A Communitarian Celebration of those dedicated to collective well-being, in two parts. First segment we welcome Kulwa Apara, writer, creative, healer : escritora, creativa, curandera, Afrofuturist Witness & Conjurer of Words & Space Whose one woman play, “Brain Like Berkeley, an evening of satire, short stories, and free-trade Tea,” will be premiering on Saturday, … Continued
Playwright Luis Alfaro discusses his latest play, “The Travelers,” at the Magic Theatre through March 15, with host Richard Wolinsky. A Chicano activist and performer, Luis Alfaro has established a career as one of this country’s leading playwrights. This interview focuses not only on his present work, but on his career and his views about the state of live theater today.
Anatol Lieven on the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China • Jairus Banaji, author of this Phenomenal World article, on the politicized structure of Indian capitalism generally, and the scandal surrounding Gautam Adani (Hindenburg report here)
Guest: Jeffrey C. Stewart, Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke.
We start today’s episode with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, we go to Denver to learn about how the FBI infiltrated Black Lives Matter organizing there. Our guest is Trevor Aaronson, journalist and the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. He is also a contributing writer for The … Continued
0:08 — Rebecca Burns is a reporter for the Lever, writing about derailment safety in Ohio. 0:20 — Greg Karras is an independent consultant, former senior scientist at Communities for a Better Environment, where he co-authored a report on the risk of running oil trains through the Bay Area. 0:33 — Wendy DeSouza, adjunct professor … Continued
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
