{"id":3399,"date":"2021-10-07T20:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanaljavan.com\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2022-08-05T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:26:59","slug":"letters-and-politics-kpfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanaljavan.com\/podcast-non-farsi\/letters-and-politics-kpfk\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters and Politics &#8211; KPFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad17\"><!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"text-17\" class=\"widget widget_text widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode --><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"podcast_player_widget-43\" class=\"widget podcast_player widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \">\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"pp-podcast-3952\" class=\"pp-podcast has-header header-hidden has-featured playerview media-audio\"  data-teaser=\"\" data-elength=\"18\" data-eunit=\"\" data-ppsdata=\"{&quot;ppe-3952-1&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Special \\u2013 KPFA\\u2019s 75th Anniversary&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p>Guest: <b>\\u00a0Philip Maldari is a host and producer at KPFA Radio, currently he is the host of the Sunday Morning show.<\\\/b><\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-15-2024\\\/\\&quot;>Special \\u2013 KPFA\\u2019s 75th Anniversary<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 15, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=421161&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240415-Mon1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/KPFA_On_The_Air_Film_Premiere.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:57&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1713175200,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;72ab2e76ecb1fbfcb81df7ac24084c9b&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-2&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Lives of Smugglers (Coyotes)&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <b>Jason De Le\\u00f3n<\\\/b> is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana\\\/o Studies and director of the <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ioa.ucla.edu\\\/\\&quot;><em>Cotsen Institute of Archaeology<\\\/em><\\\/a> at the University of California, Los Angeles.\\u00a0 He is also the executive director of the <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.undocumentedmigrationproject.org\\\/\\&quot;>Undocumented Migration Project<\\\/a>, a research, arts, and education collective that seeks to raise awareness about migration issues globally while also assisting families of missing migrants to reunite with their loved ones.\\u00a0 He is the author of the award-winning book\\u00a0<em><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ucpress.edu\\\/book\\\/9780520282759\\\/the-land-of-open-graves\\&quot;>The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail<\\\/a><\\\/em>,\\u00a0and his latest,\\u00a0<i><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\\\/books\\\/672038\\\/soldiers-and-kings-by-jason-de-leon\\\/\\&quot;>Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling<\\\/a>.<\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-11-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Lives of Smugglers (Coyotes)<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 11, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=421163&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240411-Thu1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Soldiers-and-Kings.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712829600,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;89212352c06ea3de4fd34e9fb49901a7&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-3&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Inflation and the Economy with Richard Wolff.  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Haiti\\u2019s Disaster Capitalism<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\\n<p><strong>Guest:\\u00a0Jake Johnston\\u00a0is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and the author of\\u00a0<i>Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control\\u00a0<span class=\\&quot;il\\&quot;>Haiti<\\\/span>.<\\\/i><\\\/strong><\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>Photo by <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/unsplash.com\\\/@enginakyurt?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\\&quot;>Engin Akyurt<\\\/a>\\u00a0on\\u00a0<a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/unsplash.com\\\/photos\\\/a-close-up-of-a-bunch-of-money-CTsI2OuMYaM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\\&quot;>Unsplash<\\\/a><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-10-2024\\\/\\&quot;>Inflation and the Economy with Richard Wolff.  Then, Haiti\\u2019s Disaster Capitalism<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 10, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419913&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240410-Wed1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/engin-akyurt-CTsI2OuMYaM-unsplash.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712743200,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;37d34d146846a7c2d12f3159788fca79&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-4&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;US Unconditional Support to Israel and the Imminent Assault on Rafah&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><b>Guest: Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and UN issues.\\u00a0 <\\\/b><b>She serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace.<\\\/b><b>\\u00a0 She is the author of several books including <\\\/b><b><i>\\u201cBefore & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terror,\\u201d<\\\/i><\\\/b> <b><i>\\u201cChallenging Empire,\\u201d<\\\/i><\\\/b><b> and her latest, \\u201c<\\\/b><b><i>Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.\\u201d<\\\/i><\\\/b><\\\/p>\\n<p><img loading=\\&quot;lazy\\&quot; class=\\&quot;size-medium wp-image-422228 aligncenter\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/220px-Phyllis_bennis0090-173x230.jpg\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; width=\\&quot;173\\&quot; height=\\&quot;230\\&quot; \\\/><\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-9-2024\\\/\\&quot;>US Unconditional Support to Israel and the Imminent Assault on Rafah<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 9, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419832&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240409-Tue1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Damage_in_Gaza_Strip_October_2023_Wikimedia.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712656800,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;e78df1b41bb4a526c45c95591a7eef75&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-5&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Congress, the Military Budget, and the Uncommitted Vote Campaign to Demand Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><b><i>Guest: <\\\/i><\\\/b><b>John Nichols<\\\/b><span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400\\&quot;> is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders <\\\/span><i><span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400\\&quot;>\\u201cIt\\u2019s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.\\u201d\\u00a0<\\\/span><\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p><i><span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400\\&quot;>His Latest piece in the Nation is:<\\\/span><\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thenation.com\\\/article\\\/politics\\\/uncommitted-campaign-results-gaza-biden\\\/\\&quot;><span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400\\&quot;>More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza!<\\\/span><\\\/a><\\\/p>\\n<p><b>The campaign to use \\u201cuncommitted\\u201d primary votes to send a message to Biden has won two dozen delegates, and it keeps growing.