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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 McKay Coppins, senior writer for the BuzzFeed News politics team, and the author of The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party’s Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House. About the book: After the 2012 election, the GOP was in the wilderness. Lost and in disarray. And doggedly determined to do whatever it took … Continued
A conversation on the history of the Spanish Civil War, the rise of fascism in Spain, and infighting among the left with Adam Hochschild, author of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. About the book: A sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through nine American and British characters including Hemingway … Continued
With Azi Paybarah, reporter for Politico New York. He has covered politics for The New York Observer, WNYC, The New York Sun and the New York Press. And Ruth Conniff, Editor in Cheif of The Progressive Magazine. Then, David Rosen, author of Sin, Sex & Subversion: How What Was Taboo in 1950s New York Became America’s New Normal. … Continued
With veteran journalist Herb Boyd of the New York Amsterdam News. And Sri Lankan-American novelist Nayomi Munaweera on her new book What Lies Between Us. About the book: In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks in … Continued
With Nicholas Shaxson investigative journalist and researcher for the Tax Justice Network. He is author of several books including Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Off-shore Banking and Tax Havens. Then, Nate Aden, Research Fellow with the World Resources Institute. Nate is also affiliated with the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley. … Continued
With Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Mann is co-author with Norman Ornstein of the book It’s Even Worse than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism. About the book: … 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
Jack Blum spent years as a staff attorney for the Senate Anti-Trust Subcommittee specializing in white-collar corporate crime and off-shore tax evasion. He’ll join us for a conversation on what the Panama Papers tell us about the global financial world and the difficulties in stopping questionable business practices. Then, Peter Manseau, author of the book … Continued
With Robert Norrell, author of Alex Haley: And the Books that Changed a Nation. And Somini Sengupta, New York Times UN Bureau Chief and author of the book The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young. About Alex Haley: It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that … Continued
With James Moore, author of the book Darwin’s Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin’s Views on Human Evolution. About the book: There has always been a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman come to beget one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? It is … Continued
