Letters and Politics – The State of the Free Press
The State of the Free Press Norman Solomon, Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. Maria Armoudian, author of the book Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World.
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.
Letters and Politics – Poland, 1989 & the Fall of Communism
Poland and the fall of Communism and why it matters today with with Padraic Kinney, Director of the Polish Studies Center at Indiana University and Anthony Dagostino, Russian Scholar at San Francisco State University. Remembering Yuri Kochiyama with Robynn Takayama of the APEX Express Collective.
Letters and Politics – June 4, 2014
Richard Wolff on the latest economic numbers and the EU election. Former Congressional member Tony Coehlo on the UN Treaty on Disabled Persons.
Letters and Politics – June 3, 2014
Global Perspective On Violence Against Women with Rafia Zakaria, comulnist with Dawn newspaper, and Preeti Shekar, journalist and women rights activist.
Letters and Politics – EPA Moves on CO2 Emissions
Proposed EPA rules would, for the first time, limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. We’ll talk about it with Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones Magazine and Tyson Slocum with Public Citizen. Then a conversation with Matt Fitzgerald, author of the book Diet Cults.
Letters and Politics – The End of Sub Marcos
The End of Sub Marcos with journalists Alejandro Reyes and John Gibler. Pacifica’a Leilani Albano speaks to Aquilina Soriano Versoza of the Pilipino Workers Center 6 months after Hurricane Haiyan.
Letters and Politics – May 28, 2014
Aaron Glantz with the Center for Investigative Reporting on the VA scandals. Writer Jesmyn Ward on the passing of Maya Angelou.
Letters and Politics – History of the Muslim Brotherhood
Guest host Shora Zamani interviews Carrie Wickham, author of the book The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement.