Letters and Politics – November 10, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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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.
Part 1: How The Midterm Will Effect Congress Guest: Matt Laslo, Capitol Hill Correspondent who has been covering the election for Wired and The Raw Story. Part 2: Florida Goes Deep Red Guest: Mitch Perry is the Senior Reporter for the Florida Phoenix where he’s based in the Tampa Bay area. Photo by visuals on Unsplash
Talking About Election Integrity & Young Voters
Part 1: Election Integrity Guest: Steven Rosenfeld is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He is a national political reporter focusing on democracy issues. He is the author of The Georgia Way: How to Win Elections Part 2: Young Voters Guest: … Continued
Guest: Peter Fritzsche, professor of history at the University of Illinois and author of the book Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich. [Rebroadcast]
Guest: Nomi Prins is an economist, journalist, author, and former Wall Street executive. She is the author of many books including her latest Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever.
Guest: Geoffrey Kabaservice (@RuleandRuin) is a historian of the Republican Party and the Director of Political Studies at the Niskanen Center and the author of a number of books, including Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party.
Guest: Jason Scott Smith is Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches courses on modern American history, the Great Depression, and the history of infrastructure. He is the author of Building New Deal Liberalism and A Concise History of the New Deal.
Guest: James N. Green is the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Latin American History and the author or co-author of several books on History of Brazil and Latin America, including his latest Brazil: Five Centuries of Change. He is the Director of the Opening the Archives Project, the National Co-Coordinator of the US Network for … Continued
Guest: Bess Williamson is Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design.
Guest: Richard Becker is the Western Region Coordinator of the ANSWER – Act Now to Stop War & End Racism – Coalition, and the author of Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire, and The Myth of Democracy and the Rule of the Banks. He is also co-author of several books Storming the Gates: How the … Continued
Guest: Margaret A. Burnham is the founding director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University (crrj.org), she has been a staffer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights lawyer, a defense attorney, and a judge. Professor Burnham was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the US Senate to … Continued