In this episode, host Mitch Jeserich speaks with historian David Kertzer, a prominent intellectual voice on the political, demographic, and religious history of Italy. He is Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, Professor of Anthropology, and Professor of Italian Studies at Brown University. His latest book is, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History … Continued


On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich feature clips from the anti Inauguration Event by Verso Books, Haymarket Books, and Jacobin magazine on January the 20th.  Today’s clips are from Jeremy Scahill and Naomi Klein.                 Source Naomi Klein : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naomi_Klein_Warsaw_Nov.20_2008_Fot_Mariusz_Kubik_05.jpg Source Jeremy Scahill : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremy_Scahill_(12555919523)_(cropped).jpg  


Sing Out features Berkeley High School Jazz Combo: The Girls & Pepe

The Next Sing Out on March 1st at 10pm, kicks off Women’s History Month with a hot live performance by the almost-all-girl Berkeley High School jazz combo: The Girls & Pepe. Hosted by Larry Kelp. The jazz combo is (from left):  Pepe Tekpa, Camille Kuo,  Yuki Nagase, Kyra Teigen and Mabel Smith. Not pictured: pianist Anna Bettendorf.  


In this episode, host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Stephen Kinzer, an award-winning foreign correspondent.  He served as The New York Times’s bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua and as The Boston Globe’s Latin America correspondent.  He is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a column on world affairs … Continued


Committee to Protect Journalists: Trump’s Attacks on Media Will Be Felt by Journalists Around World; We Will Not Be Intimidated: Philly Rabbi Decries Desecration of Over 500 Graves at Jewish Cemetery; Rev. William Barber on the “Season of Hate & Political Violence” Under Trump; Keith Ellison Loses DNC Chair Race After Smear Campaign over His … Continued