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 – February 16, 2012
Congress strikes deal on unemployment benefits and payroll tax holiday. Guest: Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post. And Lawrence Lessig on how money influences politics. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – February 15, 2012
As the state of Arizona removes books used in ethnic studies classes, we’ll be in conversation with Rick Ayers, professor of Education, about one of those books, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and the life and ideas of its author Paulo Freire. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – February 14, 2012
We talk about conservative blogger Andrew Bretbart, who helped bring down ACORN, teaming up with Citizens United to make a film claiming Barack Obama is behind the Guy Fawkes mask of the the Occupy Movement. Then, who the hell is Saul Alinsky? We talk to Alinsky’s biographer. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – February 13, 2012
Obama’s 2013 budget proposal and Greece’s austerity crisis with economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.