Episode 64: Empire in Denial (EDS Part 6)
Added 2022-08-11 01:52:09 +0000 UTCWe discuss American scholars and their failure to grapple with US imperialism.
This is Episode 6 of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration on my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuiness who is producing the series.
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange
Comments
The series is fantastic. In fact, I discovered your work through it. And Ben’s editing calls are hilarious…
William Stearns
2023-09-06 19:45:00 +0000 UTCIn my comment I guess I changed gears quickly there from talking about Chomsky to mentioning that incident with Dr. Scott.
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-17 23:39:24 +0000 UTCI was talking about Chomsky. I'm just now learning about Professor Scott. Sadly, I'd never heard of him before finding this podcast.
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-17 23:35:43 +0000 UTCWell, we'd part company there. I'm curious where you think the CIA influence can be gleaned in his work. Look at how his War Conspiracy book was handled compared to Al McCoy's book. And there's Peter's Ramparts article that the CIA stole in 1970...
Aaron Good
2022-08-17 22:51:08 +0000 UTCIt is a famous Victorian era (I think) gestalt artwork/image...
Aaron Good
2022-08-17 22:48:22 +0000 UTCI take it as a given that the American ruling class is capable of anything. I am at peak cynicism when it comes to that. Where others see incompetence and happenstance I see malicious and nefarious intent. I even feel certain, for example, that Chomsky is a CIA controlled opposition asset. I also have to wonder if your friend Peter Dale Scott had his memory somehow tampered with by a successful application of MK Ultra methods, not through magic or the occult, but through technology.
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-17 19:20:28 +0000 UTCWhat is that painting that serves as the art for this episode?
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-17 19:07:59 +0000 UTCThanks for the info. I got your book last week and will get to it soon. Will check out the other reference. All best
Luc K
2022-08-13 17:09:51 +0000 UTCThere's very little written on parapolitical research methods. Check out the brief section in my book which deals with methodology. There's a chapter in the Eric Wilson (ed.) anthology 'The Dual State' that deals explicitly with the issue. I cite it in that section of AE...
Aaron Good
2022-08-13 17:06:42 +0000 UTCAaron - thanks for the great discussion. I particularly liked the middle part about the type of work you had to do to write history and analysis outside of the "hegemonic" mainstream. The story about the hole in the car and the conclusion you took about repression was fascinating. So was your take on Aaron Maté having to wade through "tedious" material to get to an important truth about current propaganda. It says a lot about our education that platitues are seen as fascinating and the truth as unattractive. Do you know of any other such discussions about the writing of history and the work it takes that deal with this issue? It seems essential. Thanks.
Luc K
2022-08-13 17:03:38 +0000 UTC
