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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 Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer, scholar of religions, and professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside on his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. About the book: From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions … 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
John Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago with reaction to President Obama’s press conference with French President Francois Hollande on the fight against ISIS and Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet.
With Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, an Arab world digital news and opinion website, and author of the book Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate. About the book: ISIS stunned the world when it overran an area the size of Great Britain on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border in a matter of weeks and proclaimed … Continued
With Greg Grandin, professor of history at New York University and author of Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman. And Kate Jessica Raphael, San Francisco Bay Area writer, activist, journalist, and clerical worker. She spent eighteen months as a peace worker in Palestine and spent six weeks in Israeli immigration prison because of … Continued
Headline news: KPFA news. archival sound: Studs Terkel Interviews.
A conversation about the Paris Attacks and the history behind terrorism with Vijay Prashad, Professor of History at Trinity College in Connecticut. And a conversation about the history of the Silk Road with Valerie Hansen, Professor of History at Yale University and author of the book The Silk Road: A New History. About the book: The … Continued
A history on insane asylums and the multi-generational movements for the rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. Mary De Young, professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University and author of Madness: An American History of Mental Illness and its Treatment
Charles Lewis, author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
Kevin Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
