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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with lawyer Peter Afrasiabi, author of the book Burning Bridges: America’s 20-Year Crusade To Deport Labor Leader Harry Bridges. He has traced the twenty-year legal campaign waged by government lawyers to deport Harry Bridges because of his ideology. Peter Afrasiabi is an Intellectual Property and Entertainment lawyer and a Faculty … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Thomas Mann, resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-author of One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. He addresses Trump’s rise, the danger he represents, and how to counter it.
Today, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Mike Duncan, creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions, about his new book The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic. He explains how the accumulation of inequalities, social prejudice and corruption led the Roman Republic to its fall.
Today host Mitch Jeserich talks with Robbin Légère Henderson, granddaughter of Matilda Rabinowitz and illustrator of her memoir, about the life of this immigrant girl of the early 20th century who became a radical woman fighting for her rights. The life of Matilda Rabinowitz is related in an illustrated memoir, Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early … Continued
As the author of The Prince, Machiavelli has been associated with despotism. But we have forgotten that he was an ethical thinker and activist in his time. On today’s show, we are in conversation with Erica Benner about Machiavelli’s life and ideas. Erica Benner is the author of the book Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Thomas Weber, award-winning author and professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, about his latest book Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi. He examines the historical context of the interwar years that has tragically transformed Adolf Hitler into the leader of the Nazi Party.
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Mark Bowden about his latest book Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam. He narrates the crucial battle of the Tet Offensive through the points of view of its participants and explains how the American mindset evolved during this few months.
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Kate Manne, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University, about her book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. She addresses what is misogyny and how it manifest itself in today’s society. In this context of awareness about sexual harassment that characterizes 2017, we focus on the … Continued
In the first part of today’s show, Mitch Jeserich talks with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn about the national political scene today. They founded the group Weather Underground in the early 1970s. Then, Lucile Rousseau is in conversation with Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita about the re-edition of her best-seller published 20 years ago Why Are All The Black … Continued
Today we are in conversation with Zoe Quinn, a video game producer and a leading voice in the fight against online harassment. She is the author of the book Crash Override: How GamerGate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life and How We Can Win the Fight against Online Hate. As a symbol of what online mobs are upset about, … Continued
