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Letters and Politics
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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
The History Behind Terrorism with Vijay Prashad
A conversation about the Paris Attacks and the history behind terrorism with Vijay Prashad, Professor of History at Trinity College in Connecticut. And a conversation about the history of the Silk Road with Valerie Hansen, Professor of History at Yale University and author of the book The Silk Road: A New History. About the book: The … Continued
A history on insane asylums and the multi-generational movements for the rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. Mary De Young, professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University and author of Madness: An American History of Mental Illness and its Treatment
Charles Lewis, author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
Kevin Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Mustoufa Bayoumi, author of This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror Shelly Schiff, author of The Witches: Salem, 1692
With Marion Nestle, Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Marion Nestle is the author of many books. Her most recent is Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). About the book: Sodas are astonishing … Continued
With Jimena Canales, Professor of History of Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and author of the book The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time. And Gerry Spence, trial lawyer who has been practicing law since 1952 and author of Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder. … Continued
‘The Most Dangerous Communist in the United States’; Baptists in America
With Gary Murrell, Professor of History at Grays Harbor College and author of the book “The Most Dangerous Communist in the United States:” A Biography of Herbert Aptheker. And Thomas Kidd, Professor of History at Baylor University and author of several books, including Baptists in America: A History, which he co-authored with Barry Hankins. About The Most Dangerous … Continued
With Matthew Green, Associate Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America, and author of the book The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership. And Barry Miles, acclaimed Beat biographer author of the book Call Me Burroughs: A Life. About The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive … Continued