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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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America’s largest Protestant Church joins Israeli Boycott; Plus: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead, from the Acid Tests to Fare Thee Well

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We bring you the story of a band that helped spread the 1960s counterculture from San Francisco’s Haight Asbury to towns and cities across the country . . . for five decades. It’s a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, with Peter Richardson. But first: the United Church of Christ, which numbers nearly one million … Continued

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Water and Wine; Police and Theater

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California’s drought actually has the market for high-end wines booming – which may be a very bad thing for California’s drought. We’ll talk to journalist Will Parrish about diverted streams, bulldozed woodlands, and the class politics of viticulture. Plus: The San Francisco Mime Troup launches a new production focused on police violence — we’ll bring … Continued

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The World’s First Vaccine, and the People Who Fought Against it

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California’s legislature has just sent Governor Brown a bill that would make it harder to opt out of mandatory vaccinations–over howls of protest from from libertarians and vaccine skeptics. We deliver a deep history of the very first vaccine, and the very first anti-vaccination movement – a movement that included lawsuits, riots, gun battles, and … Continued