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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
We are in conversation with Chris McGreal about the history of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. We discuss the careless over-prescription of opioids that has lead to addiction, heroin use and overdose in a context where illegal drug cartels have brutally exploited the situation. McGreal argues that the opioid epidemic was born of congressional … Continued
On Earth Day, we bring a conversation with acclaimed journalist and former war correspondent Dahr Jamail who has traveled the world for the past few years to cover the effects of climate change. He is author of the book The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption.
Pacifica’s KPFA Host Philip Maldari is in conversation with John Nichols, Washington correspondent of the Nation Magazine analyzing what has been released in the redacted Mueller report by Attorney General William Barr. John Nichols latest piece in the Nation is Barr Has Abandoned the Constitution in Order to Serve Trump: In a shameless press conference, … Continued
A conversation on the Republicans within the Nixon administration who opposed the president and Nixon’s attempt to use the federal government to go after his political enemies. We talk to Michael Koncewicz, he is the Cold War Collections Specialist at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. He previously … Continued
For decades after its founding, America was really two nations–one slave, one free. There were many reasons why this composite nation ultimately broke apart, but the fact that enslaved black people repeatedly risked their lives to flee their masters in the South in search of freedom in the North proved that the “united” states was … Continued
We discuss the legal issues surrounding the circumstances of Julian Assange with Karen Greenberg. Assange was arrested in London last week, he could face extradition to the United States. Guest: Karen J. Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and the author of Rogue Justice: The Making of the … Continued
After being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for seven years, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by British authorities. He could also face extradition to the U.S. To talk about all the details of this issue we are joined by Ryan Grim, D.C. Bureau Chief of The Intercept. Then, A conversation with internationally-known disability … Continued
A conversation with lawyer David McCraw about the legal issues behind the news stories and his experiences at The New York times defending freedom of speech. In October 2016, when Donald Trump’s lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, the letter of … Continued
Instead perhaps of talking about Medicare for All, we should be talking about Veterans Affairs Health Care for All, a system that resembles what we see in Europe. Today we are in conversation with journalist Suzanne Gordon about the history of the VA, how it works and the efforts to privatize it. Guest: Suzanne Gordon … Continued
According to Jennifer Eberhardt, unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. Guest: Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is a professor of psychology at Stanford and a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “genius” … Continued
