Host Mitch Jeserich comments on Trump’s promises to reverse Biden’s Ban on offshore drilling and more. The audience joins him for comments and questions. Photo credit: Oil Drilling in Alaska. Wikimedia Commons
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Host Mitch Jeserich opens the phones to listeners to talk about the certification of election results by the Electoral College and the responsibility of a peaceful transfer of power.
Guest: Amitav Ghosh is the author of several bestselling books including, Ibis Trilogy; his latest is Smoke and Ashes: Opiums Hidden Histories.
Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book from Verso, Citizens … Continued
Guest: Susan J. Wolfson is a professor of English at Princeton University and author of On Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus.
(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeCOZfd7WM&t=3s Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli-American journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth.
Letters and Politics – December 26, 2024
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – December 25, 2024
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A Reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Part II
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.