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 – An Analysis of the Ukrainian Crisis
We speak to Russian scholar Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University, about the political crisis in the Ukraine and its geo-political implications. Columbia University Neuroscientist Carl Hart, author of High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery.
Letters and Politics – Roe v Wade Legal History
The legal history of Roe v Wade with Jessica Mason Pieklo, adjunct professor of law and legal analyst with RH Reality Check. Sports report with Samori Benjamin.
Letters and Politics – January 21, 2014
Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on President’s NSA reforms. Darwin BondGraham and Ali Winston on the surveillance program the Domain Awareness Center in the California City of Oakland.
Letters and Politics – Net Nuetrality & The Water Crisis
Craig Aaron, President of Free Press. Matthew Heberger, Research Associate with the Water Program at the Pacific Institute in Oakland.
History of Guerrilla and Counter Insurgency Warfare
Laleh Khalili, author of the book Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies.
Letters and Politics – Richard Wolff
Economist Richard Wolff on Marxism and the economic trends of 2013 and 2014.
Letters and Politics – Ending Quantitative Easing
William Gould, former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board, on the Supreme Court hearing of the case NLRB Vs. Noel Canning Hugh Wilford, author of America’s Great Game, on the history of the CIA in the Middle East.
Letters and Politics – Pope Francis, Liberation Theology & The Catholic Church
Matthew Fox, former Catholic priest and author of Letters to Pope Francis. Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light.