UpFront – July 27, 2022
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 – July 26, 2022
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 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us to discuss the latest developments in Russian war in Ukraine. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge any amount and receive KPFA’s Summer 2022 Storytelling for Social Change Collection—including timely speeches by climate activist Bill McKibben and from Gore Vidal. 0:33 – The latest public health crisis – … Continued
UpFront – July 22, 2022
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 – We discuss what’s to come after the fall of Boris Johnson with Phil Burton-Cartledge (@philbc3), a lecturer in sociology at the University of Derby and author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain. 0:33 – Bill McKibben (@billmckibben), founder of 350.org, speaks at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence … Continued
0:08 – Catherine Belton (@CatherineBelton), is a reporter on Russia for the Washington Post, and from 2007 to 2013 was the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times. We discuss her book Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia, and Then Took on the West. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Putin’s People: How the KGB Took … Continued
On today’s fund drive special, we feature: 0:08 – Eugene Linden is a veteran climate and science writer whose new book is Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from … Continued
0:08 – Starting with some of the global implications of developments from the Russian war in Ukraine, we’re joined John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, joins us to discuss the latest COVID science and answer listener questions. 1:09 … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ordered state police and the National Guard to return migrants to border, a move that flouts federal immigration law. This comes as a Texas Tribune / ProPublica investigation reveals that the Justice Department has been investigating alleged civil rights violations under Operation Lone Star, … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – J.W. Mason (@JWMason1), associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute joins us to discuss the latest figures on inflation and share his thoughts on the Biden Administration’s response to rising prices. 0:33 – We discuss the Monkeypox … Continued