UpFront – May 8, 2026
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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UpFront – May 7, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Fund Drive Special with Steve Phillips
Steve Phillips is host of Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips, a color-conscious podcast on politics. He also founded Democracy in Color, a political media organization. His latest book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?
Fund Drive Special with Luke Kemp
Luke Kemp is a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Jeff Chang on Bruce Lee [repeat]
00:08 Jeff Chang, cultural historian who won the American Book Award for Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, his history of the early years of hip hop. His new book is Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
UpFront – April 30, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit; Plus, 300 DACA Recipients Arrested Under Trump Administration; And, DHS Plan to Deport Afghans Who Aided US War Efforts from Qatar to DRC
08:00 — J.W. Glass, Senior EPA Policy Specialist at Center for Biological Diversity. 33:00 — Uriel J. García is an immigration reporter at the Texas Tribune based in El Paso. 45:00 — Shawn VanDiver is the founder and President of #AfghanEvac.
UpFront – April 27, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Behrooz Ghamari on Politics in Iran
00:08 — Behrooz Ghamari, currently Visiting Scholar at the CUNY Center for Place, Culture and Politics, just out with the book The Long War on Iran: new events, old questions