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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Our fund drive is over, time to jump into what’s been happening. We’re joined by John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine, to talk about John Boehner’s resignation, Kevin McCarthy’s run for house speaker, and the presidential field.
Alan Watts, British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern Philosophy for a Western audience. We’ll play excerpts from his show Way Beyond the West. Click Here to Donate to KPFA Today
A speech given by Phyllis Bennis last night (9/29) on her new book Understanding ISIS and The New Global War on Terror. About the book: The US is back at war. A new version of what was once known as George W. Bush’s “global war on terror” has become the central component of American foreign … Continued
With Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard. In 2010, Oreskes co-authored Merchants of Doubt: : How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming and the science fiction work The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future. About the book: The troubling story of how a … Continued
With Michael Backes, specialist in cannabis science and policy issues at a southern California consultancy. He previously founded the first evidence-based medical cannabis dispensary. He’s author of the book Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana. About the book: There are currently 4.2 million medical cannabis patients in the United States, and there are 20 states … Continued
Excerpts from the film The Untold History of the United States and a Q&A with Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznik. About the series: There is a classified America we were never meant to see. From Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under … Continued
With Bertrand M. Patenaude, lecturer at Stanford University, research fellow at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, and author of the book Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary. About the book: Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much passion, controversy, and curiosity as Leon Trotsky. His role in history—his epic rise and fall, … Continued
With Laleh Khalili, author of the book Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies, on the film The Battle of Algiers. About the film: is a 1966 war film based on occurrences during the Algerian War (1954–62) against the French government in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers. An Italo-Algerian production, it was directed by … Continued
With Michael Backes, specialist in cannabis science and policy issues at a southern California consultancy. He previously founded the first evidence-based medical cannabis dispensary. He’s author of the book Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana. About the book: There are currently 4.2 million medical cannabis patients in the United States, and there are 20 states … Continued
Peniel E. Joseph is Professor of History at Tufts University and the author of Stokely: A Life. About the book: Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for “Black Power” during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American … Continued
