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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.
The History of the Filibuster
3 mins; May 31, 2021
Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray
59 mins; May 27, 2021
How Corporations Won Rights Meant for “We The People…”
11 mins; May 26, 2021
The Political History of the Civil War
28 mins; May 25, 2021
Thaddeus Stevens: Leader of the Radical Republicans
59 mins; May 24, 2021
W.H. Brands on The Struggle for American Freedom
59 mins; May 20, 2021
Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
9 mins; May 19, 2021
John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy
52 mins; May 18, 2021
Rashid Khalidi on Palestinian History: From The Ottoman Empire to Settler Colonialism
59 mins; May 17, 2021
Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
48 mins; May 13, 2021
The Shays’ Rebellion and the Creation of the U.S. Constitution
59 mins; May 12, 2021
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Settler Colonialism
59 mins; May 11, 2021
Why the New Deal Matters Today
1 min; May 10, 2021
A History of the Fight for Universal Health Care
59 mins; May 06, 2021
The Gods Who Died: A History of the Vikings
39 mins; May 05, 2021
David Harvey: A History of Neoliberalism and the Current Economic Crisis
59 mins; May 04, 2021
A History of Indian Land, Occupation and Colonialism in America
25 mins; May 03, 2021
Aviva Chomsky on Central America’s Forgotten History
59 mins; April 29, 2021
Afghanistan: From the British Empire to the Soviet Union Occupations to the U.S. War on Terror
14 mins; April 28, 2021
The Political Economy of Boxing
54 mins; April 27, 2021
The Biden Infrastructure Bill & The Fight for Housing
6 mins; April 26, 2021
Gun Control Policies & The Current Landscape of Covid-19
59 mins; April 22, 2021
The Conviction of Derek Chauvin & The Tactics Used by Amazon to Defeat Union Organizing
59 mins; April 21, 2021
How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
42 mins; April 20, 2021
Edward Said: A Life
3 mins; April 19, 2021
The New Deal’s Public Works Vs. Neo-liberalism’s Infrastructure
11 mins; April 15, 2021
Reflecting on Biden’s First 100 Days
27 mins; April 14, 2021
The Derek Chauvin Trial, Racism & The Law
59 mins; April 13, 2021
Michio Kaku: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
59 mins; April 12, 2021
The Power of Adrianne Rich
12 mins; April 08, 2021
Greg Grandin: A History of US Empire & Expansion
59 mins; April 07, 2021
John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy
9 mins; April 06, 2021
Border Outsourcing and the Rise of Racist Nationalism & A History of the White Power MovementÂ
10 mins; April 05, 2021
The Agitators: Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright & Frances Seward
13 mins; April 01, 2021
Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
59 mins; March 31, 2021
Nobuko Miyamoto: From Japanese Internment to Hollywood to Third World Liberation
18 mins; March 30, 2021
David Harvey on a History of Neoliberalism and the Current Economic Crisis
4 mins; March 29, 2021
A History of the American Gun Industry
59 mins; March 25, 2021
The Return of Mass Shootings in America & Funeral Diva
59 mins; March 24, 2021
Access to the Ballot Box & Immigration at the Border
59 mins; March 23, 2021
The Depiction of Asian Women in Film and Theater
11 mins; March 22, 2021
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Anti-Asian Crime, Colonialism, & his Latest Fiction, The Committed
59 mins; March 18, 2021
Go South: Mexico and the Abolition of Slavery
30 mins; March 17, 2021
Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
4 mins; March 16, 2021
Medea Benjamin on Biden’s Foreign Policy & The Right to Organize Â
59 mins; March 15, 2021
Thaddeus Stevens: Leader of the Radical Republicans
14 mins; March 11, 2021
The History of the Filibuster
59 mins; March 10, 2021
The Rise & Fall of Soul City & Robert Kuttner on the Stimulus Bill
59 mins; March 09, 2021
Wollstonecraft and Shelley: The Mother-Daughter Feminist Duo of the Nineteen Century
26 mins; March 08, 2021
The Ideas that Shaped the Divisive Politics in Twentieth Century America
59 mins; March 04, 2021
The Senate & The Politics of the Economic Recovery Act
42 mins; March 03, 2021
How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
