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. 346: Denis Villeneuve’s New Film "Dune" and the White Savior Problem
Ep. 345: How the Jim Crow Republicans are Going to Steal the 2022 Midterm and 2024 Presidential Elections
Ep. 344: Remembering Sociologist James Loewen
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Ep. 342: Donald Trump is Not Going Away -- No Matter How Much You Wish He Would
Ep. 341: Deconstructing The "New" Candyman Film -- Is it a Masterpiece or Something Else Entirely?
Ep. 340: "War Made Easy" and the Pitfalls and Lies of American Empire and its Forever Wars
Ep. 339: S.A. Cosby on Life Lessons, Masculinity, Writing, and the Road to "Blacktop Wasteland"
Ep. 338: Anthea Butler Explains That White Christianity Cannot be Properly Separated From The Realities of White Supremacy
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Ep. 331: The Cyberweapons Arms Race and How the World Ends
Ep. 330: Jesus and John Wayne -- Guns, God, Masculinity and the Christian Fascist Assault on American Democracy
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