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1,116 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 232 ratingsLetters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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Seattle, 1999: A History of the WTO Protests
June 12, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: DW Gibson is the author of several books including The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century, 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall, Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today’s Changing Economy, and his latest, One Week To Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests He serves as director of Art Omi: Writers in Ghent, New York, and he co-founded Sangam House, a writers’ residency in India, alon...
How The Republican Party Went From Anti-Slavery to Pro-Imperialism
June 11, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and her latest, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. The post How The Republican Party Went From Anti-Slavery to Pro-Imperialism appeared first on KPFA.
Joseph Stiglitz vs Friedrich von Hayek: One Nobel Prize Winning Economist Takes On Another. Then, Biden Seals the Border
June 10, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBPart I. Joseph Stiglitz vs Friedrich von Hayek: One Nobel Prize Winning Economist Takes On Another Guest: Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist. He served as chief economist of the World Bank. Currently, he teaches at Columbia University and a Senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He is the author of several books including his latest, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. Part II. Biden’s Move to Seal the Border Guest: Todd Miller is an independent jou...
Anti-Democratic Rule In The United States: A History
June 06, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBAri Berman is the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center. He’s the author of several books including, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America; Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics; and his latest, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. The post Anti-Democratic Rule In The United States: A History appea...
A History of the Soviet Union and its Influence on the Global Left
June 05, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Anthony D’Agostino is an Emeritus Professor of History at San Francisco State University. He is an expert on the history of the Russian Revolution and the Cold War and the author of several books including Soviet Succession Struggles: Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev published in 1988 and republished in 2024. The post A History of the Soviet Union and its Influence on the Global Left appeared first on KPFA.
Charlie Hustle and the Culture of Gambling in Professional Sports
June 04, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Keith O’Brien is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of Paradise Falls, Fly Girls, Outside Shot, and his latest, Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. The post Charlie Hustle and the Culture of Gambling in Professional Sports appeared first on KPFA.
The Convicted Presidential Candidate: Eugene V Debs vs Donald J Trump
June 03, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: John Nichols 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, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” His Latest piece in the Nation is: Donald Trump Was Convicted Because of Democracy—Not in Spite of It Photo (C): Tingey Injury Law Firm, West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, USA The post The Convicted Presidential Candidate: Eugene V Debs vs Donald J Trump appeare...
A Book for Kids (& You) to Think About Palestine & Israel. Then, KPFA’s Audacious History.
May 30, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBPart I. A Book for Kids (& You) to Think About Palestine & Israel. Guest: Reza Aslan is a writer and scholar of religions. He is a recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award and the author of such books as Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; and his latest, A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine. Part II. KPFA’s Audacious History with Liam O’Donoghue, Guest: Liam O’Donoghue is the host and producer of the KPFA radio...
KPFA Special Programming: A Tribute to Larry Bensky
May 28, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBToday’s Letters & Politics is preempted by a special KPFA broadcast: Mitch Jeserich hosts a special 2-hour remembrance of former broadcaster Larry Bensky. This program airs live from 10am-noon and includes time for listeners to call in with memories of Larry. KPFA call-in numbers: 510-848-4425, 800-958-9008 The post KPFA Special Programming: A Tribute to Larry Bensky appeared first on KPFA.
KPFA Special: Richard Wolff on US-China Dynamics and the New Global Order
May 23, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.5 MBGuest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national syndicated television and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA. The post KPFA Special: Richard Wolff on US-China Dynamics and the New Global Order appeared first on KPFA.
KPFA Special – A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism: From The Communist Party to The New Left
May 22, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book from Verso, Citizens of the Whole World: The American Jewish Left and Cultures of Anti-Zionism, is due to be out this fall. Image credit: Wikimedia...
Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience & Why it Matters Today
May 20, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBMitch Jeserich reads from Thoreau’s Essay Civil Disobedience. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay “Civil Disobedience” (originally published as “Resistance to Civil Government”), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state. Thank-you gifts: On Thoreau: Na...
KPFA Special – Amy Tan: Connecting with Nature
May 16, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Amy Tan is the author of several novels, including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. She is a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club and is on the board of American Bird Conservancy. Her latest book is The Backyard Bird Chronicles. The post KPFA Special – Amy Tan: Connecting with Nature appeared first on KPFA.
KPFA Special – The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction
May 15, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBGuest: Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream; and Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. KPFA is offering today as a thank-you gift to you a 3 Books Pack: Techno-Road to Rebellion for $350 The 3 books Pack Includes: – Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin $150 – Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis $1...
