S.A. Cosby is the author of the bestselling crime noir novels “Blacktop Wasteland” and “Razorblade Tears”.
Cosby reflects on how his upbringing as a striving member of the black working poor in the south helped to teach him lessons about humanity, dignity, and masculinity that guide his life to this day. He also explains the importance of family and the many other good people who mentored him throughout his life and how those relationships influence his writing and storytelling.
Cosby also shares his creative process and how he decided to trust his own gifts and ambition to become a professional writer, a choice that led to great success with “Blacktop Wasteland” and “Razorblade Tears”.
Chauncey Devega reflects on the heroism and dignity of the four police officers who testified about what it was like to battle Trump’s terrorist attack force on Jan. 6.
And Chauncey returns to the movies and shares his thoughts on “Black Widow”, “Old”, “Pig”, “Snake Eyes”, “Zola”, and “Anthony Bourdain: The Roadrunner”.
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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. 267: New Year's 2020 Goals, Resolutions, Reflections and Well-Being in Challenging Times
Ep. 266: Deconstructing a Very Disappointing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker/Christmas, Santa Claus, the KKK and Jessie Jackson
Ep. 265: The True History of MKUltra, LSD, and the CIA's Poisoner in Chief
Ep. 264: How Neoliberalism Uses "Mindfulness" to Create Compliant and Weak People/The Politics of Limbic Capitalism, Pleasure, and Addiction
Ep. 263: Chris Hedges Warns That Impeaching Donald Trump Will Not Save America's Dying Empire
Ep. 262: David Cay Johnston Connects the Dots Between the Ukraine Scandal, Donald Trump the De Facto Crime Family Boss, and Impeachment
Ep. 261: The Truth Report -- Timothy Snyder Warns the Resistance That Just Opposing Donald Trump is Not Enough They Need to Offer a Better Vision of America's Future
Ep. 260: Christian Picciolini Reflects on His Descent Into White Supremacist Violence and How He Escaped
Ep. 259: "Never Trump" Patriot Tom Nichols Reflects on What It Was Like to be Called "Human Scum" by Donald Trump
Ep. 258: Dr. Cornel West on Maintaining Hope in the Time of Struggle and Darkness that is the Age of Trump
Ep. 257: Walter Mosley Reflects on How Words are Like Music, the TV series "Snowfall", and His Friend John Singleton
Ep. 256: Kevin Levin Exposes the Lie and Whitewashed History of So-Called "Black Confederate Soldiers" and the American Civil War
Ep. 255: Philip Zimbardo Explains the Psychology of Evil Inside of Trump's Concentration Camps
Ep. 254: The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega: Dr. Justin Frank Explains the Real Reason that Donald Trump Hates the Ukraine Scandal Whistleblower
Ep. 253: Ibram X. Kendi Explains How to Be an Antiracist
Ep. 252: Christopher Leonard on "Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America"
Ep. 251: The Chosen One -- From Pat Robertson and The 700 Club to Donald Trump the Christian Fascist
Ep. 250: Chris Arnade on Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America/Sam Quinones on Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Ep. 249: Dr. Justin Frank Warns That Donald Trump's Mental Pathologies are Encouraging a Plague of Right-wing Violence in America
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