Podcast appearances and mentions of Frederick B Rentschler

With California opening up but almost nothing feeling like it’s back to normal, Clay has on Dr. Jonathan Metzl (https://twitter.com/jonathanmetzl) of Vanderbilt University on the podcast to examine what ails our country.  And from race relations, to our isolation, the pandemic, and the tendency of voters to cut off our noses to spite our face, there is a lot that ails us.  But in spite of the many ills we face, they both find hope in the possibility of our politics to stop otherizing and return to coalition building and charm offensives--if it’s still possible in 2021.  Guest: Dr. Jonathan Metzl (https://twitter.com/jonathanmetzl) is the Frederick B. Rentschler II professor of sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and director of its Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. He is the author of several books and a prominent expert on gun violence and mental illness. He hails from Kansas City, Missouri, and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Get more from Dr. Metzl with: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jonathanmetzl) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.metzl) Website (https://www.dyingofwhiteness.com/) Vanderbilt (https://www.vanderbilt.edu/mhs/person/jonathan-m-metzl/) Author of “Dying of Whiteness (https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Whiteness-Politics-Resentment-Heartland/dp/1541644980) And Many Other Books (https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJonathan+M.+Metzl&s=relevancerank&text=Jonathan+M.+Metzl&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1) Host: Clay Aiken (https://twitter.com/clayaiken) has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014 almost unseating a popular Republican incumbent. Follow Clay Aiken further on: Twitter (https://twitter.com/clayaiken?lang=en) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/clayaiken/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/clayaiken) Email your questions to podcasts@politicon.com (mailto:podcasts@politicon.com) Follow @politicon (https://twitter.com/Politicon) and go to Politicon.com (https://politicon.com/) THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS: BLINKIST  GO TO www.BLINKIST.COM/HECK (http://www.blinkist.com/HECK) TO TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS AND SAVE 25% OFF YOUR NEW SUBSCRIPTION.  APOSTROPHE  GO TO www.APOSTROPHE.COM/HECK (http://www.apostrophe.com/HECK) AND CLICK BEGIN VISIT, THEN USE THE CODE HECK AT SIGN UP AND YOU’LL GET FIFTEEN DOLLARS OFF YOUR DERMATOLOGY VISIT! 

Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He is the author of several books, including Prozac on the Couch and The Protest Psychosis. His new book is Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland. Dr. Metzl explains how the novel coronavirus pandemic will further expose social inequality in America. He also shares what his contacts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have told him about their frustration and anger at not being allowed by the Trump regime to properly conduct research about the novel coronavirus. Dr. Metzl is also deeply concerned that the partisanship of Donald Trump and his Republican Party will literally kill people in those states that refused the Medicaid expansion because of racist hostility to Barack Obama and the Affordable Care Act.

Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He is the author of several books, including Prozac on the Couch and The Protest Psychosis. His new book is Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland. Dr. Metzl explains how the novel coronavirus pandemic will further expose social inequality in America. He also shares what his contacts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have told him about their frustration and anger at not being allowed by the Trump regime to properly conduct research about the novel coronavirus. Dr. Metzl is also deeply concerned that the partisanship of Donald Trump and his Republican Party will literally kill people in those states that refused the Medicaid expansion because of racist hostility to Barack Obama and the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Metzl also shares his hope that the coronavirus pandemic will force the American people to unite and work together for mutual benefit across lines of politics, race, class and other identities. Chauncey DeVega dreams about what it would be like to have a competent, intelligent, good, wise, and literate president who loves America and believes in the Common Good. Chauncey also shares how the very rich and other plutocrats are preparing to survive (and profit from) the novel corona virus pandemic. And Chauncey DeVega offers up a wonderful animal story about a good human being who sells scrap metal to help take care of feral and stray cats. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW The Worst Outcome Trump says ‘I don't take responsibility at all' for the testing problems — then blames Obama for not testing for Swine Flu 'Healthcare on brink of collapsing': Doctors share stories from inside the Italy coronavirus quarantine Coronavirus lifestyles of the rich and famous: how the 1% are coping Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid coronavirus outbreak 75% of companies report coronavirus has disrupted their supply chains Scrap Metal Worker Feeds Neighborhood Cats, Hasn't Missed a Day in 22 Years WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow Please subscribe to and follow my new podcast The Truth Report https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-report-with-chauncey-devega/id1465522298 http://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ 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.

