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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.

Episode Date
UpFront – October 24, 2025
Oct 24, 2025
How is the Bay Area Preparing for the Deployment of Federal Troops and What Can We Learn from Chicago
Oct 23, 2025
Government Shutdown Hits Third Week; Plus, Report Shows Emissions plateau, but atmospheric Carbon Keeps Rising
Oct 22, 2025
Israel Continues to Ignore Terms of Ceasefire, Dropsite News Investigates Network of Canary Mission Connections; Plus, the Tech Companies Benefiting from an Inflated Defense Budget
Oct 21, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Oct 20, 2025
Mariah Blake on Life in the Age of Forever Chemicals
Oct 17, 2025
UpFront – October 16, 2025
Oct 16, 2025
Gaza Ceasefire Violations & Hostage Releases; Plus, China’s Rare Earth Minerals Export Restriction
Oct 15, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Oct 14, 2025
UpFront – October 10, 2025
Oct 10, 2025
Karl Marx in America – Fund Drive Special
Oct 09, 2025
UpFront – October 8, 2025
Oct 08, 2025
UpFront – October 7, 2025
Oct 07, 2025
Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum Plan, Plus, Corona Calls
Oct 06, 2025
UpFront – October 3, 2025
Oct 03, 2025
Italian Workers Strike for Gaza Solidarity While Italian Government Retrieves Ships from Sumud Flotilla; Plus, What Government Shutdown Means for Healthcare in California
Oct 02, 2025
Fund Drive Special with Josh Jackson
Oct 01, 2025
Will the Government Shutdown this Week?
Sep 30, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Sep 29, 2025
UpFront – September 26, 2025
Sep 26, 2025
UpFront – September 25, 2025
Sep 25, 2025
Continued Discussion of Guardrails on Power Under Trump 2.0
Sep 24, 2025
What Checks on Power Exist Under Trump 2.0?
Sep 23, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine, Plus, Bubonic Plague in 20th Century San Francisco
Sep 22, 2025
UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza, What Comes Next to End it? Plus, Free Speech, Jimmy Kimmel Suspension and Trump’s TikTok Deal
Sep 19, 2025
The Fallout on Rightwing Circles Following Charlie Kirk’s Death; What’s Next After Joe Engardio’s Recall; Plus, This Week’s Federal Reserve Decision to Cut Interest Rates
Sep 18, 2025
Who Was Charlie Kirk and What Did He Represent for the Right? Plus, How Chicago is Responding to Trump’s National Guard Deployment Threats
Sep 17, 2025
UC Berkeley Gives Information on 160 Staff and Students to Federal Government’s Antisemitism Probe; Plus, Trump Administration Attacks Another Venezuelan Ship
Sep 16, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Sep 15, 2025
What Dies Recent Unemployment and Jobs Data Show About the Economy? Plus, California Lawmakers Bargain on Climate Policy As the Legislative Session Ends
Sep 12, 2025
Bill McKibben is Optimistic About Solar Energy and the Future of Civilization
Sep 11, 2025
Youth-led Antigovernment Uprisings in Nepal; Plus, Future of Bay Area Transit Jeopardized if Newsom Rolls Back $750million Loan
Sep 10, 2025
Israel’s Attack in Qatar and the Sumud Freedom Flotilla; ICE Access to Spyware from Israeli Company, Paragon; Plus, AI Boom Causing Evictions in San Framcisco
Sep 09, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 08, 2025
Organizing Jewish Anti-Zionism [rebroadcast]
Sep 05, 2025
Texas Bill Allowing Resident to Sue Out-of-State Providers of Abortion Pills; Plus, Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome Browser, Must Share Data with Competitors
Sep 04, 2025
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Deployment of National Guard in LA; Plus, Syrian Elections
Sep 03, 2025
People’s Conference for Palestine and Oakland Airport’s Role in Shipping US Weapons to Israel; Plus, Corona Calls
Sep 02, 2025
The AI Con [rebroadcast]
Sep 01, 2025
Malcolm Harris on paths through the climate crisis [rebroadcast]
Aug 29, 2025
The State of California’s Labor Movement; Plus, Will Israel Stop Killing Journalists and End the War on Gaza?
Aug 28, 2025
Medicaid Work Requirement Changes Compromise Native American Communities’ Healthcare Coverage; Plus, Trump’s Four New Executive Orders
Aug 27, 2025
Data Shows US Immigrant Population Declining First Time in 50 Years; Lawsuit to End ICE Arrests at Mandated Court Hearings; Plus, How ICE Tracked Wire Transfers to Spy on Immigrants
Aug 26, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, the Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Health Agencies
Aug 25, 2025
Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolish Rent
Aug 22, 2025
Crypto Money Funding SFPD Surveillance Unit; Plus, Texas House Passes New Congressional Maps While California Prepares Its Response
Aug 21, 2025
Hurricane Erin and Climate Change Impact on Marginalized Communities; Plus, Investigating Constitutional Violations by Private Prison Health Companies
Aug 20, 2025
Israel Partners with Microsoft’s Azure to Store Surveillance Data on Palestinians; Plus, Former SF Supervisor Authors Report on AI Use in Local Government
Aug 19, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Aug 18, 2025
Jacob Silverman on Silicon Valley’s Right Turn
Aug 15, 2025
Why Israel Might Start Another War With Iran; Plus, “Big Beautiful Bill” Might Expand Federal Funding for Affordable Housing in California
Aug 14, 2025
What Does Federal Takeover of Washington DC Mean for its Houseless Community and Will Support Rise for DC Statehood? Plus, El Salvador’s Future After Nayib Bukele’s New Constitutional Reforms
Aug 13, 2025
Egyptian Senate Elections; Plus, Trump’s Conservative BLS Nominee and Possibility of a US Dual State?
Aug 12, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Aug 11, 2025
Robert Reich on Robert Reich
Aug 08, 2025
Netanyahu Cabinet Fires Judge Overlooking Corruption Trial, FEMA Workers Moved to ICE; Plus, Plus, Black Banjo Reclamation Project at SF Downtown Hoedown
Aug 07, 2025
Republican Efforts to Gerrymander their Way to Congressional Majority; Plus, Where Are People Sent After Arrest at SF Immigration Courts & How Will Schools Protect Students and Families from ICE Raids?
Aug 06, 2025
Latest Trump Tariffs; Plus, Rashid Khalidi on Cancelling his Upcoming Class at Columbia University
Aug 05, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Aug 04, 2025
Nathan Thrall on Israeli Apartheid and the Story of Abed Salama
Aug 01, 2025
Robert Reich on His Path to Politics, Teaching and Winning Back Democracy
Jul 31, 2025
Israel’s Imposed Starvation in Gaza and Palestinian Statehood Recognition in Europe; Plus, DOJ-led Lawsuit Against Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House
Jul 30, 2025
Josh Jackson on California’s Unknown Landscapes – Fund Drive Special
Jul 29, 2025
UpFront – July 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
Fund Drive Special with Annalee Newitz
Jul 25, 2025
Can the Hague Group and Other International Legal Bodies End the Genocide and Starvation in Gaza?
Jul 24, 2025
Greg Grandin on What the United States Learned from its Latin American Neighbors
Jul 23, 2025
Bill Moyers Fund Drive Special
Jul 22, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jul 21, 2025
Trump’s Big Bill Increases US Military Budget by $150billion; Plus, Law Enforcement Funding Sees Boost in New San Francisco Budget
Jul 18, 2025
Senate Approves $9 Billion Cuts to Public Media Funding; Plus, Waste Workers Strike Against Republic Services Continues; And, Dual Proposals for Funding Bay Area Public Transit
Jul 17, 2025
Conflicting Signals in Two Consecutive Labor Reports; Plus, Niki Fortunato Bas on Measure W and Local Impact of Federal Funding Cuts
Jul 16, 2025
What Does Trump’s Budget Bill Mean for the Transfer to Clean Energy; Plus, ICE Immigration Raids in Los Angeles and Proceedings in San Francisco Immigration Courts
Jul 15, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jul 14, 2025
Emily Bender and Alex Hanna on The AI Con
Jul 11, 2025
Annalee Newitz on Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
Jul 10, 2025
Netanyahu Visits the White House; Plus, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation and Education Hit Hard by Budget Bill
Jul 09, 2025
Economic Fallout from Trump’s Big Budget Bill and New Tariffs; Plus, San Francisco Budget Vote
Jul 08, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jul 07, 2025
Vincent Bevins on why uprisings fail, lately (rebroadcast)
Jul 04, 2025
Trump Executive Order Signs Away Major Syria Sanctions; Plus, “Big Beautiful Bill” Cuts Healthcare, Expands ICE
Jul 03, 2025
Aftermath of the “12-Day War” in Iran; Plus, DOJ Could Denaturalize 25-Million Naturalized US Citizens
Jul 02, 2025
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes the Senate
Jul 01, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jun 30, 2025
Remembering Stonewall (and Compton’s Cafeteria)
Jun 27, 2025
US, Israel, Iran and the War They All Claim Victory Over; Plus, Trump Administration’s Refugee Resettlement Ban and Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Third Country Deportations; Plus, Children’s Hospital Oakland Strike Over Union Contract
Jun 26, 2025
Brett Christophers on why markets don’t fix climate change (rebroadcast)
Jun 25, 2025
Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian on Teaching Palestine
Jun 24, 2025
Israel and Trump’s War in Iran; Plus, Corona Calls
Jun 23, 2025
Greg Grandin on America, América
Jun 20, 2025
Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast]
Jun 19, 2025
Israel’s War in Iran; Plus, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Trump use of National Guard
Jun 18, 2025
How Israelis View a War with Iran; Plus, the Role of Off-Year Elections in Resisting Trumpism
Jun 17, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jun 16, 2025
Policing Tactics Used at Anti-ICE Protests; California Takes Trump Admin to Court over Troop Deployment
Jun 13, 2025
Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE Raid Devastates Los Angeles Zapotec Community
Jun 12, 2025
How Illegal is It for Trump to Send Troops to Police Protests?; Continued Coverage of LA anti-ICE Protests
Jun 11, 2025
SEIU President Faces Federal Charges for Protesting ICE Raids; At Least 42 Arrested in Los Angeles ICE Protests
Jun 10, 2025
Updates on the Russia-Ukraine War; Corona Calls w/ Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 09, 2025
Mexico’s Ruling Party Sweeps Judicial Elections; Trump Rescinds Life Saving Abortion Care
Jun 06, 2025
Israeli Parliament in Disarray Over Draft Exemptions for Orthodox Jews; Trump Asks Congress to Defund Public Broadcasting
Jun 05, 2025
SCOTUS Revokes Biden Era Parole Status for Migrants; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Explained
Jun 04, 2025
SCOTUS Revokes Biden Era Parole Status for Migrants; The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Explained
Jun 03, 2025
Updates on the Russia-Ukraine War; Covid Calls w/ Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 02, 2025
UpFront – May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
Malcolm Harris on the paths through planetary crisis
May 29, 2025
Trump’s Big Budget Bill; Plus, The State of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
May 28, 2025
Latest from the War on Gaza and Failing Zionist Economy; Plus, Corona Calls
May 27, 2025
Michael Mann On Wars [Rebroadcast]
May 26, 2025
UpFront – May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025
Fund Drive Special: Teaching Palestine
May 22, 2025
Fund Drive Special: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness
May 21, 2025
Israel Allows More Food Aid Into Gaza, UN Warns of Child Death and Starvation
May 20, 2025
Republican Budget Bill and California Budget Impact on Healthcare; Plus, Corona Calls
May 19, 2025
Malcolm Harris on Three Ways to Address the Climate Crisis – Fund Drive Special
May 16, 2025
Fund Drive Special with Richard Walker
May 15, 2025
john a. powell on the Power of Bridging
May 14, 2025
Trump Middle East Tour in Wealthy Gulf Nations; Plus, China-US Trade War Truce
May 13, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
May 12, 2025
Fund Drive Special: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness
May 09, 2025
US Economy Under Trump; Plus, Rising India-Pakistan Tension
May 08, 2025
National and State Impact of Trump Budget Plan
May 07, 2025
Fund Drive Special: Israel’s Plan to Expand Its Seize on Gaza; Palestinians Face Starvation from Humanitarian Aid Blockade
May 06, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
May 05, 2025
Trump and Toxic Chemicals
May 02, 2025
Peter Linebaugh and Fred Glass on May Day
May 01, 2025
National News Roundup; May Day Strikes Over UC Unfair Practices; Plus, Airbnb Lawsuit Impact on San Francisco Budget
Apr 30, 2025
Canada Election Results; Plus, FBI Raid on University of Michigan Pro-Palestine Activists; And, Kashmiris Bear Brunt of India-Pakistan Political Tension
Apr 29, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Apr 28, 2025
Marco Visscher on The Power of Nuclear
Apr 25, 2025
Federal Judge Grants Extension for Government Plan to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Plus, Remembering Pope Francis
Apr 24, 2025
US Department of Education Announces Involuntary Collection of Defaulted Student Loans; Plus, Oakland and San Jose Elections
Apr 23, 2025
UpFront – April 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Apr 21, 2025
Sandeep Vaheesan on democratizing electric power
Apr 18, 2025
Two Years of War in Sudan; Plus, Harvard Stands up to the Trump Administration
Apr 17, 2025
Trump Administration Attempting to Defund Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Plus, Temporary Protected Status Terminated for Thousands of Afghans
Apr 16, 2025
UpFront – April 15, 2025
Apr 15, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Apr 14, 2025
James Galbraith on what a trade war with China means
Apr 11, 2025
Upcoming Iran-US Talks; Plus, Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act
Apr 10, 2025
Can Courts Stand Up to Trump’s Deportation of Migrants to Prison in El Salvador? Plus, Gardening Call-in Segment
Apr 09, 2025
UpFront – April 8, 2025
Apr 08, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Apr 07, 2025
Upfront – April 4, 2025
Apr 04, 2025
US EEOC Investigation of Alleged Antisemitism on UC Campuses; Plus, Thirteen University Student Groups Condemn Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Activists; And, What’s Next After Trump’s Global Tariffs?
