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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
with Peter Fritzsche, Professor of History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and author of many books. His latest is An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler. About the book: World War II reached into the homes and lives of ordinary people in an unprecedented way. Civilian men, women, and children made up the vast majority of … Continued
with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. He is an accomplished author. His second book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, was recently released by Nation Books. About the book: In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the … Continued
with Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University, renowned legal thinker, and the author of many books. His latest is The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era. About the book: In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America’s preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates … Continued
with George Lakoff, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of numerous books including Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think.
with John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and pioneering political blogger. His posts have been circulated internationally, quoted in numerous books, and mentioned in debates on the floor of Congress. He is also the co-author of numerous books, the latest People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. His latest article for The … Continued
with Deborah Malbec, President of the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville. For more information on the 2016 Propositions, visit the state secretary official voter guide at this link.
with Alan Schwarz, an award winning journalist with the New York Times who wrote the book ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma and the Making of an American Epidemic. About the book: The groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—and how its unchecked growth over half a century has … Continued
with Julia Azari, Associate Professor of Political Science and Assistant Chair, Department of Political Science at Marquette University, author of the book Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate and the recent FiveThirtyEight article “When Political Parties Splinter“. And John Gribbin, an astrophysicist and Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and author of … Continued
A nationwide prison strike begun on Sept. 9 on the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising. Prisoners are demanding the end of forced labor. Today our host Christina Aanestad discusses the national labor prison strike and the legal framework that denies worker protections in the U.S. perpetuating a form of modern labor slavery. Guest: Paul … Continued
With Karen J. Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law and author of several books including The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days, The Torture Debate in America, Al Qaeda Now: Understanding Today’s Terrorists. Her latest is Rouge Justice: The Making of the Security State.
