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Episode 34: JFK Assassination Debate

This episode features a debate on the JFK assassination between Robert Buzzanco and James DiEugenio. Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He is also the author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era, as well as cohost of the Green and Red Podcast. James DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as JFK: Destiny Betrayed—the four-hour cut of the film which is now available for digital purchase. Jim also runs the fanta...

Episode 33: Maidan and the Birth of USkraine

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 WarSpecial thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engine...

March Zoom Update/Q+A

Here's the audio from last night's Zoom session...featuring Aaron, Ben, and Seamus. As the title suggests, we give some updates and answer listener questions!

Episode 32: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 4)

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 c...

Update...Submit Questions for Aaron!

Correction! The monthly Light Bringer Zoom session is on Wednesday night as my original DM stated. Thursday is when I am doing a show with Robbie and Gumby and somehow I got those days mixed up in my head. :(We had planned to get the next episode posted today (3/27), but due to a number of factors, it won’t be released until tomorrow in all likelihood. I am hoping that you will find it worth the wait. Just so you know, tomorrow I am also hosting a JFK debate between our man James DiEugenio and Robert Buzzanco—a history professor at Houston ...

Episode 31: Project Censored and the Myth of the Free Press w/Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth

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...

Episode 30: JFK Propaganda Revisited w/James DiEugenio

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 O...

Episode 29: Ukraine: The Great Finding Out w/Ben Howard

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

Episode 28: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 3)

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!Music: "Twelve O'Clock Call" b...

Oliver Stone's 'Revealing Ukraine'

Last night Oliver Stone emailed me with links to his two essential Ukraine documentaries. This is the second, Revealing Ukraine, in which Oliver Stone interviews Ukrainian politician and opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk--as well as Russian president Vladimir Putin.The film is also available at:https://vimeo.com/589594695https://vimeo.com/686472882https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsEreQeYIic&t=27shttps://rumble.com/vwy6pm-revealing-ukraine.html

Oliver Stone's 'Ukraine on Fire'

Last night Oliver Stone emailed me with links to his two essential Ukraine documentaries. This is the first, Ukraine on Fire, which focuses on the 2014 US/Nazi coup which overthrew Ukraine's elected government.The film is also available at:https://rumble.com/vw7ykf-ukraine-on-fire-oliver-stone-2016.htmlhttps://youtu.be/5-UJ8S63Tswhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHH10jIRJmQ

Episode 27: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 2)

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 ...

(Video) Propaganda Discussion with John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte

Things are pretty crazy here; I'm adding the final touched to the book, getting ready for a big interview with Abby tomorrow, and working on the next AE episode slated for Monday. Meantime, I thought some of you might appreciate this discussion I had with my friend John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte a couple of days ago...

Episode 26: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part1)

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

Episode 25: The Black Radical Tradition and US Empire: A Time for Reflection w/Anthony Monteiro

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-JamalSpecial thanks to Casey Moore for the episo...

February Zoom Update/Q+A

Here is the audio from the February Zoom meeting. Please ignore me saying that it's March right at the beginning. I guess I really want spring to come. Ben and I give some updates and we take some great questions! Apologies to anyone whose question we did not get to. Maybe when we are generating more income I will spring for a Zoom Pro account or something like that because I think these things are worthwhile--especially when Light Bringers are bringing more light to the Zoom meeting.New episode coming--hopefully tomorrow on the Black Radic...

Episode 24: "It was God's Will" (Video Version)

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 video version. You can get the...

Episode 24: "It was God's Will" (Audio Version)

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...

Abby Martin & Oliver Stone: Down the JFK Rabbit Hole

Here's the fantastically produced Empire Files episode featuring the interview from American Exception 18!

Episode 23: Amnesty International and Syrian Dirty War Propaganda w/Kit Klarenberg

Aaron is joined by our man in Belgrade, Kit Klarenberg--an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. We spoke about a number of subjects related to his recent GrayZone piece, "Propagandist for Syria terror proxies compromised Amnesty International, leaked docs show." The article was a follow-up of sorts to a previous article that Klarenberg co-authored with Max Blumenthal, "Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction...

