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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Loch K. Johnson about the history of US intelligence agencies and America’s struggle to balance liberty and security. Professor Johnson is one of America’s leading experts on the nation’s intelligence organizations. He is the Regent Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and served … Continued
In the first part of today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich talks to Dean Baker about the turmoil that is occurring in the global market. Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. Then, we are in conversation with radical and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz about the connection of … Continued
Late last week, Republican Devin Nunes memo has been declassified. Today, The House Intelligence Committee vote on whether to release an opposing-Democratic memo. In today’s show, we take a step back and talk about these FISA courts, what they are and what their history is. Our guest is Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst and director and the … Continued
On today’s show, we are in conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, best known as a Top Defense analyst who leaked the so-called Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing that the US government was lying to the public about the Vietnam War. With the book The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, he reveals more information about America’s nuclear … Continued
During the State of the Union address, last night, President Donald Trump talked about the success of the economy. On today’s show, we are in conversation about the dynamics of employment and government policies with labor economist Sylvia Allegretto, co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley. And, then, in … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is telling us a short story about Austrian Nobel Prize-winning author Stefan Zweig. He witnessed the fascist take-over of Vienna, which was the cultural and intellectual European capital for the two previous centuries. Next, we are in conversation with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and author of a … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich send us a Letter about immigration and power, and what we can learn from history about it. Then we are in conversation about women code breakers during World War II and the recognition they never received until now. Our guest is Liza Mundy, author of the book Code Girls: The Untold … Continued
On today’s show, we are in conversation about the United States Constitution and its potential breaking-points. Our guest is Ray Raphael, constitutional scholar and teacher, and author of the book The U.S. Constitution: Explained–Clause by Clause–for Every American Today.
While the Democratic Party is preparing reforms to the presidential nomination process, a new report has been published, named “Autopsy: The Democratic Party in Crisis”. On today’s show, we comment this crisis of the Democratic Party with Karen Bernal, Chair of the California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, and Margarita Lacabe, member of the Alameda Democratic Central Committee California.
In the book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts have come together to speak out about their concern over Trump’s ability to lead the country as President. On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich speaks with two of them, Bandy Lee and Dee Mosbacher.
