Jonathan Eig is an award-winning author and journalist whose books include Ali: A Life and Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig.
His new book is King: A Life.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Jonathan emphasizes the real and complex Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as opposed to the man who has been made into a secular saint, what it was like to be a trustee of such a legacy and life, and how the real and complex and flawed man who did amazing things is so much more interesting and inspiring than the 2-dimensional version of Dr. King that too many people robotically worship.
Jonathan also explains how we should not overlook or otherwise ignore Dr. King's very human imperfections such as his womanizing, plagiarizing, as well as emotional vulnerabilities and struggles that included serious depression and suicide attempts, because to do so is to take away King's ability to inspire we regular folks to achieve great things in very difficult times.
On this Memorial Day weekend episode of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega shares a story about King MAGA Uncle Trump CHUD’s unbelievable adventures in love. Chauncey has also found himself immersed in a high-profile animal bird country law case involving a young crow delinquent who attacked a man in a local park.
And in a special segment of the show, Chauncey DeVega honors the life and legacy of the great and underappreciated professional wrestler “Superstar” Billy Graham who passed away last week.
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Ep. 368: It is Almost Impossible to Escape America's Poverty Trap
Ep. 367: The Truth Report -- The South Side of Chicago is Not a Problem to be Solved, It is a Home for the American Spirit
Ep. 366: Nuclear Espionage? More Proof That Donald Trump is The Worst President in American History and a Traitor
Ep. 365: Marvel Comics Writer Jason Aaron Shares His Love of Great Storytelling in Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Professional Wrestling
Ep. 364: The Truth Report -- Eddie Glaude Explains That America is in Great Pain and on a Horrible Journey and White Racial Innocence Will Not Save It
Ep. 363: Baz Luhrmann’s Great New Movie "Elvis" is Much More Than The Sum of Its Parts
Ep. 362: Jeff Sharlet’s Journey into the Dark Heart of the American Fascist Nightmare Fever Dream
Ep. 361: Your "Hashtag Activism", "Likes", "Shares", and "Tweets" Will Not Save You From the Fascist Nightmare or Other Political and Societal Disasters
Ep. 360: Confronting The Raw Truth About The White Supremacist Terrorist Attack on The Black Community in Buffalo
Ep. 359: The Battle to Save American Democracy From the Republican-Fascists Will Be Long and Difficult -- And Quitting Is Not an Option
Ep. 358: Honoring and Remembering Eric Boehlert
Ep. 357: The Truth Report -- Chris Hedges Reflects on the New Censorship and Authoritarianism of the 21st Century
Ep. 356: Advice on Navigating and Surviving the Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Harm Caused by Living in a White Racist Society
Ep. 355: What is it Like When the Republican-Fascist "Critical Race Theory" Witch Hunt Comes After You?
Ep. 354: Life Lessons From General Smedley Butler, the (first) Jan. 6 Coup Plot, and How War is a Racket
Ep. 353: The Truth Report -- Donald Trump and the Republican Neofascists Have Pushed America to the Brink of a Second Civil War
Ep. 352: Racism Will Bring America's Ultimate Destruction
Ep. 351: New Year's Eve 2021 Potpourri -- 1980s Cold War Action Movies, the Meaning of a Good Death, and What Troubles Await America and the World in 2022 and Beyond
Ep. 350: The Life Wisdom of Artist Winfred Rembert and His Memoir of the Jim Crow South
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