UpFront

01.04.24 - 7:00am

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0:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C. 0:33 — Rachel Lederman serves as senior council at the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. She is the attorney representing the 78 activists arrested on the Bay Bridge and over 470 activists arrested at … Continued

01.03.24 - 7:00am

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0:08 — George Bisharat is a Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East 0:33 — Doug Henwood is an economic journalist and host of KPFA’s “Behind the News,” which airs Thursdays at … Continued

01.02.24 - 7:00am

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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health

01.01.24 - 7:00am

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An hour with  Jenny Odell, multidisciplinary artist turned bestselling author. Her new book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock [This is a repeat of an interview originally recorded June 5, 2023]

12.29.23 - 7:00am

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Astra Taylor, filmmaker, writer, and organizer, most prominently with the Debt Collective. Her new book is entitled The Age of Insecurity: Coming together as things fall apart  [re-broadcast from September 2023]

12.28.23 - 7:00am

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Jehad Abusalim, Palestinian scholar from Gaza, currently completing a doctorate in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU. He’s also serving as executive director of the Jerusalem Fund, which works to educate the US public about Palestinian history. He is co-editor of a recently-published collection of writing by Gazans, called Light in Gaza: Writings Born of … Continued

12.27.23 - 7:00am

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In the later years of the Ottoman empire, big areas were consumed by religious conflict and nationalist independence movements. But not the Arab near east, including present-day Israel,/Palestine, where Christian, Muslims, Jews, and others basically just . . . got along. We’ll discuss the deep foundations for peace with with Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History … Continued

12.26.23 - 7:00am

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Amjad Iraqi is a senior editor at +972 Magazine, and a policy member of the think tank Al-Shabaka. He’s a Palestinian citizen of Israel, currently based in London. [Rebroadcast of an interview originally recorded on November 16, 2023]

12.25.23 - 7:00am

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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.

12.22.23 - 7:00am

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Brian Merchant is a technology columnist for the LA Times, and a founder of the speculative fiction outlet Terraform. His new book is Blood in the Machine: the origins of the rebellion against big tech.