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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 Journalist Arun Gupta, a co-founder of The Indypendent and the Occupied Wall Street Journal. He is writing a book on the decline of America empire for Haymarket books. And Henry Giroux, scholar and cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, and author of several books including his most recent, … Continued
With Ioan Grillo, A native of England who has covered Mexico since 2001 for top newspapers, magazines and TV stations in the US and UK. Author of the book Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America. About the book: In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body … Continued
In 1972, George McGovern was seen as a progressive long-shot to win the Democratic Presidential nomination. He did win, but then labor and traditional elements of the Democratic Party establishment turned against him, helping Nixon win in one of the most lopsided American Presidential races in history. We’ll be in conversation about that history and … 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 of … Continued
With Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University and author of several books including The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. And Tom Turner. Turner has worked at the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, and Earthjustice. He is the author of the biography David Brower: The Making of … Continued
With Robert Pollin, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute. And Gerard Roland, professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, on China’s transition to state capitalism from communism. Then, sounds from the MLK Day Demonstations.
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
With John Bew, teacher of history and foreign policy at the War Studies Department at King’s College London and author of the book Realpolitik: A History. Then, Lawrence Lessig, American academic, attorney, and political activist, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the book Republic Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It. We’ll … Continued
With Jonathan Hansen, professor of history at Harvard University, and author of the book Guantanamo: An American History. And an excerpt of Pacifica Radio’s State of the Union coverage, with Davey D, Bill Fletcher of the Institute for Policy Studies, Ruth Conniff of the Progressive Magazine, and Hatem Bazian, founder of Zaytuna College. About Guantanamo: An … Continued
The Obama administration says it plans to continue with immigration raids, rounding up Central American women and children who are fleeing violence in their countries. We’ll be in conversation about the conditions of those countries, their gangs, and the history of the United States’ involvement in their civil wars and coups. With Roberto Lovato, writer … Continued
