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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
As the Supreme Court hears two important cases this week on same gender marriage, we look at how sexuality became a Constitutional issue with Leigh Ann Wheeler, author of the book How Sex Became a Civil Liberty. But first we have audio from today’s Supreme Court hearing on California’s anti same gender marriage measure Proposition … Continued
Catch phrases such as chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction are back: 10 years after they were used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Today we talk about how such phrases have been used in the past and the history of western rhetoric towards the middle east with Deepa Kumar, Associate Professor of Media … Continued
We hear what Obama had to say in Jerusalem and talk to former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy and Yussef Munayyer of the Palestine Center about Obama’s first visit to Israel. But first Congress reaches a budget deal that will avert a government shutdown next week. We go to Capitol Hill for the latest and we … Continued
Today we look at the business of the Iraq War with investigative journalist Greg Muttit who uncovered documents showing big oil companies were meeting with the Bush administration in the lead up to the war. But first we’ll talk about how the invasion and occupation marks an important historic moment towards the privatization of war … Continued
US plans to beef up its missile defense program. We talk to Conn Hallinan of Foreign Policy in Focus. Rand Paul’s Influence in the Republican Party with Brian Doherty with Reason Magazine and Adele Stan of Alternet.
As the Papal Conclave elects Jorge Bergoglio, today we’rel be in conversation with early Christian scholar Candida Moss about the power structures of the Vatican that goes beyond the position of Pope. We also talk about her book The Myth of Persecution. Then later we talk to Vikki Law about the history of women uprisings … Continued
We continue our series of conversations on historic uprisings with social movement historian George Katsiaficas. He has just finished a two volume set called Asia’s Unknown Uprisings.
As the Papal Conclave at the Vatican gets under way to select a new Pope, today we’re in conversation about liberation theology with Blase Bonpane, Director of the Office of Americas and liberation theology scholar. But first we talk to James Salt, executive director of Catholics United, about the Conclave itself.
North Korea announced today that it has pulled out of the 1953 armistices that unofficially has held the peace for the last 60 years. Meanwhile South Korea and the US begin military drills off the Peninsula today. For analysis we’ll talk to Paul Liem of the Korea Policy Institute. Then we continue our series of … Continued
