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 – Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle, author of Eat Drink Vote. Mark Epstein on Buddhism.
Letters and Politics – The State of Public Workers
Roundtable on the public sector and the attack on public worker unions with Bill Fletcher with the American Federation of Government Employees, Mark Brenner with Labor Notes and former BART employee Pamela Drake. In conversation with Edwidge Dandicat.
Letters and Politics – October 17, 2013
Capitol Hill Correspondent Alice Ollstein on deal to open the government. Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. Play write Torange Yeghiazarian on her work 444 Days.
Letters and Politics – From Lumpen-Proletariat to Black Power
Ali Oakbaba on the 2 year anniversary of Occupy Oakland. Rickey Vincent, author of Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music.