On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews Brian Carso. Brian Carso, is both a lawyer and a historian. He is Associate Professor of History and Government at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. And the author of the book “Whom Can We Trust Now?: The Meaning of Treason in the United States, from the Revolution through the Civil War”.       … Continued


Against the Grain

Habermas and Adorno on Reason and Rationality

What happens when “reason” is in decline, when the world appears to be moving in the direction of irrationality and political pathology? Martin Jay discusses how two Frankfurt School thinkers, Theodor Adorno and Jürgen Habermas, tried to salvage a critical version of reason. Whereas Adorno looked to art and aesthetics, Habermas appealed to practices of … Continued


On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Professor Laurel Lucia about the Republican Healthcare Bill.  Professor Lucia is director of the Health Care Program at the Center for Labor Research and Education at UC Berkeley. Then, Micth interviews Levi Laub who translated into English Maurice Rajsfus’s book The Vel d’Hiv Raid. Today is the … Continued


It’s the mother of all Grand Bargains: Governor Brown is doing shuttle diplomacy between oil companies, developers, trade unions, environmental groups, and affordable housing advocates to pass a growing package of bills before the legislature goes on recess. We tackle the climate deal, and look at why it’s drawing fire from some environmental groups. Plus: … Continued