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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. 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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UpFront – April 2, 2026

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2026/04/02

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 – April 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – April 1, 2026

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2026/04/01

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 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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Christopher Matthias on antifascism [holiday repeat]

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2026/03/31

00:08 Christopher Mathias, journalist who’s covered the far right for most of the past decade, now out with the forthcoming book To Catch a Fascist, the fight to expose the radical right [This is a repeat broadcast of an interview originally recorded in January 2026] The post Christopher Matthias on antifascism [holiday repeat] appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 30, 2026

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2026/03/30

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 – March 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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Rebecca Solnit on Hope

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2026/03/27

00:08 Rebecca Solnit, just out with The Beginning Comes After the End. She also has a newsletter called “Meditations in an Emergency” The post Rebecca Solnit on Hope appeared first on KPFA.

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This Week in US Courts; Plus, Planting Season...

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2026/03/26

08:00 — Mark Joseph Stern is a legal analyst who covers courts and the law for Slate. He is also co-host of the Amicus podcast. 33:00 — Daniel Miller is executive director of Spiral Gardens, a non-profit community food security project located in Southwest Berkeley. The post This Week in US Courts; Plus, Planting Season Preparation appeared first on KPFA.

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Iran Will Allow Some Ships Pass Through Strait of...

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2026/03/25

08:00 — Laleh Khalili is Professor at the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.33:00 — Harimandir Khalsa is a therapist at Kaiser Walnut Creek. 45:00 — Clara-Sophia Daly is a reporter for Mission Local covering immigration. The post Iran Will Allow Some Ships Pass Through Strait of Hormuz as War Continues; Plus, Kaiser Mental Health Workers Strike; And, Immigration Arrest at SFO appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 24, 2026

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2026/03/24

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 – March 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 23, 2026

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2026/03/23

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 – March 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 20, 2026

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2026/03/20

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 – March 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 19, 2026

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2026/03/19

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 – March 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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US in Negotiations as Total Blackout Hits Cuba; Plus,...

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2026/03/17

08:00 — William LeoGrande is Professor of Government at American University. He is a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America.33:00 — Bill Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is the author of “Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex.” The post US in Negotiations as Total Blackout Hits Cuba; Plus, AI Use in Warfare appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 16, 2026

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2026/03/16

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 – March 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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A Brief History of Modern Iran: Part 2

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2026/03/13

08:00 — Golnar Nikpour is Associate Professor of modern Iranian history at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She is the author of “The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran” (2024). The post A Brief History of Modern Iran: Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

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UpFront – March 12, 2026

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2026/03/12

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 – March 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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Iran War: Oil Market Impact; Plus, a History of the...

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2026/03/11

08:00 — Antonia Juhasz is an independent journalist reporting on climate, energy and environmental justice. 33:00 — Shahrzad Mojab is Professor Emeritus in Education and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research explores the impact of war and violence on women, transnational feminism, and Marxist-feminism. The post Iran War: Oil Market Impact; Plus, a History of the Kurdish People and Politics appeared first on KPFA.

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On the Ground Reporting from Lebanon as Israeli...

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2026/03/10

08:00 — Kareem Chehayeb is a reporter for the Associated Press, reporting on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. He joins us from Beirut. Justin Salhani is a journalist who’s been reporting from Beirut since 2011. 33:00 — Ashley Nowicki is a policy analyst at the American Economic Liberties Project. William McGee is a Senior Fellow for Aviation and Travel at the American Economic Liberties Project. The post On the Ground Reporting from Lebanon as Israeli Strikes Continue; Plus, Expanded Use and

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

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2026/03/09

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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US and Israel’s War on Iran and Lebanon, Dynamics in...

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2026/03/06

08:00 — Trita Parsi is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft20:00 — Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He is the author of Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World 33:00 — Parker Molloy is author of The Present Age newsletter; previously editor-at-large at Media Matters for America, writing about the role right-wing media played in the

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UpFront – March 5, 2026

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2026/03/05

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 – March 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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