Ace Atkins is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels include the Quinn Colson series and Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series. Atkins is a former newspaper reporter and SEC football player. His essays and other writing have appeared in national publications such as Time magazine and elsewhere.
Ace reflects on the ghosts and demons of the color line in America and what the “New South” means to him.
Ace also shares what he learned about life and the craft of writing through his journey from being a newspaper reporter to the author of bestselling crime novels.
And he shares some hidden history about the true origins of Donald Trump’s “red hat” MAGA cult hate movement.
Chauncey DeVega ponders the emotional valence of a Thanksgiving holiday in an age of death, economic calamity, Trumpism’s continuing assaults on democracy and human decency, and the hopeful possibilities of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Chauncey also takes a culinary journey to the world of TV dinners in order to better understand why he hates the turkey that is commonly served on Thanksgiving.
And of course, Chauncey DeVega shares an animal friends story about mountain gorillas, who like many humans on Thanksgiving day, enjoy singing and farting during and after they eat a tasty meal.
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In 1918, Thanksgiving celebrations upped the Spanish flu death count We're celebrating Thanksgiving amid a pandemic. Here's how we did it in 1918 – and what happened next What Are We To Do With All This Grief? Michael J. Fox Reveals Painful Setback That Led to His 'Darkest Moment' Since Parkinson's Diagnosis 31 vintage TV dinners: Fried chicken, turkey, pot roast & other fab frozen food, retro-style Robot 'spy' gorilla records wild gorillas singing and farting, because nature is beautifulWHERE CAN YOU FIND ME?
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Ep. 248: Tim Alberta on "American Carnage" and How Donald Trump Seduced a Very Eager and Willing Republican Party
Ep. 247.5: The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega: Tim Wise on White Rage, Donald Trump, and America's "Race War"
Ep. 247: "Babylon 5" Creator J. Michael Straczynski on Adversity, Triumph and His New Autobiography "Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood"
Ep. 246.5: The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega: Dr. Bandy Lee Warns That Donald Trump is Emotionally Empty Inside and Spiraling Even More Out of Control
Ep. 246: Joy-Ann Reid Explains How Donald Trump Represents Everything Wrong With America
Ep. 245: Eve Ensler on Righteous Anger, Forgiveness and Her New Book "The Apology"
Ep. 244: Human Rights Attorney Hope Frye on the Evils She Witnessed Inside of Trump's Concentration Camps
Ep. 243: Bryan Edward Hill on "American Carnage" and the Age of Trump
Ep. 242: Michael Wolff on "Siege: Trump Under Fire"/Dr. John Gartner on Donald Trump the Mad King
Ep. 241: Jared Diamond on His New Book "Upheaval' and How Countries Choose to Succeed or Fail
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
Ep. 240: W. Kamau Bell on Truth-Telling in This Divided United Shades of America
Ep. 239: Ben Fountain Explains How American Democracy is Broken and the Country is Burning
Ep. 238: Malcolm Nance Warns That Post-Mueller Report America May Not Survive Donald Trump's Assaults on Democracy
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
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