This series expands on my 2025 presentation from the 9/11 Turning the Tide conference. The working plan is for the series to eventually be transcribed and edited for a journal article.
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The Floundering Empire (AE264)
Aaron and Bryce discuss recent political events with the sorry state of the US imperial project as the central theme.
Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter!
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Avoiding Doomsday (AE263 - Audio)
Aaron is joined by Tonery and Professor Peter Kuznick to discuss political developments—including the rising chances for nuclear war and efforts to stop it!
Sign the petition: Appeal to Pope Leo XIV
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Peter Kuznick is Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. The author of numerous books and articles, Kuznick is the co-creator—with Olive...
The JFK Assassination as Blackmail – SOGA Part 2 (AE262 - Audio)
In this episode—Part 2 of The Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance—we look at how the JFK assassination and other deep political scandals were deployed by Zionists to blackmail the US deep state and advance Zionist goals.
This series expands on my 2025 presentation from the 9/11 Turning the Tide conference. The working plan is for the series to eventually be transcribed and edited for a journal article.
To hear this full episode, and to get access to the entire library of American Exception, including the Gray Alliance series with Max Arvo, and the oral hist...
The Syndicate, the Octopus, and the Gray Alliance - Part 1 (AE261)
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This is Part 1 of a series that expands on my 2025 presentation from the 9/11 Turning the Tide conference. The series will eventually be transcribed and edited for a journal article.
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Israel vs. the CIA (AE260 - Audio)
John Kiriakou joins us to discuss the history of the CIA and its evolving relationship with “Israel.” Kirakou is the former CIA officer who famously blew the whistle on the agency’s illegal torture program.
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John Kiriakou
Remains of the Day: A Guide to Historic...
The Strange Assassination of Charlie Kirk (AE259)
Moe Tkacik joins us to talk about the absurdly suspicious circumstances surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination.
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Check out recent articles from Moe:
“The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations”
“A Hole in the ‘Open-and-Shut’ Case Against Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin?”
“Onward Christian Sold...
Graham Platner vs. the Radlib/Corporate Lib Coalition (AE258)
Moe Tkacik joins us to talk about the MeToo takedown of Graham Platner.
Check out recent articles from Moe:
“The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations”
“A Hole in the ‘Open-and-Shut’ Case Against Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin?”
“Onward Christian Soldier”
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Lindsey's Last Stand (AE257)
Aaron and Bryce discuss the strange demise of Lindsey Graham, the Epstein Regime's resumption of hot war on Iran, Roger Waters on 911, and Graham Platner.
Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter!
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Expanding War and the Feckless, Balkanized US "Left" (AE256)
In this Episode, Aaron and Tonery discuss wars in West Asia and Ukraine--as well as the Graham Platner affair and its implications for the US Left.
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The Forgotten American System (AE254)
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Professor James K. Galbraith joins us to talk about the American System, the deep pathologies of the economics discipline in the West, and the need for a revival of economic history.
Recent books by James Galbraith:
The Power to...
JFK, Dallas, and US Military Intelligence (AE255 - Audio)
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Jeffrey Kaye joins us to discuss his important recently published article, “The Military Intelligence Connections Behind the JFK, Oswald Murders & Cover-up.” A retired psychologist turned blogger and forensic historian, Kaye is the author of Cover-up at Guantanamo and many articles on Korean War-era biow...
JFK: The Medical Evidence (AE253)
Aaron is joined by Dr. Gary Aguilar to discuss the JFK assassination medical evidence and its strange history.
Check out:
“Max Holland Rescues the Warren Commission and the Nation”
‘Warren Report: The Garrison Investigation’ (CSPAN debate between Aguilar and Holland)
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· Dana Chavarria, production
· Casey Moore, graphics
· Michelle Boley, animated intro
· Mock Orange, music
Finkelstein, the "Islamic Bomb," and More! (AE252 - Audio)
Finkelstein, the "Islamic Bomb," and More! (AE252)
Aaron and Tonery discuss Norm Finkelstein, conservative anti-zionists, BCCI, A.Q. Khan, and the "Islamic Bomb."
