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 – From Lumpen-Proletariat to Black Power
Ali Oakbaba on the 2 year anniversary of Occupy Oakland. Rickey Vincent, author of Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music.
Letters and Politics – October 7, 2013
Ari Shapiro & Scott Lily
Letters and Politics – When Government Breaks Down
Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of Governing America: The Revival of Political History.
Letters and Politics – What History Says about the GOP’s Shutdown
Geoffrey Kabaservice author of “Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party.” Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project.
Letters and Politics – Robert Pollin on the Economic Impacts of A Government Shutdown
Robert Pollin is the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) co-director and professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.