UpFront – April 15, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retaliatory Attack Against Israel; Plus, Costs and Benefits of Converting Public Lands to Solar Energy Farms
0:08 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies. 0:33 — Dustin Mulvaney is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Department at San José State University. His research focuses on the social and environmental dimensions of commodity chains and production systems. … Continued
What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus, California Water Crisis Following the Rainy Season; California DOJ Dismisses Lawsuit Against Vallejo Police Department
0:08 — Sophia Bollag is a politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering state government from Sacramento. Maggie Angst is a reporter for the SF Chronicle’s city hall team. She covers homelessness, addiction and mental health. 0:33 — Heather Cooley is the Director of Research at the Pacific Institute. 0:45 — Anna Bauman is … Continued
New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program to Track Down Homeless Encampments
0:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:33 — Ethan Varian is a reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Vishnu Pendyala is an Assistant Professor of Applied Data Science at San Jose State University.
Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International Pressure for Ceasefire Increases; Plus, Aaron Peskin Joins San Francisco Mayor’s Race
0:08 — Tamara Nassar is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, and the producer of the EI Podcast. She joins us from Amman, Jordan. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism
00:08 – Erin McElroy is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. As a graduate student, they co-founded the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project here in the Bay Area. Their newest book on what happens when tech capital collides with cities in the former eastern bloc is Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions … Continued
0:14 — Ken Jacobs is Co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 0:33 — Christopher Elmendorf is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. His expertise includes property and land-use law. 0: 45 — Khalid M. Mosalam is the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and … Continued
UpFront – April 3, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
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.