Nancy MacLean is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is the William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and author of the new book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America . Democracy in Chains is also one of the five finalists in the 2017 National Book Awards for non-fiction. During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Nancy and Chauncey discuss how right-wing libertarians allied wit...
Oct 07, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Frank Miller is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is one of the most influential voices in contemporary American comic books. During his 40 year career Miller has written such notable comic books and graphic novels as Daredevil: Born Again, Sin City, 300 , Ronin , and Give Me Liberty . He is most known for his work on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Batman: Year One and the new Batman: Dark Knight III: The Master Race . Miller has also won every major award in t...
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Dallas Penn is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a pioneer in what was once known as the "black blogosphere", birthed the phrase "Internets", and has been a contributing writer to such hip-hop magazines as Mass Appeal, XXL Magazine, and The Source . He is also a founding member of the film-making collective, iNternets Celebrities . During this relaxed and fun episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Dallas and Chauncey discuss the current state of hip-hop, digital...
Sep 24, 2017•1 hr 44 min
This week's special birthday edition of The Chauncey DeVega Show features two guests. Robert Tepper is the writer and singer of the classic 1980s song "No Easy Way Out" from the movie Rocky IV . He stops by the virtual bar and salon to share some stories about his career as a musician, life on the road, Sylvester Stallone, and how "No Easy Way Out" came into being. Tepper also gives some advice to up-and-coming musicians about their careers and enjoying the moment. Sports journalist and writer G...
Sep 16, 2017•1 hr 43 min
Dr. Lance Dodes is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (retired) and a psychoanalyst (Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute). Dr. Dodes is a signatory to a nationally discussed letter which was published in The New York Times which warned the public about the dangers posed by Donald Trump's mental health. He also has contributed a chapter on...
Sep 09, 2017•1 hr 33 min
James Q. Whitman is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is the Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School and author of the new book Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Professor Whitman and Chauncey discuss the connections between American "race scientists" and their peers in Germany, what the Nazis and Adolf Hitler learned from America's raci...
Sep 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Timothy Snyder is the first guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is an award-winning professor of history at Yale University and author of numerous books including Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin as well as Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning . His newest book is On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century . This is Professor Snyder's second appearance on The Chauncey DeVega Show . His first conversation with Chauncey DeVega about Tru...
Aug 25, 2017•1 hr 31 min
This week's special episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show examines the white supremacist terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia which took place last week. The first guest is Adele Stan . She is a journalist for The American Prospect. Her work has also appeared at Alternet . Adele was present in Charlottesville during the "Unite the Right" hate festival and shares her first person account of what transpired there. The second guest is "James" from the leading antifascist, anarchist, and human right...
Aug 18, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Note: this week's podcast was recorded on the Friday evening before the white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia. Van Jones is the first guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is the president of Dream Corps, a two-time New York Times bestselling author, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, an activist and organizer, as well as commentator on CNN. He is currently traveling the United States as part of the WE RISE tour in an effort to mobilize ...
Aug 13, 2017•1 hr 47 min
Randi Weingarten is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is the president of the American Federation of Teachers and one of the country's leading advocates (and defenders) for public education and a true "we the people" democracy. During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Randi and Chauncey discuss the war on America's public schools and teachers being waged by Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos , how "privatization" and other neoliberal "reforms are actually hurt...
Aug 04, 2017•1 hr 45 min
Tom Nichols is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a professor of national security affairs at United States Naval War College and also teaches at the Harvard Extension School. His new book is "The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters." During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Tom and Chauncey discuss the ways that anti-intellectualism, greed, and societal affluence led to the victory of Donald Trump, the Amer...
Jul 29, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Randolph Hohle is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a professor of sociology at SUNY Fredonia and the author of several books including Race and the Origins of American Neoliberalism as well as Black citizenship and authenticity in the Civil Rights Movement. During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Randolph and Chauncey discuss how the color line and white supremacy intersect with neoliberalism, the ways that the language of "free markets" and "opportu...
Jul 23, 2017•2 hr 7 min
This week's very special episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show focuses on how to resist fascism and white supremacy in the Age of Donald Trump. There are four guests on this week's show. The first guest is Ryan Lenz . He is an investigative journalist and researcher at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ryan provides some context for the rise of the extreme right-wing under Donald Trump, voter suppression, and violence by the so-called "alt right" and their affiliated groups. The second guest is Wal...
Jul 07, 2017•2 hr 3 min
Joseph Baker is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a professor of sociology at Eastern Tennessee State University and the author of the book Paranormal America . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Joseph and Chauncey discuss alternative knowledge systems and conspiracy theories, the rise of Donald Trump, Infowars , and fantastical thinking, as well as how those people who believe in UFOs, Bigfoot, and ghosts construct reality. Joseph also shares s...
Jun 30, 2017•1 hr 31 min
Jason Aaron is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Jason is the writer of such great comic book and graphic novel series as Star Wars , Thor , Southern Bastards , and The Goddamned . Jason has also written The Punisher as well as Scalped . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Jason and Chauncey discuss their love of graphic novels and comic books, rejection of religion, reflect on personal codes of honor and masculinity, and of course the greatness that is...
