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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood with around 200 protesters in Representative Nancy Pelosi’s office demanding a Green New Deal to get to 100 percent renewables because our lives depend on it. Guest: Christopher D. Cook is an award-winning journalist who writes for the Nation, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, and The Economist. He is the author of Diet for a Dead Planet: Big … Continued
A conversation with Anna Feigenbaum about the history of Tear Gas and its development as a chemical weapon during WWI, and its reclassification as a crowd control agent pushed by chemical companies and law enforcement agencies. Today, Tear Gas is being used against people protesting for their rights and against immigrants who try to get asylum at … Continued
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A conversation with Professor Kyle Harper about one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. Central to this issue are question such as how does an empire fall? What’s the role of climate change and pandemic diseases in the collapse of Rome’s power. Guest: Kyle Harper is a historian of the classical world … Continued
A follow up of the effects of the air quality on the health of Californians two weeks after the Camp fire in Butte County and the Woolsey fire in Malibu started. Guest: Dr. Kari Nadeau is the Director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University. She is one of the nations … Continued
A conversation with Robert K. Brigham about how the US continued the Vietnam war and conducted peace negotiations. Its length was doubled for nothing but the ego and poor judgment of a single figure: Henry Kissinger. Guest: Robert K. Brigham is the Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College. He is author of several … Continued
The U.S. political and military intervention in Honduras can be accounted from the United Fruit company and the exploitation of resources in the “bananeras” or plantations; to the use of the Honduran territory for military purposes: to maintain control of the region, to overthrow a democratic elected president in Guatemala in the 1950’s; and to overthrow … Continued
Two federal court rulings in Georgia will mean potentially thousands of additional votes will be counted in the highly contested elections. And in Florida today a federal court starts a hearing to decide recount timetables, ballot disqualification rules and whether GOP Gov. Rick Scott can sit on a panel that will certify who wins the race. To talk … Continued
A conversation on the history of the Brown Dynasty in California with historian Mirian Pawell author of The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation. Guest: Miriam Pawel is author and a Pulitzer-prize winning editor and reporter. She is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, and The Union … Continued
A wide-ranging conversation with Nation Magazine’s Washington correspondent John Nichols about the midterm elections, the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the direction of the new Congress. Guest: John Nichols is the National Affairs Correspondent of the Nation Magazine.
