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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
The History of marijuana in America is, to quote its chroniclers the Grateful Dead, a long, strange trip, involving tens of thousands of ordinary individuals who, along with corporations, federal officials, presidents, and first ladies, felt a personal stake in determining the future of pot. To talk about the history of Marijuana in America, Mitch Jeserich … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Norman G. Finkelstein about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the humanitarian disaster created after Israel’s invasion of Gaza and the military operations and illegal blockade against the Palestinian population. Filkenstein is the author of ten books including The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, his most recent, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom. … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Amy Chua about her latest book Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations. Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. About the book: In Political Tribes, Chua argues that humans are tribal and that we need to belong to groups. In many parts … Continued
Today we are in conversation with professor Christian Fuchs to examine the right-wing authoritarian use of social media and the capitalist models that allow growing such issues as the one concerning Cambridge Analitica. Christian Fuchs is a professor of social media at the University of Westminster, Director of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies & Communication and Media Research … Continued
Today, Mitch Jeserich talks to historian Andrew Bacevich about John Bolton, Trump’s choice for National Security Advisor. Bolton, who was one of the architects of the Iraq war and played a major role in pushing the allegation that Saddam Hussein was connected to Al Qaeda and that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. Our guest, Andrew Bacevich specializes in … Continued
Marking the fifteen year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq this week we continue with our series. Today we are in conversation with professor Edmund Ghareeb to talk about how future historians might look back upon this war. Edmund Ghareeb is the first Mustafa Barzani Distinguished Scholar in Global Kurdish Studies at the American University in Washington, D.C. … Continued
Today we are in conversation with feminist scholar Brittney Cooper about the challenges in movement building and about the African-American intellectual pioneers of the 19th century. Brittney Cooper is the author of Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women. Her latest book is Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower.
Continuing our series on the anniversary of the US invasion in Iraq, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation about how fifteen years at war have changed things here at home with guest Bernard E. Harcourt. He is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and the author of … Continued
Marking the Fifteen Anniversary of the unwarranted invasion of Iraq in 2003, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with guest Rebecca Gordon to talk about how to this day, none of the architects of the war in Iraq or any of the administrators who oversaw it haven’t been accountable for the crimes committed there. In fact, Gina Haspel … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Yasha Levine about the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project. Yasha Levine is an investigative journalist for Pando Daily, a San Francisco-based news magazine focused on covering the politics and power of big tech. He is the author of the book Surveillance Valley: The Secret … Continued
