Letters & Politics

09/08/2022

Take a LISTEN: On Letters & Politics, CAA Director of Policy Annie Lee speaks on the struggle to combat anti-Asian racism and violence - why we need and Stop AAPI Hate
https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-september-8-2022/

10/05/2021

I am going to be giving a talk for the San Francisco library not on some strange historical topic or politics but on the art of conversation…which in its own right may be strange. But seriously, I have a philosophy around it and I’m going to share my trade secrets on October 14 on-line. So join me because otherwise I’ll be embarrassed if no one shows up. I promise it will get you thinking about conversations differently, improve your s*x life and a lot lot more. I mean a lot more.

Don't miss Mitch Jeserich from Letters & Politics on Thursday, October 14th, speaking via Zoom on the 'Art of the Conversation' and public broadcasting. Sign up for event here: https://t.co/QiM1ZMI2Wb

05/09/2016

Our full interview with former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis about his new book And the Weak Suffer What They Must: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-may-9-2016/

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

04/28/2016

Today on Letters: How Hillary Clinton Became a War Hawk.

Then, Eric Fair on his memoir about being an interrogator in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq in 2004.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-april-28-2016/

04/28/2016

In Case You Missed It: Our interview with Harvard Historian Elizabeth Hinton on the roots of the 1994 Crime Bill in LBJ's Great Society.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-april-26-2016/

With Elizabeth Hinton, Professor of History at Harvard University and author of the book From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. About the book: In the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including…

03/21/2016

The Political Legacy of George Wallace

With Dan Carter, professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina and author of The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics.

And Michael Cohen, Boston Globe Columnist and author of the forthcoming book American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-march-21-2016/

03/17/2016

It's not just Trump...

Pippa Norris on the rise of authoritarian populism in Europe and the United States.

Then, Emmitt Thrower, a retired New York City Police officer turned film maker on his work to curb police violence including violence against people with disabilities.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-march-17-2016/

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

03/16/2016

How to read the polls from Super Duper Tuesday, and how to read the street

With David Redlawsk, professor of political science at Rutgers University and Director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Author of the book The Positive Case for Negative Campaigning.

And With Janette Sadik-Khan, former New York City Transportation Commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and co-author of the book Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-march-16-2016/

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

02/04/2016

Racial Inequality in Healthcare

With Dayna Bowen Matthew, Professor at University of Colorado Law School and the Colorado School of Public Health.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-february-4-2016/

With Dayna Bowen Matthew, Professor at University of Colorado Law School and the Colorado School of Public Health. She serves on the faculty of the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities, and she is co-founder of the Colorado Health Equity Project, a medical legal partnership who…

02/02/2016

We'll talk about Iowa and moving forward for the Presidential Candidates with:

Adele Stan, weekly columnist at the American Prospect. She is the former Washington Bureau chief for Alternet and a longtime chronicler of national politics.

Normal Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, author of the book War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. He just wrote the piece The Bernie Campaign: The Democratic Party's Biggest Insurrection in Decades.

Then, a conversation on how our brains react to and drive political campaigns. Our guest is Rick Shenkman, author of the book Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics.

01/28/2016

The Iowa Caucuses; A Labor (Oral) History of the Golden Gate Bridge

With David Redlawsk, professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and author of Why Iowa? How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process.

And Harvey Schwartz, curator of the Oral History Collection at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Library in San Francisco. He is author of the book Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Workers’ Oral History.

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-january-28-2016/

With David Redlawsk, professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and author of Why Iowa? How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process. And Harvey Schwartz, curator of the Oral History Collection at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Library…

01/28/2016

A history and explainer of the Iowa Caucuses at 10 am pst on www.kpfa.org