Guest: Jeff Sharlet has been covering the conservative religious movement for over 2 decades. He is the author of The Family that has been adapted into a Netflix documentary. His latest book is called The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.
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.
Part I. Pegasus: A Spyware that Threatens Privacy and Democracy. Guest: Sandrine Rigaud is a French investigative journalist. She is an editor of Forbidden Stories. She is the co-author of Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy. Part 2. The Implications of Indicting a Former President or … Continued
Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books including, Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, Heaven and Hell, and his latest, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says … Continued
Part I. The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel Guest: James Bamford is a best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, award-winning investigative producer, and winner of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. His latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence (published in January this year). This investigation has been adapted into … Continued
Guest: David Waldstreicher is a Professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (2009); Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004); In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997), and his latest, The Odyssey of … Continued
Guest: Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University. He previously was on the staff of the RAND Corporation, where he was co-author of the Pentagon Papers. He is the author of 30 books on China, US foreign policy, and international affairs, most recently America in Retreat: Foreign Policy under Donald … Continued
Part I. 20th Anniversary of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq and its Legacy Guest: Andrew Bacevich is president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. A graduate of West Point and Princeton, he is also professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. Among his many books are The New American Militarism, … Continued
Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of the book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for those who Caused the Crisis. His latest piece in The Nation is: Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing. The Silicon Valley Bank collapse doesn’t … Continued
Extended excerpts from the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on the Twitter Files that took place on Thursday, March 9 2023. Witnesses: Matt Taibbi, Journalist – testimony Michael Shellenberger, Author, Co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition – testimony