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.
Girlie Linao, journalist covering the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Rebecca Williford, attorney with Disability Rights Advocates. Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani Ambassador to the US.
Luis Francia, author of the History of the Philippines. Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, author of the Great Sioux Nation.
Meteorologist Eugene Cordero on the science of typhoon Haiyat. Jamie Henn, co-founder of 350.org on climate change talks in Warsaw, Poland.
In today’s show, Mitch Jeserich speaks to Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn on their activities in the group Weather Underground, responsible for bombings during the 1970’s.
Peter Dreier, professor of politics at Occidental College, on Tuesday’s Elections. Stephanie Mencimer, reporter with Mother Jones Magazine, on the Affordable Care Act. William Shatner talks to Gary Baca.
Herb Boyd New York Amsterdam News on the New York Mayoral race. Martin Gelins, author of Affluence & Influence.
Alice Ollstein, Capitol Hill Correspondent. Toby Jones, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. Gregg Mitchell on Upton Sinclair’s EPIC Campaign.
Sean Gallagher, the IT editor at Ars Technica. Jack El-Hai, author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.
Sabrina Siddiqui, Capitol Hill correspondent for the Huffington Post, on the Congressional Budget Conference Committee. Special broadcast of Orson Welles War of the Worlds which originally aired 75 years ago today.
Ralph Nader on corporate surveillance. Jesmyn Ward, author of The Men We Reap.
