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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
In this episode host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Bill Fletcher Jr. about how the country has gotten where it is, and the resistance against Trump. Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum, and a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and … Continued
In this episode Mitch speaks with Rabiah Ahmed, the Media and Communications Director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, about the recent executive orders barring immigration from certain Muslim countries. Then, he speaks with Craig Aaron, the President and CEO of Free Press about what Trump’s presidency means for the media.
In this episode host Mitch Jeserich speaks with California’s Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier. They touch on the future of the Affordable Care Act, standing up to Trump’s agenda, Russia’s interference in the election and more. Then, he speaks with Robert Weissman, the President of Public Citizen, about what he expects during the Trump presidency.
Today we talk to Stephen Kinzer, award-winning foreign correspondent. He served as The New York Times’s bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua and as The Boston Globe’s Latin America correspondent. He is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a column on world affairs for The Boston Globe. Author of The … Continued
On today’s show, we hear an interview with Michael Eric Dyson (professor of sociology at Georgetown University and acclaimed author) about race and politics in the United States. His most recent book is Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.
On today’s episode, we talk to Steve Early about the state of labor labor and what to expect during the Trump administration. Steve Early is a labor journalist, author, organizer, and union representative for over forty years. His most recent book is Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of An American City. About Refinery Town … Continued
On today’s show, we talk about Steven Mnuchin’s upcoming hearing for Treasury Secretary with David Dayen (journalist and author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud). Then we are in conversation with Jane Gleeson-White, author of Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance. Gleeson-White is an economist with … Continued
On today’s show, we discuss the implications of repealing the Affordable Care Act with William H. Dow (Kaiser Permanente Professor of Health Economics at the University of California, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and previous senior economist for health at the White House Council of Economic Advisers). Source: Wikimedia.commons
On today’s show, we’ll honor Dr. Martin Luther King by replaying two interviews about his radical legacy, along with a recently discovered speech that he gave in London in 1964. The interviews are with Clayborne Carson (professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute), and … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich interviews Nancy Marie Brown, the author of many books about Iceland and Vikings. Her most recent book is Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them. About Ivory Vikings: In the early 1800s, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an … Continued