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The Israeli Exception (AE251)
Aaron and Bryce discuss recent political developments, including some spectacular examples of tolerated Israeli criminality.
Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter!
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Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music
Epstien & Iran-Contra (AE250)
Aaron and Tonery are joined by Klonny of ParaPower Mapping to discuss Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in the Iran-contra meta-conspiracy. Check his recent article on the subject: "Jeffrey Epstein’s War and the PedoFash International (Pt. II): Iran-Contra and the Year of the Spy"
ParaPower Mapping is an auditory and prosaic cork board mapping the interlocks and hidden passages of the capitalist elite. Moneyed families, secret societies, intel networks, and trafficking rings.
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American Exception followers on Patreon, regardless of the tier, get first access to new ep...Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 5 (AE249)
We conclude (for now?) our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconoclastic scholar, Ola Tunander.
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Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
Ola is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace Resear...
JFK’s Killers and Michael Jackson(?) (AE248)
Monika Wiesak joins us to discuss her recent article, “JFK: Myth vs. Reality.” We also discuss her book on the King of Pop, Michael Jackson: The Man, the Music, the Controversy.
Monika is also the author of America’s Last President and Echoes of a Lost America: Unraveling the Murder of JFK.
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The American Exception in Winter (AE247)
Aaron responds to interview questions for a French-speaking Algerian audience.
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Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 4 (AE246)
We continue with Part 4 of our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconclastic scholar, Ola Tunander.
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Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
Ola is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace...
A Deep State of Confusion (AE245)
Aaron and Bryce discuss the current insanity of the flailing US Empire.
Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter!
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KKMOUNTAIN, the CIA, and “Israel” (AE244) [TRAILER]
Max Arvo returns to discuss his Substack piece, "KKMOUNTAIN and the CIA-Israel Relationship." We also zoom out to discuss related deep political and historical issues. At the end, I add a much longer coda than I expected…
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Music: "Motel Man" by Moc...
Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 3 (AE243 - Audio)
We continue with Part 3 of our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconoclastic scholar, Ola Tunander.
Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
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 and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations).
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America...The Complicit Media (AE242 - Audio)
Aaron is joined by Robin Andersen, author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.
Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Rep...
Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 2 (AE241)
We continue our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconoclastic scholar, Ola Tunander. Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
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 and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations).
Subscribe to Ola’s Substack!
American Exception followers on Patreon, regardl...Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 1 (AE240)
This episode kicks off our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconclastic scholar, Ola Tunander. Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
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 and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations).
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American Exception followers on Pat...George Hunter White and the Creep State (AE239)[TRAILER]
Max Arvo is back to discuss his Substack piece, "George Hunter White: American Heretic, American Missionary." We also talk about the unfolding Iran War debacle.
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Music: "I Can't Seem To Think" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!
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Iran-Contra as Watergate 2.0 (AE238)
Aaron and Bryce discuss the Iran War and how the Iran-Contra spectacle functioned as a Watergate 2.0 by effecting a realignment of US politics in which Zionist neoconservatism became hegemonic in the realm of foreign policy.
Check out Bryce Greene's Newsletter!
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Deep Politics and the Dying Empire (AE237)
Aaron is joined by Sean McCarthy, co-host of the Rocinante podcast, to discuss US Empire and the deep politics approach to understanding and explaining it.
Sean McCarthy is on Substack!
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“Thank You For Your Service!” (AE236)
Aaron is Joined by Luke Peterson to discuss his new book, The US Military in the Print News Media. Peterson is a professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The Takedown of BCCI (AE235)
Tonery Rogers returns to discuss her research on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), including the takedown of BCCI and the Epstein-BCCI links to Southern Air Transport.
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M...
JFK & the Deep State – Jeffrey Sachs (AE234)
Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins us to talk about his book, To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace.
Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on a group of poverty alleviation initiatives called the Millennium Development Goals.
American Exception followers on Patreon, regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access...Epstein Fallout - Gumby and Bryce Greene (AE233)
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Gumby joins Bryce and Aaron to discuss the life and times of Jeffrey Epstein as portrayed in the latest government releases.
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