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00:08 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, associate professor of physics and astronomy as well as core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her new book is The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry and the Cosmic Dream Boogie. Her Bay Area book event will be Tuesday, April 21, at 7:PM, at Bookshop West … Continued
08:00 — Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council in Washington D.C. 33:00 — Ruth Conniff, is editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. 45:00 — Jeffrey Mount is a senior fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center. He is an emeritus professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis.
08:00 — Omid Memarian is the Director of Communications at DAWN and also serves as the organization’s Senior Iran Analyst. He has previously worked as a journalist and human rights professional. 33:00 — Eugene Cordero is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.
08:00 — Anthony D’Agostino, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University. 33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
08:00 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation 33:00 — Tim Redmond is founder of 48hills.
08:00 — Naghmeh Sohrabi is Professor of Middle East History at Brandeis University. 33:00 — Karen Musalo is Professor of International Law and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Law.
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
00:08 Christopher Mathias, journalist who’s covered the far right for most of the past decade, now out with the forthcoming book To Catch a Fascist, the fight to expose the radical right [This is a repeat broadcast of an interview originally recorded in January 2026]
08:00 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
00:08 Rebecca Solnit, just out with The Beginning Comes After the End. She also has a newsletter called “Meditations in an Emergency”
