UpFront – June 2, 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 – June 1, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Scott Kurashige on Racial Capitalism, Violence, and Asian America
00:08 Scott Kurashige, interdisciplinary scholar who was a longtime collaborator of the late philosopher Grace Lee Boggs; he’s just out with the book American Peril: the violent history of anti-asian racism
UpFront – May 28, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Golden Gate 26 Trial; Plus, New CalFresh Requirements on June 1; And, Hunger Strike Protesting Inhumane Conditions at Adelanto ICE Facility
00:08 — Tori Porell is Senior Staff Attorney at Palestine Legal. 00:33 — Arlan Murillo, Director of Client Services and CalFresh Outreach team member at Alameda County Community Food Bank.
Supreme Court Home Stretch; Plus, Primary Elections Coverage; And, Bay Area Participants of Global Sumud Flotilla Intercepted and Detained by Israeli Forces
00:08 — Mark Joseph Stern is a legal analyst who covers courts and the law for Slate. He is also co-host of the Amicus podcast. 00:33 — Yue Stella Yu covers politics for CalMatters, with a particular focus on campaigns, elections and voters. 00:45 — Gregory Terry is an Oakland resident who participated in the the Global Sumud Flotilla … Continued
Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents [rebroadcast]
00:08 Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920 [rebroadcast – originally recorded in July 2024]
Fund Drive Special with Luke Kemp
00:08 — Luke Kemp is a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.
Peter Beinart on Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
00:08 Peter Beinart, editor at large of Jewish Currents, proprietor of the Beinart Notebook newsletter, and author most recently of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: a reckoning, which recently won the PEN America literary award for nonfiction.
Fun Drive Special with Josh Jackson
00:08 — Josh Jackson is a writer, photographer. He advocates for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California’s unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands.