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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 Risa Goluboff, Professor of Law and History at the University of Virginia School of Law and author of the book Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s. And Nick Casey, Andes Bureau Chief of The New York Times based in Caracas. His most recent article, about his visit to a remote FARC camp, … Continued
With Marguerite Feitlowitz, Professor of Literature at Bennington College where she also directs the program on the Art of Literary Translation. Author of the book A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture. About the book: Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals “disappeared”–these were the horrors of Argentina’s Dirty War. A New … Continued
With Nadia Fadil, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at KU Leuven in Brussels, Belgium and co-author of the chapter on Belgium in the Oxford Handbook of European Islam.
With Samuel Farber, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Brooklyn College and author of the book Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment. He has a new book coming out in May called The Politics of Che Guevara Theory and Practice. About the book: Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, … Continued
With Dan Carter, professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina and author of The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics. And Michael Cohen, Boston Globe Columnist and author of the forthcoming book American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of … Continued
Pippa Norris, Lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on the rise of authoritarian populism in Europe and the United States. She is the author of the recent article It’s not just Trump. Authoritarian Populism is rising across the West. Here’s Why. For the Washington Post. Then, Emmitt Thrower, a retired New … Continued
Delegate Counts & Convention Strategies With David Redlawsk, professor of political science at Rutgers University and Director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Author of the book The Positive Case for Negative Campaigning. How to Read the Street With Janette Sadik-Khan, author of the book Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. About the Positive Case for … Continued
Talking Republican Politics with Geoffrey Kabaservice, historian and author of the book Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party. He is also the Research Director for the Republican Main Street Partnership. Mitch Perry, veteran political reporter based in Tampa, Florida. He writes forfloridapolitics.com. An excerpt from an archived conversation … Continued
Robert O. Paxton, Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University and author of The Anatomy of Fascism. Peter Ross Range, author of 1924: The Year that Made Hitler. About The Anatomy of Fascism: What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteemed historian Robert O. … Continued
With Chris Jennings, author of the book Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism. About the book: In the wake of the Enlightenment and the onset of industrialism, a generation of dreamers took it upon themselves to confront the messiness and injustice of a rapidly changing world. To our eyes, the utopian communities that took root in … Continued
