KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. Author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic. The post John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy 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 3, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: David M. Henkin is the Margaret Byrne Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and author of The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are. The post The 7 Day Week: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College and author of Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre The post The Politics Behind the Wounded Knee Massacre appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Andrew Roberts, author of The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III. The post The Real King George III appeared first on KPFA.

Gerald Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. The post The Legacy of Desmond Tutu & South African Apartheid appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Princeton); From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity, and his latest, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History (Princeton).  The post How Disease Shaped the Modern World [Rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Tyson Slocum is the director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program. For the last 25 years Tyson has been promoting an equitable energy transition that provides distributed renewable energy generation and sustainable transportation solutions for working families.   Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash The post Build Back Better Update & The Future of Climate Change Policy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Greg Grandin is professor of history at Yale University. He won the Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction in 2020 for his book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. He has also republished his book from 2006 Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Making of an Imperial Republic.  Professor Grandin served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War. The post A History of US Imperialism & Expansion appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation magazine. His latest book is The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics. The post The Death of Build Back Better & Struggle In The Democratic Party appeared first on KPFA.