Reza Aslan is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is the author of numerous books including the New York Times-bestseller "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" as well as "No god but God". Reza was also the host of the CNN documentary TV series "Believer". During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Reza and Chauncey discuss Donald Trump's hold over white right-wing evangelical Christians and how they are acting like a religious-political cult in t...
Apr 29, 2018•1 hr 44 min
David Cay Johnston is the guest on this week's edition of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who has followed Donald Trump's life and career for 30 years. Johnston shared those insights in the New York Times bestselling book The Making of Donald Trump . Johnston's new book is It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration is Doing to America . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , David and Chauncey discuss how Trump's fami...
Apr 21, 2018•1 hr 44 min
Historian Ed Ayers is the guest on this week's edition of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Ed Ayers has written and edited twelve books, including In the Presence of Mine Enemies: Civil War in the Heart of America , winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Beveridge Prize; and The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction , a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His new book is The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America . Ayers has b...
Apr 14, 2018•1 hr 24 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 . During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Tim and Chauncey discuss toxic white masculinity and mass shootings in the context of the Parkland high school massacre, white racial fragility, and how white privilege ...
Apr 08, 2018•1 hr 26 min
Elizabeth Mika is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is a psychotherapist and contributor to The New York Times bestselling book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President. On this week's podcast Mika and Chauncey discuss the danger to democracy and public safety embodied by Donald Trump and his followers, how collective narcissism is a type of social pathology that leads to violence and why millions of people...
Apr 01, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Daina Ramey Berry is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is an associate professor of history and African and African diaspora studies, and the George W. Littlefield Fellow in American History, at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Berry is the author of the new book The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation . On this week's podcast Professor Berry and Chauncey discuss how the monetary v...
Mar 24, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He is Senior Fellow, Racial Wealth Divide at Prosperity Now and one of the principle authors of the much-discussed report, The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America's Middle Class. Dedrick has also held senior leadership positions with the NAACP and the National Action Network. On this week's podcast Dedrick and Chauncey share their personal reflections on race, family, a...
Mar 17, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Melvin Goodman is the guest on this week's special fundraising month episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He served in the Central Intelligence Agency for 24 years as an intelligence analyst where he specialized in U.S.-Soviet relations. Dr. Goodman is also the author of several books on national security and international relations including the most recent Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider's Account of the Politics of Intelligence . He and Chauncey discuss what likely transpired with Donal...
Mar 10, 2018•1 hr 30 min
Steven Hassan is the guest on this week's special fundraising month episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He is one of the world's foremost experts on cults and mind control. Steven Hassan is the author of several bestselling books including Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults , Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves , and Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults & ...
Mar 03, 2018•1 hr 17 min
This is part 2 of the special fundraising month all things Black Panther episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . It is also Chauncey DeVega's way of saying thanks to all of the kind folks who have put some gold, silver, paper, or other monies into the donation bucket over at chaunceydevega.com There is approximately one more week left in the fundraiser. We are close to the goal. Any help would be appreciated in help us cross the finish line so that this fundraiser can be a success. One very kind d...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 17 min
There are two guests on this week's special fundraising month episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Jared Yates Sexton is the author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage . He is also a professor in the Writing and Linguistics Department at Georgia Southern University. Jared is a fellow traveler and friend of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He and Chauncey sit down at the virtual bar and salon and catch up on recent developments about the Mueller in...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 26 min
There are two guests on this week's special fundraising month all things Black Panther episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Adilifu Nama is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Loyola Marymount University and the author of the new book Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes . Adilifu and Chauncey discuss the cultural politics surrounding Black Panther , what the movie and graphic novel are trying to communicate about the Black Diaspora, and how the white gaze w...
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 59 min
The Chauncey DeVega Show is supported by its kind and good and generous listeners. There are no advertisements on the podcast. I have been offered that opportunity many times but have always said no. But twice a year, I put out the old begging bowl and ask the listeners--if they are able--to offer up a donation. The Paypal link can be found on the right-hand side of the screen at the website chaunceydevega.com Yascha Mounk is the guest on this week's special fundraising month episode of The Chau...
Feb 10, 2018•1 hr 34 min
The Chauncey DeVega Show is supported by its kind and good and generous listeners. There are no advertisements on the podcast. I have been offered that opportunity many times but have always said no. But twice a year, I put out the old begging bowl and ask the listeners--if they are able--to offer up a donation. The Paypal link can be found on the right-hand side of the screen at the website chaunceydevega.com Psychiatrist Bandy Lee is the guest on this week's special fundraising month episode o...
Feb 02, 2018•1 hr 24 min
Garrett Graff is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is the author of numerous books including his most recent, Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die . Graff's work has also appeared in such leading publications as WIRED, Esquire, and the New York Times. In addition, he has also been a guest on such major news networks as CNN, ABC, MSNBC, the BBC, and NPR. In this very timely episode of The Chauncey DeVeg...
