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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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0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest news 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.
On today’s show: 0:08 – Peniel E. Joseph (@PenielJoseph), Founding Director Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin discusses his latest book, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century.
On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss extreme heat and its impacts on agriculture and farm worker communities in the Central Valley with Josué Medellín-Azuara (@josuemedellin), Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Merced and Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou (@drfernandezbou), a scientist at UC Merced and co-founder of the SocioEnvironmental and Education Network. Both … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Craig Tucker (@scraigtucker), the Natural Resources Policy Advisor for the Karuk Tribe joins us to discuss the ongoing dispute over water rights between ranchers, farmers, and tribes on the dwindling Shasta River. 0:33 – Wendsler Nosie Sr., former Chair and current Councilmember of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and Vernelda … Continued
0:08 – Steven Thrasher (@thrasherxy) discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Thrasher is the inaugural holder of Northwestern University’s Medill School’s Daniel Renberg Chair, the first of its kind professorship created to focus on LGBTQ research.
7:08 – Insects are often thought of as pests, but they’re faced with a profound environmental collapse. Oliver Milman (@olliemilman), an environment correspondent for the Guardian, joins us to discuss his latest book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. 7:33 – Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a writer and oral … Continued
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
0:08 – Deadly floods in Pakistan kill over 1,100 people and displace more than 33 million residents. We discuss with Cyril Almeida (@cyalm) who has spent over a decade covering the government-military nexus in Pakistan. 0:33 – We discuss climate change and megafloods in California with Daniel Swain (@Weather_West), a climate scientist at UCLA … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc), senior editor and reporter at The Lever, discusses the $1.6 billion dark money donation funding a Republican political advocacy group founded by Leonardo Leo, vice president of the Federalist Society. 0:33 – Newsom recently introduced emergency legislation to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. We … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – David Senn, Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute discusses the red tide and associated fish kills observed around the SF Bay. 0:33 – Trades unions overcome gridlock over housing bills. We discuss with Manuela Tobias (@manuelatobiasm), housing reporter for the non-profit newsroom, CalMatters and co-host of Gimme Shelter … Continued
