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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Today we talk to Joshua B. Freeman about factories, their history, how they developed, how they shape capitalism and how they have shaped our world. Joshua B. Freeman is a Distinguished Professor of History at Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. He is the author of several books including American Empire and Working-Class … Continued
We are in conversation with Robert Reich about the changes occurring to the US system with Donald Trump, and how administrations before him, including Democratic ones, helped pave the way for these changes. Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served … Continued
For an analysis of the US attack against Syria, Mitch Jesereich is in conversation with Reese Erlich and Conn Hallinan. Reese Erlich is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books on foreign policy, his latest book is Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect. Conn Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy … Continued
To talk about the history of the US-Russia relations and the current state of affairs between the two countries over Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, host Mitch Jeserich talks to two prominent historians. Guest: Anthony D’Agostino is a professor of History at San Francisco State University and an expert on the history of Russia; he is … Continued
We are in conversation with Daniel Ziblatt about demagoguery and democracy. Daniel Ziblatt is co-author of the book with Steven Levitsky How Democracies Die which addresses the question Is our democracy in danger? Daniel Ziblatt is a professor of Government at Harvard University, his research addresses comparative politics, with focus on democratization, state-building, historical political economy, and European politics.
Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Priya Satia about the connection of the gun manufacturing to the financial world to colonialism and also to slavery and how all these elements are still connected to the financial sector today. Priya Satia is a professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of Spies in Arabia: The … Continued
As teachers take to the streets especially in red states and in Oklahoma they began their second week of the strike, we talk about the economics of teaching with Sylvia Allegretto. She is a labor economist and co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley. Then we talk to Elizabeth Gillespie … Continued
President Trump signed a proclamation to deploy National Guard troops the US southern border in an apparent retaliation to a caravan of about a thousand people moving through Mexico. According to some reports, about 80% of the people on the caravan Pueblo Sin Fronteras are women and children fleeing violence from their country of Honduras. … Continued
Commemorating the 50 anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Gary Dorrien to talk about the early history of the black social gospel tradition that included socialism and humanism and that heavily influenced Martin Luther King Jr. views of Christianity. Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and … Continued
We talk about the potential trade war between the Trump administration and China as well as the history of US trade wars and policies with Douglas A. Irwin. He is the John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of … Continued
