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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 Steven Lee Meyers. Meyers has worked at The New York Times for twenty-six years, seven of them in Russia during the period when Putin consolidated his power. He spent two years as bureau chief in Baghdad, covering the winding down of the American war in Iraq, and now covers national security issues. He is author of … Continued
With Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. He is host the the radio show Economic Update from WBAI in New York. By now, everyone knows that Bernie Sanders calls … 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
Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a public grilling before a congressional committee today. The House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya will also ask her about statements she made regarding her use of a personal email account as secretary of state. We’ll talk about her testimony with Gerald Horne, professor of History and African American Studies at the University … Continued
With David Talbot, author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years and the acclaimed national bestseller Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love. He is the founder and former editor in chief of Salon, and was a senior editor at Mother Jones … Continued
With Laurence Shoup, author of several books, including Imperial Brain Trust (with William Minter) and Rulers and Rebels: A People’s History of Early California, 1769-1901. His most recent is Wall Street’s Think Tank: The Council on Foreign Relations and the Empire of Neoliberal Geopolitics, 1976-2014. About the book: The Council on Foreign Relations is the most influential … Continued
In conversation with retired Army Colonel and historian Andrew Bacevich about the War in Afghanistan and historical parallels to Vietnam. Bacevich is a Professor Emeritus at Boston University. Then, Leroy Moore, race and disability social justice activist on his new film Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder about people with disabilities and police violence.
Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. Her most recent, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, just came out in paperback. A former … Continued
Coverage of the first Democratic Primary Debate. With Ruth Conniff, Editor of the Progressive Magazine. And Gerald Horne, Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Then, a conversation with author, activist, and Ken Burns narrator Peter Coyote about his book The Rainman’s Third Cure. About the book: The guiding metaphor … Continued
With John Kay, visiting professor of economics at the London School of Economics, columnist for the Financial Times, and author of the book Other People’s Money: The Real Business of Finance. And Susan Cheever, author of Drinking in America: Our Secret History. Cheever has also written several biographies, five novels, and four memoirs. About Other … Continued
