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 – January 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Guest: Adam Goodman is a professor of History at the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the author of The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. The post Operation Wetback and the Bipartisan Legacy of US Deportations appeared first on KPFA.…

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 – January 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

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 – January 14, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Guests: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor at YES! Media. She is also the host of Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program that airs on Pacifica Radio. Books: Rising Up; Bleeding Afghanistan; and her forthcoming Talking About Abolition will be released in 2025. Anthony LeRoy Weste…

Guest: Cary Harrison is host of “Rethinking Heroes” Friday mornings on KPFK in Los Angeles. Cary received “Best Commentary” from the Associated Press, was honored by the UN for his Environmental and Peace work, and teaches critical thinking and media literacy to international students around the world. Photo: The Palisades Fire consumes a beach fro…

Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor at YES! Media. She is also the host of Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program that airs on Pacifica Radio. Then, extended portions of the L.A. Fire Department updating the situation. Resources: Los Angeles Fire Department (Alerts) Palisa…

Host Mitch Jeserich comments on Trump’s promises to reverse Biden’s Ban on offshore drilling and more. The audience joins him for comments and questions. Photo credit: Oil Drilling in Alaska. Wikimedia Commons The post Trump Promises to Revoke Biden’s Ban on Offshore Drilling appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Host Mitch Jeserich opens the phones to listeners to talk about the certification of election results by the Electoral College and the responsibility of a peaceful transfer of power. The post Congress Certifies the 2024 Presidential Election Results & a Peaceful Transfer of Power appeared first on KPFA.…

Guest: Amitav Ghosh is the author of several bestselling books including, Ibis Trilogy; his latest is Smoke and Ashes: Opiums Hidden Histories. The post The Impact of the Opium Trade on Global History appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book fro…

Guest: Susan J. Wolfson is a professor of English at Princeton University and author of On Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus. The post Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution and The Tyranny of Men appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeCOZfd7WM&t=3s Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli-American journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From The Black Panthers to Likud appeare…

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 – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

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 – December 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post A Reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Part II appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. Find Bart Ehrman online: www.ehrmanblog.org www.bartehrman.com The…

Guest: Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination and The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. He is the host of th…

Guest: Cat Bohannon is a researcher and theorist specializing in the evolution of narrative and cognition. She is the author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. The post How The Female Body Drives Evolution appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Guest: Robert T. Mann is a former professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University and former Congressional aide to Senator Russell Long, Huey Long’s son. He is the author of several books including, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. The post The Life and Times of Huey P. Long appeared first on KPFA.…

Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age and her latest, Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God. A Timeless Triptych includes Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Catherine Nixey; Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts; and Letters & Politics Ancie…

Host Mitch Jeserich recounts the story of Kuan Yin, then speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion. Guest: Maya Van Der Meer is an educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner. She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and the author of the children’s…

Neil Marcus described himself as “a poet, humorist, writer, actor, and adventurer-a fantastic spastic creatively endowed with disability.” He is best known for his groundbreaking autobiographical play, Storm Reading, which he performed nationwide from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to the Doolittle Theater in Los Angeles. He was commissioned t…

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. The post Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 2) appeared first on KPFA.…

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. The post Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 1) appeared first on KPFA.…

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…

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.…

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 Ogl…

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 le…

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 …

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.KPFA által

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 Anthropolo…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFH_O4sDo4 Guest: 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 po…

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.KPFA által

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 o…

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 …

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 N…

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 …

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 fi…

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.KPFA által

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.KPFA által

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.KPFA által

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.KPFA által

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.KPFA által

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.KPFA által

Guest: Paola Caridi is a journalist, historian, and the author of Hamas: From Resistance To Government (2nd edition, translated to English). The post Hamas & Its Multiple Facets appeared first on KPFA.KPFA által

Guests: Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He has written several books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change, most recently, he is the co-author with Yale Magrass of Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in…

Guest: Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. He writes regularly for Haaretz with a focus on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Most recently, he is the author of The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe. He has won a number of humanitarian awards for his work on the Israel/Palestine conflict including the Olaf Palme…