13 mins; March 02, 2021
Biden’s Air Strike in Syria and the Imperial Presidency
52 mins; March 01, 2021
The New Deal: A Modern History
59 mins; February 25, 2021
The Burden of Student Loans in America & the Debt Cancellation
59 mins; February 24, 2021
Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
59 mins; February 23, 2021
The Future of Nature
59 mins; February 22, 2021
The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher -Fund Drive Special
19 secs; February 18, 2021
The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical – Fund Drive Special
36 mins; February 17, 2021
Global Migration and the Militarization of the Borders -Fund Drive Special
59 mins; February 16, 2021
The First Impeachment of a President
59 mins; February 15, 2021
Impeachment and Holding Leaders Accountable
59 mins; February 08, 2021
Gerald Horne on the Political Economy of Boxing and Slavery
59 mins; February 04, 2021
The Mistrust of Institutions: Internet, Corporations, and the Government
59 mins; February 03, 2021
The Military Coup in Myanmar & The Rights and Safety of the Rohingya
59 mins; February 02, 2021
The Coronavirus Variants and The Vaccine: A Race Between Team Covid and Team Human
11 mins; February 01, 2021
Joseph Stiglitz on the Future of the U.S. and the Global Economy & Biden’s Actions on Climate Change
59 mins; January 28, 2021
Militarization and Neo-Liberalism for Latin America Under the Biden Plan
10 mins; January 27, 2021
The Filibuster and the History of Congressional Rules and Procedural Warfare in The Senate
59 mins; January 26, 2021
The Central American Exodus & The Immigration Policies Under the New Biden Administration
1 min; January 25, 2021
The Economic Challenges Ahead for the New Biden Administration
59 mins; January 21, 2021
A History of Violent Mobs Overthrowing Democratically Elected Governments in America
27 mins; January 19, 2021
Malcolm & Martin: Rivals and Allies
42 mins; January 18, 2021
The Far Right Mob at The Capitol & The Future of National Security
23 mins; January 14, 2021
Letters and Politics Special: House Impeachment Proceedings Live
13 mins; January 13, 2021
Impeaching Trump a 2nd Time & How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold
59 mins; January 12, 2021
Holding Trump Accountable for Capitol Riots & The Role of Social Media in Speech Moderation
59 mins; January 11, 2021
The Capitol Hill Putsch
59 mins; January 07, 2021
Broadcast of the Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Ballots
59 mins; January 06, 2021
The Georgia Senate Runoff & What’s Ahead for the New Congress
59 mins; January 05, 2021
Trump Pressures Georgia & the GOP’s New Election Challenge
8 mins; January 04, 2021
The Life of Pauli Murray
59 mins; December 31, 2020
History of the Black Women’s Rights Movement [Rebroadcast]
26 mins; December 30, 2020
An Insurrectionist History of US Labor
15 mins; December 29, 2020
The History of the Texas Rangers [Rebroadcast]
36 mins; December 28, 2020
The Life of Henry David Thoreau
29 mins; December 24, 2020
When Washington (Almost) Went Socialist: Seattle’s General Strike of 1919 [Rebroadcast]
31 mins; December 23, 2020
When T.R. Took On the Monopolies [Rebroadcast]
59 mins; December 22, 2020
How to Dismantle a Republic: The Fall of the Weimar Republic
3 mins; December 21, 2020
Money, Democracy, and the Keynesian Economy
33 mins; December 17, 2020
The Failure of Capitalism in a Pandemic
47 mins; December 16, 2020
The Power of Adrienne Rich
59 mins; December 15, 2020
The Electoral College: How Does it Work and How the Trump Campaign is Trying to Manipulate it
59 mins; December 14, 2020
How the Alphabet Ordered Our World
13 mins; December 10, 2020
Contrasting the Foreclosure Crisis From the Obama Era and the Looming Eviction Crisis Facing a New Biden Presidency
59 mins; December 09, 2020
A Hundred Years of Right Wing Authoritarianism From Mussolini to Trump
59 mins; December 08, 2020
Updates on the Second Stimulus Package & Challenges on Immigration Under a Biden Presidency
59 mins; December 07, 2020
Covid Vaccine Differences and Reaching Herd Immunity
59 mins; December 03, 2020
How Pandemics Have Shaped The Law
59 mins; December 02, 2020
Obstacles to US-Iranian Peace & The Biden’s Foreign Policy Picks
59 mins; December 01, 2020
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