UpFront
7:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: Mondays - Fridays
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 upfront@kpfa.org.
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Up Front, June 12, 2013 – June 12, 2013
Jamal El Shayal on Turkey; “Pandora’s Promise”: A Green Case For Nuclear Energy.
Up Front, June 11, 2013 – June 11, 2013
Survelience, Wistleblowers, Banking: Birgitta Jonsdottir Member of Iceland’s Parliment Representing the Pirate Party; Abolish Payday Lending?: Liana Molina, Payday Campaign Organizer, California Reinvestment Coalition; Keystone XL Pipeline Protest at Facebook Shareholder’s Meeting.
Up Front, June 10, 2013 – June 10, 2013
Nuclear Reactor in San Onofre to Close; California Budget: Chris Hoene, Executive Director of the California Budget Project; Senate Debates Imigration Reform.
Up Front, June 7, 2013 – June 7, 2013
New Unemployment Figures; PUC Switcheroo on San Bruno Blast attorneys; Life Sentences and Parole in California’s Prison System.
Up Front, June 6, 2013 – June 6, 2013
CCSF Accreditation Decision Looms; David Bacon on Security Workers Contract Fight; Harsh Inequality Beneth the Surface in Silicon Valley; Google Security Workers Protest at Shareholder mtg; Protest Demands Google Pull Out of Chamber of Commerce.
Up Front, June 4, 2013 – June 4, 2013
Protests in Turkey: Justin Vela, Independent Journalist Based in Istanbul, Asli Bali, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law; Sweat Shops/Corporate Responsibility.
Up Front, June 3, 2013 – June 3, 2013
SF Pride Debates Bradley Manning; Cameron Jones Immigrants rights, Fracking Bills clear first deadline in Sacramento; Christopher Martinez, State Capitol Correspondent, Pacifica Evening News David Graeber, author of The Democracy Project
Up Front, May 31, 2013 – May 31, 2013
Bradley Manning Controversy Consumes SF Pride; Zoe Dunning, retired Navy Commander, a lead activist in the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and a former Grand Marshall for SF Pride and Joey Cain, gay historian, curator and former SF Pride board President Douglas Rushkoff, author of Futureshock.