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00:08 Melanie Benesh is Vice President of Government Affairs at Environmental Working Group 00:33 Mario Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at NYU. Her forthcoming book is What to Eat Now
00:08 Peter Linebaugh, emeritus professor of History at the University of Toledo, and the author of many many books, including The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day [originally recorded in 2016] 00:33 Fred Glass, author of From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement (and formerly communications director … Continued
00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 00:20 — Dan Russell is UPTE President & Chief Negotiator. Liz Perlman is Executive Director of AFSCME Local 3299. 00:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years.
00:08 — Luke Savage is a columnist for Jacobin and author of The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History. You can find him on Substack at lukewsavage.com. 00:20 — Nora, is a Master’s student at University of Michigan and a member of the Tahrir Coalition, a campus group campaigning … Continued
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.
00:08 Marco Visscher, environmental journalist just out with the book, The Power of Nuclear: The rise, fall and return of our mightiest energy source
00:08 — Roger Parloff is Senior Editor at Lawfare. 00:33 — Reverend Kevin Burke is a Jesuit Priest who currently serves as Vice-President for University Mission at Regis University in Denver. Previously, he was Dean and a Professor at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley.
00:08 — Mike Pierce is Executive Director and co-founder of the Student Borrower Protection Center. 00:33 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside. 00:45 — Terry Christensen is Professor Emeritus of political science at San Jose State University.
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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.
