The Chauncey DeVega Show
Summary: The Chauncey DeVega Show is the official podcast of Salon.com politics writer Chauncey DeVega. On a weekly basis the show features a relaxed and free-form conversation with artists, authors, musicians, researchers, academics, journalists, activists, as well as Hollywood actors and directors.
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Hope Frye is a human rights attorney who leads teams of lawyers and doctors into Border Patrol and ICE detention centers to monitor their treatment of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. She explains how Trump's regime is violating American and international law in its treatment of migrants and refugees and why the culture of the Border Patrol and ICE encourages cruelty. Frye also shares her first-hand experiences documenting the horrible conditions inside of Trump's concentration camps
Bryan Edward Hill is the writer of such comic books as the Batman Detective Comics series, Batman and the Outsiders, and also Michael Cray. His newest project is American Carnage. Bryan shares his thoughts on the rise of Trump, the New Right, and making art and telling the truth in this moment. He also explains the connections between existential angst, extremism, and why men and boys join such groups as ISIS and white supremacist organizations.
Michael Wolff is the author of Siege: Trump Under Fire. He explains the real reason why Special Counsel Robert Mueller decided to not indict Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. And will Donald Trump leave the White House if defeated in 2020? Dr. John Gartner is a contributor to the 2017 bestselling book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President. He explains how Donald Trump and his supporters are tied together by collective mental illness.
Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Dr. Diamond's new book is Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis. Diamond is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius award. Dr. Diamond explains how societies and their leaders choose to succeed or fail and the perils of the Age of Trump,
Ep. 240.5: Introducing The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega: Dr. Bandy Lee on How the Mueller Report Shows That Donald Trump is Mentally Unfit and Should Have His Presidential Powers Taken Away
W. Kamau Bell is a comedian who is the host and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning CNN docu-series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. Kamau’s writing has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN.com and The LA Review of Books. Kamau reflects on what it means to tell the truth about a very divided America and why the Democrats must pursue bold action to stop Donald Trump,
Ben Fountain is the author of the award-winning novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Fountain traveled across the country following Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in an effort to document that political and social disaster as it took place in real time. The result is his new book Beautiful Country Burn Again. Fountain explains the deep and burning rage in America from a lack of hope and limited dreams, why Trump's deplorables love him so much, and how America's democracy went so wrong.
Former U.S. Intelligence Officer Malcolm Nance is one of the leading voices who for several years has been sounding the alarm about Donald Trump and his coterie's connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs and spies. Nance warns that American democracy may not survive Donald Trump. Nance also responds to his critics who claim that he is a "conspiracy theorist" because of his observations and predictions--most of which have now been proven correct by the Mueller Report.
Ep. 237: Is Game of Thrones Racist and Sexist?
Ep. 236: Ira Steven Behr Reflects on the Legacy and Meaning of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the new documentary What We Left Behind
Ep. 235: Jonathan Metzl on Being Targeted by neo-Nazis/Tim Wise on White Privilege and White Christian Terrorists
Ep. 234: Kathleen Belew Explains the Long History of the White Power Movement and its Global Plans for "Race War"
Ep. 233: Jonathan Metzl Explains How Donald Trump's Voters are Dying of Whiteness
Ep. 232: Robert Reich Explains That Donald Trump is a Gangster Capitalist Tyrant and It is the Young People Who Will Save America
Ep. 231: Exploring the Politics and Meaning of Jordan Peele's New Film "Us"
