Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
08:00 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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The Politics of Bad Bunny
KPFA’s Laura Prives takes the host microphone for a discussion with Vanessa Díaz, Associate Professor of Chicana and Latina Studies at Loyola Marymount University, and Petra Rivera-Rideau, Associate Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College. They’ve co-authored the book P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
The Militarized Trajectory of Federal Policing, Public Health Crisis in ICE Detention Facilities; Plus, SFUSD Initiated and Cancelled Contract with OpenAI; And, TikTok in US Politics
8:00 — Radley Balko is an investigative journalist. He writes the substack The Watch. His latest book is “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South.” 20:00 — Elizabeth Jacobs is Professor Emerita of Epidemiology at the University of Arizona and a founding member of Defend Public … Continued
UpFront – February 4, 2026
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Day Four of Government Shutdown; Plus, SFUSD Educators Authorize Strike; And, Overtime Pay in OPD is Bursting the City’s Budget
00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation 00:33 — Cassondra Curiel is President at United Educators of San Francisco. They have just voted to authorize a strike 00:45 — Beck Klein is a reporter and multimedia journalist studying at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
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.
Senate Negotiations Over DHS Funding; Plus, Families’ Experiences in Seeking Help through California CARE Courts
00:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. 00:33 — Marisa Kendall is a reporter covering California’s homelessness crisis for CalMatters. June Dudas has helped her aunt and cousin to seek help through the CARE Courts. She joins us from El Cajon in southern California to discuss her family’s experience in the … Continued
UpFront – January 29, 2026
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UpFront – January 28, 2026
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UpFront – January 27, 2026
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