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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. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org. Theme Music: Turn It Up by Digital Primitives, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

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59:58

Netanyahu Visits the White House; Plus, Medicare Drug...

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2025/07/09

00:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — Juliette Cubanski is deputy director of the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research, polling and news organization. 00:45 — Zaidee Stavely is education and immigration reporter at EdSource and hosts the weekly Education Beat podcast. The post Netanyahu Visits the White House; Plus, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation and Education Hit Hard by Budget Bill appeared first on

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59:58

Economic Fallout from Trump’s Big Budget Bill and New...

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2025/07/08

00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.00:33 — Tim Redmond is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. The post Economic Fallout from Trump’s Big Budget Bill and New Tariffs; Plus, San Francisco Budget Vote appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

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2025/07/07

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 post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Vincent Bevins on why uprisings fail, lately...

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2025/07/04

00:08 Vincent Bevins, formerly Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles times, and Southeast Asia correspondent for the Washington Post, both of which jobs gave him a front-row seat to recent social upheavals. His new book is If We Burn: the mass protest decade and the missing revolution. (this is a rebroadcast of an interview originally recorded in January 2024) The post Vincent Bevins on why uprisings fail, lately (rebroadcast) appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – July 3, 2025

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/07/03

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 – July 3, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

UpFront – July 2, 2025

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/07/02

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 – July 2, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes the Senate

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2025/07/01

00:08 — David Dayen, Executive Editor of the American Prospect.00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. The post Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes the Senate appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

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2025/06/30

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Art Reingold is the Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

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36:48

Remembering Stonewall (and Compton’s Cafeteria)

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2025/06/27

00:08 Remembering Stonewall: a radio documentary on the birth of a movement (1990) narrated by Michael Schirker; produced by David Isay.An documentary consisting of oral histories about the New York Police Department Public Morals Section’s raid upon the Stonewall Inn on June 27 1969. Patrons of The Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar, fought the police officers 00:44 Felicia Elizondo, veteran of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, interviewed by Salima Hamirani (2016) The post Remembering Stonewall (and

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59:59

US, Israel, Iran and the War They All Claim Victory...

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2025/06/26

00:08 — Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 00:33 — Yael Schacher, director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International. 00:50 — Griselda Chavez, is an Infant Development Specialist at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and has worked there for fourteen years. The post US, Israel, Iran and the War They All Claim Victory Over; Plus, Trump Administration’s Refugee

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59:59

Brett Christophers on why markets don’t fix climate...

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2025/06/25

00:08 Brett Christophers is an economic geographer at Upsalla University’s Institute for Housing and Urban Research. His new book is The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet [originally recorded June 2024]The post Brett Christophers on why markets don’t fix climate change (rebroadcast) appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian on Teaching Palestine

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2025/06/24

00:08 Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian, co-editors of the magazine Rethinking Schools, and co-editors with Samia Shoman, Suzanna Kassouf, and Bill Bigelow, of the new book Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, VoicesThe post Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian on Teaching Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Israel and Trump’s War in Iran; Plus, Corona Calls

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2025/06/23

00:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. 00:33 — Art Reingold is the Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. The post Israel and Trump’s War in Iran; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Greg Grandin on America, América

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2025/06/20

00:08 Greg Grandin, Peter V and C. Vann Woodward Professor at Yale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction; just out with America América: a new history of the new worldThe post Greg Grandin on America, América appeared first on KPFA.

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Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast]

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2025/06/19

[0:08] Robin D. G. Kelley. Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of seven books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. [rebroadcast] The post Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

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56:21

Israel’s War in Iran; Plus, Ninth Circuit Court of...

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2025/06/18

00:08 — Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council in Washington D.C. 00:33 — Kian Sharifi is a feature writer about Iranian affairs at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Central Newsroom in Prague. He was previously an editor at the Financial Tribune newspaper in Tehran. 00:45 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign The post Israel’s

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59:58

How Israelis View a War with Iran; Plus, the Role of...

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2025/06/17

00:08 — Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. The post How Israelis View a War with Iran; Plus, the Role of Off-Year Elections in Resisting Trumpism appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/06/16

00:08 — John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he’s an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Policing Tactics Used at Anti-ICE Protests;...

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2025/06/13

0:08 — Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College 0:33 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign The post Policing Tactics Used at Anti-ICE Protests; California Takes Trump Admin to Court over Troop Deployment appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE...

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2025/06/12

7:08 — Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History at Pennsylvania State University 7:33 — Carlos Anastasio, son of one of the people snatched by ICE during a raid in the Los Angeles garment district last week. 7:45 — Joe Rivano Barros, reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who’s been covering the anti-ICE protests in San Francisco The post Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE Raid Devastates Los Angeles Zapotec Community appeared first on

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