KPFA - UpFront

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 11, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Reza Akbari is a PhD candidate in the history of modern Middle East and Iran at American University. His research focuses on Iranian politics, state-society relations, and U.S. Middle East policy. His Substack is The Guarded Domains. 00:33 — Rick Perlstein is a Historian and Columnist for the American prospect. He is the author of a four-volume series on the history of American politics an...

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Erin Reed is an transgender journalist writing the newsletter “Erin in the Morning” where she discusses LGBTQIA+ legislation, news and daily life. 00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020). 00:45 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative rep...

00:08 — Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization. His latest book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else? 00:33 — Mitchell Plitnick, is a political analyst and writer. He is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy, and is co-author, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. 00:45 — Rouzbeh Parsi is Affili...

00:08 — Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization. His latest book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else? 00:33 — Joe Eskenazi is managing editor and columnist at Mission Local. 00:45 — Eileen Ma is an attorney and the Democracy and National Initiatives Program Director at the Asian Law Caucus. They recently launched: Know Your Voting Rights: Resour...

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – November 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Rouzbeh Parsi is an Affiliated researcher in the Department of History & Human Rights Studies at Lund University. 00:33 — Suzanne Jimenez is Chief of Staff of SEIU-UHW, the lead ballot sponsor of Prop 40. David Kline is Vice President of Communications & Research at The California Taxpayers Association. The post The Prospect of a Post-Election Escalation in the Iran War; Plus, Proposition...

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros, political scientist working as a professor at the Central College of Recife in Brazil. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Lula Wins Brazil Elections; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Sean Dugar is a Berkeley native whose family has called the city home for over a century. Sean has previously served as Political Director for Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s U.S. Senate bid and mayoral campaign in Oakland. The post CorWeave Debt Spiral and the AI Bubble; Plus, Questions on Measure Z appea...

00:08 — Owen Dahlkamp is a Congress Tech Reporter at POLITICO, with a focus on how tech policy and politics shape Capitol Hill. 00:33 — YES: Trent Lange is President and Executive Director of the California Clean Money Action NO: David Kline is Vice President of Communications & Research at The California Taxpayers Association. The post What’s Inside the AI Regulation Bill Anthropic is Pitching to...

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Eugene Cordero is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. 00:20 — Francisco Ortiz, is the President of the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR), the labor union representing educators and staff in the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD). 00:33 — Connie Chan is serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 and is c...

00:08 — Melissa Sanchez is a Chicago based reporter for ProPublica covering immigration and labor. Anna Clark is a reporter for ProPublica covering stories rooted in the Midwest that have national resonance. 00:33 — Wendy Fry is an investigative journalist for Calmatters, reporting on immigration. The post Investigation Shows Survivors of Domestic Violence Turned Over to ICE; Plus, Expansion of IC...

00:08 — Laura Wojcik is a video journalist at Mediapart, an independent French digital newspaper. She regularly covers urban issues, working-class neighborhoods, gender-based and sexual violence. 00:33 — Aisha Jumaan is president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. She has worked as a public health professional for thirty years with establishments such as the CDC, UNFPA and UNDP and is...

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post US Midterm Elections; Plus, Upcoming Israeli Elections appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Molly Crabapple is an artist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Here Where We Live is Our Country. Her previous book, Brothers of the Gun, an illustrated collaboration with Syrian war journalist Marwan Hisham, was longlisted for a National Book Award. Her animated films have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Moder...