Guest: Matthew Sturgis is a historian of the 19th century and the author of acclaimed biographies, his latest, Oscar Wilde: A Life.
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 – Analysis of the High Profiles Murder Trials in Wisconsin and Georgia Guest: John Burris is a civil rights attorney, based in Oakland, California, known for his work in police brutality cases representing plaintiffs. Part II – The Fight for Freedom of Enslaved Women in Revolutionary America Guest: Karen Cook Bell is Associate … Continued
Part I. Supply Chain Guest: Robert Kuttner is a Cofounder and Coeditor of The American Prospect and a Professor at Brandeis’s Heller School. His new book, Going Big: FDR’s Legacy and Biden’s New Deal, will be published in April. Part II. The Science and Spirit of the Ocean Guest: Jonathan White is an active marine conservationist, a sailor, and a … Continued
Guest: Naomi Oreskes is Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. She is a world-renowned geologist, and a leading voice on the role of science in society and the reality of anthropogenic climate change. She is the author of several books including … Continued
Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She is the … Continued
Guest: Sam Quinones is a journalist and former Los Angeles Times reporter, and author of three books including the National Book Critics Circle Award winner Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. His latest book is called The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. … Continued
Guest: Rich Rubino is a political analyst and author of several books including his latest, The Great American Political Trivia Challenge: Political Trivia on Steroids. He is a contributor with The Huffington Post.
Part I – An update on the Build Back Better Plan Host Mitch Jeserich analyses the current situation of the Build Back Better legislation in Congress. Part II – Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer Guests: Erica Payne is founder and president of the Patriotic Millionaires. She is … Continued
Guest: Amitav Ghosh is an award winning novelist and essayist. In 2007 he was awarded India’s highest civilian award the Padma Shri. He is the author of several books including Ibis Trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire), The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, Gun Island, and his latest, The Nutmeg’s Curse: … Continued
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