Guest: James K. Galbraith is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Senior Scholar with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and part of the executive committee of the World Economics Association; and is the author of several books including his latest, Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Pro…

Today, host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of Kuan Yin, then he speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion. Guest: Maya Van Der Meer is an educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner. She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and the author of the chi…

Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age, and her latest, Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God. Letters & Politics Winter Book Collection Includes: Heretic by Catherine Nixey The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone The Rise of Athens by Anthony Everitt Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard Bloo…

Guest: Brian Merchant is a veteran technology reporter and author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. Read his writings on-line at www.bloodinthemachine.com. The post The Luddites: The First Revolt Against Big Tech appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

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 Democracy Dies at “The Washington Post” …and oligarchy lives. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons The…

Guest: David A. Graham is a journalist who covers politics and national affairs for The Atlantic Magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America. The post How Project 2025 Became Reality appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzQZTVlkDVthzZZJBWJxPWqnRjNv?projector=1 Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School University in New York. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national television and radio…

Guest: Mary Beard is a renown classist and the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius, SPQR, and most lately, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World. The post The Nature of Imperial Power with Mary Beard appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and political activist. He is the host of The Ralph Nader Radio Hour that broadcasts on the Pacifica Radio Network. Ralph Nader is the author of many books including his latest, “Let’s Start the Revolution: Tools for Displacing the Corporate State and Building a Country that Works for the People.” …

Host Mitch Jeserich recounts the story of how the decline and destruction of he Ancient Athenian Democracy happened. Included in this episode are such stories of how the Athenian Democracy turned into a militaristic empire and how through a democratic process, Athens executed its most famous philosopher. The post A History of the Athenian Democracy…

Host Mitch Jeserich talks about how democracy was born out of a class struggle between the aristocrats and the poor masses in ancient Athens. This episode covers part 2 of the 3 part telling of the oldest fully formed democratic system we know of 2500 years ago. In this episode we hear about tyrants, demagogues, coups, reformers, and the people. Th…

Host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of the oldest democracy we have accounts of, how it was born, and how it evolved 2500 years ago in ancient Athens. The post A History of Athenian Democracy (Part 1): Democracy & Tyranny appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: David W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of several books on Slavery and Abolition including, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. The post The Intellectual Life of Frederick Douglas appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Karina Montoya is a senior reporter and policy analyst at the Open Markets Institute, covering antitrust, data privacy, large digital platforms, and Artificial Intelligence. Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash The post Big Tech & AI Monopolies Under Trump appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Elie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller book Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, and his forthcoming, Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Running America. Elie can be followed @ElieNYC. His new cover story,…

Guest: Dr. Surekha Davies is a historian of science, art, and ideas and the author of Humans: A Monstrous History. The post Humans: A Monstrous History appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Peter M. Shane is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at Ohio State University and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the New York University School of Law. He is the author of several books including his latest, Democracy’s Chief Executive: Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presiden…

Host Mitch Jeserich does an analysis of the current political landscape and the power grabs by corporations. The post Trump’s Chaos and his Radical Expansion of Executive Power appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Dannie Ceseña is the first Two-Spirit, Native, Director of the CA LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network. Photo (C): Wikimedia The post The Assault on Diversity & the LGBTQ+ Community appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: H. W. Brands is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including American Colossus, The General vs. the President, The First American and Traitor to His Class, and his latest, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War. The post The America First Committ…

Host Mitch Jeserich debunks the idea of a US president’s absolute powers within the executive branch and the current administration’s use of those powers. Photo credit: Wikimedia The post On the Absolute Powers of a U.S. President appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Host Mitch Jeserich analyses the latest directives by the Trump administration. The post Trump Freezes All Grants and Loans for Education and Nonprofits appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Greg Grandin is Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, author of many books including The End of the Myth, The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia; and his forthcoming, América, América: A New History of the New World. He is a Professor of History at Yale University. Photo (C): Miraflores Locks at Panama Canal on Wikimedia. The post The Impact of a Second T…

Guest: Daniel Farber is Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy. He is the author of several books, including his most recent Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits on Presidential Power. The post Understanding the Limits of the Presidential Powers appeared first…

Guest: Antonia Juhasz is a leading energy, climate, and environmental justice author, analyst, and investigative journalist. She is the author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, The Bush Agenda, and The Tyranny of Oil. The Trump Resistance Inside Washington’s National Cathedral by Antonia Juhasz (Rolling Stone, Jan 15) Pho…

Host Mitch Jeserich explains the executive orders on immigration signed by president Trump on Day 1 of his administration. Guest: Pedro Rios is the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program. The post The Impact of the Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders appeared first on KPFA.…

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Adam Goodman is a professor of History at the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the author of The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. The post Operation Wetback and the Bipartisan Legacy of US Deportations appeared first on KPFA.…

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 14, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guests: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor at YES! Media. She is also the host of Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program that airs on Pacifica Radio. Books: Rising Up; Bleeding Afghanistan; and her forthcoming Talking About Abolition will be released in 2025. Anthony LeRoy Weste…

Guest: Cary Harrison is host of “Rethinking Heroes” Friday mornings on KPFK in Los Angeles. Cary received “Best Commentary” from the Associated Press, was honored by the UN for his Environmental and Peace work, and teaches critical thinking and media literacy to international students around the world. Photo: The Palisades Fire consumes a beach fro…

Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor at YES! Media. She is also the host of Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program that airs on Pacifica Radio. Then, extended portions of the L.A. Fire Department updating the situation. Resources: Los Angeles Fire Department (Alerts) Palisa…

Host Mitch Jeserich comments on Trump’s promises to reverse Biden’s Ban on offshore drilling and more. The audience joins him for comments and questions. Photo credit: Oil Drilling in Alaska. Wikimedia Commons The post Trump Promises to Revoke Biden’s Ban on Offshore Drilling appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Host Mitch Jeserich opens the phones to listeners to talk about the certification of election results by the Electoral College and the responsibility of a peaceful transfer of power. The post Congress Certifies the 2024 Presidential Election Results & a Peaceful Transfer of Power appeared first on KPFA.…

Guest: Amitav Ghosh is the author of several bestselling books including, Ibis Trilogy; his latest is Smoke and Ashes: Opiums Hidden Histories. The post The Impact of the Opium Trade on Global History appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book fro…

Guest: Susan J. Wolfson is a professor of English at Princeton University and author of On Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus. The post Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution and The Tyranny of Men appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeCOZfd7WM&t=3s Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli-American journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From The Black Panthers to Likud appeare…

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post A Reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Part II appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

The post A Reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Part I appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. Find Bart Ehrman online: www.ehrmanblog.org www.bartehrman.com The…

Guest: Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination and The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. He is the host of th…

Guest: Cat Bohannon is a researcher and theorist specializing in the evolution of narrative and cognition. She is the author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. The post How The Female Body Drives Evolution appeared first on KPFA.KPFA

Guest: Robert T. Mann is a former professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University and former Congressional aide to Senator Russell Long, Huey Long’s son. He is the author of several books including, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. The post The Life and Times of Huey P. Long appeared first on KPFA.…

Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age and her latest, Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God. A Timeless Triptych includes Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Catherine Nixey; Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts; and Letters & Politics Ancie…

Host Mitch Jeserich recounts the story of Kuan Yin, then speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion. Guest: Maya Van Der Meer is an educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner. She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and the author of the children’s…

Neil Marcus described himself as “a poet, humorist, writer, actor, and adventurer-a fantastic spastic creatively endowed with disability.” He is best known for his groundbreaking autobiographical play, Storm Reading, which he performed nationwide from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to the Doolittle Theater in Los Angeles. He was commissioned t…