GOP Agenda and Hick A Love Story
John Nichols, of the Nation Magazine, on the GOP legislative agenda and Edward Brooke. Terry Baum, author and actress of Hick: A Love Story. The Romance of Lorena Hickok & Eleanor Roosevelt.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Cyber Warfare
Shane Harris, author of @War: The Rise of the Military Internet Complex. About the book: The wars of the future are already being fought today. The United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA all field … Continued
Civil Rights for Disabled
In 1977 a hundred disabled persons occupied a building in San Francisco for 28 days, fighting for their rights. The Carter administration enforced the first civil right law for disabled. Today we are in conversation with Judith Heumann, she is Special Advisor for International Disability Rights.
Men Explain Things to Me
Today we are in conversation with Rebecca Solnit who wrote Men explain Things to me, we will address issues as violence and gender hierarchy.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a genius British mathematician and was considered a national hero after cracking the code of Enigma during WW2. This did not stop the British government to prosecute him for homosexuality. We are in conversation with Andrew Hodges who wrote a book Alan Turing: an enigma, he also is a gay rights activist. … Continued
History of the GOP
Today we look into how parties are used as avenues toward power and especially into the history of the Republican party with Heather Richardson. Heather Richardson is a history professor at Boston College.
The Collapse of Western Civilization
On today’s show Naomi Oreskes historian of science at Harvard University, talks of her new book The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future. In The Collapse of Western Civilization, Naomi Oreskes writes from the point of view of a historian in the future, explaining how the Western civilization collapsed because of Climate Change. … Continued
The History of the Romani People
On today’s show Ian Hancock speaks about the History of the Romani people. Ian Hancock is director of the Program of Romani Studies and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center at The University of Texas, Austin.
Segregation in the 21st Century, The Making of Ferguson
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich speaks segregation in the 21st Century with Richard Rothstein. Richard Rothstein is Senior Fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law; and a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. He is the author of the … Continued
The BASAT and the Controversy About: The Interview
On Today’s show Clare Bayard and Joshua Kahn Russell speak about the Bay Area Solidarity Action Team to which they participate. The BASAT was originally created for white folks to take action in solidarity of the Black Liberation Movement. Then, Christine Ahn, founder of the Korea Policy Institute, on Sony and the movie The Interview.