Ep. 454: As President Trump Feels Increasingly Imperiled, His Authoritarian Grip Will Only Tighten
This is a special joint episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report . Steve Cash is Executive Director of The Steady State , a...
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Ep. 453: Investigative Journalist Greg Palast Explains Trump's Plot Against Democracy Through the Midterms and 2028 Presidential Election
Greg Palast is an investigative reporter whose work has been featured by The Guardian, BBC Television, and Rolling Stone. His books include...
Ep. 452: Reflecting on This Very Mournful July 4 and America's 250th Anniversary in the Age of Trump
This is a special joint episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report . Steve Cash is Executive Director of The Steady State , a...
Ep. 451: Nell Irvin Painter Reflects on Her Landmark Book "The History of White People" and the Color Line in the Age of Trump and Beyond
Nell Irvin Painter is Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University. She also holds degrees in painting from Mason Gr...
Ep. 450: The Age of Trump Has Inflicted a Great Moral Injury on the American People
Dr. Michael Valdovinos is a board-certified clinical psychologist and U.S. Air Force veteran. His new book is Moral Injuries: When Good Cons...
Ep. 449: The Battle for Minneapolis and the Fight for America's Soul
Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, an ordained Baptist minister, and a leading voice on religion, c...
Ep. 448: The World Is Broken and on Fire. Use Your Anger to Remake It for the Better
Fatima Bhutto is an acclaimed journalist and novelist. She is the author of the novels The Runaways and The Shadow of the Crescent Moon . He...
Ep. 447: Trump's War of Choice Against Iran is Not a Video Game or Action Movie
Jeffrey Stern is an award-winning journalist and the author of five books, including his latest, The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect...
Ep. 446: Taking a Holy Ghost Walk -- Honoring the Life and Legacy of Robert Duvall and His Iconic Film "The Apostle"
This special episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show honors the life and legacy of Robert Duvall , who recently transitioned to the next plane o...
Ep. 445: The Data Is Clear — A National Security Expert Assesses America's Slide into Authoritarian Rule
Steve Cash is Executive Director of The Steady State, a non-profit advocacy organization whose members are former senior national security o...
Ep. 444: Heather McGhee on Racism, Zero-Sum Politics, and Why America Can't Have Nice Things
Heather McGhee is a leading expert in economic and social policy and the New York Times–bestselling author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Cos...
Ep. 443: Despair Is Not an Option in 2026 -- Thom Hartmann on the Next Year of Trump 2.0
Thom Hartmann is the nation's #1 progressive talk radio host and a New York Times bestselling author. His new book is The Last American Pres...
Ep. 442: Christmas Holiday Weekend Special -- Our Hope Tanks and Hard Times
On this special Christmas holiday episode of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega reflects on this very surreal and challenging year and tries to fi...
Ep. 441: From The Boondocks to Crownsville: Rodney Barnes Reflects on a Life in Storytelling
Rodney Barnes is an American screenwriter, producer, and author. He has written and produced such TV shows as The Boondocks , Everybody Hate...
Ep. 440: The American Middle Class is Hanging On By a Thread in the Age of Trump
This is a special joint episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report . Mechele Dickerson is the Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankru...
Ep. 439: The Human Tragedy and Exploitation of the "True Crime" Genre
John J. Lennon is a prison journalist who is currently serving a 25-year sentence in Sing Sing prison in New York. His work has been feature...
Ep. 438: America's Addiction to Gun Violence, Racism, and White Rage Will Be Its Downfall
Dr. Carol Anderson is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of African American Studies at Emory University. She is the author of several books i...
Ep. 437: "Our Enemies Will Vanish" -- Everyday People and Ukraine's War for Independence
Yaroslav Trofimov is Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal . He is the author of several books including Our Enemi...
Ep. 436: The Great and Complicated Legacy of Hulk Hogan aka Terry Bollea
Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) passed away on Thursday, July 24 in Clearwater, Florida. He was 71 years...
Ep. 435: Welcome to Prison, USA
Brittany Friedman is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. She is also a 2023-2024 American Associat...