Jan 27, 2018•54 min
Carol Anderson is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of the New York Times bestselling book White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide . During this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Carol and Chauncey discuss white rage and the election of Donald Trump, the demonization of Barack Obama and Black America by the white right, the many ways that white rage and white racism...
Jan 20, 2018•1 hr 8 min
George Ciccariello-Maher is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a political scientist and activist who is a visiting faculty member at New York University. Professor Ciccariello-Maher was formerly at Drexel University before he was forced out of his position by a coordinated right-wing campaign of harassment which included death threats and other violence. Professor Ciccariello-Maher was targeted by the right-wing mob in this new era of McCarthyism because of a s...
Jan 13, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Randy Blazak is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a tenured sociologist and criminologist who has taught at Portland State University as well as the University of Oregon. He is the author of numerous books and articles and has had his work featured on NPR, CNN, the Discovery Channel, BBC, and the New York Times. He is most well known for infiltrating white supremacist hate groups such as the neo-Nazis in an effort to help the public understand the threat embodi...
Jan 07, 2018•1 hr 36 min
Marvin Scott is the guest on this week's special New Year's Eve episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a journalist and reporter with more than 50 years of experience. Scott is an iconic personality in the New York area and has been a host on WPIX Channel 11 since 1980. He is also a master storyteller who covered some of the 20th century's most important events and personalities. He shares those stories in his new book As I Saw It: A Reporter's Intrepid Journey. During this week's episode o...
Dec 30, 2017•1 hr 48 min
Brian Klaas is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a fellow in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics. In addition to writing columns and essays that have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs and numerous other publications, Klaas is the author of several books. His newest book is " The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy ." During this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , P...
Dec 22, 2017•1 hr 26 min
May the Force be with you. This week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show celebrates all things Star Wars and the release of the newest installment in the saga "The Last Jedi". Patrick Johnson is the first guest on this week's show. He is an assistant professor of physics at Georgetown University and the author of the new book The Physics of Star Wars: The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away. Patrick and Chauncey discuss how science can help us to understand the Force, the physics behind ligh...
Dec 15, 2017•1 hr 18 min
There are two guests on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . Nancy MacLean returns to explain the real impact and long-term devastation to the American people that will be caused by the Republican so-called "tax reform" bill. 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 was also one of the five finalists in th...
Dec 09, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Henry Giroux is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He has written dozens of 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 episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Professor Giroux and Chauncey evaluate American democracy one year after Trump's election, wonder about how to stay positive during such a horrible time, and ponder what resistance looks lik...
Dec 02, 2017•1 hr 21 min
Volney Gay is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a professor of religious studies, psychiatry, and anthropology at Vanderbilt University and author of the new book On the Pleasures of Owning Persons: The Hidden Face of American Slavery . During this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Volney and Chauncey discuss how black chattel slavery was pleasurable for white people, anti-black violence throughout American history, the psychology of white supremacy,...
Nov 24, 2017•1 hr 35 min
Bruce Bartlett is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He served in the Reagan White House and also under George H.W. Bush. Bartlett is also a regular contributor to The New York Times and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and other major news networks. His new book is The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks. During this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Bruce and Chauncey discuss how the Republican Pa...
Nov 18, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Karpf is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . His much-anticipated ESPN 30 for 30 film "Nature Boy" on the amazing life and times of the legendary professional wrestler Ric Flair debuted earlier this week. During this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show , Rory and Chauncey discuss their mutual love of professional wrestling, how they fell in love with the sport, getting to know Ric Flair, the personal tragedies and the pub...
Nov 11, 2017•1 hr 27 min
This week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show features three guests and a special bonus Halloween feature. Psychologist John Gartner is the featured guest on this week's show. He is the founder of "The Duty to Warn", a political action organization and awareness raising campaign which is trying to sound the alarm about Donald Trump's mental health and how he is a threat to world peace. Dr. Gartner's "Duty to Warn" petition and open letter was featured in the New York Times and elsewhere. To da...
Nov 04, 2017•2 hr 10 min
Dr. Dorothy Kim is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . She is an assistant professor of literature at Vassar College. Several months ago, Dr. Kim shared the following observations on the website In the Middle about the relationship between Eurocentrism, teaching, white supremacy, and the era of Donald Trump: "If the medieval past (globally) is being weaponized for the aims of extreme, violent supremacist groups, what are you doing, medievalists, in your classrooms?.......
Oct 27, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Dr. Lars Maischak is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show . He is a lecturer of history at Fresno State University. Several months ago, Maischak exercised his rights of free speech and said via the social media platform Twitter that "to save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, the better.." After making those comments Maischak was targeted by a coordinated and systematic campaign of harassment--which included death threats--by right-wing activi...
Oct 22, 2017•1 hr 32 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 the United States Naval War College and also teaches at the Harvard Extension School. He is the author of seven books including "No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security" and "The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters." This is the second time that Dr. Nichols has been a guest on the show. During this week's episode ...
Oct 15, 2017•1 hr 55 min
