The JFK Facts Podcast

In our first episode of 2025, author and podcaster Aaron Good joins our show to talk about how the JFK assassination fits into the broader story of empire and covert power in the 21th century. You can follow Aaron’s unique work on his podcast, American Exception. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jfkfacts.substack.com/subscribe

We return with a live show from earlier this month. Co-host Jefferson Morley spoke with listeners in a freewheeling discussion about The Oswald File, a new course that begins Wednesday, Oct 23rd. The group also discussed Dr. Jolly West and his strange place in the JFK assassination story.If you would like to join the live call-in show, it is recorded each Thursday at 8 p.m. EST. JFK Facts emails a weekly reminder and the link to join the live call every Thursday afternoon.The recorded version usually posts the following Tuesday.If you want more information on The Oswald File course, please visit https://www.morleycourses.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jfkfacts.substack.com/subscribe

Steven Grant, creator of critically acclaimed comic books like Whisper, joins the JFK Facts Podcast to talk about “Badlands,” his fictionalized comic book series centered around the JFK assassination and its aftermath. Grant has many intriguing things to say about the mileu in which JFK was killed and the power of fiction to tell the truth. You can read Grant’s insightful Afterword to the “Badlands” series here.JFK Facts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jfkfacts.substack.com/subscribe

[note: the original audio posted stated the date of LBJ and Hoover’s phone call incorrectly, this audio has been corrected. The correct date of the conversation was November 23rd, 1963.]On today’s podcast, we play the entire 14-minute erased phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, while host Jefferson Morley puts the deleted recording in context. This phone conversation was almost certainly deliberately erased, but more than 60 years after JFK’s death, we can still learn something from the eerie hiss of this destroyed historical record. JFK Facts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jfkfacts.substack.com/subscribe