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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’s show deals with gender in the age of Trump with guest Harriet Fraad. Then, Mitch Jeserich speaks to Said Erikat, Washington Correspondent for Al Quds Daily and Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and coordinator of Middle-Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the legal issues surrounding the strikes in Syria. Source Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag-map_of_Syria.svg
Mitch Jeserich speaks with Steven S. Smith, professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis about the change in senatorial rules that has allowed Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Then he speaks with Nicholas Hope, of the Stanford Center for International Development, and former Country Director for the World Bank, China … Continued
Mitch Jeserich plays clips from this morning’s emergency security council meeting, and speaks with Reese Erlich, independent journalist and author of Inside Syria, about yesterdays chemical bombings in Syria. Then, Mitch interviews Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for People for the American Way, about the evolving controversy over Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation.
Mitch Jeserich interviews Christopher Cook, author and award winning journalist about the nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor. Acosta is a career attorney and the dean of the Florida International University College of Law. Then Mitch Speaks with John Dvorak, author of the book Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich talks to Ruth DeFries MacArthur fellow and Columbia University professor, she is the author of The Big Ratchet. About the Book: Our species long lived on the edge of starvation. Now we produce enough food for all 7 billion of us to eat nearly 3,000 calories every day. This is such … Continued
Mitch Jeserich interviews Robert English Professor of International Relations at USC, who has just written a piece for Foreign Affairs that is critical of the US’s reaction to allegations of Russian interference in the election.
Mitch Jeserich interviews David Cay Johnston about the controversies surrounding the Trump family’s ties to Russia. Johnston is a renowned journalist and the author of the book, The Making of Donald Trump. Then, Mitch interviews renowned nutritionist Marion Nestle, (no relation to the Swiss food giant Nestle.) Her most recent book is, Soda Politics: Taking on Big … Continued
First, Mitch Jeserich speaks with environmental journalist Mark Hertzgaard, about the Trump administration’s recent executive order’s attempting to overturn environmental regulations from the Obama era. Then, Mitch interviews David A. Nichols, author of the book Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy, about the history of the Red Scare and echoes of … Continued
Mitch Jeserich interviews Reese Erlich about American military escalation in Iraq and Syria. Erlich is an accomplished independent journalist and the author of the book, Inside Syria. Then Mitch speak with Geoffery Kabaservice, author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, about the recent public implosion of the Republican … Continued
Mitch Jeserich interivews Rebecca Solnit, and independent writer, historian, and activist, she is the author of twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster.
