UpFront – October 19, 2023
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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House Speaker Vote; Plus, New Report Shows Impact of Covid-19 on K-12 Education
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation 0:33 — Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University. Chelsea Waite, senior researcher at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Morgan Polikoff, is an Associate Professor at the USC Rossier School of Education
Back to Back Deadly Earthquakes Hit Afghanistan; Plus, Israel Bombings of Gaza continue as Israeli Civilian Hostages Remain Missing
0:08 — Akhtar Mohammad Makoii, a reporter for the Guardian covering Iran and Afghanistan 0:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Call-ins with Dr. 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.
What Bills Made it through the Governor’s Desk; Plus, Damien Lewis on the Secret Life of Josephine Baker
0:08 — Sophia Bollag is a politics reporter at San Francisco Chronicle covering state government from Sacramento Sameea Kamal is a reporter at CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics 0:33 — Damien Gavin Lewis is a British author, filmmaker and journalist. His latest book is “Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy”
Andrej Grubacic on the Impact of Mutual Aid on Social Movements
0:08 — Andrej Grubacic is the Editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research and the founding Chair of the Anthropology and Social Change Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
D. J. Taylor on the Life of George Orwell; Plus, What the Future Holds for the GOP
0:08 — D. J. Taylor is a British writer and critic. His latest book is “Orwell: The New Life.” 0:33 — Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Call-ins with Dr. 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.
UpFront – October 6, 2023
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
UpFront – October 5, 2023
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.