Don Winslow is a bestselling crime fiction author, political activist, a hope warrior, and one of our premiere truth-tellers. His videos about the dangers to democracy embodied by Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been viewed online more than 250 million times.
Don Winslow is the author of many bestselling novels, including "Savages" (2010), "The Cartel" (2015), "The Force" (2017), and "The Border" (2019). His work has also been adapted for major Hollywood movies and TV series. His new book, the first in a trilogy, is "City on Fire."
He explains that the struggle to save American democracy will be a very long one and that exhaustion, quitting, and surrender are not options. Winslow also warns that Donald Trump and his cabal will escape serious punishment for their crimes and why naïve optimism is the enemy of democracy and the long struggle against the global right.
Don Winslow also offers advice on writing and his vocation, and the lessons about life and being a good father, husband, man, and citizen that he learned from his role-models and mentors.
In this bountiful episode of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega prepares the American people for the great anti-climax that will be the “revelations” soon to be made fully public by the House Jan. 6 committee about Donald Trump’s coup attempt and the attack on the Capitol.
Chauncey also shares a story about the importance of being kind to ourselves.
And Chauncey DeVega goes to the movies and shares his reviews of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ambulance, The Contractor (which was a very, very special screening), and The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.
Friend of the podcast Mr. Bill also stops by for a special discussion of the amazing new film, The Northman.
Quick Episode Summary
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Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.
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Ep. 230: Laurence Tribe Explains Why Robert Mueller and Impeachment Will Not Save America From Donald Trump
Ep. 229: Tim Wise on White Privilege and the Varsity Blues College Cheating Scandal
Ep. 228: Tim Wise on the New Zealand Mosque Massacres and the Violence of White Privilege
Ep. 227: Chris Hedges on Bernie Sanders' "Race Problem" and America's Broken Politics of Spectacle and Corruption
Ep. 226: Vegas Tenold on the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America
Ep. 225: Dr. Bandy Lee Warns That Donald Trump's Mental Health is America's Real National Emergency
Ep. 224: How Black Americans Used the Sears Catalog to Fight Back Against Jim and Jane Crow Racism
Ep. 223: Eddie Glaude Jr on The Age of Trump vs The Black Freedom Struggle
Ep. 222: Colin Kaepernick, the NFL, and the Politics of the Black Athlete
Ep. 221: Tim Wise on White Privilege and the Trump Covington High School MAGA Mob
Ep. 220: Timothy Snyder Explains How Donald Trump's "National Emergency" Will Be Used to Overthrow American Democracy and the Constitution
Ep. 219: How Psychics and Ghost Hunters Are Using Technology to "Hack" the Paranormal and Supernatural
Ep. 218: What Type of a White Person Do You Want to Be?
Ep. 217: David Blight Explains How The Wisdom of Frederick Douglass Can Help to Save American Democracy
Ep. 216: Seth Abramson Explains How Robert Mueller Will Put the Trump Crime Family in Prison
Ep. 215: How the Podcast "Serial" Crafts a Narrative About Inequality, Race, Class and America's Criminal Justice System
Ep. 214: James Loewen Explains the Lies Your Teachers Told You About American History
Ep. 213: James Hansen Reflects on the Life of Neil Armstrong, "First Man", and the Future of NASA and Space Travel
Ep. 212: Donald Trump Thinks He is God and So Do His Followers
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