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KPFA - Letters and Politics

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

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Women In The Ancient World

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/24

Guest: Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and the author of The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World. Her website is www.daisydunn.co.uk.The post Women In The Ancient World appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

What Monsters Tell Us About Us

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/23

Guest: Natalie Lawrence, author of Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meaning. The post What Monsters Tell Us About Us appeared first on KPFA.

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A Constitutional Look at Trump and the Courts

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/22

Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of many books on constitutional law, including Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime; A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action; and The Free Speech Century. The post A Constitutional Look at Trump and the Courts appeared first on KPFA.

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23:35

The Legacy of Pope Francis and the Future of the...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/21

Guest: Mary Jo McConahay is a journalist who has covered the Church for many years. She is the author of the book Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and The Far Right. Featured photo: Wikimedia The post The Legacy of Pope Francis and the Future of the Catholic Church appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Letters and Politics – April 17, 2025

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/17

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.The post Letters and Politics – April 17, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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The Banality of Evil & the Dangers of Mindless...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/16

Guest: Elizabeth Minnich is Distinguished Fellow at the American Association of Colleges & Universities. She was Hannah Arendt’s Teaching Assistant at The Graduate Faculty of The New School University in New York. She is the author of The Evil of Banality: On The Life and Death Importance of Thinking. The post The Banality of Evil & the Dangers of Mindless Complicity appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

KPFA in the McCarthy Era: 76 Years of Alternative Media

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/15

Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national syndicated television and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA. Professor Wolff is the author of a number of books including Understanding Capitalism. The post KPFA in the McCarthy Era: 76 Years of Alternative Media

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59:58

Yanis Varoufakis: Trade War is Class War

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/14

Guest: Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MERA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. He is the author of several books including his latest, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. Photo by Kurt Cotoaga on Unsplash The post Yanis Varoufakis: Trade War is Class War appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Erwin Chemerinsky on Executive Powers and the Courts....

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/10

Part 1. On Executive Powers and the CourtsGuest: Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books on constitutional law including his latest, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. His latest opinion piece in The New York Times is We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid Part 2. Cuts to Medical Research Guest: Chris Beyrer is Gary Hock Distinguished Professor in Global Health and Professor of

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59:58

How Black Labor Created An Interracial Movement

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/09

Guest: Cedric de Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity. The post How Black Labor Created An Interracial Movement appeared first on KPFA.

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A Greek Tragedy: the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/08

Guest: Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist. She is the author of A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis. The post A Greek Tragedy: the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

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Economist Dean Baker on Trump’s Tariffs

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/07

Guest: Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His blog, Beat the Press, provides commentary on economic reporting. Photo by lonely blue on Unsplash The post Economist Dean Baker on Trump’s Tariffs appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90 Year...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/03

Guest: Nancy Altman is the President of Social Security Works.org. She is the author of The Truth About Social Security: The Founders’ Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings; The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble; and the coauthor with Eric Kingson of Social Security Works For Everyone!: Protecting and Expanding America’s Most Popular Social Program.Her latest article can be found in counterpunch: The Greatest Threat to Social

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59:59

Labor Organizing in History & Building Blocks for a...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/02

Guest: Fred Glass is a labor Scholar. He’s also the former communications director for the California Federation of Teachers and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He is the author of the book From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement. He also the director of the film We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day which is a half-hour documentary video. Event On Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 5-7pm there will be Art, documentary video, and

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18:53

Live: Senator Cory Booker Protesting the Trump...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/04/01

Host Mitch Jeserich analysis and calls from listeners about the action of Senator Cory Booker in the Senate Floor. The post Live: Senator Cory Booker Protesting the Trump Administration’s Policies on the Senate Floor appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Cesar Chavez & the Farmworkers’ Struggle

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/03/31

Guest: Miriam Pawel is an award-winning reporter and editor who spent twenty-five years working for Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography. The post Cesar Chavez & the Farmworkers’ Struggle appeared first on KPFA.

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Gutting the Federal Work Force. Then, Advocating for...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/03/27

Part 1. Gutting the Federal Work Force Guest: Eric Blanc is a professor of labor studies at Rutgers University, Eric Blanc is author of the substack Labor Politics as well as the new book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. Blanc is an organizer trainer for the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. Part 2. Advocating for Gender Diversity in Sports Harrison Browne is the first transgender athlete in professional hockey. He is the appointed

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59:59

A History of Twentieth Century Social Movements

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/03/26

Guest: Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, most lately she is the author of Seven Social Movements That Changed America. The post A History of Twentieth Century Social Movements appeared first on KPFA.

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Ruth Conniff: First 64 Days of the Trump Regime &...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/03/25

Guest: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She is the author of “Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers” which won the 2022 Studs and Ida Terkel award from The New Press. Photo: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead on Public domain The post Ruth Conniff: First 64 Days of the Trump Regime & Nihilism in the Wisconsin Supreme Court appeared first on KPFA.

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22:30

The German Peasant’s War

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2025/03/24

Guest: Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of several books including, Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet; Witch Craze, and her latest, Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War. The post The German Peasant’s War appeared first on KPFA.

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