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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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A History of Student Movements
Guest: Robert Cohen is a Professor of history and social studies at New York University. He is the author of several books including, Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary: Sit-ins, Civil Rights, and Black Women’s Student Activism and co-author with Sonia E. Murrow of Rethinking America’s Past: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States in the Classroom and Beyond.
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Letters and Politics – May 1, 2024
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction
Guest: Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream; and Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin.
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The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud
Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of the book, Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth.
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An Investigative Look Behind Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election
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Michael Isikoff is an award-winning Washington investigative journalist and the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story; Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War (with David Corn); and Russian Roulette (also with David Corn). His latest coauthored with Daniel Klaidman is Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election
Daniel Klaidman is an award-winning journalist and author. He is the author of Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency. He is the co-author with Michael Isikoff of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election.
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The U.S. & Iraq Before The Wars
Guest: Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Dean Emeritus of the Columbia Journalism School. Previously he was president of the public policy institute New America, in Washington, DC. He is an editor at The Economist in London and the author of several books, including The Bin Ladens, Private Empire, Directorate S, and his latest, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq.
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