American Exception - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Just beginning to listen, but have been familiar with Aaron Good’s work for a while. Anyone who counts Peter Dale Scott as an intellectual hero is someone worthy of consideration. We must keep shining a bright light on the abject evil that is committed in the shadows to further US empire and consolidate wealth and power into the hands of a few, and this podcast does just that.

How lucky can I get to discover an awesome podcast who managed to put my experiences in the last 4 years into words - exiling myself to figure things out. Intense research on US History - and trying to find ways to cope with all of the dark (and realizing I needed to return to the light - before I research other truths about this country. And PETER DALE SCOTT - you are amazing and I am so glad I found you as well. I cannot wait to dig into the things you have discovered in the last 5 decades and I wish you good health (so glad for the gofundme campaign - to contribute to those who seek the truth and ways to help others cope with psychic injury on the journey) I am blessed. On my way to Patreon. Thank you Aaron and Ben. It was like you've been in my head for the last four years - kinda creepy, but in an awesome way. Seems like I can somewhat relax as I reflect on how you put my thoughts and experiences in words - and I needed that!

I’ve really loved so much of what I’ve learned from this podcast, but I can’t give financial support to someone who is supporting RFK Jr to the hilt after his comment that implied Jews and the Chinese directed COVID-19 as a bioweapon and are genetically less vulnerable. My Jewish girlfriend (who has long COVID), her Jewish family, and I are all adamantly anti-apartheid and pro-Palestinian, and would never conflate criticisms of Israel with Anti-semitism a la Bari Weiss or Keir Starmer. However, RFK Jr’s statement crosses a line: this is mask off, overt and legit antisemitism, and it cannot be excused. It deserves a strong censure and denouncement, and I haven’t seen that from Aaron. I’m sad to go, but I’m sadder to see that a person who has taught me a great deal about American history in a new lens either doesn’t recognize a dangerous crank when there is one, or is excusing him because of quixotic hopes that a millionaire whose family have been comfortably nested in elite circles since the 70s will somehow bring about the fall of the American empire. I don’t care that I agree with RFK about American foreign policy encouraging a Russian invasion of Ukraine, nor does his road to Damascus moment about the true and nefarious origins of assassinations in the 1960s excuse him. I’m disappointed in Aaron for throwing support to him while belittling the likes of Amy Goodman and Jacobin, and hope his listeners engage in their own critical thinking while digesting the information he’s disseminating. Besides that, the Peter Dale Scott series is good, but you can also just read PDS’s books. Aaron is just regurgitating extant scholarship, he’s not saying anything new. I think Jeff Morley is a more level-headed guy to read/listen to if you’re interested in the Kennedy assassination.