<\\\/b><\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>Photo (C): Matt Hrkac on <span style=\\&quot;color: #191919\\&quot;>Wikimedia Commons<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-8-2024\\\/\\&quot;>Congress, the Military Budget, and the Uncommitted Vote Campaign to Demand Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 8, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419831&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240408-Mon1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Palestine_Rally_End_The_Siege_Stop_the_War_on_Gaza-Wikimedia-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:57&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712570400,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;2c5255acc07d1f258ec04fa4b614aec4&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-6&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Sullivanians: Psychoanalysis, Marxism, & A Commune To Break The Traditional Family&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em>\\u00a0<b>Alexander Stille\\u00a0<\\\/b>is the San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University. He is the author of many books including\\u00a0<i>Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism<\\\/i>;<i>\\u00a0Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic.\\u00a0<\\\/i>His latest,\\u00a0<i>The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune.<\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-4-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Sullivanians: Psychoanalysis, Marxism, & A Commune To Break The Traditional Family<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 4, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419834&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240404-Thu1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Sullivanians.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712224800,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;ec0d89913d95180d5289c00e30061049&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-7&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;American Democracy and the Tyranny of the Minority&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <b>Daniel Ziblatt<\\\/b> is a Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author of <i>How Democracies Die,<\\\/i>\\u00a0and most lately,<i>\\u00a0<a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\\\/books\\\/706046\\\/tyranny-of-the-minority-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt\\\/\\&quot;>Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point<\\\/a><\\\/i>, also co-authored with <strong>Steven Levitsky<\\\/strong>.<\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-3-2024\\\/\\&quot;>American Democracy and the Tyranny of the Minority<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 3, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419833&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240403-Wed1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Titany-of-Minority.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:57&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712138400,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;bba0b2203b89a059ccba9a33610118b7&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-8&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How The Opium Trade Fueled Global Capitalism&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <strong><span class=\\&quot;a-text-bold\\&quot;>Amitav Ghosh<\\\/span><\\\/strong> is the author of several bestselling books including, <em>Ibis Trilogy<\\\/em>, composed of<span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>\\u00a0<em>Sea of Poppies<\\\/em><\\\/span>\\u00a0(shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize),<em>\\u00a0<span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>River of Smoke<\\\/span><\\\/em>, and\\u00a0<em><span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>Flood of Fire<\\\/span><\\\/em>.\\u00a0 His other novels include <em><span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>The Circle of Reason<\\\/span><\\\/em>, which won the Prix M\\u00e9dicis \\u00e9tranger, and\\u00a0<em><span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>The Glass Palace<\\\/span><\\\/em>. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including\\u00a0<span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;><em>The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable<\\\/em>\\u00a0<\\\/span>and<span class=\\&quot;a-text-italic\\&quot;>\\u00a0<em>The Nutmeg\\u2019s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis<\\\/em><\\\/span>.\\u00a0 Mr. Gosh has received two-lifetime achievement awards and five honorary doctorates.\\u00a0 In 2018, Ghosh became the first English-language writer to win the Jnanpith Award, India\\u2019s highest literary honor.\\u00a0 His latest is <em><span id=\\&quot;productTitle\\&quot; class=\\&quot;a-size-extra-large celwidget\\&quot; data-csa-c-id=\\&quot;5ljf3j-upvama-8022to-4q8i0r\\&quot;><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.macmillan.com\\\/books\\\/9780374602925\\\/smokeandashes\\&quot;>Smoke and Ashes: Opium\\u2019s Hidden Histories<\\\/a>.<\\\/span><\\\/em><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-2-2024\\\/\\&quot;>How The Opium Trade Fueled Global Capitalism<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 2, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419345&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240402-Tue1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Smoke-and-Ashes.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:59&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1712052000,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;c3cfe06b362297d67725410473d1e9e4&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-9&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Story of T\\u2019tc-Tsa and California Slavery&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em>\\u00a0<strong>Jean Pfaelzer<\\\/strong>\\u00a0is a public historian, commentator, and professor of American studies at the University of Delaware. Her books include Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans; Rebecca Harding Davis: Origins of Social Realism; The Utopian Novel in America; and her latest,\\u00a0<i><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/yalebooks.yale.edu\\\/book\\\/9780300211641\\\/california-a-slave-state\\\/\\&quot;>California, a Slave State<\\\/a>.<\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-april-1-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Story of T\\u2019tc-Tsa and California Slavery<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;April 1, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419344&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240401-Mon1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/California-Slave-State.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711965600,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;6272d2fc88cc74f6f74e6bcdfd149111&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-10&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Pornography Wars&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p>Guest: Kelsy Burke\\u00a0is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America\\u2019s Obscene Obsession.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-28-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Pornography Wars<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 28, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=419346&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240328-Thu1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/ThePornographyWars.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:57&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711620000,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8ed69898a0cb66f4407217fe84c07ba8&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-11&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Black Women in The Communist Party 1919-1956&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p>Guest: Charisse Burden-Stelly is associate Professor of African American studies at Wayne state. and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace Research and Political Education Team. She is the c-editor, along with Jodi Dean, of the book ORGANIZE, FIGHT, WIN: Black Communist Women\\u2019s Political Writing.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-27-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Black Women in The Communist Party 1919-1956<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 27, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418784&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240327-Wed1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Organize_Fight_Win.