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. 174: Yascha Mounk on the Rise of Trump and the Decline of Western Democracies
Ep. 173: Bandy Lee Continues to Warn the World About Donald Trump's Mental Health
Ep. 172: America's Elites Will Survive a Nuclear War and You Will Die
Ep. 171: Carol Anderson Explains White Rage and the Rise of Donald Trump
Ep. 170: George Ciccariello-Maher Told the Truth About Toxic White Masculinity and Mass Shootings and Lost His Job
Ep. 169: White Supremacy and the So-Called "War on Christmas"
Ep. 168: News Journalist Marvin Scott Shares Five Decades of Amazing Stories
Ep. 167: Brian Klaas Explains How Donald Trump is the Despot's Apprentice
Ep. 166: All Things "Star Wars" and "The Last Jedi"
Ep. 165: Nancy MacLean Dissects the Evil Republican "Tax Reform" Bill
Ep. 164: Henry Giroux Evaluates America One Year After Donald Trump
Ep. 163: Anti-Black Violence, Whiteness, and the Pleasures of Owning People
Ep. 162: Bruce Bartlett Explains Why the Republican Party Must Die
Ep. 161: Rory Karpf on His New ESPN 30 for 30 Documentary About the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair
Ep. 160: John Gartner Warns That Donald Trump is Mentally Ill/John Mueller's Indictments
Ep. 159: White Supremacists Don't Know Much About European History
Ep. 158: Lecturer Lars Maischak "Threatened" Donald Trump on Twitter and Lost His Job
Ep. 157: Tom Nichols Explains Donald Trump and the Nuclear "Madman Theory"
Ep. 156: Nancy MacLean Explains the Radical Right-wing's Plans to Destroy American Democracy
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