{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 455: The People's Historian Howard Zinn and the Importance of Radical Optimism in Dark Times","description":" Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation, a columnist for The Progressive, and the author of eight books on the politics of sports, including What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States and A People's History of Sports in the United States.  His new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, tells the story of his friend and mentor \u2014 the working-poor kid from a Jewish family in New York who served in the US Army Air Force in World War II and had a crisis of conscience about killing civilians.  After the war, Howard Zinn earned his PhD in history at Columbia, then went on to teach at Spelman College, where he helped mentor a generation of Black American civil rights activists and future political and cultural leaders.  Zirin reflects on what it was like to know Zinn not as a public figure but as a dear friend \u2014 and the lessons he taught him about living a full life, generosity, and the many forms that teaching can take.  WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME?  On Twitter:  https:\/\/twitter.com\/chaunceydevega  On Facebook:  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chauncey.devega  My email:  chaunceydevega@gmail.com  HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW?  Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com:  Patreon:  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thechaunceydevegashow  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheTruthReportPodcast ","author_name":"The Chauncey DeVega Show","author_url":"http:\/\/thechaunceydevegashow.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43052818\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206730888"}