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:59&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711533600,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8ec8e03645d122ca50d6436c09e7f52a&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-12&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Houthis & Yemen: A History&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p>Guest: Shireen Al-Adeimi is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and assistant professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University\\u2019s College of Education.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-26-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Houthis & Yemen: A History<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 26, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418783&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240326-Tue1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Yemen_map_Wikipedia.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711447200,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;d950f281c3392bb56a86b197c2b722e6&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-13&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Murder of Regina Martinez Perez&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <strong>Katherine Corcoran<\\\/strong> is a former Associated Press bureau chief for Mexico and Central America and is currently co-coordinator of MasterLAB, an investigative editor training program in Mexico City.\\u00a0 She is the author of <em>In The Mouth Of The Wolf: A Murder, A Cover-up, and The True Cost Of Silencing The Press<\\\/em>.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-25-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Murder of Regina Martinez Perez<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 25, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418781&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240325-Mon1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/In-the-Mouth-of-the-Wolf.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711360800,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;d87c098f85e018b632d40453ae02ddec&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-14&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Pursuit of Happiness, The Founders, and America Today&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<div><em>Guest:<\\\/em>\\u00a0<b>Jeffrey Rosen\\u00a0<\\\/b>is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, where he hosts<i>\\u00a0We the People<\\\/i>, a weekly podcast of constitutional debate.\\u00a0 He is also a professor of law at the George 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2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418785&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240321-Thu1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/The-Pursuit-of-Happiness.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1711015200,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;88bee6dce75d6b20d0be0aaefb633d6a&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-15&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Roots and Legacy of the Qur\\u2019an&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <b>Mohamad Jebara<\\\/b> is a scriptural philologist and prominent exegetist.\\u00a0 A semanticist and historian of Semitic cultures, he has served as Chief Imam as well as headmaster of several Qur\\u2019anic and Arabic language academies.\\u00a0 He is the author of <em>Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait,<\\\/em>\\u00a0and his latest, <i><a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.macmillan.com\\\/author\\\/mohamadjebara\\&quot;>The Life of the Qur\\u2019an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy<\\\/a>.<\\\/i><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-20-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Roots and Legacy of the Qur\\u2019an<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 20, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418779&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240320-Wed1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Life-of-Quran.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1710928800,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;9078d1c42b0108c06c6d1b916de80aed&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-16&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Axis of Resistance: Palestine & West Asia Fight Against Imperialism&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <strong>Ibrahim Aoude\\u00a0<\\\/strong>is a Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaii-Manoa.\\u00a0 He is the editor of the journal Arab Studies Quarterly (which was founded by Edward Said in 1979).\\u00a0 Professor Aoude is an expert on Hawai\\u2018i Political Economy and Middle East politics.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-19-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Axis of Resistance: Palestine & West Asia Fight Against Imperialism<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 19, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418778&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240319-Tue1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Defund-Israel.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1710842400,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8633d8b53ac0d0f822d3a644217a5ae2&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-17&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Balfour Declaration: How the British Empire Broke Its promises to the People of Palestine&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p>Guest: Peter Shambrook is an independent scholar and historical consultant to the Balfour Project, which works to advance equal rights for all in Palestine\\\/Israel. He is the author of\\u00a0French Imperialism in Syria, 1927\\u20131936, and his latest,\\u00a0Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939.<\\\/p>\\n<p>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-18-2024\\\/\\&quot;>The Balfour Declaration: How the British Empire Broke Its promises to the People of Palestine<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 18, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418777&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240318-Mon1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Policy-of-Deceit.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1710756000,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;45b13b22f6a73372f40f3ecbf45ed93f&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-18&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How The Female Body Drives Evolution&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<\\\/p>\\n<p>Guest: <b>Guest: Cat Bohannon<\\\/b>\\u00a0is a researcher specialized in the evolution of narrative and cognition. She is the author of\\u00a0<em>Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon.<\\\/em><\\\/p>\\n<p>The post <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/episode\\\/letters-and-politics-march-14-2024\\\/\\&quot;>How The Female Body Drives Evolution<\\\/a> appeared first on <a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\&quot;>KPFA<\\\/a>.<\\\/p>\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;KPFA&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;March 14, 2024&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/?post_type=episode&p=418780&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/archives.kpfa.org\\\/data\\\/20240314-Thu1000.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kpfa.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Female-Body-Evolution.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;59:58&quot;,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1710410400,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;6d79494e20c174a39d9e814ee004fa9d&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-3952-19&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Palestinian Identity Through Culture and Exile\\u00a0&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;<p><em>Guest:<\\\/em> <strong>Tahrir Hamdi<\\\/strong> is a Professor of Decolonial Studies at Arab Open University, Jordan. 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