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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 Dr. Janet Hudson, Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Palmetto College and author of the book Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina. About the book: In Entangled by White Supremacy, Hudson explains why white southerners failed to construct a progressive society while maintaining a racially segregated one. Even … Continued
With Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College and author of the book To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party. About the book: A distinguished American historian traces the paradoxical evolution of the Republican Party—founded to give the poor equal opportunity, but too often aligned with the country’s elites. When … Continued
We talk to Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Professor of Politics at Pomona College and author of the book Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution. About the book: There are few intellectual movements in modern American political history more successful than the Federalist Society. Created in 1982 to counterbalance what its founders considered a … Continued
With Gerard Russell, former British and United Nations diplomat, Senior Fellow with the New America Foundation’s International Security Program and the Foreign Policy Center in London, and author of the book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East. About the book: Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle … Continued
As the face and character of cities across the nation changes through a wave of gentrification there is one neighborhood that has maintained it’s character and it’s low income residents right in the middle of San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities to live in. It’s called the Tenderloin, and we’ll talk about it … Continued
Before there was Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan, there was Louis B Mayer, founder of MGM Studios, who used the power of the film industry for conservative political aims. Today we talk about that history with historian Steven Ross, author of the book Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics. About the … Continued
Steve Fraser is a labor historian and author several books including Wall Street and Labor Will Rule, which won the Philip Taft Award for the best book in labor history. He also is the co-editor of The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order. His latest book is The Age of Acquiescence: The Life … Continued
Brian Glyn Williams is professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is the author of several books on Afghanistan and the War in Iraq and many articles including The Rise of the ISIS Terrorist Army in Iraq and Syria: How Did we Get Here? And Scott Porch, contributing writer for The … Continued
Roberta Brandes Gratz is an urbanist and author of We’re Still Here Ya Bastards. Previous books include The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. She previously served on the NYC Landmark Preservation Commission and currently sits on the Sustainability Advisory Board for NYC. She splits her time … Continued
With Nathaniel Popper, reporter at the New York Times covering the intersection of Wall Street and Silicon Valley and author of the book Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money. About the book: A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of … Continued