Apr 03, 2025
UpFront – April 2, 2025
Apr 02, 2025
UpFront – April 1, 2025
Apr 01, 2025
UpFront – March 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India
Mar 28, 2025
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love
Mar 27, 2025
Texas Abortion Crackdown; Plus, Community Impact of Wood Street Cabin Shelter and RV Site Closure
Mar 26, 2025
Department of Housing & Urban Development Announcement Could Evict 15,000 Californians; Plus, Update on Federal Employee Fired by DOGE
Mar 25, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, California K-12 Education Under the Trump Administration
Mar 24, 2025
Kenneth Roth on Three Decades of Battling Abusive Governments
Mar 21, 2025
UpFront – March 20, 2025
Mar 20, 2025
Trump Administration Overlooks Court Orders, Deports Migrants; Plus, Israel breaks Ceasefire, Resumes Attacks in Gaza
Mar 19, 2025
Trump Vows to Retaliate Against Yemen and Iran for Blockade of Israeli Ships; Plus, Daniel Lurie’s Plan for Homelessness in San Francisco
Mar 18, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Mar 17, 2025
House Republican Government Spending Proposal; Plus, Trump’s Minerals Deal with Ukraine
Mar 14, 2025
Brett Christophers on Why Asset Managers Own the World; Plus, Walden Bello on the Arrest of Former Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte
Mar 13, 2025
Canada’s New Prime Minister; Plus, House Budget Vote; And, Lawsuit Poses Obstacle to California Homeless Encampment Sweeps
Mar 12, 2025
Crypto Industry and the Presidency; Latest from the War in Sudan
Mar 11, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Mar 10, 2025
Jeff Miller on Bay Area Wildlife – Fund Drive Special
Mar 07, 2025
Developments in Syria and Implications for the Kurdish Forces Fighting Turkey; Plus, Trump Administration’s Agenda on the Gaza Ceasefire
Mar 06, 2025
Inside the DOGE cuts
Mar 05, 2025
Global Economic Impact as Trump Tariffs Deadline Reached
Mar 04, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Mar 03, 2025
UpFront – February 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025
Fund Drive Special with Rich Perlstein
Feb 27, 2025
Limits on Legal Challenges to the Trump Administration; Plus, Impact of Federal Grants Cuts to Trans Healthcare
Feb 26, 2025
Media Policy Under the Trump Administration; Plus, National Politics Roundup with John Nichols
Feb 25, 2025
Fund Drive Special: Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Feb 24, 2025
Mohammed El-Kurd Fund Drive Special
Feb 21, 2025
Is A Ukraine Peace Deal Possible Under Trump?; Plus the New Startups Disrupting the Defense Industry
Feb 20, 2025
Judge to Weigh NYC Mayor Eric Adams Corruption Charges Today
Feb 19, 2025
Jessica Anderson on Visualizing Palestine
Feb 18, 2025
Manisha Sinha thinks Reconstruction starts with the election of Lincoln
Feb 17, 2025
What Defines a Constitutional Crisis?; California Insurer Gets $1 Billion Bailout After LA Fires
Feb 14, 2025
Trump Admin Announces New Tariffs; DOGE Continues Slashing Staff at Federal Agencies
Feb 13, 2025
How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left
Feb 12, 2025
UpFront – February 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Feb 10, 2025
War in the DRC; ICE in the USA
Feb 07, 2025
Trump Wants the United States to Takeover Gaza; Plus, What a Trump Adminsitration Means for Decarbonizing the Economy
Feb 06, 2025
Mexico Responds to Trump’s Tariff Threat; Plus, Elon Musk’s Takeover of the Treasury’s Payment System
Feb 05, 2025
Trump Administration’s Emerging Policy Toward the Middle East
Feb 04, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Feb 03, 2025
DNC Picks a New Chair this Weekend; Plus, After the LA Fires
Jan 31, 2025
Unpacking Tariff Implications and the Future of Public Health Under the Trump Administration
Jan 28, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Senate Confirmation Hearings Continue for Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Jan 27, 2025
When Jews organize against Zionism
Jan 24, 2025
Israeli Raids in the West Bank Intensify After Gaza Ceasefire; Plus, Trump Freezes Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act; And, Sheng Thao Indictment
Jan 23, 2025
How to prepare to respond to immigration raids in Northern California; plus, civil rights groups sue to save birthright citizenship
Jan 22, 2025
Gaza Ceasefire Goes into Effect; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 21, 2025
Hajar Yazdiha on the Struggle for the People’s King
Jan 20, 2025
Israel Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Deal, What Comes Next for People in Gaza
Jan 17, 2025
Ceasefire in Gaza Reached and Delayed; Plus, Diving Deep into the Los Angeles Fires
Jan 16, 2025
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the confirmation of Pamela Bondi as US Attorney General – January 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Special Broadcast: Senate Confirmation (Armed Service Committee) Hearing of Peter Hegseth – January 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jan 13, 2025
Eugene Linden on why the world’s burning [rebroadcast]
Jan 10, 2025
Los Angeles is Burning
Jan 09, 2025
State Department Declares Genocide in Sudan; Plus, Meta Ends Factchecking Programs
Jan 08, 2025
What’s Next for South Korea’s Impeached President? Plus, CA Laws Affecting Renters Rights; And, Incoming Lurie Administration’s Picks for San Francisco
Jan 07, 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jan 06, 2025
Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolishing Rent
Jan 03, 2025
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on the history of money in American politics
Jan 02, 2025
Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents [rebroadcast]
Jan 01, 2025
Jason Stanley on authoritarianism, history, and education
Dec 31, 2024
Scott Reynolds Nelson on Grain and Empire [repeat]
Dec 30, 2024
Rebecca Nagle on native dispossession and the fight for justice [rebroadcast]
Dec 27, 2024
Nathan Thrall on life under occupation
Dec 26, 2024
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity [rebroadcast]
Dec 25, 2024
Austin Frerick on the political economy of America’s food system [rebroadcast]
Dec 24, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 23, 2024
UpFront – December 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
Report Show Social Housing Possible in SF; Plus, Presidential Immunity Claim Rejected in Trump Hush Money Case; And, California Federal Waiver to Set Emission Standards Under Attack; Plus, Supreme Court Allows Oral Arguments to Challenge the US Tik Tok Ban
Dec 19, 2024
Foreign Relations for a New Syria Under HTS; Plus, Alameda County Data Report Traces Homelessness in Oakland; And, San Francisco’s Houseless Population in Recent Storms
Dec 18, 2024
A Look at Washington Before Trump Takes Office; Plus, What’s Driving Israel to Increase Settlements in the Golan Heights
Dec 17, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Dec 16, 2024
Fund Drive Special: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
Dec 13, 2024
Political Economic Future of Syria; Plus, How Has the Kurdish Population Reacted to the Rise of HTS
Dec 12, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Jason Stanley
Dec 11, 2024
Fund Drive Special: Phyllis Bennis on the Fall of the Syrian Government & Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
Dec 10, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Dec 09, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Maria Finn
Dec 06, 2024
HTS Rebels Expand Takeover to Hama in Central Syria; Plus, Israel Continues Attacks Amid Lebanon Ceasefire
Dec 05, 2024
Korean President Faces Impeachment Threats, Following Lifting of Martial Law
Dec 04, 2024
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
Dec 03, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 02, 2024
Dana Mattioli on Amazon and Antitrust [rebroadcast]
Nov 29, 2024
David Silverman on the real history of Thanksgiving [rebroadcast]
Nov 27, 2024
DOJ Calls for Google to Break from Chrome Browser
Nov 26, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Nov 25, 2024
ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Deif; Plus, Houses Bill that Could Target Non-Profits; Matt Gaetz Withdraws from AG Nomination
Nov 22, 2024
Immigration Organizing Under Trump 2.0 in California and Arizona; Plus, Oakland Considering Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Nov 21, 2024
Nationwide Repression of Campus Organizing on Palestine; Plus, Crypto Industry Wins from Election Outcomes
Nov 20, 2024
The Left Wins Sri Lanka Elections; Plus, What We Know About Daniel Lurie’s Transition Team; And, Who is Trump’s Pick for the FCC?