There are two guests on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He is the author of several books, including Prozac on the Couch and The Protest Psychosis. His new book is Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland. Dr. Metzl shares what it was like when Nazis descended upon his talk about Dying of Whiteness last Saturday at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington D.C.. Dr. Metzl locates this latest example of Trump-inspired right-wing hooligan behavior within a broader context of anti-Semitism and racism in America. Metzl also reflects on the moral crisis inflicting Republicans and other conservatives who continue to support Donald Trump and his regime. Tim Wise is the author of numerous books including his most recent Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. Wise connects the harassment of Dr. Metzl to a series of events last week which saw a lethal Nazi attack on a Jewish synagogue in California as well as Donald Trump continuing to lie about and literally whitewash his comments about the Nazi and other white supremacist lethal mob action in Charlottesville in 2017. Wise explains how whiteness, privilege and Jewish identity are connected to one another in a complicated and complex way--this is especially true in a moment of resurgent hatred against Jewish folks. Wise also highlights why white right-wing Christian terrorists are not considered a real threat by Trump's regime and many other (white) Americans. Tim Wise makes it clear: this is a moment of existential crisis in America and there is no room for sitting on the sidelines and not fighting back against right-wing thugs who want to overturn America's multiracial democracy. On this week's show, Chauncey DeVega calls out, again, why William Barr and the Trump regime must be stopped as together they are working to destroy the rule of law and to make Trump into a king or emperor for life. Chauncey also honors Riley Howell, the UNC Charlotte college student who gave his life in the heroic defense of others. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW  This UNC Charlotte student knocked the shooter off his feet and saved lives  The Story of a Mass Shooting Survivor and Anthropologist  Barr Will Bring Down America Unless Democrats Step Up The alleged synagogue shooter was a churchgoer who talked Christian theology, raising tough questions for evangelical pastors 'Impeachment Will Help Republicans' and Other Myths IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL Ep. 234: Kathleen Belew Explains the Long History of the White Power Movement and its Global Plans for "Race War" Ep. 233: Jonathan Metzl Explains How Donald Trump's Voters are Dying of Whiteness 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. 226: Vegas Tenold on the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow  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.

Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Metzl is the author of several books, including Prozac on the Couch and The Protest Psychosis. His new book is Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland. Metzl explains how Trump's voters in Red State America are literally dying of whiteness and their devotion to the Republican Party and its harmful policies, why guns and god are such an important part of personal identity and meaning for white "working class" Trump voters, and how racism and a need to punish nonwhites and other "outsiders" motivates "working class" white conservatives in their political decision-making.  Dr. Metzl also shares stories about white Trump voters who are on their death beds but are proud that they never took "Obamacare" because they wanted to make sure that "welfare queens" and "Mexicans" did not have access to "their" health care. Dr. Metzl also recounts tragic stories about white Trump and Republican "ammosexuals" who love their guns more than their children, relatives, and friends.  On this week's show, Chauncey DeVega offers some extended thoughts about the Mueller Russia report and how, even in its redacted form, the 450 page document paints a damning portrait of a traitorous president and his cabal who colluded with Russia to seal an election and then obstructed justice to cover it up. Chauncey also shares an important concept which explains how Trump, Barr and their right-wing media were able to control the public discourse surrounding the Mueller report by introducing the concept of "criminal conspiracy" being the same thing as "collusion".  And Chauncey warns, again, that Donald Trump's fascist regime is out of control, the rule of law is imperiled and now there are de facto right-wing militias and death squads in waiting on patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border.    SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW  A militia group detained migrants at the border. The ACLU calls it kidnapping Welcome to the Fourth Reich: Donald Trump's assault on the rule of law will not end well What Mueller Found on Russia and on Obstruction: A First Analysis Mueller report: Donald Trump failed us as commander-in-chief The Mueller Report Is an Irrefutable Case That Trump Is Unfit for Office Impeach Donald Trump IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL Ep. 232: Robert Reich Explains That Donald Trump is a Gangster Capitalist Tyrant and It is the Young People Who Will Save America Ep. 216: Seth Abramson Explains How Robert Mueller Will Put the Trump Crime Family in Prison Ep. 212: Donald Trump Thinks He is God and So Do His Followers Ep. 129: Jane Elliott Explains the Blue-Eyed/Brown-Eyed Teaching Exercise, Racism, and the Rise of Donald Trump Ep. 76: David Theo Goldberg Meditates on the Global Color Line WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow  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.

Jonathan Metzl looks at the outcomes of politics based on a backlash against perceived outsiders. The theory sounds provocative, but the book is really just full of individual stories and statistics. He says gun policy is based on the need for protection when the majority of gun deaths are white men killing themselves. He says choosing to block the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is often justified as not using tax dollars to subsidize groups of people perceived as lazy, but mortality statistics show white working class Americans are living longer and in better health in states that did expand Medicaid. I mix in some pieces of relevant debates in the legislature where I live because the issues in the book are so relevant in my state (Utah) and in communities around the U.S. Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and director of its Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. He is the author of several books and a prominent expert on gun violence and mental illness.