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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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May 24, 2022 • 60min
The Roots of American Conservatism: Robert Welch & the John Birch Society
Guest: Edward H. Miller is associate teaching professor at Northeastern University. He is the author of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (2015), and his latest, A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism (2022).
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May 23, 2022 • 60min
John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy
Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. Author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic.
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May 19, 2022 • 60min
Letters and Politics – May 19, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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May 18, 2022 • 60min
Martin Niemöller: The Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Guest: Matthew D. Hockenos is the Harriet Johnson Toadvine ’56 Professor in 20th- Century History at Skidmore College. The author of A Church Divided: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past. And his latest Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis.
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May 17, 2022 • 60min
The Great Replacement Theory
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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May 16, 2022 • 60min
The East India Company
Guest: William Dalrymple.
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May 12, 2022 • 60min
Letters and Politics – May 12, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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May 11, 2022 • 60min
Richard Wolff On Everything You Need to Know About Inflation
Guest: Richard Wolff is an economist and host of Economic Update. He also teaches at the New School University and is the co-founder of Democracy At Work. www.democracyatwork.info
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May 10, 2022 • 60min
Early Christian Texts & The Making of Hell
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition
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May 9, 2022 • 60min
Letters and Politics – May 9, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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