Join Salon politics and culture writer Chauncey DeVega as he engages in relaxed, long-form conversations with leading newsmakers and other essential voices.

Do you want to know historian Timothy Snyder’s predictions about what Donald Trump will do in 2020 and beyond in his assault on democracy? Why does philosopher Cornel West want you to always embrace hope as fuel for struggle in dark times? How did television, movie, and comic book writer J. Michael Straczynski triumph over a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse? What worries Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Reich the most about the impact of neoliberalism and social inequality on American democracy? How does MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid expertly navigate the complexities of American and global politics in these very confusing and extremely dangerous times?

Each week Chauncey DeVega helps to answer those questions. No talking points. No prepared questions. No rehearsed answers. Just the truth.