KPFA Special – Yanis Varoufakis: How Techno-Feudalism is Replacing Capitalism
May 14, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBGuest: Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and academic, a bestselling author, and the former finance minister of Greece. He is a co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. His books include And the Weak Suffer What They Must? and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, and his latest, Technofeudalism: WHAT KILLED CAPITALISM. Foto credit: Wikimedia The post KPFA Special – Yanis Varoufakis: How Techno-Feudalism is Replacing Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.
KPFA Special – The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
May 13, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Brian Merchant is a journalist focusing on technology and the future of work. He is the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and his latest, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. He is also a founder of Terraform, Vice’s science fiction outlet. The post KPFA Special – The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech appeared first on KPFA.
Ilan Pappe on A History of Palestinian Resistance
May 09, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Palestine. The post Ilan Pappe on A History of Palestinian Resistance appeared first on KPFA.
A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism
May 08, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Benjamin Balthaser is an associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book from Verso, Citizens of the Whole World: The American Jewish Left and Cultures of Anti-Zionism, is due to be out this fall. The post A History of...
Speech in Times of War: the Israel’s Assault on Gaza
May 07, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has reported from more than 50 countries. He spent 15 years at The New York Times as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief and is the author of several books, including his latest The Greatest Evil Is War. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, The University of Toronto, and in the New Jersey prison system. He is the host of the show The Chris Hedges Report. Statements Below from Ma...
Anexos: Addiction Treatment Centers in Mexico City and Beyond
May 06, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Angela Garcia is an anthropologist and writer. She is the author of the book, The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession Along the Rio Grande, and her latest, The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos. The post Anexos: Addiction Treatment Centers in Mexico City and Beyond appeared first on KPFA.
A History of Student Movements
May 02, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Robert Cohen is a Professor of history and social studies at New York University. He is the author of several books including, Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary: Sit-ins, Civil Rights, and Black Women’s Student Activism and co-author with Sonia E. Murrow of Rethinking America’s Past: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States in the Classroom and Beyond. Photo credit: Wikimedia commons The post A History of Student Movements appeared first on KPFA.
Letters and Politics – May 1, 2024
May 01, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBA 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 – May 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction
April 30, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream; and Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. The post The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction appeared first on KPFA.
The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud
April 29, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBGuest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of the book, Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud appeared first on KPFA.
An Investigative Look Behind Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election
April 25, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuests: Michael Isikoff is an award-winning Washington investigative journalist and the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story; Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War (with David Corn); and Russian Roulette (also with David Corn). His latest coauthored with Daniel Klaidman is Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election Daniel Klaidman is an ...
The U.S. & Iraq Before The Wars
April 24, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Dean Emeritus of the Columbia Journalism School. Previously he was president of the public policy institute New America, in Washington, DC. He is an editor at The Economist in London and the author of several books, including The Bin Ladens, Private Empire, Directorate S, and his latest, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq. The post The U.S. & Iraq Before The Wars appeared ...
The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement in America
April 23, 2024 10:00 - 7 minutes - 8.5 MBGuest: Hamilton Nolan is a veteran journalist who writes about labor and politics. He is the author of the book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor. His work can be found at HamiltonNolan.com. The post The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Movement in America appeared first on KPFA.
The Life & Times of Sigmund Freud
April 22, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Dr Frank Tallis is a clinical psychologist and a writer. He is the author of several books including his latest, Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna, and the Discovery of the Modern Mind. The post The Life & Times of Sigmund Freud appeared first on KPFA.
The Pirates That Halted The Slave Trade
April 18, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Angela C. Sutton is an Assistant research professor at Vanderbilt University, where she has taught Seapower in History, the Golden Age of Piracy, and Comparative Slavery. She is the author of Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution. The post The Pirates That Halted The Slave Trade appeared first on KPFA.
Understanding Secretary Mayorkas’ Impeachment. Then, The Dangerous Dynamic Between Israel and Iran
April 17, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBPart I. Understanding Secretary Mayorkas’ Impeachment Guest: Frank O. Bowman III is a law professor, legal historian, and former federal and state prosecutor. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri, currently he is a Visiting Scholar at Colorado College. His most recent book is High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump. His latest article is Immigration Is Not an “Invasion” under the Constitution. Part II. The Dangerous Dyn...
Climate Change From A to Z with Elizabeth Kolbert
April 16, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change; The Sixth Extinction, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize, and Under the White Sky: The Nature of the Future; and her latest, H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z. The post Climate Change From A to Z with Elizabeth Kolbert appeared first on KPFA.
Special – KPFA’s 75th Anniversary
April 15, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Philip Maldari is a host and producer at KPFA Radio, currently he is the host of the Sunday Morning show. The post Special – KPFA’s 75th Anniversary appeared first on KPFA.
The Lives of Smugglers (Coyotes)
April 11, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Jason De León is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project, 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. He is the author of the award-winning book The Land of Open ...
