Alan Jenkins is a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on Race and the Law, Communication, Law, and Social Justice, and Supreme Court Jurisprudence. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, he co-founded and led The Opportunity Agenda. Jenkins has also been a frequent guest columnist in The Hollywood Reporter. He has also appeared frequently as a commentator on CBS and MSNBC.
Alan reflects on what America would be like if Trump’s MAGA coup attempt had succeeded and how he (and Gan Golan) used that premise and thought exercise to create 1/6: A Graphic Novel. He also shares his worries and concerns about the present state and future of American democracy and the long Black Freedom Struggle in this time of white rage and neofascist assault, and reflects on what President Obama (who Alan casually knows from their time together at law school) must be thinking about his legacy.
Chauncey and Alan also reflect on the early days of comic book conventions and how they found their love for graphic novels and other such visual storytelling.
On this landmark 400th episode of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega reflects on the journey, the perils and allure of being broken and exhausted by the Trumpocene (and how too many of his fellow travelers in the pro-democracy movement are quitting), and how the hope peddlers and other happy pill sellers will be amplifying their siren song voices as the reality of Dictator Trump becomes more real and imminent.
Chauncey also shares some heartwarming animal friend and good human stories, is concerned about the future of his beloved New England Patriots in a post-Belichick era, and is embarrassed that he was defeated again by the Fog Monster and then by Sub Zero here in Chicago.
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Ep. 385: The Truth Report -- Mark Jacob Explains How America's Mainstream News Media Surrendered to Donald Trump and The Republican Fascist Movement
Ep. 384: The Eclectic Star Wars Jerry Springer Animal Friends Episode
Ep. 383: Jason Van Tatenhove Reflects on the Perils of Right-Wing Radicalization and How He Found Himself a Leading Member of the Oath Keepers
Ep. 382: Donald Trump is Not Going Away Because He is the Worst of American Culture Vomited Out
Ep. 381: America is Sick With Diabolical Amnesia and Evil Forgetting
Ep. 380: "The Other Side of Prospect" and Gun Violence in the Shadow of Yale University
Ep. 379: Chris Hedges Warns That "The News" and "The Truth" are Not The Same Thing
Ep. 378: Ruha Benjamin on the Digital Divide and the "New Jim Code"/Did You Know That People are "Racist" Against Black Robots?
Ep. 377: Brian K. Vaughan Reflects on the Return of His Beloved Graphic Novel Series "Saga"/Paul Breines on Life Lessons Learned From His Time as a Freedom Rider in the Civil Rights Movement
Ep. 376: The Black American Civil Rights Movement Was One of The Greatest "Military" Campaigns and Insurgencies in History
Ep. 375: Separating Fact From Fiction and Myth About Vladimir Putin and the War in Ukraine
Ep. 374: Reflecting on Gratitude and Thankfulness on This Thanksgiving Day 2022
Ep. 373: The Republican Party's "Red Tide" of Fascist Sewage Didn't Fully Drown the American People
Ep. 372: American Democracy and Freedom are on the Ballot in the 2022 Midterm Elections
Ep. 371: Baynard Woods Reflects on What Happens When You Confront and Try to Disown Whiteness
Ep. 370: From Pat Buchanan and the Culture Wars of the 1990s to the Age of Trump and American Neofascism and Beyond
Ep. 369: "5 Days at Memorial" and How Doctors Decided Who Lived and Died During Hurricane Katrina
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
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