Nov 19, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Climate Policy Under Trump 2.0
Nov 18, 2024
Astra Taylor on the Age of Insecurity
Nov 15, 2024
Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations [rebroadcast]
Nov 14, 2024
Mastering the Universe with Rob Larson [rebroadcast]
Nov 13, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 12, 2024
Michael Mann on Wars [rebroadcast]
Nov 11, 2024
What Happened this Election? Trump 2.0 and US Relations with China; Inflation Shock Impact on Electoral Politics; Plus, California State Politics and Housing
Nov 08, 2024
California Election Results; The Economy and the Election; Plus, Israeli Defense Minister Fired Amidst Another Netanyahu Controversy
Nov 07, 2024
Post-Election Day 2024 Special
Nov 06, 2024
Election Day 2024 Special
Nov 05, 2024
Voter Suppression Across the Country; Plus, Tracing the Money in Richmond Politics
Nov 04, 2024
Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Could Become Worst in the World; Plus, Prop 34 Explained; District Attorney Pamela Price On Facing a Recall Campaign
Nov 01, 2024
A Look at Voter Polls in Georgia; Plus, Berkeley Measure GG Debate
Oct 31, 2024
What are Voter Polls Showing in Wisconsin? Plus, Senate District 7 Candidate Interviews
Oct 30, 2024
Israel Attacks Iran, What Comes Next? Plus, Boeing Workers Continue Strike; Election Explainers: Prop 2, Prop 6 and San Francisco Prop L
Oct 29, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 28, 2024
Looking into Money in Politics from San Francisco to Oakland; Plus, Alameda County District 5 Supervisor Candidate Interviews
Oct 25, 2024
Montana Senate Race; Plus, Interview with Oakland Mayor, Sheng Tao
Oct 24, 2024
Doctors Without Borders and Middle East Children’s Alliance on Relief Needs in Gaza; Plus, What Prop 33 Could Mean for Californians
Oct 23, 2024
Israel’s Continued Assault on Northern Gaza; SDUSD School Closures Stopped with New Superintendent Sworn in; Plus, What Measure GG Could Mean for Berkeley
Oct 22, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 21, 2024
The Escalating Situation in Lebanon; Plus, “Visualizing Palestine” Depicts Israeli Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance in 200+ Infographics
Oct 18, 2024
UpFront – October 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
Live from Gaza; Plus, Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Interviews
Oct 16, 2024
SFUSD School Closures; Electoral Map Ahead for Harris; Plus, CA Proposition 32 Debate and Explainer
Oct 15, 2024
Rebecca Nagle on By The Fire We Carry
Oct 11, 2024
Special Programming for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct 10, 2024
SCOTUS Back in Session; Mutual Aid for Hurricane Helene in North Carolina; Plus, Proposition 4 Explained
Oct 09, 2024
Florida braces for Hurricane Milton disaster; plus how climate change-induced disasters are killing workers
Oct 08, 2024
The latest in Russia’s war in Ukraine with John Feffer; plus one year since the Oct 7 attacks with Joel Beinin
Oct 07, 2024
Inside Amazon’s ‘ruthless quest to own the world’ and the FTC antitrust lawsuit to break it up, with WSJ journalist Dana Mattioli
Oct 04, 2024
Israel’s expanding war in Lebanon with Joseph Daher; plus poet Tahir Izgul recounts his life under China’s Uyghur genocide
Oct 03, 2024
Vice Presidential debate debrief with John Nichols; Plus Iran’s missile attack against Israel with Negar Mortazavi
Oct 02, 2024
Gun trafficking and how America arms gangs and cartels with Ioan Grillo; Plus Israel launches ground invasion of Lebanon with Joel Beinin
Oct 01, 2024
The Pro-Russian Right wins elections in Austria; New Studies on COVID and the Brain
Sep 30, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Nate Powell: Lies My Teacher Told Me
Sep 27, 2024
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
Sep 26, 2024
Fun Drive Special with Jeff Miller on Bay Area Wildlife
Sep 25, 2024
Deadliest Day in Lebanon in 34 Years as Israel Continues Bombing, Killing Hundreds, Displacing Thousands
Sep 24, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 23, 2024
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
Sep 20, 2024
UpFront – September 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024
Fall Fund Drive Special: Lies My Teacher Told Me
Sep 18, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Rob Larson
Sep 17, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
Sep 16, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Rashid Khalidi
Sep 13, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Kathleen Duval
Sep 12, 2024
2-Hour Presidential Debate Special
Sep 11, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Yanis Varoufakis
Sep 10, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 09, 2024
Sasha Abramsky on Chaos Comes Calling
Sep 06, 2024
Trump’s Trials
Sep 05, 2024
Governor Newsom Calls CA Legislators Back After End of Legislative Session; Plus, Israel Faces Protests After Killing of Six Hostages
Sep 04, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 03, 2024
Brian Merchant on Smashing the Machine [Labor Day Repeat]
Sep 02, 2024
Sunaura Taylor on Disabled Ecologies
Aug 30, 2024
What happened to California’s bid to save local journalism?
Aug 29, 2024
DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Price Fixing and Rent Inflation; Plus, Lead Contamination in Oakland Schools; And, the Future of “Recyclable”
Aug 28, 2024
Canada Rail Shutdown; Pro-Palestinian UCI Students Sue Campus for Suspension Without Due Process; Plus, High Price of Mpox Vaccine Prevents Equitable Access
Aug 27, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 26, 2024
The Democratic Party and the Campaign Path Ahead; Plus, Wrapping Up the DNC
Aug 23, 2024
Noura Erakat on Palestine and the Presidential Election; Plus, Harris, Walz and the Rust Belt
Aug 22, 2024
Chicago City Politics and Policing Policy During the DNC; Plus, Joe Biden’s Economic Record
Aug 21, 2024
Will Blinken Secure a Ceasefire in Gaza? Plus, Three Years Since the Taliban Returned to Power in Afghanistan
Aug 20, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 19, 2024
Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction’s Promise, and Defeat
Aug 16, 2024
Gaza Ceasefire Potential After the Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh; Plus, Workers Across the Country Fight Against Inadequate Heat Protection Laws
Aug 15, 2024
The Political Past and Present of the Olympics with Jules Boykoff
Aug 14, 2024
Deborah Miranda on Bad Indians
Aug 13, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 12, 2024
CA Supreme Upholds Prop 22; Plus, Gender Policing and Racism in Women’s Sports; Phoenix Project Tracks Influence of Tech and Real Estate Billionaires in San Francisco City Politics
Aug 09, 2024
UpFront – August 8, 2024
Aug 08, 2024
Kamala Harris VP Pick and the Campaign Ahead
Aug 07, 2024
Iran Vows Retaliation Against Israel; Bangladesh Student Protests Overthrow Current Government; Plus, Is the US in an Economic Crisis?
