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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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Ralph Nader on How People Can Resist the Upcoming...

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2024/12/03

Guest: Guest: Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and political activist. He hosts The Ralph Nader Radio Hour on the Pacifica Radio Network; and is the author of many books including his latest, “Let’s Start the Revolution: Tools for Displacing the Corporate State and Building a Country that Works for the People.” Ralph Nader is the founder of the monthly newspaper Capitol Hill Citizen.Photo credit: Wikimedia The post Ralph Nader on How People Can Resist the Upcoming Trump

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Sovereignty and Extortion in Mexico

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2024/12/02

Guest: Claudio Lomnitz is Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and the author of several books, including The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón, Death and the Idea of Mexico, and his latest, Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico. The post Sovereignty and Extortion in Mexico appeared first on KPFA.

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A History of the Ghost Dance Religious Movement

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2024/11/28

Guest: Louis S. Warren is the W Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western U.S. History at U.C. Davis. He is the author of the book author of Buffalo Bill’s America, American Environmental History, and most recently, God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America.Feature image: The Ghost Dance of 1889–1891, depicting the Oglala at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, by Frederic Remington in 1890 on Wikimedia Commons. The post A History of the Ghost Dance

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Jane Crow: The Radical Legacy of Pauli Murray

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2024/11/27

Guest: Rosalind Rosenberg is Professor of History Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books including Beyond Separate Spheres: Intellectual Roots of Modern Feminism, and her latest, Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray. Pauli Murray was the first African American to earn a JSD from Yale Law School and her legal work on the 14th Amendment provided the groundwork for Brown v. Board and inspired Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work with women’s rights and the 14th

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Who is Inside and Who is Outside of the Circle of...

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2024/11/26

Guest: Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and Co-President of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. She is the author of Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America. The post Who is Inside and Who is Outside of the Circle of Citizenship in America appeared first on KPFA.

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19th-Century Eugenics Movement and its Relation to...

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2024/11/25

Guest: Daniel Okrent, author of The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Laws That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America. The post 19th-Century Eugenics Movement and its Relation to Immigration in America appeared first on KPFA.

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Jack Weatherford on Kublai Khan and the Making of China

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2024/11/21

Guest: Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and author of the best-selling book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. He has spent over 25 years exploring Mongolia and its history, and his writing on the Mongol Empire has transformed our understanding of its long legacy. Jack Weatherford is the retired DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota, and he is the only foreigner ever inducted into the Order of Chinggis Khaan, Mongolia’s highest national honor. His

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The Religious Experience & Social Movements

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFH_O4sDo4Guest: Gary Dorrien is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of more than twenty books and three hundred articles that range across social ethics, philosophy, theology, political economics, social and political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history. He is the recipient of many awards including the Grawemeyer Award in

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How to Dismantle a Republic: The Fall of the Weimar...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/19

Guest: Peter Fritzsche, professor of history at the University of Illinois and author of the book Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich. The post How to Dismantle a Republic: The Fall of the Weimar Republic appeared first on KPFA.

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John Nichols on Trump’s Cabinet Picks

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/18

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 John Thune Once Objected to Trump. Does He Have the Courage to Do So Now? The post John Nichols on Trump’s Cabinet Picks appeared first on KPFA.

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A History of the Dreamers Movement

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/14

Guest: Rafael A. Martínez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands. He is the author of Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States and is the founder of the podcast UndocuTalks. The post A History of the Dreamers Movement appeared first on KPFA.

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Arun Gupta on Election Results & What Comes Next

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2024/11/13

Guest: Arun Gupta is an investigative reporter who has written for The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Intercept, The Nation, The Guardian, YES Magazine, and other publications. He is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York and the author of the forthcoming “Apocalypse Chow: A Junk-Food-Loving Chef’s Inquiry into Taste” (The New Press). Subscribe on substack to read all of Arun’s reports, essays, and criticism, arunnews.substack.com.The post Arun Gupta on Election Results &

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Richard Wolff on the Economy After the Election

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/12

Guest: Richard Wolff is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He hosts the weekly program Economic Update and is the author of several books, including Understanding Capitalism.The post Richard Wolff on the Economy After the Election appeared first on KPFA.

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Martin Niemöller: Then They Came For Me

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/11

Guest: Matthew D. Hockenos is the Harriet Johnson Toadvine ’56 Professor in 20th- Century History at Skidmore College. He is the author of A Church Divided: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past, and his latest, Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis. The post Martin Niemöller: Then They Came For Me appeared first on KPFA.

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Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/07

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024 and its implications. The post Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election RESULTS! Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

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Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election RESULTS!

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/06

From 11am-1pm PST, Mitch Jeserich hosts a 2-hour live national call-in show. All listeners are invited to share their experiences, thoughts, and feelings.Call-in numbers: (510)848-4425 or (800)958-9008 The post Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election RESULTS! appeared first on KPFA.

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Lets Talk About The Election Part 4

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/05

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 4 appeared first on KPFA.

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Lets Talk About The Election Part 3

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/11/04

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024. Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash. The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 3 appeared first on KPFA.

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Lets Talk About The Election Part 2

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/31

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024.Photo by rawpixel.com The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

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Lets Talk About The Election Part 1

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/30

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024.Photo by visuals on Unsplash The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 1 appeared first on KPFA.

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