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 – September 21, 2012
Dave Levinthal, Money & Politics reporter with Politico, on Obama catching Romney on campaign donations. David Cay Johnston, author of The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use Plain English to Rob You Blind.
Letters and Politics – September 20, 2012
Jerry Mander has been referred to as the father of the anti-globalization movement. After a career in the advertisement business, he joined forces with David Brower and joined the Sierra Club’s iconic save the Grand Canyon Campaig. In 1977 he wrote the best selling book*Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Arguments_for_the_Elimination_of_Television> He has a new … Continued
Letters and Politics – September 19, 2012
Bob Woodward, author of The Price of Politics, and economist Dean Baker on the so called “fiscal cliff.” Philip Choy on the history of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Letters and Politics – September 18, 2012
Analyzing the 47% who pay no federal income tax with Jared Bernstein is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden in the Obama Administration. Max Fraad Wolff is an instructor at the Graduate Program … Continued
Letters and Politics – September 14, 2012
Guest host, Philip Maldari, speaks to Nubar Hovsepian, Associate Professor, Political Science, Chapman University. Also Guest Host Richard Wolinsky and Iraq War Veteran Brian Castner speak about his new book, The Long Walk.
Letters and Politics – September 13, 2012
Economist Joseph Stiglitz, his latest book, “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future”
Letters and Politics – September 12, 2012
On Letters & Politics, Philip Maldari of KPFA speaks with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Stephen Zunes professor at Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Lybia. Also Mitch Jeserich interviews Laurence Shoup author of Rulers & Rebels, … Continued