KPFA - Letters and Politics by KPFA

Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

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Category: News & Politics

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- Dr. Cornel West Takes Listener Calls About Presidential Run

Thu, 21 Sep 2023
2540
- KPFA Special – Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

Wed, 20 Sep 2023
2539
- KPFA Special – Cooking with Ralph Nader: Family Recipes From Lebanon and Beyond

Tue, 19 Sep 2023
2538
- Bill Clinton & the Transformation of American Capitalism

Mon, 18 Sep 2023
2537
- Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution and The Tyranny of Men

Thu, 14 Sep 2023
2536
- The Presidency of Andrew Jackson: The Bank War, Indian Removal, Slavery & the Expansion of Democracy

Wed, 13 Sep 2023
2535
- W.E.B. Du Bois’s Lost Book: The Great War and the Black Experience

Tue, 12 Sep 2023
2534
- The Church Committee: Investigating Assassinations, Coups, and the Drugging of Americans

Mon, 11 Sep 2023
2533
- Disinvestment In Cities, Crime, and the Persistence of the Racial Wealth Gap

Thu, 07 Sep 2023
2532
- A History of US Intervention in Nicaragua

Wed, 06 Sep 2023
2531
- A History of Hacking

Tue, 05 Sep 2023
2530
- Letters and Politics – September 4, 2023

Mon, 04 Sep 2023
2529
- Shakespeare & Race

Thu, 31 Aug 2023
2528
- Current Political Trends in Latin American & Upending the Tenderloin’s ‘Doom Loop’ Narrative

Wed, 30 Aug 2023
2527
- The Life & Times of Anna May Wong

Tue, 29 Aug 2023
2526
- Poverty, Crime and Policy in America

Mon, 28 Aug 2023
2525
- Analysis of the First GOP Presidential Debate and Trump’s Absence

Thu, 24 Aug 2023
2524
- A History of Terrorism

Wed, 16 Feb 2022
2523
- The U.S. Media Coverage of the Ukraine-Russia Crisis & The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Tue, 15 Feb 2022
2522
- Cedric Robinson and the Black Radical Tradition

Mon, 14 Feb 2022
2521
- Hunter S. Thompson: from New Journalist to Gonzo Journalism

Thu, 10 Feb 2022
2520
- Gerald Horne on the Militant Origins of Black History Month

Wed, 09 Feb 2022
2519
- Chris Hedges on James Joyce’s “Ulysses”

Tue, 08 Feb 2022
2518
- The Roots of American Conservatism: Robert Welch & the John Birch Society

Mon, 07 Feb 2022
2517
- The Buddhist and The Christian: When Thich Nhat Hanh Met Martin Luther King Jr.

Thu, 03 Feb 2022
2516
- Katrina Vanden Heuvel on the Ukrainian/Russia/NATO Crisis

Wed, 02 Feb 2022
2515
- Project Censored’s State of the Free Press

Tue, 01 Feb 2022
2514
- Omicron: Subvariant BA.2 & CORBEVAX

Mon, 31 Jan 2022
2513
- Russia-Ukraine, NATO and the U.S. & The Politics of Justice Breyer’s Retirement

Thu, 27 Jan 2022
2512
- The Anglo-Saxons & The Making of England

Wed, 26 Jan 2022
2511
- The Neanderthal: Love, Art & Culture

Tue, 25 Jan 2022
2510
- Omicron: What We Know and Don’t Know

Mon, 24 Jan 2022
2509
- A Deep History of Ukraine

Thu, 20 Jan 2022
2508
- Tenskwatawa & Tecumseh: The Brothers Who Almost Stopped American Expansion

Wed, 19 Jan 2022
2507
- Voting Rights and The Political Propaganda War

Tue, 18 Jan 2022
2506
- On MLK Day: Colia Lafayette Clark, Civil Rights activist of the 1960s

Mon, 17 Jan 2022
2505
- Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption

Thu, 13 Jan 2022
2504
- The Strange and Interesting History of Quarantine

Wed, 12 Jan 2022
2503
- ACT UP NY: A History 1987-1993

Tue, 11 Jan 2022
2502
- The History of the Filibuster

Mon, 10 Jan 2022
2501
- The One-Year Anniversary of the January 6 Riot & A History of The Silk Road

Thu, 06 Jan 2022
2500
- Edward Said: A Life

Wed, 05 Jan 2022
2499
- John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy

Tue, 04 Jan 2022
2498
- Letters and Politics – January 3, 2022

Mon, 03 Jan 2022
2497
- The 7 Day Week: A History

Thu, 30 Dec 2021
2496
- The Politics Behind the Wounded Knee Massacre

Wed, 29 Dec 2021
2495
- The Real King George III

Tue, 28 Dec 2021
2494
- The Legacy of Desmond Tutu & South African Apartheid

Mon, 27 Dec 2021
2493
- How Disease Shaped the Modern World [Rebroadcast]

Thu, 23 Dec 2021
2492
- Build Back Better Update & The Future of Climate Change Policy

Wed, 22 Dec 2021

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