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.
Theme Music: Turn It Up by Digital Primitives, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 00:33 — Antonia Juhasz is an investigative journalist reporting on climate, energy and environmental justice for Rolling Stone. Her latest piece is titled “Is Trump’s ‘Minerals Deal’ a Fossil Fuel Shakedown?”
00:08 — Brett Christophers is a Professor in the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Uppsala University. He is the author of “Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World” and “The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.” 00:40 — Walden Bello is founder of Focus on the … Continued
00:08 — Luke Savage is a columnist for Jacobin and author of The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History. You can find him on Substack at lukewsavage.com. 00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 00:45 — Andrea Henson is Co-founder and Director of Operations for … Continued
00:08 — stacy ishmael is an Executive Editor at Bloomberg News, covering the crypto industry. 00:33 — Abdullahi Halakhe is Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International.
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Jeff Miller is the founder and Executive Director of the Alameda Creek Alliance. He also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues. His latest book is Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide.
00:08 — Gönül Tol is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. She is the author of “Erdogan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.” 00:33 — Phyllis Bennis is Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. CORRECTION: Her new book “Understanding Palestine and Israel” is out … Continued
00:08 What happens when they cut the weather service Eugene Cordero, professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. 00:21 What it’s like to get fired from a job you love Rhodes Berry, until last month, Assistant Chief Counsel at the Department of Energy, based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. … Continued
00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