Aug 06, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Latest on the Park Fire
Aug 05, 2024
UpFront – August 2, 2024
Aug 02, 2024
Who Will Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate? Plus, Famine on the Rise and Peace Talks Cancelled: the Latest from Sudan
Aug 01, 2024
Student Protests in Bangladesh Escalate; Israeli Rightwing Rise to Defend Soldiers Accused of Sexual Assault; Plus, What Happened in the Venezuelan Elections?
Jul 31, 2024
Israel and Lebanon: Attack on Golan Heights; Plus, Wildfire Smoke Health Impact
Jul 30, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
Jul 29, 2024
What Might a Harris Presidency Mean for Gaza and US-Israel Relations; Plus, Kamala Harris as a Leader and Attorney General
Jul 26, 2024
Netanyahu Visits Congress; Plus, A Look at Kamala Harris’s Career in Public Office
Jul 25, 2024
Who is Kamala Harris today?
Jul 24, 2024
San Francisco Political Roots of Kamala Harris; Plus, ICJ Rules Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territories is Illegal, What Happens Now?
Jul 23, 2024
UpFront – July 22, 2024
Jul 22, 2024
Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Jul 19, 2024
Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Jul 18, 2024
Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Jul 17, 2024
Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Jul 16, 2024
Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Jul 15, 2024
Brett Christophers on how de-regulation’s stymied the clean-energy transition
Jul 12, 2024
What Has the Kenya-led Police Mission in Haiti Done So Far? Plus, Will Biden Answer the Calls to Drop Out of the Race?
Jul 11, 2024
What Pezeshkian’s Win Means for Iran and it’s Counterparts; Plus, A Historical Analysis of Joe Biden’s Run for a Second Term
Jul 10, 2024
More Anti-government Protests in Israel as the World Awaits a Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Plus, What We Know ( and Don’t) About the FBI Raid on Mayor Sheng Thao’s Home
Jul 09, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jul 08, 2024
Yanis Varoufakis on Technofeudalism
Jul 05, 2024
Vincent Bevins on why The Revolution didn’t happen
Jul 04, 2024
Iran Elections Following Raisi’s Death; Plus, Detained Immigrant Relaunch Labor Strike at ICE Detention Centers; And, How Heatwaves Impact Pregnant People & Workers
Jul 03, 2024
UN Expert Calls for Ending the Global War on Drugs; Plus the Battle Over Rent Control in San Francisco
Jul 02, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls
Jul 01, 2024
Brian Merchant on Luddites and Luddism [repeat]
Jun 28, 2024
Cory Doctorow on The Internet Con [repeat]
Jun 27, 2024
The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention with Ana Raquel Minian
Jun 26, 2024
Department of Education Will Investigate Berkeley Unified District for Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab and Islamophobic Discrimination; Plus, New Documents Reveal Latest Israeli Plan to Control Gaza War Narrative in the United States
Jun 25, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 24, 2024
Biden Administration Unveils Relief for Families of Mixed Immigrant Status; Plus, Susan Neiman Says “Left is Not Woke.”
Jun 21, 2024
Will there be a Hezbollah-Israel War Following Gaza War? Plus, Life-Threatening Heatwaves Hit the US and the Globe
Jun 20, 2024
Jenny Odell on Saving Time [repeat]
Jun 19, 2024
Why Queer and Trans Activists Who Support Palestine are Calling for Boycott of SF Pride; Federal Firefighters Face Substandard Living Conditions; Plus, Negotiations Continue Over the State Budget as Mandatory Deadline Approaches
Jun 18, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 17, 2024
Asaf Elia-Shalev on Israel’s Black Panthers
Jun 14, 2024
The Future of California Gig workers; Plus, the Insect Crisis (Rebroadcast)
Jun 13, 2024
Benny Gantz Resigns, Truce Deal on the Table; Plus, California Budget Cuts Hit Distributed Energy Efforts
Jun 12, 2024
European Elections with Yanis Varoufakis; Plus, CA Campus Organizing Around Gaza War
Jun 11, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 10, 2024
Reza Aslan on Explaining Palestine/Israel to kids
Jun 07, 2024
Narendra Modi Wins Third Term in India Elections; DOJ Files Civil Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster; Plus, Biden Executive Order Restricts Asylum Seeking Across US Border
Jun 06, 2024
African National Congress Loses Majority in South Africa Elections; Budget Battle in San Francisco; Plus, A Look at Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
Jun 05, 2024
UpFront – June 4, 2024
Jun 04, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 03, 2024
Guilty on all counts. What’s next?
May 31, 2024
Trump’s Trial: It’s all over but the verdict. And the sentencing. And the appeals.
May 30, 2024
Historian Ilan Pappé Israel’s Continued Invasion of Rafah; Plus, What Comes Next in Iran After President Ebrahim Raisi’s Death?
May 29, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
May 28, 2024
Michael Mann On Wars [rebroadcast]
May 27, 2024
International Court of Justice Ruling Orders Israel to Cease Rafah Offensive
May 24, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Marni Fylling
May 23, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Yanis Varoufakis
May 22, 2024
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders; Plus, UAW 4811 Strike Begins in UC Santa Cruz; Academics Supporting Palestine Face Repression, Doxxing
May 21, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
May 20, 2024
Fund Drive Special: Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood
May 17, 2024
Continued: Livestream of the International Court of Justice Hearing on South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel
May 16, 2024
Rafah Invasion Goes to Court at the ICJ; Plus, the Student Movement for Palestine
May 15, 2024
Fund Drive Special: Lies My Teacher Told Me
May 14, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
May 13, 2024
UpFront – May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
The History of Israel’s Black Panthers
May 09, 2024
Fund Drive Special: Al Nakba and The Price of Oslo Documentary
May 08, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Rashid Khalidi
May 07, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
May 06, 2024
Ajay Singh Chaudhry on The Exhausted of the Earth
May 03, 2024
UpFront – May 2, 2024
May 02, 2024
Fred Glass on California Labor History (Repeat)
May 01, 2024
Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for Haiti?
Apr 30, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 29, 2024
Student Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Face Violent Crackdown, What is Different This Time Around?
Apr 26, 2024
UpFront – April 25, 2024
Apr 25, 2024
Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial Continues; Plus, India Elections Begin
Apr 24, 2024
Israel and Iran Escalation; Plus, Bay Area Delegation Joins the Gaza Freedom Flotilla; What Grant Pass vs. Johnson Means for Homelessness in Bay Area;
Apr 23, 2024
Sudan’s war at 1; Corona Calls
Apr 22, 2024
Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry
Apr 19, 2024
UpFront – April 18, 2024
Apr 18, 2024
UpFront – April 17, 2024
Apr 17, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 16, 2024
UpFront – April 15, 2024
Apr 15, 2024
Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retaliatory Attack Against Israel; Plus, Costs and Benefits of Converting Public Lands to Solar Energy Farms
Apr 12, 2024
What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus, California Water Crisis Following the Rainy Season; California DOJ Dismisses Lawsuit Against Vallejo Police Department
Apr 11, 2024
New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program to Track Down Homeless Encampments
Apr 10, 2024
Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International Pressure for Ceasefire Increases; Plus, Aaron Peskin Joins San Francisco Mayor’s Race
Apr 09, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 08, 2024
Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism
Apr 05, 2024
Protestors Shut Down Lockheed Martin Over Role Arms Contribution to Israeli Bombing of Gaza; Plus, New Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers; Oral Arguments Begin Over People’s Park; What the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Means for the Bay Area
Apr 04, 2024
UpFront – April 3, 2024
Apr 03, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
Apr 02, 2024
Labor, Capital, and the fields of California
Apr 01, 2024
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity
Mar 29, 2024
Big Tech Facing Anti-Trust Cases by the US Department of Justice and the European Union; Plus, Study Shows Self-Administered Abortion on the Rise Following Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Mar 28, 2024
Will the Supreme Court Uphold Access to Mifepristone? Plus, China’s Leading Development of Renewable Energy
Mar 27, 2024
The Developing Changes in Israel-US Relations with Rashid Khalidi; Plus, Inside the Israel Lobby
Mar 26, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 25, 2024
Cory Doctorow on How to Seize the Means of Computation
Mar 22, 2024
California Schools Running Out of Federal Pandemic Relief Funds; Plus, Sacramento City Council Pass Ceasefire Resolution
Mar 21, 2024
Trump’s Ongoing Legal Battles; The Confederate General Who Defied the South
Mar 20, 2024
How Much Has Organizing on the War in Gaza Affected Policy in Washington D.C. and Voter Behavior in California; Plus, CA Not Projected to Meet its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals
Mar 19, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 18, 2024
What do sanctions accomplish?
