KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guests Rone Tempest was a longtime national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In 2004 he was part of a team of reporters to win the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the massive wildfires in Southern California. He is one of the co-founders of WyoFile, an independent, public-interest news service in Wyoming. His latest piece on this issue is Does Liz Cheney have a path to victory? John Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine.  He is the author of several books including his latest Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis.  His latest article in the Nation is I Hope Liz Cheney Wins, But I Couldn’t Vote for Her: Cheney is appealing for Democratic crossover votes in today’s Wyoming primary, but she’s still a right-wing zealot. The post The Future of Liz Cheney, the GOP, and the Wyoming Primaries appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Philip Short has written several definitive biographies including Mao: A Life and Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. He latest biography is called Putin. The post Putin: A Biography appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Christian A. Smith was an independent researcher and the author of the book Shakespeare’s Influence on Karl Marx: The Shakespearean Roots of Marxism. Feature photo: Wikimedia The post Marx & Shakespeare In Love: How Shakespeare Influenced Marx & What Marxism Says About Shakespeare appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. The Inflation Reduction Act Guest: Robert Pollin is Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.   He is author of several books including his latest, Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet, co-authored with Noam Chomsky.   Part II. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret Guest: A.J. Baime is the author of many books including The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World;  and his latest, White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal. The post The Life and Times of Walter F. White & The Inflation Reduction Act appeared first on KPFA.

Guests Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist specializing in national security and civil liberties. Her writings can be found at emptywheel.net John Nichols is national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine.   Image feature: Wikimedia Commons The post The Unprecedented FBI Search Warrant on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Andrew Roberts is the author of  many books including his latest, The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III.  He is the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, chair of the judges of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, and a visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. The post The Real King George III appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. People’s Park  Guest: Harvey Smith is a public historian, educator, and part of the People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group. He is also the author of Berkeley and the New Deal. Part II. A History of Taiwan and China Guest: Valerie Hansen is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, where she teaches Chinese and world history.  She is the author of The Silk Road: A New History and The Open Empire, her latest is The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World, and Globalization Began. The post An Update on People’s Park & A History of Taiwan and China appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Moustafa Bayoumi is a writer, journalist, and a professor at Brooklyn College.  He is the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, and a co-editor of The Edward Said Reader.  His latest piece in the Nation is Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony. Feature image: Cover image (July 25/August 1 edition) of The Nation magazine. Courtesy of The Nation. The post The Assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Guantanamo, and the Failure of the War on Terror appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Luis H. Francia teaches at New York University. He is the author of many books of poetry, essays, and history, including A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos. He is an online columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Luis H. Francia is the writer of the play The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz. Directed by Claro de los Reyes and Robert Thaxton-Stevenson.  The play is a satire on dictatorship in the Philippines.  It is being staged from Aug. 10-13 by The Atlantic Pacific Theatre. To watch online go to the Atlantic Pacific Theatre here. About The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz Set in an unspecified time in the Philippines, this political satire explores the phenomena of radical nationalism through the lens of Filipino politicians, house wives, military men, faith healers, and covert spies. A multidisciplinary, mixed-media production with elements of audience participation. Feature image: Wikimedia The post Luis Francia: The Politics and History of the Philippines appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Craig McNamara is the author of the book about he and his father Robert McNamara called Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today. The post Craig McNamara: A Heavy Place To Be…My Father A War Criminal appeared first on KPFA.