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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 Scott Anderson and experienced war correspondent and author of the book Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, about the life of T.E. Lawrence, and the historical context for various conflicts in the Middle East.
Today we analyze the main international stories of 2016. From the war in Syria to the terrorist attacks in the U.S. and abroad to the election of Donald Trump and the projections for 2017 with author and journalist Vijay Prashad. Prashad is is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies … Continued
With Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. And author of the several books, among them: ‘What’s Wrong with Diplomacy: The Case of the UK and China’, The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in Modern China’ ‘The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography’, Four Volumes’,and his latest ‘CEO China: The Rise … Continued
With Chris Lehmann, author of the Jaundiced Eyeball column. Author of Rich People Things: Real-Life Secrets of the Predator Class (2011) and his latest The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity and the Unmaking of the American Dream. About The Money Cult America was founded, we’re taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe—an austere … Continued
Russia’s ambassador to Ankara was killed today in a gun attack in the Turkish capital. We talk about the background involving Turkey, Russia and Syria with foreign correspondent and author of Inside Syria, Reesse Erlich. Later we talk to Constitutional Scholar, Geoffrey R. Stone, about the Electoral College Vote. Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of … Continued
In this episode we talk to author, journalist, and lecturer Adam Hochschild. His best-known works include King Leopold’s Ghost, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918, Bury the Chains, The Mirror at Midnight, and The Unquiet Ghost. His lastest book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 is about the history of the Spanish Civil … Continued
In this episode we hear excerpts from an interview with Robert O. Paxton, Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University and author of The Anatomy of Fascism. In the book, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not others, and explores whether fascism could exist outside the early-twentieth-century European setting in … Continued
In this episode we speak with Anthony D’Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and author of many books on Russian history, about the future of US-Russia relations and the potential of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. We are in a fundraising drive at the moment. If you feel compelled to donate to help … Continued
High profile senators called for an investigation into American intelligence agencies about Russian hacking to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton in the presidential elections. To find out more about this issue, Mitch Jeserich spoke to Dr. Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco. And Bernie Sanders on “Our … Continued
Our guest for this episode is Peter Irons, an American political activist, civil rights attorney, legal scholar, former prisoner of conscious for three years, and professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego. His latest book is A People’s History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Case and Decisions Have … Continued
