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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Ruth Defries, author of the book The Big Ratchet. About the book: Our species long lived on the edge of starvation. Now we produce enough food for all 7 billion of us to eat nearly 3,000 calories every day. This is such an astonishing thing in the history of life as to verge on … Continued
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich has two conversations. The first issue here addressed is climate change and the evolution of species, the guest is Ruth DeFries, environmental geographer. The second conversation is held with James Davies about psychotherapy. He is the author of Cracked: the Unhappy truth About Psychiatry.
On today’s show we talk with Arun Kundnani about his book: The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror. Then, we talk with Edward E. Baptist about slavery and his book: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.
Dr Don Francis, member of the World Health Organization investigating the first Ebola outbreak in 1976.
Rick Perlstein, author of the Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and Rise of Reagan.
Reese Erlich, author of Inside Syria. Andrew Bacevich, professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University and author of the book Breach of Trust.
John Nichols of the Nation Magazine on Congress’s agenda as it returns from recess. Deepa Kumar, professor of media and middle eastern studies at Rutgers University and author of Islamaphobia and the Politics of Empire, on the Dream and Nightmare of ISIS.
Raed Jarrar of the American Friends Services Committee, on Iraq. Jack Shuler, author of The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose.
Conn Halinan, Foreign Policy in Focus, on Obama and ISIS and Ukraine. On Somalia with Abdti Samar, Professor & Chair Department of Geography, Environment & Society University of Minnesota.
