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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Mitch Jeseich brings us the latest news from Capitol Hill. Then, a conversation about U.S. Foreign Policy and The Trump Impeachment Inquiry with Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi. He is the author of the book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another.
The House of Representatives just voted a resolution formalizing the Trump Impeachment Inquiry. Today guest host Max Pringle talks to Mitch Jeserich about the latest news on the impeachment inquiry: the key points of the resolution and what this means for the next few weeks.
A conversation with Frank O. Bowman on the History of Impeachment from the fourteen century on and how this history informs our understanding of the impeachment process with President Donald Trump. Frank O. Bowman teaches a seminar on impeachment at Georgetown law school and also teaches law at the University of Missouri, he is the … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich talks to Letters and Politics’ host guest Max Pringle about the latest news on the impeachment inquiry including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold a vote by the full house to formalize the impeachment. Then, a conversation with consumer advocate, lawyer, and author Ralph Nader about how the Democrats … Continued
Today, former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman failed to appear for a close-door deposition before the House impeachment investigators. Mitch Jeserich joins us from Washington D.C for an update on this issue and on the latest happenings in Capitol Hill. Then, a conversation with Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) explaining the impeachment inquiry process and why … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Max Pringle about the latest happenings in Capitol Hill about the impeachment inquiries. Then, Mitch Jeserich talks to Lisa Gilbert about the process of the impeachment inquiry. She is Public Citizen’s vice president of legislative affairs.
Guest: Aaron Glantz, a journalist and two-time Peabody Award winner, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, multiple Emmy Award nominee and author of the book Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream.
From Capitol Hill, KPFA’s special correspondent Mitch Jeserich talks to Max Pringle about the current process of the impeachment inquiry against president Donald Trump. Then, a conversation about the gig economy with technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat. She is the author of the book Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work.
Guest: Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times foreign correspondent, now Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and author of the book Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.
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