Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power. His latest piece in American Prospect is The Agonizing Drift Toward Cease-Fire.
Letters and Politics
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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Beth S. Wenger is the Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book is History Lessons: The Creation of American Jewish Heritage and her co-edited anthology (with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet), titled Gender in Judaism and Islam: Common Lives, Uncommon Heritage.
Guest: Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. He is the author and coauthor of several books, including The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy, and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy co-authored with John J. Mearsheimer. Professor Walt is also a columnist at … Continued
Guest: John Quigley is Professor emeritus of international law at Ohio State University. His many books include The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict, The International Diplomacy of Israel’s Founders: Deception at the United Nations in the Quest for Palestine.
A lecture by Professor Ilan Pappé, Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK on October 19th, 2023 at Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley Campus. Special thanks to the Sponsors for providing the recording of the event: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, NorCal Sabeel, Department of History, Department of … Continued
Guest: Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Bad News. He is the author of the books “This Is Your Country on Drugs” and “We’ve Got People.” His third book, due out in late 2023, will be called “The Squad and the Final Act of … Continued
Guest: Cat Bohannon is a researcher specialized in the evolution of narrative and cognition. She is the author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon.
Guest: Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and UN issues. She is the author of several books including Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terror, Challenging Empire, and her latest, Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A … Continued
Guest: J. C. Hallman is the author of several books including his latest, Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health.
Part I. The House Speakership Chaos Guest: John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Part II. The History of Hamas Guest: Zaki Chehab is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ArabsToday.net. He is the author of the book Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement.