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 – January 26, 2012
Details of the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce spending on the military with Rebecca Griffin of Peace Action West. Historian John Lewis Gaddis on the life and times of the original cold warrior George Kennan.
Letters and Politics – January 25, 2012
Thomas Frank, author of Pity the Billionaire. Aileen Alfandary from Cairo.
Letters and Politics – January 24, 2012
After SOPA fight, did companies like Google & Wikipedia demonstrate unprecedented political power? We’ll talk about it with Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires. David Packman on State of the Union Address & GOP Primaries. Aileen Alfandary from Cairo.
Letters and Politics – January 23, 2012
Diane Ravitch, former Education Assistant Secretary for the George HW Bush administration, on the privatization of K-12 education.
Letters and Politics – January 20, 2012
Occupy the SF Financial Dist on Letters & Politics Friday Jan 20 2012. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – January 18, 2012
CA Gov Jerry Brown’s State of the State Address.
Letters and Politics – January 17, 2012
Alice Ollstein, FSRN Congressional Correspondent, from Occupy Congress. Preview Occupy Wall St West & plans to shut down SF Financial District. Political scientist Alastair Smith on political power and how good policies may be bad politics. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.