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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
For decades after its founding, America was really two nations–one slave, one free. There were many reasons why this composite nation ultimately broke apart, but the fact that enslaved black people repeatedly risked their lives to flee their masters in the South in search of freedom in the North proved that the “united” states was … Continued
We discuss the legal issues surrounding the circumstances of Julian Assange with Karen Greenberg. Assange was arrested in London last week, he could face extradition to the United States. Guest: Karen J. Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and the author of Rogue Justice: The Making of the … Continued
After being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for seven years, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by British authorities. He could also face extradition to the U.S. To talk about all the details of this issue we are joined by Ryan Grim, D.C. Bureau Chief of The Intercept. Then, A conversation with internationally-known disability … Continued
A conversation with lawyer David McCraw about the legal issues behind the news stories and his experiences at The New York times defending freedom of speech. In October 2016, when Donald Trump’s lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, the letter of … Continued
Instead perhaps of talking about Medicare for All, we should be talking about Veterans Affairs Health Care for All, a system that resembles what we see in Europe. Today we are in conversation with journalist Suzanne Gordon about the history of the VA, how it works and the efforts to privatize it. Guest: Suzanne Gordon … Continued
According to Jennifer Eberhardt, unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. Guest: Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is a professor of psychology at Stanford and a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “genius” … Continued
A conversation about how history propagates itself quite consciously as we emulate the past. We talk to Susan Jaques, author of The Caesar of Paris about Napoleon’s idea to turn Paris into “the new Rome”― Europe’s cultural capital― through architectural and artistic commissions around the city. Napoleon had a tradition of appropriating from past military … Continued
As states around the country are moving to enact abortion restrictions hoping to get their cases challenged in court, eventually the Supreme Court to take over Roe vs Wade. Today we are in conversation about issues around abortion in a different light, not one about morality and sexuality or even religious issues, but one that … Continued
A conversation with Nina Khruscheva, she is the great grand-daughter of Nikita Khruschev, the former Soviet premier who took over Joseph Stalin and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993. She is currently a professor of International Affairs at New School University and a member of the Council on … Continued
Marking the three year anniversary of the beginning of the historic 9 month long protest and standoff at Standing Rock against a construction of a pipeline; today we are joined by historian Nick Estes who was part of the resistance and continues being part of it to continue fighting against the construction of the pipeline. … Continued
