Guest: Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the first woman who translated the ancient Greek epic story, the Odyssey by Homer, into English language.
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: Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer, scholar of religions, and a tenured Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. The book relates the life of Jesus Christ, who according to Aslan, he was not only a spiritual leader but also a … Continued
Guest: Richard Wolff is professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York City. His latest book is The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.
Guest: William Bauer is professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he is the Director of American Indian & Indigenous Studies. He is also a citizen of the Round Valley Reservation in northern California. He is the co-author of the book We Are the Land: A History of Native California.
Guest: Caleb McDaniel is professor of history at Rice University in Houston and the author of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America.
Guest: Ariel Dorfman is a renown Argentinian-Chilean-American writer and a human rights activist. Once a former adviser to Chilean President Salvador Allende in the early 70’s, Ariel Dorfman would go on write countless books, plays and essays. He is the author several books including, How to Read Donald Duck, Homeland Security Ate My Speech (OR Books), and his latest, The … Continued
Guest: Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Recollections of My Nonexistence, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, The Faraway Nearby, A Paradise Built in Hell, River of Shadows, and Wanderlust. She is also the author of Men Explain Things to Me and many essays on feminism, activism and social change, hope, and the climate crisis. Her latest, Orwell’s Roses.
Guest: Patrick Blanchfield is a writer and journalist who writes about gun violence, trauma, and masculinity. He is also an associate faculty member at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. His new book, Gunpower: The Structure of American Violence, will be released in the new year. Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash
Guest: Joshua Prager is a journalist and the author of The Echoing Green, 100 Years (with Milton Glaser), and his latest, The Family Roe: An American Story.
Guests: Linda C. McClain is Robert Kent Professor of Law at Boston University at Boston University School of Law. Maya Manian is Visiting Professor at American University Washington College of Law.