UpFront
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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. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at [email protected].
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UpFront with Guest Host Vylma V – June 25, 2015
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
UpFront with Guest Host Philip Maldari – June 24, 2015
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
UpFront with Guest Host Vylma V – June 23, 2015
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
UpFront with Guest Host Philip Maldari – June 22, 2015
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
UpFront with Guest Host Marie Choi – June 19, 2015
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
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Bubble Construction: Deadly balcony collapse in Berkeley; Plus: 3 1/2 Minutes
A balcony in Berkeley causes an international incident when it kills six students, five of them foreign. We talk to investigative journalist Jaxon Vanderbeken about what we know — and don’t know — about how it happened. Plus: a new documentary on Jordan Davis, the black teenager shot dead by a white driver angry about … Continued
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