Letters and Politics – War Reporter Anand Gopal
Anand Gopal, has covered the wars in Afghanistan and Syria and is the author of the book No Good Men Among the Living. Mel Goodman is a former CIA analyst and author of the book National Insecurity.
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.
Letters and Politics – The ISIS & the Sykes-Picot Agreement
The ISIS & the Sykes-Picot Agreements with Joel Beinin, professor of Middle East History at Stanford University.
Letters and Politics – Turmoil in Iraq
The latest on Iraq with Zaid Al-Ali, author of the book The Struggle for Iraq’s Future. Conversation with political correspondent John Nichols about last night’s surprising defeat of Republican Leader Eric Cantor.
Letters and Politics – Darwin Debates Agassiz
In conversation with Darwin biographer James Moore about the debate between Darwin and Harvard’s Louis Agassiz on the human race, Darwin’s relationship to co-discoverer of evolution Alfred Russel Wallace and Darwin’s grandfathers fight against slavery.
Letters and Politics – The State of the Free Press
The State of the Free Press Norman Solomon, Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. Maria Armoudian, author of the book Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World.
Letters and Politics – Poland, 1989 & the Fall of Communism
Poland and the fall of Communism and why it matters today with with Padraic Kinney, Director of the Polish Studies Center at Indiana University and Anthony Dagostino, Russian Scholar at San Francisco State University. Remembering Yuri Kochiyama with Robynn Takayama of the APEX Express Collective.
Letters and Politics – June 4, 2014
Richard Wolff on the latest economic numbers and the EU election. Former Congressional member Tony Coehlo on the UN Treaty on Disabled Persons.
Letters and Politics – June 3, 2014
Global Perspective On Violence Against Women with Rafia Zakaria, comulnist with Dawn newspaper, and Preeti Shekar, journalist and women rights activist.
Letters and Politics – EPA Moves on CO2 Emissions
Proposed EPA rules would, for the first time, limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. We’ll talk about it with Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones Magazine and Tyson Slocum with Public Citizen. Then a conversation with Matt Fitzgerald, author of the book Diet Cults.
Letters and Politics – The End of Sub Marcos
The End of Sub Marcos with journalists Alejandro Reyes and John Gibler. Pacifica’a Leilani Albano speaks to Aquilina Soriano Versoza of the Pilipino Workers Center 6 months after Hurricane Haiyan.