As tensions flare once again in the Korean Peninsula, we’ll look at the history of the Korean Conflict with Paul Liem, chair of the Korea Policy Institute.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
David Kertzer, Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University and author of The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe. About the book: The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of two men who came to power in 1922, … Continued
Repeat: Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, Professor of History at Harvard University, and author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History. About the book: The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is … Continued
Chelsea Manning is facing a disciplinary board at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and could face solitary confinement for possessing unapproved reading material. We speak to one of Manning’s lawyers, Nancy Hollander, of the ACLU. Then, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, Emerita Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and author of Jonas Salk, A life. About the book: When a waiting … Continued
Repeat: Bitcoin: Digital Gold
With Nathaniel Popper, reporter at the New York Times covering the intersection of Wall Street and Silicon Valley and author of the book Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money. About the book: A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of … Continued
Dani McClain of the Nation Magazine on Black Lives Matter and the Bernie Sanders Campaign. Geoffrey Kabaservice, Republican historian on Republican Primary.
Scott Anderson, veteran war correspondent and author of the book Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East. About the book: The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, “a sideshow of a sideshow.” As a result, the … Continued
Host of KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio Davey D from Ferguson, Missouri. A state of emergency was declared in Ferguson as protesters marked the one-year anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown. And Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addressed almost 30,000 people last night in Los Angeles. The first item in his speech was systemic … Continued
Peter Mathews, Professor at Cypress College and author of the book Dollar Democracy: with Liberty and Justice for Some; How to Reclaim the American Dream for All. About the book: Big Corporations and their super wealthy owners have bought many American politicians through campaign contributions and lobbying. These politicians have voted to benefit their donors, not the … Continued
Just a year after the US atomic bombing of Japan in 1945, American journalist John Hersey traveled to Japan and wrote a lengthy three-part series for the New Yorker that would become the classic book Hiroshima. It was the first account of Japanese survivors written in English and it would have a dramatic effect on … Continued