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 – Understanding the Syrian Conflict
We’ll go through who all the players in the Syrian conflict with journalist Reese Ehrlich…author of the forthcoming book Syria’s Uprising: Assad, the Rebels and US Policy. Andres Conteris on his 51 day hunger strike is solidarity of California prisoners.
Letters and Politics – Government Crackdown on Hackers
Conn Hallinan, of Foreign Policy in Focus, on a possible US attack on Syria and the history of chemical weapons. Peter Ludlow, professor of Communications at Northwestern University, on the case of Barrett Brown and the government’s crackdown on hackers.
Letters and Politics – The Technology & Money Behind Digital Surveillance
Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, on the technology and money behind digital surveillance. Lauren McNamara “Zinnia Jones” on Chelsea Manning.
Letters and Politics – Manning Sentenced to 35 Years
Full coverage of Bradley Manning sentencing.
Letters and Politics – Guardian’s Computers Destroyed
John Nichols and Robert McChesney on the destruction of the Guardian’s computers.
Letters and Politics – August 19, 2013
Robert Lehrman, who just wrote a cover piece for the Christian Science Monitor called The new age of algorithms: How it affects the way we live. But first, some House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government if the Affordable Care Act is not repealed. We’ll speak to Politico’s David Nather. An update on … Continued
Letters and Politics – Chomsky on CIA Spying
Noam Chomsky on the recently released documents showing he was being watched by the CIA during the 1970s. Michael Lange on the Nat Turner Slave Revolt.
Letters and Politics – Egypt in Crisis
Guests: Journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous in Cairo and middle east scholar Hatem Bazian. Later in the show we speak to podcaster Dan Carlin about NSA surveillance.
Letters and Politics – How Tipping Subsidizes Business
Sylvia Allegretto, Labor Economist at UC Berkeley. Radley Balko, author of the book Rise of the Warrior Cop The Militirization of America’s Police Forces.