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 – The Tet Offensive
Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Jane Gleeson White, The History of book keeping.
Letters and Politics – LBJ SOTU Address & War on Poverty
LBJ’s State of the Union Address 50 years ago with Sasha Abramsky, author of the book “The American Way of Poverty.“ Pacifica Radio Archives’ The Ballad of Pete Seeger.
Letters and Politics – An Analysis of the Ukrainian Crisis
We speak to Russian scholar Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University, about the political crisis in the Ukraine and its geo-political implications. Columbia University Neuroscientist Carl Hart, author of High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery.
Letters and Politics – Roe v Wade Legal History
The legal history of Roe v Wade with Jessica Mason Pieklo, adjunct professor of law and legal analyst with RH Reality Check. Sports report with Samori Benjamin.
Letters and Politics – January 21, 2014
Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on President’s NSA reforms. Darwin BondGraham and Ali Winston on the surveillance program the Domain Awareness Center in the California City of Oakland.
Letters and Politics – Net Nuetrality & The Water Crisis
Craig Aaron, President of Free Press. Matthew Heberger, Research Associate with the Water Program at the Pacific Institute in Oakland.