Episode 22: "A Mountain of Gold on the Moon" (Video)

This is Part 1 of our Battleground Indonesia series--a special project produced in collaboration with TheKultureDotTV . In this episode, Aaron delivers the first part of a presentation on the Great Game to seize the staggering resource wealth of Indonesia. He is joined by Hailey Rounsaville and Mike Oldfield.This is the video version. The audio only version is here.If there is any problem with the Patreon video player, this link should let you download the file: "A Mountain of Gold on the Moon"

Episode 22: "A Mountain of Gold on the Moon" (Audio)

This is Part 1 of our Battleground Indonesia series--a special project produced in collaboration with TheKultureDotTV . In this episode, Aaron delivers the first part of a presentation on the Great Game to seize the staggering resource wealth of Indonesia. He is joined by Hailey Rounsaville and Mike Oldfield.This is the audio version. The episode was produced as a video which you can download here.Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Music by Subtropics

Episode 21: Cancelling the PMC w/Catherine Liu and Dan Kovalik

Aaron talks with Catherine Liu and Dan Kovalik about the Professional Managerial Class, "cancel culture," and US empire. Liu is a professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California at Irvine and the author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class.Daniel Kovalik is the author of Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture. He is also a human rights lawyer, labor rights lawyer and peace activist. He has contributed articles to CounterPunch, The Huffington Post, and TeleSUR. He...

Episode 20: CIA, the Media, and Freeport w/ Lisa Pease

For the tenth episode of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, Aaron talks with Lisa Pease. Along with Jim DiEugenio, Lisa Pease was the co-editor of Probe magazine and a book entitled The Assassinations : Probe Magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X. Among Lisa Pease’s most notable contributions were essays on James Angleton, Freeport Sulphur and Indonesia, and a two-part essay on the RFK assassination (Part 1 and Part 2). In 2018, after decades of researching the Robert Kennedy assassination, Lisa finally published her magn...

Episode 19: Secrets of the Doomsday Machine: A Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg

This special episode features Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. About a year ago, on Groundhog Day 2021, Ellsberg came my peace studies class. He was prepared to answer questions from students, which he did, but only after being surprised by a number of luminaries who had previously agreed to join us. The surprise guests included James Galbraith, Peter Kuznick, Katharine Gun, and Peter Dale Scott.The class—Peace Studies of the American Century—is one that I developed in collaboration with American University history professor P...

Episode 18: Revisiting JFK w/Oliver Stone and Abby Martin

Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone talks about his new JFK assassination documentary with special guest host Abby Martin.Stay tuned after the interview for a postscript detailing how the JFK assassination was an Establishment or deep state production that must be placed in the context of the post-World War II US imperial project for global dominance.Part 9 of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, this episode also features Hailey Rounsaville of TheKultureDotTV.Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria fo...

Episode 17: Propaganda: Could It Happen Here?

In this episode, Aaron is joined by Daniel Bessner to discuss propaganda in the USA. Bessner is co-host of the American Prestige podcast and a professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a Contributing Editor at Jacobin. In 2019-2020, he served as a foreign policy advisor to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Daniel is an intellectual historian of U.S. foreign relations and the author of Democracy ...

January Zoom Update/Q+A

Here is the audio from the January Zoom meeting. Ben and I give some updates and take a couple of very good questions! Apologies for Zoom kicking me off mid-final sentence...New episode tomorrow on Propaganda in the USA--with Daniel Bessner and Ben Howard!

Episode 16: US Foreign Policy and the JFK Assassination w/James DiEugenio

In Part 8 our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination, Aaron continues his discussion with James DiEugenio. They cover Vietnam and other key aspects of President Kennedy's foreign policy. Collectively, JFK's plans to end the Cold War and his support for Third World nationalism represented a radical break from the imperialist Acheson-Dulles consensus which had prevailed since the end of World War II. Unfortunately, Kennedy's visionary plans placed him in the cross hairs of the US Empire's beneficiaries. These amoral memb...

Episode 15: Hollywood, the Pentagon, and the CIA

Aaron speaks with Dr. Matthew Alford, one of the co-producers of the soon to be released documentary film, Theaters of War. They discuss the film and it main subject--the covert and propagandistic role of the Pentagon and CIA in the entertainment world.Alford is the co-author with Tom Secker of National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. Along with TJ Coles, he is also co-author Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy, as well as author of The Wri...