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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: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. His research focuses on the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the American South in the 19th century. He is the author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic. Image source: Wikimedia commons Thank you for supporting KPFA!!!
Guest: Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He is the author of several books including, Palestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit, and The Iron Cage, and his latest, The Hundred Year’s War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017.
Guest: Claudio Saunt is Richard B. Russell Professor in American History and Co-Director of the Center for Virtual History at the University of Georgia. He is the author of four books, including West of the Revolution (2014), Black, White, and Indian (2005), and A New Order of Things (1999). His most recent book, Unworthy Republic (2020), was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the National … Continued
Guest: Michael J. Klarman is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights, and his latest, The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution. Image credit: The Shays’ Rebellion on Wikipedia Thank you for donating to KPFA today!!!
Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a scholar of Indigenous History, radical writer and author or editor of many books, including The Great Sioux Nation, and her acclaimed An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. She is the recipient of the Cultural Freedom Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the Lannan Foundation, and she lives in San Francisco, CA. photo: … Continued
Guest: Eric Rauchway is distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the author of several books including, Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal, and his latest, Why the New Deal Matters.
Guest: Jonathan Cohn is a senior national correspondent at HuffPost, where he covers politics and policy. He is the author of the book The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage. He has won several awards and was called “one of the nation’s leading experts on health policy” by the Washington … Continued
Guest: Neil Price is distinguished professor and chair of archaeology at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is the author of several books on the history of the Viking Age including his latest, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings.
Guest: David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), the Director of Research at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and the author of numerous books, his latest is The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. Professor Harvey has been teaching Karl Marx’s Capital for nearly 50 years. Follow him on twitter: @profdavidharvey
Guest: Jacqueline Keeler is a Dine/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer. She is the author of Standoff: Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement, and the American Story of Sacred Lands and the editor of the anthology Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears. She is the editor-in-chief of Pollen Nation Magazine, creator of #NotYourMascot.
