
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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An “intimate portrait of South Africa’s racial reckoning” with Eve Fairbanks
0:08 — Eve Fairbanks, is a former political writer for The New Republic. She’s lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, for thirteen years. Her debut book is The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning.
What’s ahead for the House Republican agenda and nearing debt ceiling deadline; Plus, Andy Campbell on We Are Proud Boys and the January 6 Trial
0:08 — Robert Kuttner(@rkuttnerwrites), is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine; also a professor at Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management. 0:20 — John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 — Andy Campbell(@AndyBCampbell), is a senior editor and reporter at HuffPost, and the author of … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid 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.
MLK Day Special – Martin Luther King Jr. in London
On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.
Daniel Swain on mega floods; Plus Anya Kamenetz on how the pandemic changed children’s lives
0:08 — Daniel Swain (@Weather_West), is climate scientist at UCLA and The Nature Conservancy who co-authored an article in the journal Science Advances modeling the likelihood, and impacts, of California’s next megaflood. 0:33 — Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya), is author of The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now.
Iran executes 2 more prisoners linked to anti-government uprisings; Plus Richmond’s new mayor, Eduardo Martinez
0:08 — Sussan Tahmasebi (@sussantweets), executive director of FEMENA, and co-founder of the One Million Signatures Campaign, which is working to end gender-biased laws in Iran. 0:33 — Eduardo Martinez (@policycatalyst), newly elected Mayor for the city of Richmond.
Who are the Bolsonaro supporters behind Brazil’s January 8th Insurrection; Plus the state of California’s flood infrastructure
0:08 — Sean T. Mitchell, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Rutgers University, Newark and author of Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil. 0:33 — Jay Lund (@jaylund113), Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis.
Israel’s New extreme-right government; Supervisor Hillary Ronen joins us; Plus Oakland’s Omni Commons organize emergency storm shelter
0:08 – Noura Erakat (@4noura), human rights attorney and an Associate Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Africana Studies, and author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. 0:35 – Hillary Ronen (@HillaryRonen), San Francisco Supervisor for District 9, which encompasses the Mission, Bernal Heights, and Portola. 0:51 – Geraldo … Continued
More news from Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.