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 – December 19, 2012
John Nichols of the Nation Magazine on the latest developments on Capitol Hill. Troy Bickham on the War of 1812.
Letters and Politics – December 17, 2012
Tom Diaz of the Violence Prevention Center on the massacre in Connecticut. Heather Cox Richardson on the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
Letters and Politics – December 14, 2012
Beyond dancing around the forest in green tights, the legend of Robin Hood is based in an English radical tradition to reclaim the commons. Today we talked about that history with historian Paul Buehle. We also looked at a campaign calling for a so called Robin Hood tax to levied on financial transactions with Sarah … Continued
Letters and Politics – December 13, 2012
Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post on the “fiscal cliff.” Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, author of The Globalization of NATO.