UpFront – October 1, 2021
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On today’s show: 0:08 – Savala Nolan (@savalatweets), executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley School of Law joins us to discuss her debut book Don’t Let it Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body. Fund Drive Premium – As part of our summer … Continued
Fund Drive Special – Gary Kamiya and Douglas Tallamy
On today’s show: 0:08 – Gary Kamiya, co-founder of salon.com, history columnist at the SF Chronicle joins us to discuss his latest book, Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City. Fund Drive Premium – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of Gary Kamiya’s Spirits of San Francisco as a gift from us. Pledge $350 … Continued
Fund Drive Special – Betty Reid Soskin and Poet Warriors
On today’s show: 0:08 – We dedicate the first hour celebrating the 100th birthday of Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest living National Park Service Ranger. Fund Drive Premium – We’re offering Betty Reid Soskin’s latest book, Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life as a gift for your pledge of $150. 1:08 – This hour … Continued
0:08 Mitch Jeserich on the infrastructure / reconciliation / debt ceiling showdowns playing out in Congress this week 0:34 Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, on CDC Director Rochelle Wolensky’s decision to authorize Pfizer booster shots for (some) front-line workers 1:08 Erin McElroy, assistant professor … Continued
Honoring Bay Area Poets Jack Hirschman and Janice Mirikitani; KPFA’s Avotcja at the Black Women’s Blues Festival
Friday, September 24th, 2021: On Today’s Show We share the voices of three poet activists who influenced the bay area, two of which have passed away recently: Jack Hirschman and Janice Mirikitani. We share excerpts from KPFA’s own Avotcja, host of Bebop Cubop & The Musical Truth, as she performs her poems at the Black … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Biden promises to donate 500 billion COVID vaccines to countries that need it most, but is philanthropy enough to end the pandemic? We discuss with Robbie Silverman, Oxfam America’s Senior Advocacy Manager, and spokesperson for the People’s Vaccine Alliance (@peoplesvaccine). 0:34 – We go into our archives to present an incredible interview … Continued
On today’s show: 7:08 – We learn about climate-intensified wildfires threatening fire-adapted giant sequoias with Fire Ecologist Tony Caprio and Christy Brigham (@christycrows), Chief of Resources Management and Science for the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 7:34 – We commemorate the life of Jack Hirschman with this tape from his 2006 San Francisco Poet … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Juan A. Lozano (@juanlozano70), a reporter for The Associated Press joins us from El Rio, Texas. Marleine Bastien, founder and Executive Director of Family Action Network Movement, a Haitian immigrant advocacy organization also joins us from Washington, DC to discuss the United States’ move to deport thousands of Haitian migrants … Continued
Left Behind: Overdose, homelessness and survival during Covid-19
Listen to the full radio documentary below, first aired on UpFront September 15, 2021. To listen on SoundCloud, click here. This story was reported by journalist Ariel Boone (@arielboone) for KPFA and Street Spirit, with support from a USC Annenberg California Health Journalism Fellowship and the KPFA Storytelling Project. To read the accompanying print … Continued