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 – Bradley Manning Verdict
The Bradley Manning Verdict. Guests include Jeff Paterson of the Bradley Manning Support Network, attorney Marjorie Cohn and journalist John Nichols.
Letters and Politics –
Resa Azlan, author of the book Zealot: The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Rise of the Surveillance State
The Origins of US Surveillance with historian Alfred McCoy, author of Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State.
Letters and Politics – Bretton Woods’ Architect was Soviet Spy?
Bartlett Naylor, Public Citizen’s financial policy advocate, on the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. Benn Steil, author of The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order.
Letters and Politics – The History & Psychology of Solitary Confinement
As California prisoners are in their 2nd week of a hunger strike, today we’ll be in conversation about the history of solitary confinement and its psychological effects with forensic psychiatrist Terry Kupers of the Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology.
Letters and Politics – Protests Continue in Los Angeles & Oakland
Coverage of post Zimmerman Verdict Protests in Los Angeles and Oakland with Davey D of Hard Knock Radio and Ernesto Arce of KPFK News.