Jun 23, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Writer, movie producer, and director Barry Blaustein is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Barry is the writer of such great comedies as Coming to America , The Nutty Professor , and Boomerang . Barry also helped to write Eddie Murphy's legendary skits on the TV show Saturday Night Live . And of course, Barry Blaustein narrated and produced the amazing documentary about professional wrestling Beyond the Mat . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Barry and...
Jun 16, 2017•1 hr 54 min
Anti-racism activist, author, and scholar Tim Wise is the guest on this week's edition of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Tim Wise is the author of numerous books including his most recent Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America . He is also the subject of a great new documentary called White Like Me . This is the third time that Tim has stopped by the virtual bar and salon--and our first conversation since the election of Donald Trump. During th...
Jun 09, 2017•1 hr 46 min
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is a historian at New York University who specializes in authoritarianism, aesthetics, cultural politics, and Italian history. She is the author of numerous books including an upcoming project on authoritarianism and political strongmen. Ben-Ghiat is also a regular contributor to CNN, The Atlantic, and The Huffington Post. During this week's show, Professor Ben-Ghiat and Chauncey discuss Donald Trump's rise to p...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Psychiatrist Bandy Lee is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is a psychiatrist at Yale University who specializes in public health and violence prevention. She recently convened a conference which explored questions related to Donald Trump's mental health and how psychiatrists and psychologists should respond to this crisis. The proceedings from this conference will be featured in a forthcoming book due out later this year. During this week's show Dr. Lee and Chau...
May 24, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Counterintelligence expert Naveed Jamali , who is the author of the new book How to Catch a Russian Spy, is a guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He shares his experiences as a double agent who worked as a counter-espionage officer against the Russians, his insights on how the Russians and other countries go about "flipping" citizens to work against their own nation, concerns about the 2016 presidential election, and the ways that Trump's inner circle may have been manipul...
May 19, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Rachel Dolezal is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is an anti-racism and human rights activist who is most well-known for the controversy surrounding her decision to live as a "black" woman even though she was born "white". Rachel is also the author of the new book In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World. During this week's show, Rachel and Chauncey discuss the concept of "transracial" identity , Rachel's childhood, how she discovered her affi...
May 11, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Scott Snyder is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is an award-winning writer of graphic novels such as All-Star Batman, Detective Comics, American Vampire, The Wake and Swamp Thing. During this week's show, Scott and Chauncey discuss what it is like to write an iconic character such as Batman, questions of "diversity" and "inclusion" in comic books, the craft of storytelling and world-building, and how politics and the rise of Donald Trump should (or should not) b...
May 06, 2017•1 hr 33 min
Historian Timothy Snyder is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is an award-winning professor of history at Yale University and author of numerous books including Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin as well as Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. His newest book is On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century . During this week's show, Professor Synder and Chauncey discuss how American Exceptionalism is a lie that helped to pave the w...
Apr 28, 2017•1 hr 16 min
Philosopher Henry Giroux is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is one of the leading authorities on critical pedagogy and what he describes as the "culture of cruelty" in the United States. Dr. Giroux has written many books and articles including America at War with Itself and the forthcoming The Public in Peril: Trump and the Menace of American Authoritarianism. During this week's show, Henry and Chauncey discuss neo-fascism in America and the election of Donald T...
Apr 21, 2017•1 hr 42 min
Psychologist Sheldon Solomon is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a leading authority on social psychology and helped to develop what is known as "terror management theory". Dr. Solomon has written numerous books and articles including In the Wake of 9/11: The Psychology of Terror and The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life . During this week's show Sheldon and Chauncey discuss how existential angst and death anxieties influenced Trump's voters, Trum...
Apr 15, 2017•1 hr 52 min
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is one of the world's leading authorities on social dominance behavior and group dynamics. Most famous for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment , Dr. Zimbardo has written dozens of books and articles including the most recent "The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life" and "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil" . His new work examines heroism and t...
Apr 06, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Peter Bebergal is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is the author of the new book Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll . During this week's show, Peter and Chauncey discuss the appeal of magic and the occult for musicians and artists, the moral panics about Satanism and heavy metal music during the 1980s in America, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, as well as how African trickster figures and other cultural practices influenced black music in America ...
Mar 31, 2017•1 hr 55 min
Jane Elliott is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Elliot is an anti-racism educator and activist who is most well-known for her Blue-Eyed/Brown-Eyed teaching exercise. During this week's show, Jane and Chauncey discuss Donald Trump and his racist movement, the origins of the Blue-Eyed/Brown-Eyed teaching exercise and the problem with language such as "white privilege". Jane Elliott also shares a powerful story about overcoming fear and confronting death threats. On t...
Mar 24, 2017•1 hr 18 min
This week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show features three great guests. Political scientist and statistician Andrew Gelman is the first guest. He is a professor at Columbia University and the author of several books including Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do. He recently wrote a great piece for Slate called "19 Lessons for Political Scientists from the 2016 Election". During this week's episode, Dr. Gelman does some great teaching and sharing...
Mar 17, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Malcolm Nance is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He is a frequent contributor to MSNBC and other media outlets such as CNN, ABC News, FOX News, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and Al Arabiya. Malcolm Nance is also the author of numerous books including The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election . Nance was a career counterterrorism and intelligence officer for the U.S. government's Special Operations, Homeland Security, and In...
Mar 09, 2017•1 hr 27 min
