UpFront PM

UpFront PM – September 8, 2022

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org.


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Supporting Lake Merritt & Underwater Kin

  May our rogue species re-enter the choreography of creation, rather than disrupting Nature’s diverse equilibrium…   Caroline, segues from last week, again hosting Citizen naturalist Damon Tighe, on the unfolding die-off at Lake Merritt, Oakland, and the SF Bay… let’s keep this crisis on the altar of urgent pertinence.   Damon is a naturalist … Continued


Roz Chast, legendary New Yorker cartoonist, discusses her career and her book “Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York,” recorded October 26, 2017, followed by an interview with Roz Chast and Patricia Marx about their book, “Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s Suggestions,” recorded April 8, 2019. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Combating Anti-Asian Hate Guest: Annie Lee, Director of Policy for Chinese for Affirmative Action and member of The Stop AAPI Hate Coalition.   A Conversation on Originalism Guest: Erwin Chemerinsky is dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and author of the forthcoming book Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of … Continued


Law & Disorder

Charges dropped for cops who killed Angelo Quinto; Plus, Antioch Councilmember Tamisha Torres-Walker

We kick off todays show with this week’s State Terror Roundup – then going to turn our attention to both police in government in Antioch. First we speak with the family of Angelo Quinto who was murdered by police during a mental health crisis in 2020. The Contra Costa District Attorney just last week ruled … Continued


On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss extreme heat and its impacts on agriculture and farm worker communities in the Central Valley with Josué Medellín-Azuara (@josuemedellin), Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Merced and Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou (@drfernandezbou), a scientist at UC Merced and co-founder of the SocioEnvironmental and Education Network. Both … Continued