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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A conversation with Harvard law professor Michael Klarman who argues that the creation of the United States Constitution was an act to stop the popular will of the people who were demanding debt and tax relief during an economic depression just after the revolutionary war. Guest: Michael J. Klarman, professor at Harvard Law School and … Continued
A conversation on the 1968 DNC in Chicago, from the riots and police violence outside the convention to the nomination of Hubert Humphrey for President. Guest: Michael Schumacher, is the author and editor of many books, including biographies. His latest is The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America’s Soul. About The Contest: 1968—rife with … Continued
We are in conversation with Craig Unger to talk about the links between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the the Russian Mafia. According to Unger’s investigations, the story begins in the 1970s, when Trump made his first splash in the booming of New York real estate and ends with Trump’s inauguration as president of the … Continued
Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s admission of guilt of violating federal election laws in arranging hush money to pay a porn actress and a Playboy model on behalf of his client could potentially open doors to persecute State criminal charges for Donald Trump. To talk about the implications of the Cohen and Paul Manafort cases … Continued
The issue over the super-delegates and the democratic presidential primary of 2016 became a controversial one. This week the Democratic National Committee will meet in Chicago to consider changes to the super delegate and other roles. This meeting comes in the 50th anniversary of the Democratic National Convention also in Chicago where riots broke out … Continued
Fearing forced deportations during the 19th century, black Americans began the intellectual work that would decades later lead to the formation of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution giving birthright citizenship to anyone born in the country and equal protection under the law. On this program we talk about this history and its implications for today’s immigration … Continued
As President Trump revokes the security clearance for former CIA Director John Brennan we speak to former CIA officer Mel Goodman about what these type of clearances mean. Guest: Melvin Goodman directs the National Security Project at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for International Policy. From 1966 through 1986 he served as a senior analyst with the Central Intelligence … Continued
A conversation on the first Muslims in the United States and Thomas Jefferson’s Quran. Guest: Denise Spellberg, author of Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders. Then, a conversation on the Enlightenment, Populism and the debate between Voltaire and Rousseau with guest Pankaj Mishra, author of the Age of Anger: A History of the Present.
A conversation on how white supremacists throughout history and now appropriated the classical world to promote their own ideology. We speak to classicist Sarah Teets. Guest: Sarah Teets is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, her focus is on the classical world. Her article Classical Slavery and Jeffersonian … Continued
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
