The Chauncey DeVega Show

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 Matter...

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...

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...

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 e...

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...

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 th...

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 "...

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 Snyde...

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...

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...

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 wa...

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...

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 a...

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 supp...

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...

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, rejecti...

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 abou...

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...

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 Huffing...

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...

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, conc...

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 C...

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 s...

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 sh...

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. Dur...