UpFront – July 30, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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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.
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Josh Jackson on California’s Unknown Landscapes – Fund Drive Special
00:08 — Josh Jackson is a writer, photographer. He advocates for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California’s unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands.
UpFront – July 28, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Fund Drive Special with Annalee Newitz
00:08 — Annalee Newitz is a San Francisco based journalist and author. They write for New Scientist and co-host the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Their latest book is “Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind.”
Can the Hague Group and Other International Legal Bodies End the Genocide and Starvation in Gaza?
00:08 — Munir Nuseibah is a human rights lawyer and an assistant professor at Al-Quds University Law School in Jerusalem, where he directs the Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic.
Greg Grandin on What the United States Learned from its Latin American Neighbors
00:08 — Greg Grandin, Professor of History at Yale University. His latest book is, “America, América: A New History of the New World”
Bill Moyers Fund Drive Special
00:08 — Bill Moyers, legendary PBS broadcaster and former White House press secretary discusses his critique of media commercialization and warns it could result in a grim future that jeopardizes US democracy at large.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Trump’s Big Bill Increases US Military Budget by $150billion; Plus, Law Enforcement Funding Sees Boost in New San Francisco Budget
00:08 — Bill Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is the author of “Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex.” 00:33 — Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 40 years. He is the founder … Continued
Senate Approves $9 Billion Cuts to Public Media Funding; Plus, Waste Workers Strike Against Republic Services Continues; And, Dual Proposals for Funding Bay Area Public Transit
00:08 — Mike Janssen is Digital Editor at Current, an independent service of the American University School of Communication, providing news and reports on public media 00:20 — Jose Zepeda, is a rank-and-file member of the Teamsters Local 439 Republic Negotiating Committee 00:33 — Laurel Paget-Seekins is Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice at Public … Continued
Conflicting Signals in Two Consecutive Labor Reports; Plus, Niki Fortunato Bas on Measure W and Local Impact of Federal Funding Cuts
00:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 00:33 — Nikki Fortunato Bas is Supervisor of Alameda County District 5.