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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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Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food...

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2024/04/19

00:08 — Austin Frerick, fellow of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University where he works on competition policy and antitrust enforcement. His new book is Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.The post Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – April 18, 2024

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2024/04/18

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 – April 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – April 17, 2024

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2024/04/17

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 – April 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr....

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2024/04/16

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.0:33 — 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 with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – April 15, 2024

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2024/04/15

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 – April 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retaliatory Attack...

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2024/04/12

0:08 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies. 0:33 — Dustin Mulvaney is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Department at San José State University. His research focuses on the social and environmental dimensions of commodity chains and production systems. His latest book is “Solar Power, Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice.” The post Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retaliatory

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What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus,...

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2024/04/11

0:08 — Sophia Bollag is a politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering state government from Sacramento. Maggie Angst is a reporter for the SF Chronicle’s city hall team. She covers homelessness, addiction and mental health. 0:33 — Heather Cooley is the Director of Research at the Pacific Institute. 0:45 — Anna Bauman is an investigative reporter at Open Vallejo. The post What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus, California Water Crisis Following the Rainy Season; California DOJ

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New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program...

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2024/04/10

0:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:33 — Ethan Varian is a reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Vishnu Pendyala is an Assistant Professor of Applied Data Science at San Jose State University. The post New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program to Track Down Homeless Encampments appeared first on KPFA.

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Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International...

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2024/04/09

0:08 — Tamara Nassar is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, and the producer of the EI Podcast. She joins us from Amman, Jordan. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. The post Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International Pressure for Ceasefire Increases; Plus, Aaron Peskin Joins San Francisco Mayor’s Race

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr....

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2024/04/08

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism

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2024/04/05

00:08 – Erin McElroy is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. As a graduate student, they co-founded the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project here in the Bay Area. Their newest book on what happens when tech capital collides with cities in the former eastern bloc is Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times.The post Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism appeared first on KPFA.

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Protestors Shut Down Lockheed Martin Over Role Arms...

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2024/04/04

0:14 — Ken Jacobs is Co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 0:33 — Christopher Elmendorf is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. His expertise includes property and land-use law. 0: 45 — Khalid M. Mosalam is the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center at UC Berkeley. The post Protestors Shut Down Lockheed Martin Over Role Arms Contribution to Israeli Bombing of

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UpFront – April 3, 2024

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2024/04/03

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 – April 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr....

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2024/04/02

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — 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 with Dr. John Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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Labor, Capital, and the fields of California

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2024/04/01

Two repeats on this Cesar Chavez day: 00:08 Bruce Neuburger, longtime radical activist who spent most of the 1970s working in California’s vegetable fields during the heyday of the United Farm Workers. His book is called Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California [interview originally aired in 2014] 00:33 Kathryn S. Olmsted, history professor at UC Davis, discussing her book Right out of California: the 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism. [interview

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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity

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2024/03/29

00:08 Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, co-authors of Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.(They’ll be presenting their book in-person at a book event at Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley on April 16; the event is free, but the bookstore requests you RSVP to secure a seat.) The post Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity appeared first on KPFA.

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Big Tech Facing Anti-Trust Cases by the US Department...

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2024/03/28

0:08 — Mitch Stoltz is IP Litigation Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He also leads EFF’s antitrust and competition working group. 0:33 — Elisa Wells, is co-founder of Plan C, a national abortion pill access campaign working to normalize the self-directed option of abortion pills by mail. She is also the co-author of the JAMA study on the rise of self-administered abortions following the overturning of Roe v Wade. The post Big Tech Facing Anti-Trust Cases by the US Department of

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Will the Supreme Court Uphold Access to Mifepristone?...

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2024/03/27

0:08 — Jessica Mason Pieklo is Executive Editor at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered. 0:33 — Michael Davidson is an assistant professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. He was previously the U.S.-China Climate Policy Coordinator for the environmental nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The post Will the Supreme Court Uphold Access to Mifepristone? Plus, China’s Leading Development of

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The Developing Changes in Israel-US Relations with...

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2024/03/26

0:08 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance. 0:33 — Luke Goldstein is a writing fellow at The American Prospect. The post The Developing Changes in Israel-US Relations with Rashid Khalidi; Plus, Inside the Israel Lobby appeared first on KPFA.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr....

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2024/03/25

00:08 — Anthony D’Agostino, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University. 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; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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