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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
With Rich Rubino of the Huffington Post. Rubino is a political reporter, pundit and author. His latest book is The Political Bible of Humorous Quotation from American Politics: Politicians Unplugged: What they Said — When they said it — And Why. And GOP activist and Trump supporter Janet Beihoffer. She is the national committeewoman of … Continued
In conversation with political analyst Thomas Frank talking about the transformations of both, the Republican and the Democratic parties. Thomas Frank is a historian of culture and ideas. He analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism, and economics. His topics include the rhetoric and impact of culture wars in American … Continued
In conversation with journalist Dan Rather to talk about the news media and Donald Trump. With a famed and storied career that has spanned more than six decades. Dan Rather has interviewed every president since Eisenhower and covered almost every important dateline in the United States and around the world From Civil Rights, the Kennedy assassination, … Continued
In conversation with Gillen D’Arcy Wood on the history on how Indonesia’s Mount Tambora eruption in 1815 unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The eruption plunged Europe into winter and America into its first economic crisis. Gillen D’Arcy Wood is professor of English at the … Continued
Today we are in conversation with British author and journalist Gordon Corera on the history and future of cyber warfare and espionage. Corera is a Security Correspondent with the BBC news and specializes in computer technology. He is the author of the book “Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage.“ About … Continued
Today we feature a special edition of Letters and Politics with host Cat Brooks to talk about police brutality, racial profiling, lack of accountability by law enforcement, militarization of the American Criminal Justice System and the need of real reforms to shift the country’s current state of emergency. Guest: Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D- San Diego) … Continued
In conversation with a journalist and a historian about last week’s police killings. What they mean for our society and where they fit in history. First, we speak with Glen Ford, Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. And then with professor Gerald Horne, the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African … Continued
John Nichols is a political blogger and Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. Robert McChesney is Professor of Communication at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The two have just come out with a new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. … Continued
With Kara Platoni, journalist and author of “We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time”. About the book: An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses—and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future … Continued
With Elizabeth Hinton, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the 20th century United States. Her forth coming book is entitled, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making … Continued
