Guest: John Burris is a Civil Rights attorney specialized in police misconduct and excessive force cases. He represents families of victims of police brutality in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. He is also one of the initiators of the People’s Strike and co-editor the book Jackson Rising.
Guest: Robert O. Paxton, the Mellon Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Columbia University and author of The Anatomy of Fascism.
Host Mitch Jeserich compares the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the legacy of Thurgood Marshall and outlines the political battles ahead. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer: Steve Petteway
Guest: Sonia Shah, science journalist and author of The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move.
Part I: Senator Sherrod Brown on Congress and Financial Aid. Guest: Sherrod Brown is Ohio’s senior U.S. senator and a leading progressive voice in Congress. Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed, and his latest, Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America Part II: An exploration of the relationship between Trump … Continued
Part I: Climate change, wildfires and the declining bird population in the US Guest: Andrea Jones is the Director of Bird Conservation at the Audobon Society, California. For information about chances of survival bird species in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico by degree of warming scenario in your area go to AudobonSociety.org For analysis on the … Continued
Part I: COVID-19 Economic Fallout Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York. His latest books is Understanding Socialism. Richard Wolff is the founder of the non-profit Democracy at Work. He’s also the host of the TV and Radio show Economic … Continued
Part 1: Climate Change, Wildfires, and Weather Guest: Tim Brown is Research Professor of Climatology at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada and Director of The Western Regional Climate Center. Part 2: “A Place To Breathe”, New Documentary on Immigration Guest: Michelle Grace Steinberg is a Bay Area filmmaker and Nutritionist at Street Level Health Project … Continued
Part 1: If Trump Refuses to Go Guest: Sasha Abramsky, journalist and author of the cover story in The Nation called Is Trump Planning a Coup d’État. His latest book is Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lotttie Dod, The World’s First Female Sports Super Stars. Part II: Remembering Myrna Mack Chang & Guatemalan … Continued