KPFA - Letters and Politics

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).   The post The Roots of American Conservatism: Robert Welch & the John Birch Society appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Rev. Andrus served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.  His leadership has focused on key issues related to peace and justice, including immigration reform, civil rights for LBGTQ+ persons, health care, and climate change.  He is the author of Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. (Parallax, 2021). Featured image: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation The post The Buddhist and The Christian: When Thich Nhat Hanh Met Martin Luther King Jr. appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Katrina Vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation and a columnist for The Washington Post.  She is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers.  Her latest piece in the Nation is The Exit From the Ukraine Crisis That’s Hiding in Plain Sight: A 2015 agreement between Russia and Ukraine can provide the best chance at a lasting peace. Feature photo: Wikimedia The post Katrina Vanden Heuvel on the Ukrainian/Russia/NATO Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored, founded in 1976, and the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation.  Since 2009, he has coedited the annual volume of the Censored book series. His most recent books include United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and what we can do about it), co-authored with Nolan Higdon (2019) and Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2021, co-edited with Andy Lee Roth (2020).  He is also the host of KPFA Pacifica Radio weekly show Project Censored. The post Project Censored’s State of the Free Press appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State.  Her latest article, CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally can be found in the Conversation. Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash The post Omicron: Subvariant BA.2 & CORBEVAX appeared first on KPFA.

Part I.  The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the West  Guest: Mel Goodman is a national security and intelligence expert.  He is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University.   Part II. The Politics of Justice Breyer’s Retirement Guest: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner and Editor-at-Large of the Progressive Magazine.   Photo by Israel Palacio on Unsplash The post Russia-Ukraine, NATO and the U.S. & The Politics of Justice Breyer’s Retirement appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Marc Morris is a historian and broadcaster specializing in the Middle Ages. He is the author of A Great and Terrible King, King John, The Norman Conquest, and his latest, The Anglo-Saxons: The Making of England: 410-1066. The post The Anglo-Saxons & The Making of England appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, author and Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.  Her new book, KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art  won the 2021 PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize for history; awarded Book of the Year by Current Archaeology; selected as one of 2021’s 100 Notable Books by The New York Times.  She is co-founder of the influential TrowelBlazers project, highlighting women in archaeology and the earth sciences. The post The Neanderthal: Love, Art & Culture appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State.  Her latest article, CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally can be found in the Conversation.   Photo by Steven Cornfield on Unsplash The post Omicron: What We Know and Don’t Know appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: William Jay Risch is a professor of history at Georgia College. He specializes on Eastern Europe and is the author of the book The Ukrainian West: Culture and the Fate of Empire in Soviet Lviv. The post A Deep History of Ukraine appeared first on KPFA.