[3] Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria;[4] and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las Vegas.
[5] In January 2023, Aaronson launched a podcast series called Alphabet Boys about "secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies".
The first season, "Trojan Hearse",[6] focuses on the summer 2020 COINTELPRO-like infiltration of antifa / Black Lives Matter protesters and activists in Denver, Colorado, following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020.
[7][8] The second season, "Up in Arms," tells the story of a DEA narcoterrorism sting that targeted a former FBI informant who claimed to work for the CIA.
[9][10] Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize,[11] the Data Journalism Award,[12] and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.