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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
On today’s show we explore the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its consequences on how Ebola tackles these countries. Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston.
On today’s show we feature excerpts from Roxanne Dunbar- Ortiz speech on the US a colonial country. She draws parallels between the Indian wars of the 19th century and the Vietnam war of the 1960s and 70s. She is the author of the book: An Indigenous’ People History of the US.
We talk with Reza Aslan about his book: Zealot: The time and Life of Jesus of Nazareth. About the book: Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening … Continued
As the nation grapples with the topic of sexual abuse we talk with Rebecca Solnit. She is the author of Men Explain Things to Me.
Today we talk about the Middle East in WWI with Scott Anderson, author of the book: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East.
On today’s show we speak with Jonathan Lyons on how the first caliphates were a representation of the highest civilization. He is the author of the book: The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization.
Naomi Klein, author of the book This Changes Everything.
The Unknown Known, a documentary of Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld and his use of language.
On his last year f life Martin Luther King Junior gave radical speeches that alienated people in his own camp. Tavis Smiley is here to discuss about 1967-1968 the last year of MLK Jr, he is the co-author of the book The Death of a King.
On Today’s show we speak with Adam Tanner about his book: WHAT STAYS IN VEGAS: The World of Personal Data Lifeblood of Big Business and the End of Privacy as We Know It.
