Guest: Christian A. Smith was an independent researcher and the author of the book Shakespeare’s Influence on Karl Marx: The Shakespearean Roots of Marxism. Feature photo: Wikimedia
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. The Inflation Reduction Act Guest: Robert Pollin is Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is author of several books including his latest, Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet, co-authored with … Continued
Guests Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist specializing in national security and civil liberties. Her writings can be found at emptywheel.net John Nichols is national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Image feature: Wikimedia Commons
Guest: Andrew Roberts is the author of many books including his latest, The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III. He is the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, chair of the judges of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, and a visiting professor in … Continued
Part I. People’s Park Guest: Harvey Smith is a public historian, educator, and part of the People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group. He is also the author of Berkeley and the New Deal. Part II. A History of Taiwan and China Guest: Valerie Hansen is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, where she … Continued
Guest: Moustafa Bayoumi is a writer, journalist, and a professor at Brooklyn College. He is the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, and a co-editor of The Edward Said Reader. His latest piece in the Nation is Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony. Feature … Continued
Guest: Luis H. Francia teaches at New York University. He is the author of many books of poetry, essays, and history, including A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos. He is an online columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Luis H. Francia is the writer of the play The Strange Case of Citizen … Continued
Craig McNamara: A Heavy Place To Be…My Father A War Criminal
Guest: Craig McNamara is the author of the book about he and his father Robert McNamara called Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today.
Guest: Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and former New York Times bureau chief in the Caribbean and Central America, West and Central Africa, Tokyo, and Shanghai. He is the author of the book Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second … Continued
Guest: Douglas W. Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. His book Bringing Nature Home was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers’ Association. He is also the author of two New York Times bestsellers: The Living Landscape and Nature’s Best Hope. His latest book is The Nature of Oaks.