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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guests: Holly S. Cooper is Co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic. She is an expert on immigration detention issues and on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Hatem Bazian is a professor of Islamic law and theology at Zaytuna College. He is also a lecturer in the departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies at … Continued
Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel is the editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. Her writings can be found at Nation.com.
Guest: James K. Galbraith is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Senior Scholar with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and part of the executive committee of the World Economics Association; and is the author of several books including his latest, Entropy Economics: The Living Basis … Continued
Today, host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of Kuan Yin, then he speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion. Guest: Maya Van Der Meer is an educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner. She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and the author of … Continued
Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age, and her latest, Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God. Letters & Politics Winter Book Collection Includes: Heretic by Catherine Nixey The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone The Rise of Athens by Anthony Everitt Emperor of Rome by … Continued
Guest: Brian Merchant is a veteran technology reporter and author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. Read his writings on-line at www.bloodinthemachine.com.
Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” His latest article in the Nation is Democracy Dies at “The Washington Post” …and oligarchy lives. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Guest: David A. Graham is a journalist who covers politics and national affairs for The Atlantic Magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzQZTVlkDVthzZZJBWJxPWqnRjNv?projector=1 Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School University in New York. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national television and radio program Economic Update. Professor Wolff is the author of a number … Continued
Guest: Mary Beard is a renown classist and the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius, SPQR, and most lately, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.