Inflation and the Economy with Richard Wolff. Then, Haiti’s Disaster Capitalism
April 10, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBPart I. Inflation and the Economy Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School University in New York. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national television and radio program Economic Update that airs on KPFA. Part II. Haiti’s Disaster Capitalism Guest: Jake Johnston is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington...
U.S. Unconditional Support to Israel and the Imminent Assault on Rafah
April 09, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: 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. She serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. She is the author of several books including “Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terror,” “Challenging Empire,” and her latest, “Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.” The post U.S. Unconditional Support to Israel and t...
Congress, the Military Budget, and the Uncommitted Vote Campaign to Demand Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
April 08, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: John Nichols 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 “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” His Latest piece in the Nation is: More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza! The campaign to use “uncommitted” primary votes to send a message to Biden has won two dozen delegates, and it keeps growing. Photo (C): Matt Hrkac on Wikimedia Commons Th...
American Democracy and the Tyranny of the Minority
April 03, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Daniel Ziblatt is a Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author of How Democracies Die, and most lately, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, also co-authored with Steven Levitsky. The post American Democracy and the Tyranny of the Minority appeared first on KPFA.
How The Opium Trade Fueled Global Capitalism
April 02, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Amitav Ghosh is the author of several bestselling books including, Ibis Trilogy, composed of Sea of Poppies (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and The Glass Palace. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis. Mr. Gosh has received two-l...
The Black Women in The Communist Party 1919-1956
March 27, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: 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’s Political Writing. The post The Black Women in The Communist Party 1919-1956 appeared first on KPFA.
The Murder of Regina Martinez Perez
March 25, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Katherine Corcoran 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. She is the author of In The Mouth Of The Wolf: A Murder, A Cover-up, and The True Cost Of Silencing The Press. The post The Murder of Regina Martinez Perez appeared first on KPFA.
The Pursuit of Happiness, The Founders, and America Today
March 21, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Jeffrey Rosen is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, where he hosts We the People, a weekly podcast of constitutional debate. He is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. His latest book is, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. The post The Pursuit of Happiness, The Founders, and America Today appeared first on KPFA.
The Roots and Legacy of the Qur’an
March 20, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Mohamad Jebara is a scriptural philologist and prominent exegetist. A semanticist and historian of Semitic cultures, he has served as Chief Imam as well as headmaster of several Qur’anic and Arabic language academies. He is the author of Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, and his latest, The Life of the Qur’an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy. The post The Roots and Legacy of the Qur’an appeared first on KPFA.
The Axis of Resistance: Palestine & West Asia Fight Against Imperialism
March 19, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Ibrahim Aoude is a Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He is the editor of the journal Arab Studies Quarterly (which was founded by Edward Said in 1979). Professor Aoude is an expert on Hawai‘i Political Economy and Middle East politics. The post The Axis of Resistance: Palestine & West Asia Fight Against Imperialism appeared first on KPFA.
The Balfour Declaration: How the British Empire Broke Its promises to the People of Palestine
March 18, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: 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 French Imperialism in Syria, 1927–1936, and his latest, Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939. The post The Balfour Declaration: How the British Empire Broke Its promises to the People of Palestine appeared first on KPFA.
Palestinian Identity Through Culture and Exile
March 13, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Tahrir Hamdi is a Professor of Decolonial Studies at Arab Open University, Jordan. She is the author of the book Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity. She has published widely about resistance literature in several prestigious journals. The post Palestinian Identity Through Culture and Exile appeared first on KPFA.
Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan.
March 12, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBGuest: Ruby Lal is a professor at Emory University, and the author of three books and numerous essays, op-eds, and literary pieces. She is the author of Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan, and her latest, Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan. The post Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan. appeared first on KPFA.
Linked Histories: The Holocaust & The Nakba
March 11, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_zSUlv0K0 Guest: Omer Bartov is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. Bartov is a historian of the Holocaust and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on genocide. He is the author of numerous books, including Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine (2007), Israel-Palestine: Lands and Peoples (2011) Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz (2018),...
KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part IV)
March 07, 2024 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4 MBHost Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered the oldest epic in the world and a masterpiece of literature. Gilgamesh is the story of a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. Get the Ancient Tales Library $550. Includes: – Gilgamesh by Steph...
KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part III)
March 06, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBHost Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered the oldest epic in the world and a masterpiece of literature. Gilgamesh is the story of a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. Get the Ancient Tales Library $550. Includes: – Gilgamesh by Steph...
KPFA Special: Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh (Part II)
March 05, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBHost Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from Stephen Mitchell’s Gilgamesh: A New Version. Gilgamesh is considered the oldest epic in the world and a masterpiece of literature. Gilgamesh is the story of a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia, and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. Get the Ancient Tales Library $550. Includes: – Gilgamesh by Step...