Mar 15, 2024
A Look at Local Organizing Around a Gaze Ceasefire; Plus, Influencing DC Politics Toward Ending the War Gaza
Mar 14, 2024
Primary Election Results; Plus, Street Spirit is Back; ICE Detainee Migrants Crammed into Golden State Annex
Mar 13, 2024
Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for a Haiti Transitional Government? Plus, Electric Rate Hikes and Debriefing San Francisco’s Election Results
Mar 12, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 11, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Chris Hedges
Mar 08, 2024
Fund Drive Special with Corey Doctorow
Mar 07, 2024
Fund Drive Special: The Future of Democracy with Steve Phillips
Mar 06, 2024
Egypt’s Position in the Ongoing Invasion of Gaza; Plus, Super Tuesday Races to Follow Around the Nation
Mar 05, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 04, 2024
UpFront – March 1, 2024
Mar 01, 2024
Fund Drive Special: The Life and Legacy of Bayard Rustin
Feb 29, 2024
Pressure Inside the Israeli Government], A Looming Invasion of Rafah and What a Ceasefire Would Mean for Humanitarian Aid
Feb 28, 2024
Fund Drive Poetry Special with Maya Angelou and June Jordan
Feb 27, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 26, 2024
Fund Drive Special: Occupation of the American Mind; Plus, Rashid Khalidi on the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
Feb 23, 2024
Fund Drive Special: David Walker on the Life of Frederick Douglass
Feb 22, 2024
Over 52 Countries Begin Arguments on ICJ Against Israel’s Occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem; Plus, Edward Said Speech on the Idea of Palestine
Feb 21, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine – Navalny Edition; Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
Feb 20, 2024
Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination
Feb 19, 2024
A Look at Hezbollah and How it May Respond to Israel’s Attacks; Plus, Upcoming San Francisco Ballot Measures
Feb 16, 2024
California Senate Runoff; What Would Prop 1 Do? Plus, Bay Area Counties May Lose $200million in FEMA Funds
Feb 15, 2024
Pakistan Elections; Plus, Senate Passes $95Billion Aid Bill, Sending Arms to Ukraine and Israel
Feb 14, 2024
Israel Threatens Ground Invasion of Rafah, the Last Area Holding Millions Displaced from Gaza; Plus, Big Money’s Influence on San Francisco Politics
Feb 13, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 12, 2024
SF Housing Policy; California After the Atmospheric River; Plus, Charlie Chaplin vs America
Feb 09, 2024
The Political Battle Over US Border Security; Plus, How “Tyranny of the Minority” is Putting American Democracy into Crisis
Feb 08, 2024
Anti-Trans Legislation Hits Hard in 2024; Hindu Nationalism’s White Supremacist Ties; Social Services Hotline Data Offers Opportunities; Plus SF Civil Settlements
Feb 07, 2024
UpFront – February 6, 2024
Feb 06, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 05, 2024
UpFront – February 2, 2024
Feb 02, 2024
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Online Child Safety; Plus, Hayward City Council Votes to Divest from Four Companies; California’s Plan for Chinook Salmon Population Decline
Feb 01, 2024
The History of UNRWA and Impact of Aid Funding Cuts; Plus, Cal Poly SLO Pro-Palestinian Protestors Attacked by Police; UC Regents Employment for Undocumented Students
Jan 31, 2024
US-Iran Altercations Since the October 7th Attack in Israel; LA Times Layoffs and the Future of California Journalism
Jan 30, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Jan 29, 2024
International Court of Justice Decision on Israel’s Genocide Case; Plus, Dr. Yousef Khelfa Describes Current Situation in Gaza Hospitals
Jan 26, 2024
Biden administration extends review of new LNG terminals; Plus, The Oakland Coal Terminal is back from the dead ; Bay Area Health Workers Protest L3Harris Weapons Development for Israel
Jan 25, 2024
New Hampshire Primary Elections Results; Plus, the Biden Administrations Escalating Actions Towards Yemen
Jan 24, 2024
Tensions in the Israeli Government Over Gaza War and Release of Hostages; San Francisco City Budget Battles; Plus, San Mateo County Supervisors Proposal Would Make Houseless Camping a Misdemeanor
Jan 23, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
Jan 22, 2024
What the Iran-Pakistan Attacks Mean for the Region; Humanitarian Crisis from the Israeli Attacks in Gaza; Plus, Poet Tahir Izgul Recounts His Life Under China’s Uyghur Genocide
Jan 19, 2024
Chevron Deference Case; A Look At Governor Newsom’s Budget Proposal
Jan 18, 2024
Taiwan Election Results and its Political Aftermath; UK and US continue to Bomb Houthis in Yemen
Jan 17, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 16, 2024
MLK Day Special
Jan 15, 2024
Hajar Yazdiha on The Struggle for the People’s King
Jan 12, 2024
Tony Platt on the Scandal of Cal [repeat]
Jan 11, 2024
People’s Park History Since 1969; Plus, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Pass Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
Jan 10, 2024
A Look At National Politics Ahead; Cheuk Kwan Writes Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
Jan 09, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 08, 2024
New California Housing Laws Going into Effect this Month; Plus, the Battle for People’s Park Continues
Jan 05, 2024
What the Attacks in Iran and Beirut Mean for the Region; Legal Charges Filed Against Bay Area Gaza Activists; Plus, UC Berkley Sends Police to Block People’s Park
Jan 04, 2024
Israel’s Latest Strategy in its Invasion of Gaza; Taking Stock of Bidenomics
Jan 03, 2024
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 02, 2024
Jenny Odell on Saving Time [repeat]
Jan 01, 2024
Astra Taylor on the Age of Insecurity
Dec 29, 2023
Jehad Abusalim on life inside (and outside) Gaza
Dec 28, 2023
Ussama Makdisi on the history of coexistence in the Arab world
Dec 27, 2023
[Rebroadcast] Amjad Iraqi on Palestinian Politics
Dec 26, 2023
UpFront – December 25, 2023
Dec 25, 2023
Brian Merchant on what workers today can learn from the Luddites
Dec 22, 2023
UpFront – December 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
UpFront – December 20, 2023
Dec 20, 2023
