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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.

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The Triumph of Christianity

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12.22.22 - 10:00am

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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several books including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and his latest, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World.


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Early Christian Texts & The Making of Hell

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12.21.22 - 10:00am

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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition


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Milman Parry: The Man Who Killed Homer

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12.20.22 - 10:00am

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Guest: Robert Kanigel, author of Hearing Homer’s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry.


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Special Broadcast: Public Affairs

January 6th Committee Holds Final Public Meeting Hour #1

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12.19.22 - 10:00am

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Tune-in as KPFA presents a national broadcast of the final meeting of the House Jan 6th Committee on Monday, December 19th, 2022 at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich and produced by Corinne Smith.


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KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part 4)

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12.15.22 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.


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KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part 3)

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12.14.22 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.


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KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part 2)

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12.13.22 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version.  Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.


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KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part 1)

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12.12.22 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.  


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KPFA Special – Whales: From its Ancient Past to its Uncertain Future

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12.08.22 - 10:00am

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Guest: Nick Pyenson is a paleontologist, he is the curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.  He is the author of Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures.      


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Zapatista Stories

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12.07.22 - 10:00am

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Guest:Margaret Cerullo is a professor of Sociology and Feminist Studies at Hampshire College and a member of the Lightning Collective which put together the book  Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World by Subcomandante Marcos.


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