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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 America through the University of Texas Press. Abby ...

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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 the assassination in Dallas. In this episode, we di...

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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 59thanniversary of the assassination in Dallas. In...

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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 (aka the post-Bretton Woods Rumpelstiltskin dollar...

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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, pro-empire article. Please put questions for me or ...

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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 Speech” at American University in which JFK called fo...

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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 and the illustrious independent researcher who posts...

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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 respond to the threats posed by the dangerously una...

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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 posed by the dangerously unaccountable CIA and th...

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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 and the State episode (the Eisenhower finale), we ...

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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 Dulles’ murderous grand strategy to turn Indones...

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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 Indonesia up through the Eisenhower administration.

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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, how will the  international order likely to c...

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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.

This is the 16th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book<...

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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 for me or Ben in the comments below!

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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 deep state institution.

Nick is the author of <...

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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 installment of our Empire and the Deep State seri...

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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 install a US puppet, the Shah of Iran.

This i...

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

Check out the video version of this episode (featuring slides and such).

In this episode we look at the history behind ...

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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 the history of USUK imperial support for reaction...

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The State of the Exception - September Update

Joined by Dana and Seamus, Aaron gives an update and a...

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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 empire is essentially the history of the US deep stat...

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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 pipeline. We even talk specifically about the NordStr...

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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 questions.  So...please put your questions in &...

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Episode 75: Crackpot Wokeism

Aaron is joined by Christopher Mott to discuss his recent article, “Woke Imperium: ...

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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 open or democratic power—power derived from consens...

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Episode 73: Deep Scholasticism

Aaron and Ben Norton of Multipolarista View Post

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 their own personal reckonings with the great terr...

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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 articles are by Peter Dale Scott, Ben Howard, and mys...

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