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.
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.
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.
Politicians and their Use of Race Issues
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich features an address by John A. Powell, Professor of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies and Law at UC Berkeley, about how the question race evolves in the US not because we move toward a more inclusive society but because politicians have been able to use race as a mean to secure their … Continued
USA-Cuba
President Obama announced USA and Cuba are moving towards normalized diplomatic relations, today we hear his address and discuss it with Miguel Tinker Salas, Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Pomona College.
Martin Luther King Jr’s Last Year
On his last year f life Martin Luther King Junior gave radical speeches that alienated people in his own camp. Tavis Smiley is here to discuss about 1967-1968 the last year of MLK Jr, he is the co-author of the book The Death of a King.