KPFA - Letters and Politics

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KPFA - Letters and Politics episodes

October 23, 2025 Letters and Politics – October 23, 2025
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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October 22, 2025 Letters and Politics – October 22, 2025
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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31 min
October 21, 2025 Letters and Politics – October 21, 2025
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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October 20, 2025 Letters and Politics – October 20, 2025
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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October 16, 2025 Goodbye & Thank you
Today is Mitch Jeserich inal Letters & Politics show.
Thank you everyone for your amazing support throughout the years.
Stay in touch with Mitch via his podcast at Letters From Mitch.
or on Substack.

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14 min
October 15, 2025 Citizenship in the Ancient Roman Empire
Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author and editor of several prize-winning books, including Mortal Republic and his latest, The Romans: A 2,000-Year History.
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14 min
October 14, 2025 Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights
Guest: Scot Danforth is the Jack H. and Paula A. Hassinger Chair in Education and Professor of Disability Studies at Chapman University. He is the author of several books including his latest, An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights.
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7 min
October 13, 2025 A History of Indian Boarding Schools in America
Guest: Mary Annette Pember is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe. She is currently national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. She is the recipient of several awards for her journalism and is the author of Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.
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7 min
October 09, 2025 Ilan Pappe on the Future of Israel and Palestine
Guest: Ilan Pappé is a professor of history at the University of Exeter in the UK and the director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies. His books include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Ten Myths About Israel, A History of Modern Palestine, and his latest, Israel on the Brink: And the Eight Revolutions that Could Lead to Decolonization and Coexistence.
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42 min
October 08, 2025 Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
Guest: Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography.
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