Fund Drive Special with Luke Kemp
00:08 — Luke Kemp is a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.
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Peter Beinart on Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
00:08 Peter Beinart, editor at large of Jewish Currents, proprietor of the Beinart Notebook newsletter, and author most recently of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: a reckoning, which recently won the PEN America literary award for nonfiction.
Fun Drive Special with Josh Jackson
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.
Fund Drive Special: Against Money
00:08 — J.W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of the City University of New York, and a senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative.
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.
Fund Drive Special: Nakba Day
00:08 — Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. His Most recent book is “The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance [1917-2017]
Fund Drive Special: Peter Beinart on Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
08:08 — Peter Beinart is Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents and writes “Beinart Notebook” on Substack. He is also a professor at the Newmark School of Journalism of the City University of New York. His latest book is “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.”
Fund Drive Special: Wages, Inflation and the Iran War
00:08 — Dean Baker, senior distinguished fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research 00:33 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast.
UpFront – May 12, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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.