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. 309: Election Day 2020 -- Planning for the Worst and Hoping for the Best
Ep. 308: The Truth Report -- The American People are Living in Donald Trump's Horrible Reality TV Show And Cannot Escape It
Ep 307: The Truth Report -- Timothy Snyder Warns That as Election Day 2020 Approaches America is in The Midst of a Slow-Motion Reichstag Fire Emergency
Ep. 306: Donald Trump's Followers Fear the Freedom and Humanity of People Who are Not Like Them
Ep. 305: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
Ep. 304: Philosopher Cornel West Reflects on Donald Trump, the Virus, and Questions of Karma and Justice
Ep. 303: Donald Trump Won the First Debate Against Joe Biden -- and Will Steal the 2020 Election Using Violence and the Courts
Ep. 302: Rev. Al Sharpton Warns That Donald Trump is a Dirty Street Fighter Which is Why Joe Biden and The Democrats Don't Know How to Defeat Him
Ep. 301: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Put America's Multiracial Democracy on Life Support
Ep. 300: To Save America the Republican Party and Its Policies Must Be Burned to the Ground
Ep. 299: The Republican Party is Dying Because There Are Not Enough White People
Ep. 298: The Truth Report -- Donald Trump's Scheme to Steal the 2020 Presidential Election is Much Bigger Than Just The U.S. Mail
Ep. 297: President Joe Biden's First 100 Days and a Return to Normalcy for the American People
Ep. 296: Donald Trump Should Be Criminally Prosecuted for His Willfully Negligent Response to The Pandemic
Ep. 295: The Truth Report -- Donald Trump is Bullying the American People
Ep. 294: Donald Trump is Using The American People as Fuel For His Fascist Political Machine
Ep. 293: The Rhetorical Genius of the Demagogue Donald Trump
Ep. 292: Is It Ever Appropriate For White People to Wear "Blackface?"
Ep. 291: Cornel West Explains How George Floyd is a Martyr and The Struggle Ahead Will be Long and Perilous
Ep. 290: Rev. William Barber II Reflects on the Police Murder of George Floyd and America's Moral Reckoning in the Age of Trump
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