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Conspiracy to Tell the Truth | Interview with Lance deHaven-Smith

In 2013, I contacted Abby Martin and suggested that she interview my friend and mentor, Professor Lance deHaven-Smith. He had just released his last (fourteenth, iirc) book, Conspiracy Theory in Am...

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Episode 88: President Kennedy: Into the Storm (EDS 18)

In this episode, we start to look at JFK’s presidency. Coincidentally, we are able to kick off our exploration of the Kennedy years right after our last episode (#87) on the 59th anniversary of t...

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President Kennedy: Into the Storm (AE88; EDS 18) - Video

In this video version of the episode, we start to look at JFK’s presidency. Coincidentally, we are able to kick off our exploration of the Kennedy years right after our last episode (#87) on the ...

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Livestream Discussion of Nuclear Perils and the US Empire's Weaponized Petrodollar

In this livestream, Ben Norton and I discuss how and why the world is on the brink of nuclear doomsday. We relate this to potential end of US unipolarity and how the petrodollar/US T-Bill standard ...

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November Zoom Update/Q and A Session!

We're going to have our monthly Light Bringer Zoom session on Monday at 4PM Eastern. We'll give some updates and answer patron questions. And we may spend some time dissecting a certain terrible, p...

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Episode 87: A Stroke of the State: Dallas at 59 w/James DiEugenio

A special double episode on the 59th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination: Aaron speaks with the venerable James DiEugenio. After the discussion, Aaron looks at JFK’s “Peace Speec...

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Episode 86: Biodefense and the Question of Origins w/Sam Husseini and Gumby

Aaron discusses the latest in the world of “biodefense” with journalist Sam Husseini an...

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Episode 85: Ike's Legacy of Ashes (EDS 17) [VIDEO]

In this video version of the episode, we close out the Eisenhower years. Specifically, we look at Eisenhower’s policies in Cuba and Congo—as well as how he made weak, half-hearted attempts to r...

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Episode 85: Ike's Legacy of Ashes (EDS 17)

In this episode, we close out the Eisenhower years. Specifically, we look at Eisenhower’s policies in Cuba and Congo—as well as how he made weak, half-hearted attempts to respond to the threats...

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Update!

Hello comrades! I just wanted to update everyone on a few things. There is a little delay getting the next episode out, but it should drop tomorrow. Accompanying the podcast version of this Empire ...

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Episode 84: Denouement: Allen Dulles, Sukarno, JFK, and G30S w/Greg Poulgrain

Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Poulgrain. In this final part, they discuss how JFK, Dag Hammarskjold, and Sukarno were unable to stop Allen ...

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Episode 83: Allen Dulles' Long Game in Indonesia w/Greg Poulgrain

Aaron talks to the tireless and iconoclastic historian of post-colonial Indonesia, Greg Polugrain. In this first of two episodes, they discuss Allen Dulles' dark influence over US policy in Indones...

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The State of the Exception - October Update

Aaron and Ben Norton offer an update, answer patron questions, and discuss related historical/political matters!

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CrossTalk | Time to Talk? - with Scott Ritter, Larry Johnson, and Aaron Good

I went on CrossTalk to discuss the Ukraine War. We tried to answer three questions: How is the conflict in Ukraine likely to end? Why does the west refuse to negotiate an end to the conflict? And, ...

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Episode 82: Ike's Imperial Crisis Management (EDS 16)

We look at how Eisenhower and the Dulles Brothers handled two geopolitical hot spots of the Cold War: Indonesia and Egypt.

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October Zoom Update/Q and A Session!

We're going to have our monthly Light Bringer Zoom session on Friday at 1PM Eastern. We'll give some updates and answer patron questions. Ben Norton will be joining us as well. Please put questions...

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Episode 81: The Politics of Sexual Blackmail

Nick Bryant discusses his prolific efforts to expose sexual blackmail as, in effect, a dee...

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Episode 80: Imperial SUCCESS (EDS 15)

In this episode we briefly discuss what the deep state is and is not before looking at the Eisenhower administration’s imperial chicanery in Guatemala and Vietnam.

This is the 15th installm...

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Episode 79: Who Likes Ike? (EDS 14)

In this episode we look at Eisenhower’s ties to Big Oil and how they influenced Operation AJAX--the CIA conspiracy which overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Mohammed Mossedegh in order to i...

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Episode 78: NSC-68 and the Permanent War Panacea (EDS 13)

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Episode 77: The Devil’s Grand Chessboard (LS9/11 Part 2)

Ben Howard and Aaron continue the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on...

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The State of the Exception - September Update

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Episode 76: The Imperial Behemoth (EDS Part 12)

In this episode, we begin our historical exploration of the post-World War 2 US empire. As explained in the book and in previous episodes of this history, the history of the post-World War 2 US emp...

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Geopolitical reasons for Ukraine conflict and US new cold war on Russia & China

This is a segment from an episode we recorded last week but have not released yet.  We released this part early because it is very relevant backstory to the recent attack on the Nordstream pip...

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September Zoom Update/Q and A Session!

[EDIT: date was changed to Thursday 9/29]

We're going to have our monthly Light Bringer Zoom session on Thursday at 1PM Eastern. We'll give some updates and answer patron qu...

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Episode 75: Crackpot Wokeism

Aaron is joined by Christopher Mott to discuss his recent article, View Post

Episode 74: Dark Power and the American State (EDS Part 11)

In this episode, we wrap up our social science exploration of imperial criminality.

We discuss dark power—i.e., top-down or despotic political power. Dark power is to be contrasted with ope...

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Episode 73: Deep Scholasticism

Aaron and Ben Norton of ...

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Episode 72: Mind the GWOT (LS9/11 Part 1)

Ben Howard and Aaron kick off the Long Shadow of 9/11 series with a discussion on...

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Prequel to Terror: The 9/9 Massoud Assassination (LS9/11- Part 1)

We are bringing updated versions of our four 9/11 articles to the American Exception website!  These art...

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