UpFront – April 20, 2026
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Howard Bryant on Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson
00:08 Howard Bryant, multi-award winning sports journalist and author – just out with the book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
Housing, Inflation and Jobs in the US War Economy; Plus, Lebanon and Israel Ceasefire Talks; And, “Fired 50” Google Employees Organizing Against War in Gaza Plan “Techlash”
08:00 — Dean Baker is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. 33:00 — Heiko Wimmen is Project Director for the Iraq/Syria/Lebanon project at the International Crisis Group. 45:00 — Scout helped organize the April 2024 Google sit-in protest, as a member of No Tech for Aparthied and is now co-hosting Techlash — … Continued
KPFA Turns 77 Years Old!
Voices from KPFA’s early decades and interview with Matthew Lasar, historian and author of “Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network.”
Upcoming Israel and Lebanon Negotiations; Plus, A New Paradigm for Fighting Homelessness; And, Remembering Carl Anthony
08:00 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 33:00 — Marissa Kendall covers homelessness for the nonprofit newsroom Calmatters. 45:00 — Carl Anthony has died. He was an architect, planner, founder of one of the country’s oldest environmental justice organizations, Urban Habitat. Among his many legacies: he played a pivotal … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
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.
The Edge of Space-Time with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
08:00 — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is Associate Professor of Physics and Core Faculty Member 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.”
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Space and Space-Time
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
Iran War Ceasefire, Trump Extends Threats by Two Weeks; Plus, Wisconsin Supreme Court Election; California Water Policy
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.
Trump Threatens to Attack “a Whole Civilization” in Iran; Plus, Unpacking Near Lowest Sierras Snowpack Levels on Record
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.