The Chauncey DeVega Show

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...

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...

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 Net...

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...

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...

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...

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 Ch...

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 th...

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  cha...

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 chaun...

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 ma...

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 demonizati...

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.  Pr...

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 supr...

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 th...

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 Apprent...

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...

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...

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 ele...

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 pleasurabl...

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.   Dur...

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 wrestlin...

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. Gar...

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 fo...

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...