No Tech for Apartheid Opposes Google and Amazon’s Contribution to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, UNSC Votes On New Gaza Resolution; Plus, California’s $68 billion Budget Deficit
Dec 19, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 18, 2023
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi and Nora Barrows-Friedman
Dec 15, 2023
Fund Drive Special History of the Modern Arab World with Ussama Makdisi
Dec 14, 2023
Fund Drive Special: The Occupation of the American Mind
Dec 13, 2023
Kenneth Roth on the UN Security Council and Ceasefire Possibility in Gaza
Dec 12, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, No Move Toward Call for Ceasefire by the Biden Administration
Dec 11, 2023
UpFront – December 8, 2023
Dec 08, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Jehad Abusalim
Dec 07, 2023
UpFront – December 6, 2023
Dec 06, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Phyllis Bennis
Dec 05, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 04, 2023
UpFront – December 1, 2023
Dec 01, 2023
UpFront – November 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
Prospects for a Gaza Ceasefire After the Truce; Plus, New SF Housing Development Bill to Address Missing State Deadline
Nov 29, 2023
UpFront – November 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 27, 2023
UpFront – November 24, 2023
Nov 24, 2023
4 Day Pause on Fire Agreed in Exchange for Hostages in Israel and Palestine; Plus, Israeli Political Strategy for Safe Hostage Exchange
Nov 22, 2023
Argentina Elects Far-right Presidential Candidate; Plus, California’s Unemployment Crash Before and After Pandemic Began
Nov 21, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 20, 2023
Amjad Iraqi on the Reality of Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Backlash towards Dissent and the Future of the Palestinian People
Nov 17, 2023
How Lessons Learned from the Bosnian Genocide Apply to Gaza; Lawsuit Filed Against Biden Administration for Complacency in Genocide; Plus, Bay Area Organizers and Protestors Shutdown Bay Bridge Calling for a Ceasefire
Nov 16, 2023
Biden Meets with Xi Jinping at APEC; Plus, Escalating Violence in the West Bank as Bombing in Gaza Continues
Nov 15, 2023
Preempted for Pacifica Radio Archives Fundraiser
Nov 14, 2023
Possible Government Shutdown; Plus, Corona Calls
Nov 13, 2023
Environmental and Indigenous Rights Activist Brandon Lee on Opposing APEC; Plus, Upcoming Protests During the Summit; Homeless Sweeps Leading up to APEC
Nov 10, 2023
What Comes After the Ground Invasion of Gaza? Plus, Stanford University Students Hold “Sit-in to Stop Genocide”
Nov 09, 2023
How to Combat Rising Anti-Semitism and Reject its Weaponization; Plus, Special Election Results
Nov 08, 2023
Rashid Khalidi on What is Different This Time About Israel’s Attacks on Palestine
Nov 07, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 06, 2023
Gaza and US Foreign Policy; Plus, What are Palestinians Experiencing in the West Bank
Nov 03, 2023
US-backed Kenya Plan to Send Security Forces to Haiti Has Been Halted; Plus, High Eviction Cases in Alameda County Following End of Moratorium
Nov 02, 2023
Bay Area Doctors Call for Ceasefire in Solidarity with Gaza; San Francisco Honors Dia De Los Muertos; Spain Marks Anniversary of Law Making Amends for Crimes During 40 Years of Fascist Rule 
Nov 01, 2023
UpFront – October 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Call-ins
Oct 30, 2023
On Wars with Michael Mann
Oct 27, 2023
Is there a shift in US Politics around Palestine & Israel? Plus, Boycott Divestment Sanctions and Palestine Solidarity Organizing
Oct 26, 2023
House Speaker Vote Continues; Sudan is One of the World’s Fastest Growing Humanitarian Crises; Plus, Challenges of Sending Aid to Gaza
Oct 25, 2023
Could Israel’s Offensive on Gaza Expand to a Regional War? Plus, Limitations of US Policy on Gaza
Oct 24, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls
Oct 23, 2023
UpFront – October 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
UpFront – October 19, 2023
Oct 19, 2023
House Speaker Vote; Plus, New Report Shows Impact of Covid-19 on K-12 Education
Oct 18, 2023
Back to Back Deadly Earthquakes Hit Afghanistan; Plus, Israel Bombings of Gaza continue as Israeli Civilian Hostages Remain Missing
Oct 17, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 16, 2023
What Bills Made it through the Governor’s Desk; Plus, Damien Lewis on the Secret Life of Josephine Baker
Oct 13, 2023
Andrej Grubacic on the Impact of Mutual Aid on Social Movements
Oct 12, 2023
D. J. Taylor on the Life of George Orwell; Plus, What the Future Holds for the GOP
Oct 11, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 10, 2023
UpFront – October 6, 2023
Oct 06, 2023
UpFront – October 5, 2023
Oct 05, 2023
UpFront – October 4, 2023
Oct 04, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Andrej Grubacic
Oct 03, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 02, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Robin DG Kelley
Sep 29, 2023
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
Sep 28, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Obi Kaufmann
Sep 27, 2023
UAW Strike Continues
Sep 26, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 25, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Naomi Klein: Doppelganger
Sep 22, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Jade Begay and john a. powell
Sep 21, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Rebecca Solnit
Sep 20, 2023
Fund Drive Special: Lessons from Earth’s Past to Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis with Michael E. Mann
Sep 19, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Sep 18, 2023
UpFront – September 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
New Inflation Numbers, CA Bills Headed to Final Vote; Plus, New Research Predicts Oil & Gas Expansion
Sep 14, 2023
Storm Daniel Causes Catastrophic Floods in Libya; Plus, Kevin McCarthy Launches Biden Impeachment Inquiry
Sep 13, 2023
Google Antirust Trial Begins; Plus, Will UAW Go On Strike?
Sep 12, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
Sep 11, 2023
When people break nature’s soundscape
Sep 08, 2023
Africa Climate Summit; Plus, EPA Approves Carcinogenic Fuel?
