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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Part I. Guest: Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of the New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost. He is the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour, American Fascists and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. His latest piece Heeding the lessons … Continued
Guest: Edward H. Miller is associate teaching professor at Northeastern University. He is the author of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (2015), and his latest, A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism (2022).
Guest: Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Rev. Andrus served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. His leadership has focused on key issues related to peace and justice, including immigration reform, civil rights for LBGTQ+ … Continued
Guest: Katrina Vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation and a columnist for The Washington Post. She is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers. Her … Continued
Guest: Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored, founded in 1976, and the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. Since 2009, he has coedited the annual volume of the Censored book series. His most recent books include United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and what we can do about it), co-authored with Nolan Higdon … Continued
Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State. Her latest article, CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally can be found in the Conversation. Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash
Part I. The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the West Guest: Mel Goodman is a national security and intelligence expert. He is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University. Part II. The Politics of Justice Breyer’s Retirement Guest: Ruth Conniff … Continued
Guest: Marc Morris is a historian and broadcaster specializing in the Middle Ages. He is the author of A Great and Terrible King, King John, The Norman Conquest, and his latest, The Anglo-Saxons: The Making of England: 410-1066.
Guest: Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, author and Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool. Her new book, KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art won the 2021 PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize for history; awarded Book of the Year by Current Archaeology; selected as one of 2021’s … Continued
Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State. Her latest article, CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally can be found in the Conversation. Photo by Steven Cornfield on Unsplash
