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Letters and Politics

Letters and Politics

10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday

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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

Letters and Politics

Trump and The Courts with Elie Mystal

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02.12.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: Elie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller book Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, and his forthcoming, Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Running America.  Elie can be followed @ElieNYC. … Continued


Letters and Politics

Humans: A Monstrous History

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02.11.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: Dr. Surekha Davies is a historian of science, art, and ideas and the author of Humans: A Monstrous History.  


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The Expansion of the Presidential Power

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02.10.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: Peter M. Shane is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at Ohio State University and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the New York University School of Law. He is the author of several books including his latest, Democracy’s Chief Executive: Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future … Continued


Letters and Politics

Trump’s Chaos and his Radical Expansion of Executive Power

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02.06.25 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich does an analysis of the current political landscape and the power grabs by corporations.


Letters and Politics

The Assault on Diversity & the LGBTQ+ Community

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02.05.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: Dannie Ceseña is the first Two-Spirit, Native, Director of the CA LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network.   Photo (C): Wikimedia


Letters and Politics

The America First Committee: A History

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02.04.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: H. W. Brands is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including American Colossus, The General vs. the President, The First American and Traitor to His Class, and his latest, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War.


Letters and Politics

On the Absolute Powers of a U.S. President

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02.03.25 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich debunks the idea of a US president’s absolute powers within the executive branch and the current administration’s use of those powers.   Photo credit: Wikimedia


Letters and Politics

Trump Freezes All Grants and Loans for Education and Nonprofits

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01.28.25 - 10:00am

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Host Mitch Jeserich analyses the latest directives by the Trump administration.    


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The Impact of a Second Trump Term in Latin America

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01.27.25 - 10:00am

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Greg Grandin is Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, author of many books including The End of the Myth, The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia; and his forthcoming, América, América: A New History of the New World.  He is a Professor of History at Yale University.   Photo (C): Miraflores Locks at Panama Canal on Wikimedia.


Letters and Politics

Understanding the Limits of the Presidential Powers

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01.23.25 - 10:00am

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Guest: Daniel Farber is Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy.  He is the author of several books, including his most recent Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits on Presidential Power.


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