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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Today host Mitch Jeserich talks to William D. Araiza, Vice Dean of Brooklyn Law School, about his book “Animus: A Short Introduction to Bias in the Law.” The book details the concept of animus, hostility or animosity towards a group, and investigates whether it should be taken into consideration over the constitutionality of a law. Animus will … Continued
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate part of Trump’s travel ban with the Bay Area Council for Islamic Relations’ Zahra Billoo, Christina Sinha from the Asian Law Caucus, and Rose Cuison Villazor, law professor at UC Davis. Then Jeserich interviews writer and political columnist Steven Hill about his book “Raw Deal: How the … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is joined by Anthony Wright, Executive Director of Health Access California. Together they will discuss the Republican Senate Bill to repeal Obamacare. Then, he is in conversation with Ronald Rael on solutions to reconnect Mexican and US citizens around the wall. Ronald Rael is an Associate Professor and the … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich interviews Sociology Professor Antony Alumkal about his new book “Paranoid Science: The Christian Right’s War on Reality.” The book explains how and why Christian leaders came to see scientific truths as hostile. Then Jeserich talks to science writer Dava Sobel about her book “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Stephen P. Hinshaw, professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Stephen P. Hinshaw is the author of the book Another Kind of Madness; A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness, describing his father’s mental illness and the … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich interviews Manal Al-Sharif, a Saudi computer security engineer, about her memoir “Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening.” Al-Sharif was a religious radical in her teens but eventually became one of the women to lead the movement to support women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia, a fight that the women ultimately won.
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich receives Rahma A. Hussein, Legal Fellow on Counter terrorism, Armed Conflict and Human Rights Project at Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute. We speak with her about the dynamics of the so-called war on terrorism and the report she co-authored: Out of the Shadows, Recommendations to Advance Transparency in the Use … Continued
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich interviews Robert Spitzer, Professor of Political Science at SUNY Cortland in NYC, about the history of gun control and the historic interpretation of the Second Amendment. This interview comes in the wake of today’s shooting of Republican congresspeople and staff in Alexandria, Virginia. Mitch also talks to Oakland-based community … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Republican historian and political commentator Geoffrey Kabaservice about Trump’s apparent wish to fire Robert Mueller, who is investigating foreign interference in the 2016 election. The two also speak about Jeff Sessions’ upcoming hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Then Mitch interviews statistician and journalist Ben Blatt about his … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich looks at the rise of the radical right in the U.S. with independent journalist Arun Gupta. Gupta reported on June 11th’s anti-Islamic rally in Seattle, Washington, which was one of 20 or so across the country. Then Jeserich interviews Laleh Khadivi, author of A Good Country, a book about a teenage boy … Continued
