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We speak with environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett about how regular rainfall shaped everything from our religions to our civilizations to our very bodies – and how it’s not going to be regular for much longer. Plus: an acoustic engineer’s guide of some of the world’s great sound phenomena, from Stonehenge to a highway in California. … Continued
The United States manages the largest immigration detention system in the world. A new report called “Banking on Detention” published by the Detention Watch Network, details who profits from it. Later, we speak to a former inmate whose life was transformed by an art program he participated in during his time in prison. Rachel Freed … Continued
The Berkeley Police Department released a report this week reviewing its response to the Berkeley protests of December 2014 during which some protesters where beaten, tear gassed and arrested. We’ll take a look at their conclusions and also get reactions from critics of the report. Later, we speak to our own Stephen Kent who was awarded “Artist of … Continued
Last Sunday, Mexico held municipal and legislative elections. We’ll talk with journalist Anabelle Hernandez about how an unlikely candidate won the governorship of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, Mexican politics, and the state of the US-Mexico drug war. We’ll also take a look at the 11th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival which … Continued
When investigative reporter Sam Quinones went to find out why the heroin trade was booming in Middle America, he found answers in some unusual places. We’ll discuss everything from NAFTA to changing approaches to pain management, to how pharmaceutical marketing fooled doctors into thinking that opiates rarely cause addiction. Guest: Sam Quinones, veteran journalist who’s … Continued
Oakland Police shoot and kill Demouria Hogg, who was asleep in his car, with a gun nearby–the city’s first police killing in two years. We’ll get an eyewitness account, and talk to civil rights attorney John Burris. Plus: both Berkeley and San Francisco take up measures to regulate short-term rental services like AirBNB. Critics say … Continued
It’s UpFront’s Inaugural Book Club broadcast! We’ll spend the full hour discussing what a future without water might look like, with acclaimed science fiction author Paolo Bacigalupi — and take your calls. Guest: Paolo Bacigalupi, author of the Hugo-, Nebula-, and Locus Award-winning novel, The Windup Girl, set in a world without fossil fuels, re-shaped … Continued
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On Tuesday, Mission activists lost a vote on freezing market-rate development–but turned out overwhelming grassroots support for their cause. We’ll talk to Supervisor David Campos about what’s next; to one of the opponents of the Mission Moratorium about what he thinks the solution to the city’s housing crisis is, and to Tim Redmond about what happens to upcoming … Continued
A look at the symbolic work that went into making US elites identify with Israel’s government, even as early Palestinian organizing was convincing most of the rest of the world to see the country through Arab eyes. Plus: how a new type of warfare is rapidly changing the US military, revolutionizing surveillance, and tipping public opinion … Continued
