UpFront

Up Front – March 30, 2015

Alex Gibney’s new documentary on Scientology has just debuted – and provoked a furious online response from the Church. We talk to the author who started it all. Plus:  a debate on a new bill in California’s Senate that would permit physician-assisted suicide. Guests featured in this program: Lawrence Wright, staff writer for The New … Continued


UpFront

Up Front with Friday Host Marie Choi – Okinawa, Migrants 911 Calls to Border Patrol – March 27, 2015

Okinawa Governor, Takeshi Onaga announced earlier this week that he is rescinding approvals for the construction of a U.S. air base in Henoko.  He has ordered Japan’s Defense Ministry to stop surveying and construction work on the new air base, putting him at odds with Japanese President Shinzo Abe who has been aggressively pushing for … Continued


Featured Guests: Adam Baron, Sanaa-based reporter for The Economist from 2011-2014; now a visiting fellow at the  European Council on Foreign Relations. California Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), chair of Senate Environmental Quality Committee Laura Allen, author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape; co-founder of Grey Water … Continued


UpFront

Up Front – March 25, 2015

An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.


Ellen Pao’s discrimination suit against a high-profile Silicon Valley venture capital firm enters final arguments — we talk to Ars Tecnica’s Megan Geuss Plus: Why are so few women working in tech? We talk to Sue Rosser author of “Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science”


UpFront

Up Front – March 23, 2015

An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.


UpFront

Up Front – March 19, 2015

An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.


UpFront

Up Front – March 18, 2015

An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.