Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guests: Catherine Tactaquin is a long time immigrant rights activist and policy expert. She is the former director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Phil Keisling is Board Chair of National Vote at Home Institute. He is former Secretary of State in Oregon from 1991 to 1999.
Guest: A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Master of New College of the Humanities, London. Among his many books are Liberty in the Age of Terror, Democracy and Its Crisis, The History of Philosophy, and his latest, The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy.
Guest: Neil Kinkopf is a Professor of Law at the Georgia State University College of Law. He is co-author with Peter Shane and Harold Bruff of the book Separation of Powers Law: Cases and Materials. Professor Kinkopf is a constitutional lawyer who specializes on separation of powers with emphasis on presidential power.
Guest: Craig Aaron created Free Press and Free Press action almost 20 years ago. Free Press is an advocacy organization that aims at safeguarding Net Neutrality, stop media consolidation, defend public media and sustain quality journalism. He is the editor of two books, Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times and Changing Media: Public Interest Policies … Continued
Guest: Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Health, Behavior and Society, Nursing and medicine. He serves as Director of Johns Hopkins Training Program in HIV … Continued
Guests: Sylvia Allegretto is a labor economist and co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley. Ibram X. Kendi is a professor of history and international relations and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. He is the author of Stamped from the … Continued
Guest: Marilyn Chase, a journalist and teacher, and the author of The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco. She covers medical science and health care focusing on infectious-disease outbreaks and bioterrorism. She is the author of the book The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco.
Guest: Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. Happy Birthday KPFA!! We want you and thank you for all you have done!!
Guest: Micah Uetricht is the Managing Editor of Jacobin Magazine, host of the Jacobin Radio podcast The Vast Majority. He is the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity. Most recently, he co-authored with Meagan Day the book Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism. He is … Continued