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.
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.
Guest: Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles, including Party Influence in Congress, The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate, and Politics Over Process: … Continued
Guest: Marc Stein is the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books including, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement (2012), Sexual Injustice: Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe (2010), and The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (2019).
Guest: Francesca Lessa is a lecturer in Latin American studies and development University of Oxford. She is the author of Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay (2013) and The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (2022). She is the honorary president of the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (Uruguay).
I. A Preview of the January 6 Attack House Hearings Guest: Adele Stan is an award-winning independent journalist who has covered the U.S. political right for nearly 40 years. Her work has appeared in several publications including, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The Nation, and other major newspapers. Her upcoming longform essay on the QAnon-ing … Continued
Guests: Nolan Higdon is a lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored and president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. Professor of history and journalism at Diablo Valley College. Together they are the co-author of the new book Let’s Agree To Disagree: … Continued
Guest: Marcello Musto is Associate Professor of of Sociological Theory at York University in Toronto, Canada where he is the founding director of the Laboratory for Alternative Theories. He is acknowledged globally as one of the authors who has made significant contributions to the revival of Marx studies over the last decade. He is the … Continued
Part 1. The Politics, Money, and the Media Mythology Behind SFDA Chesa Boudin Recall Guest: Tim Redmond is he’s been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. His latest piece in the 48Hills website is The Boudin recall is entirely based on … Continued
Guest: Christopher Goscha teaches history at the University of Quebec at Montreal. He specializes in the cold war in Asia and also decolonization of both the African and Asian continents. He is the author of The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam.
Guest: John Nichols is the National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. He is the author of the new book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for those who Caused the Crisis. Donate to KPFA Today! We Need Your Support!!