Deep Politics and the Dying Empire (AE237)

About this episode

Aaron Good and Sean McCarthy discuss the US Empire through a deep politics lens.

Aaron is joined by Sean McCarthy, co-host of the Rocinante podcast, to discuss US Empire and the deep politics approach to understanding and explaining it. Sean McCarthy is on Substack! American Exception followers on Patreon, regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access to the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast. Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Good

Guest: Sean McCarthy

Topics covered

• US Empire
• deep politics
• historical analysis
• podcast collaboration
• Patreon
• media production

Keywords

• US Empire
• deep politics
• historical analysis
• podcast
• Sean McCarthy
• Aaron Good
• Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rocinante, Substack, Patreon, Mock Orange

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