Nathan Thrall on Israeli Apartheid and the Story of Abed Salama
00:08 — Nathan Thrall is an American writer living in Jerusalem. In 2024, he received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama”
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Robert Reich on His Path to Politics, Teaching and Winning Back Democracy
00:08 — Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three presidential administrations, Republican and Democrat, as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and has written eighteen books. His latest book is “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America”
Israel’s Imposed Starvation in Gaza and Palestinian Statehood Recognition in Europe; Plus, DOJ-led Lawsuit Against Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House
00:08 — George Bisharat is Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His legal scholarship focuses on Palestine, Israel, and U.S. policies toward the Middle East. 00:33 — Abdulrahim Harara is the founder of Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland. Walter Riley is a veteran civil rights lawyer who has spent decades … Continued
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.