Guest: Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and the author of Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials,Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: History Since the End of History, and his latest,Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.
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.
Northern Syria, Rojava & The Earthquake
Guest: Nicole Clara, works with The Rojava Information Center in Qamishlo, Syria. She is raising funds for Kobane at: https://fundly.com/direct-earthquake-relief-for-families-with-damaged-homes?fbclid=IwAR00bG78piErZDc4g7ib0rQeuEoMX_PLnW2BQMDk7pH1seRxm9c1CldTPZs
During his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden talked at length about economic issues and accused Republicans of trying to end Social Security and Medicare. We’re joined by Dave Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect to debrief these economic issues. In the second part of the show we’re joined … Continued
Guests: Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham are co-authors of The Riders Come Out At Night. Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. His work has been rewarded with several awards, including the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. Darwin BondGraham is News Editor at The Oaklandside. He was … Continued
Guest: Caroline Moorehead is a historian and biographer. She is the author of several books including her latest Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
Part I. Finding The Disappeared Children of the War in El Salvador Guest: Elizabeth Barnert is a pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research, grounded in human rights and social action, examines children affected by violence, family separation, and incarceration. She is the author of the book … Continued
From King Leopold II To Big Teach: The Plundering of The Congo & The Invention of Modern Day Slavery
Guest: Siddharth Kara is Associate Professor of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at Nottingham University, and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
Guest: David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), the Director of Research at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and the author of numerous books including, Marx, Social Justice and the City, The Condition of Postmodernity, The Limits to Capital, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Spaces of Global Capitalism, A … Continued
I. German Rearmament Guest: Stephen Milder is Assistant Professor of European Politics and Society at the University of Groningen and a Research Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich. He is the author of Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement in West Germany and Beyond, 1968-1983. II. The History of Policing Powers Guest: Erwin Chemerinsky is the … Continued
Guest: Jamie Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia. She is the author of several books including her latest, The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.