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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 Paul Pierson, the John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Pierson’s teaching and research focuses on American politics and public policy, comparative political economy, and social theory. He is the author of many books, the most recent of which is American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget … Continued
With Paul Rogers, a professor in the department of peace studies at Bradford University, northern England. He is openDemocracy’s international security editor, and has been writing a weekly column on global security since 28 September 2001. His latest book is Irregular War: Isis and the New Threat from the Margin. About the book: If the rise … Continued
With David Cay Johnston, an investigative journalist, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. Since 2009 he has been a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer who teaches tax, property, and regulatory law of the ancient world at Syracuse University College of Law and the Whitman School of Management. He … Continued
With Christian Berle, Washington D.C. Republican delegate and former Log Cabin Republican Deputy Executive Director.
With Rich Rubino of the Huffington Post. Rubino is a political reporter, pundit and author. His latest book is The Political Bible of Humorous Quotation from American Politics: Politicians Unplugged: What they Said — When they said it — And Why. And GOP activist and Trump supporter Janet Beihoffer. She is the national committeewoman of … Continued
In conversation with political analyst Thomas Frank talking about the transformations of both, the Republican and the Democratic parties. Thomas Frank is a historian of culture and ideas. He analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism, and economics. His topics include the rhetoric and impact of culture wars in American … Continued
In conversation with journalist Dan Rather to talk about the news media and Donald Trump. With a famed and storied career that has spanned more than six decades. Dan Rather has interviewed every president since Eisenhower and covered almost every important dateline in the United States and around the world From Civil Rights, the Kennedy assassination, … Continued
In conversation with Gillen D’Arcy Wood on the history on how Indonesia’s Mount Tambora eruption in 1815 unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The eruption plunged Europe into winter and America into its first economic crisis. Gillen D’Arcy Wood is professor of English at the … Continued
Today we are in conversation with British author and journalist Gordon Corera on the history and future of cyber warfare and espionage. Corera is a Security Correspondent with the BBC news and specializes in computer technology. He is the author of the book “Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage.“ About … Continued
Today we feature a special edition of Letters and Politics with host Cat Brooks to talk about police brutality, racial profiling, lack of accountability by law enforcement, militarization of the American Criminal Justice System and the need of real reforms to shift the country’s current state of emergency. Guest: Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D- San Diego) … Continued
