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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national syndicated television and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA. … Continued
Guest: Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three presidential administrations, Republican and Democrat, as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton. He is the author of several books including his latest Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America.
Guest: George Monbiot is an author, journalist, and environmental campaigner. His books include Feral, Heat, Regenesis, and his latest, Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism co-authored with Peter Hutchison. George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison also co-produced the film Invisible Doctrine.
Guest: Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society. She writes for publications including The Atlantic and leads the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series. She is the author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
Guest: Matthew D. Hockenos is the Harriet Johnson Toadvine ’56 Professor in 20th- Century History at Skidmore College. He is the author of A Church Divided: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past, and his latest, Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis.
Guest: Mark Bray is a historian of Modern Europe History and human rights at Rutgers University. He is the author of several books including his national best-seller Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.
I. First Amendment in Question, Censorship and the Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension. Guest: Craig Aaron is the president and co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action. II. UC Berkeley Shares Students and faculty Information with Federal Government Accused of Anti-Semitism. Guest: Dr. Hatem Baziam is a professor of Islamic law and theology at Zaytuna … Continued
Guest: Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor at Rutgers University, a columnist for Jacobin magazine, the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument, and the author of several books, most recently Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters. Photo credit: Wikimedia
Guest: Jeff Chang is an award-winning journalist and author who has written extensively on culture, politics, the arts and music. He is the author of the books Who We Be: The Colorization of America. We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation; Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation; and his … Continued
Guest: Hilary Holladay is a biographer, novelist, poet, and scholar of modern and contemporary American literature. She is a former director of the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies and professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. Holladay is the author of several books, her most recent is The Power of Adrienne … Continued
