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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 Nobel Prize Laurate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor of economics at Columbia University. He is a former chief economist of the World Bank and is former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers. He is known for his critical views of the management of globalization, free market economics and some international institutions like … Continued
With journalist and investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the co-host of the radio and television program Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. He was also a columnist for the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. Juan Gonzalez is author of Harvest of Empire: A Histoty of Latinos in America. And his latest News for All The People: The Epic … Continued
With Mark Singer, author of the book “Trump and Me.” Singer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money and Somewhere in America. About the book: Ever since Donald Trump entered the presidential race—in a press conference attended by paid actors, in which he slandered Mexican … Continued
With Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami talking about the current situation in Syria. Guest: Robin Yassin-Kassab is a media commentator on Syria and the Middle East and the author of the novel The Road From Damascus and contributor toSyria Speaks. He co-authored with Leila Al-Shami the book “Buring Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.” Leila Al-Shami is a founding … Continued
Today we talk to presidential candidate Jill Stein to discuss the Green Party campaign, strategy and goals for 2016. With open mics for listeners to participate in the discussion.
Hosted by Mitch Jeserich. Guest: Laura Wells was Green Party candidate for the 2010 Governor’s race in California. Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, independent journalist, and hip-hop activist. She was the vice presidential running mate of 2008 Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.
With Zachary Roth, national reporter with MSNBC author of the book “The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash and the Assault on Democracy.” About the book: In The Great Suppression, Roth unearths the deep historical roots of this anti-egalitarian worldview, and introduces us to its modern-day proponents: The GOP officials pushing to make it harder to cast a … Continued
With award-winning author, publisher and journalist Ethan Michaeli. His latest book “The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America.” Michaeli was a copy editor and investigative reporter at The Defender from 1991 to 1996. About the book: Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused the electoral … Continued
With Leo Panitch, distinguish professor at York University, Canada. Author of several books among others “The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire” co-authored with Sam Gindin. Professor Panitch is co-editor of the Socialist Register, an annual survey of movements and ideas from the standpoint of the international independent new left. The 2016 issue is … Continued
With George Zarkadakis, Phd in Artificial Intelligence. He is the author of several novels and the forthcoming book In Own Image: Savior or Destroyer, The History and Future of Artificial Intelligence. About the book: In In Our Own Image, Zarkadakis traces AI’s origins in ancient myth, through literary classics such as Frankenstein, to today’s sci-fi blockbusters, and … Continued
