Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State. Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash
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.
Guest: Harvey Smith, public historian, educator, People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group. He is the author of the book Berkeley and the New Deal. For information and updates about People’s Park visit: peoplespark.org
Guest: Yanis Varoufakis is the co-founder of DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement), former finance minister of Greece and author of several books including The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy, Adults In the Room: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment, Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism. He … Continued
Guest: Elizabeth Hinton is associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School. The author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, and her latest, America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s.
Letters and Politics – July 4, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Ho Chi Minh
Guest: Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. www.thetricontinental.org He is the author of the book The Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism. He is the editor of Selected Ho Chi Minh. Previously he authored the renown book The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World.
Guest: Vijay Prashad, is director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is the author of the book The Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism. He is the editor of Selected Ho Chi Minh. Previously he authored the renown book The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World.
Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author and co-author of many books on constitutional law, including Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origins to the Twenty-First Century. His new book Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and … Continued
Guest: Lillian Faderman is the author of such acclaimed works as To Believe in Woman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, Surpassing the Love of Men, The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. Her memoir Naked in the Promise Land has been re-published. Among her many honors are Yale University’s James Brudner Award for exemplary scholarship in … Continued
Guest: Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. The author of Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello and her latest, On Juneteenth.