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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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Jack Weatherford on Kublai Khan and the Making of China

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 other books include The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, Genghis Khan and the Quest for God, Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World, The History of Money, and his latest, Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China. The post Jack Weatherford on Kublai Khan and the Making of China appeared first on KPFA.

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The Religious Experience & Social Movements

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 political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history. He is the recipient of many awards including the Grawemeyer Award in 2017 for his book The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel. His latest book is Over from Union Road My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life. The post The Religious Experience & Social Movements appeared first on KPFA.

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

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

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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NOV 14

A History of the Dreamers Movement

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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NOV 13

Arun Gupta on Election Results & What Comes Next

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 & What Comes Next appeared first on KPFA.

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NOV 12

Richard Wolff on the Economy After the Election

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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NOV 11

Martin Niemöller: Then They Came For Me

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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Awaken Heart of Humanity

Mitch Jezzerich's reporting spans throughout unexplored realms of the intelligentsia, from the readings of Gilgamesh to classical Greek History, from the lives of great American writers to largely unknown women who fought for civil rights. Most recently he is delving into environmental issues and spirituality. Mitch is able to conduct a warm yet rigorous and restrained interview, thereby helping break wide open the hearts of his listeners, such that we move beyond mere conventionally-written history or beyond even that of the Intellect to greater knowing, perceiving, intentionality and awareness.
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VT Peanut

Great podcast!
Letters and Politics program in generally

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No praise that I might offer would approach the meticulous research or expert moderation that characterizes any given episode of Letters and Politics. This programming is unmatched.
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A truly incredible program! Words do not suffice 👍🏽 I cannot praise Letters and Politics enough. A true gem 💎