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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Part I – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Sexual Harassment Investigation Guest: Ross Barkan is a award-winning journalist, a columnist for the Guardian and Jacobin and a contributor for the Nation Magazine. He is the author the book The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York. Part II – The Remarkable … Continued
Part I – The Politics of the Eviction Moratorium and Infrastructure Bill Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of the latest book Monopolized: Life in an Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title, winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in the public interest (both … Continued
Guest: Laura Dassow Walls is the author of the book Henry David Thoreau: A Life, a biography of the naturalist, inventor and activist. He left behind a monumental legacy in addition to his essay Civil Disobedience, a paean to human freedom. Two hundred years after his birth, Walls restores Henry David Thoreau to us in all his profound, inspiring complexity. … Continued
Guest: John Nichols is the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine, a contributing writer for the Progressive and In These Times, and the associate editor of Madison, Wisconsin’s Capital Times. He’s the author of several books, including The Death and Life of American Journalism, The Genius of Impeachment and The “S” Word and, The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy … Continued
Guest: Peter Afrasiabi is an Intellectual Property and Entertainment lawyer and a Faculty member at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is Director of the Appellate Litigation Clinic at the University of California Irvine, School of Law. He is the author of the book Burning Bridges: America’s 20-Year Crusade To Deport Labor Leader Harry Bridges. SUPPORT KPFA! Donate TODAY
Guest: James Q. Whitman is Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School. His books include Harsh Justice, The Origins of Reasonable Doubt, The Verdict of Battle, and his latest, Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. SUPPORT KPFA! Donate TODAY
Guest: Stephen Kinzer is former New York Times foreign correspondent, now Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and author of the book Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control. SUPPORT KPFA TODAY!!!
Guest: Stephen Kinzer is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a column on world affairs for The Boston Globe. He is an award-winning foreign correspondent who served as The New York Times’s bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua and as The Boston Globe’s Latin America correspondent. He s the … Continued
Guest: Stephen Kinzer is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a column on world affairs for The Boston Globe. He is an award-winning foreign correspondent who served as The New York Times’s bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua and as The Boston Globe’s Latin America correspondent. He s the … Continued
Guest: Dorothy Wickenden is the author of Nothing Daunted and The Agitators, and has been the executive editor of The New Yorker since January 1996. She also writes for the magazine and is the moderator of its weekly podcast The Political Scene.