Sep 07, 2023
New Amazon Distribution Center in Bay View, CEQA bill AB 1307 May Greenlight People’s Park development; Plus, California Forever: Building Utopian Cities from Scratch
Sep 06, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls
Sep 05, 2023
Labor History with Kim Kelly and Fred Glass
Sep 04, 2023
Tony Platt on the Scandal of Cal
Sep 01, 2023
A new uprising in Syria? Plus: AI cameras on AC transit
Aug 31, 2023
Idalia hits Florida; Ned BlackHawk on The Rediscovery of America
Aug 30, 2023
Trump DC Trial Set for March, Saudi Border Guards Massacre of Ethiopian Migrants; Plus, SFUSD Considering School Closures
Aug 29, 2023
What comes after Prigozhin; What’s coming from B.2.86
Aug 28, 2023
Paulette Steves on the Indigenous Paleolithic
Aug 25, 2023
Republican Debates; Plus, CA School District Requiring Reporting Transgender Students to Parents
Aug 24, 2023
BRICS Summit; Injunction Banning SF Homeless Sweeps May be Compromised; Plus, Bill to Raise Bay Area Bridge Tolls Put on Hold
Aug 23, 2023
California floods (in August!); Ecuador bans drilling in the Yasuni; Federal raids on Antioch police
Aug 22, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 21, 2023
Matt Simon on How Microplastics Corrupt the Environment and Our Bodies
Aug 18, 2023
Ecuador Elections; Plus, 2 Year Anniversary of Taliban Afghanistan Takeover
Aug 17, 2023
Trump Indictment in Georgia, Campaign to Stop Oakland Airport Expansion; Plus, Maui Fires
Aug 16, 2023
Iran and the US Strike Prisoner Exchange Deal, Self Driving in San Francisco; Plus, Maui Fires
Aug 15, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 14, 2023
Jenny Odell on “Saving Time Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock”
Aug 11, 2023
ECOWAS Calls Summit on Niger Coup; Asylum Seeking under the Biden Administration
Aug 10, 2023
UN Vote to Send Security Forces to Haiti; CPUC Vote on Self-driving Taxis
Aug 09, 2023
Toxic Algae Bloom in the Bay, Plus, Mojave Desert Wildfires
Aug 08, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Aug 07, 2023
Dr. Robert Okin on “SILENT VOICES: People with Mental Disorders on the Street”
Aug 04, 2023
Fatah and Hamas Form Reconciliation Committee; Latest Developments in Niger Coup
Aug 03, 2023
Trump Indictment; Plus, Eviction Moratoria Expiring
Aug 02, 2023
Hollywood Actors and Writers on Strike; Plus, Stories from Chinese Restaurants Across the World
Aug 01, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
Jul 31, 2023
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
Jul 28, 2023
Coup Attempt in Niger; Plus, Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates
Jul 27, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Jeff Goodell
Jul 26, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Naomi Oreskes
Jul 25, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jul 24, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Jenny Odell
Jul 21, 2023
Israeli President Isaac Herzog Addresses US Congress, Reaffirms US Support for Israel Despite Criticism
Jul 20, 2023
Donald Trump is a Target in the DOJ’s Investigation into Overturning the 2020 Election
Jul 19, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Daniel Ellsberg
Jul 18, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins
Jul 17, 2023
Zachary Carter on John Maynard Keynes
Jul 14, 2023
The Politics of Red States Across the Nation; Plus, Community Responses to the Harms of Residential Segregation
Jul 13, 2023
Seeking Abortion Care Across State Lines; UAW Members and Student Workers Arrested at UCSD
Jul 12, 2023
Floods, Fires and Hurricane Response: Climate Change Roundup
Jul 11, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jul 10, 2023
Andrew Alden on the Geology of the East Bay
Jul 07, 2023
Christina Gerhart on Disappearing Islands
Jul 06, 2023
Naomi Oreskes on The Big Myth
Jul 05, 2023
Malcolm Harris on Palo Alto, and Capitalism
Jul 04, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jul 03, 2023
“Lesbian Love Story” Traces History through the Archives of Queer Love
Jun 30, 2023
Attacks on Trans Rights and the Role of Mainstream Media in Perpetuating Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric
Jun 29, 2023
The Supreme Court Session in Review ;CA Budget Heads to Final Vote; Plus, New Bill Would Hike Bridge Tolls to Fund Transit
Jun 28, 2023
Israel Approves over 5000 Homes in Settlement Expansion; Plus, Takeaways from the Biden-Modi Meeting
Jun 27, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Mpox & Covid Call-ins with Dr. Peter Ching-Hong
Jun 26, 2023
Bettina Aptheker’s “Communists in Closets” traces the history of Queer Communists in U.S. History
Jun 23, 2023
California State Budget Rundown; Plus, the Oakland A’s Move and the Business of Sports Teams
Jun 22, 2023
Latest in UK Politics; Plus, Alissa Quart Debunks the American Dream in “Bootstrapped”
Jun 21, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 20, 2023
Juneteenth Special with Robin DG Kelley
Jun 19, 2023
Manijeh Moradian’s “This Flame Within” Traces the History of Iranian Student Activists in the United States
Jun 16, 2023
Federal Interest Rates; Plus, Another Migrant Boat Sinking off the European Coast
Jun 15, 2023
Right wing media derides Trump document probe; Plus California legislators inch closer to a budget deal
Jun 14, 2023
Fire ecologist explains Canada’s wildfires; Plus anomalous ocean warming events and what they portend
Jun 13, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 12, 2023
Donald Trump, first-ever president to face federal indictment
Jun 09, 2023
Senegal Protests; 200 people displaced from San Jose’s Coyote Creek encampment; Plus, San Francisco International Arts Festival is Happening June 8th to June 18th
Jun 08, 2023
Nova Kakhovka Dam Collapse; Police and Prison Reforms in the Legislature; the end of Street Spirit?
Jun 07, 2023
New Brazilian Laws Rollback Recognition of Indigenous Lands; Plus, California Legislation on Digital Privacy and Housing
Jun 06, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jun 05, 2023
Brett Christophers on “Why Asset Managers Own the World”
Jun 02, 2023
House Vote on Debt Ceiling; Plus, the Push to Save California Public Transit; The 22nd SF Documentary Film Festival Kicks Off June 1st
Jun 01, 2023
UpFront – May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
Debt Ceiling Deal; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
May 30, 2023
UpFront – May 29, 2023
May 29, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Robin D.G. Kelley
May 26, 2023
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
May 25, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Douglas Tallamy
May 24, 2023
Fund Drive Special with George Monbiot
May 23, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
May 22, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Harry Belafonte
May 19, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Naomi Oreskes
May 18, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Andrew Alden
May 17, 2023
This Year Marks the 75th Anniversary of the Nakba
May 16, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
May 15, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Obi Kaufman
May 12, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Malcolm Harris
May 11, 2023
Fund Drive Special with David Harvey
May 10, 2023
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
May 09, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
May 08, 2023
Yasmin El-Rifae on her book “Radius: a Feminist Revolution”
May 05, 2023
Federal Reserve Hikes Rates to Highest since 2007; CA Reparations Task Force Recommendations; Plus, “The Siege” Brings Palestinian History to the Stage
May 04, 2023
Collapse of First Republic Bank; CNA Striking John Muir Behavioral Health; Plus, Sudan Update
May 03, 2023
“Dream House” by Carmen Maria Machado; Plus, Migrant Caravan from Tapachula arrives in Mexico City
May 02, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
May 01, 2023
“BIRTH” offers intimate look at maternal healthcare in the United State
Apr 28, 2023
Daniel Ellsberg on “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.”
Apr 27, 2023
Biden announces he’s running for reelection; Plus, Anti-CRT measures impact California school districts
Apr 26, 2023
Tucker Carlson out of Fox News; Plus, the future of Bay Area transit
Apr 25, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 24, 2023
Dacher Keltner on the transformative power of “awe”
Apr 21, 2023
Sudan Internal Conflict, Civilians Caught in the Middle; Plus, What Flooding Means for Wells
Apr 20, 2023
Yemen Peace Talks; Plus, Supreme Court takes up Mifepristone
Apr 19, 2023
Portland Police extreme use of teargas in June 2020 protests; Plus, the long-term health impact of houseless encampment sweeps 
Apr 18, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 17, 2023
Matthew Lasar on “Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Radio Network”
Apr 14, 2023
Clarence Thomas and judicial ethics; Plus, Tax call-ins
Apr 13, 2023
How Biden administration’s rule will affects trans student athletes; Plus, Spring Planting Call-ins
Apr 12, 2023
Israeli violence against Palestinians escalates, Israeli Defense Minister reinstated; Plus, American Library Association report shows book bans and challenges surged in 2022
Apr 11, 2023
Massive Classified Document Dump re: Ukraine; FDA considering a new round of COVID boosters
Apr 10, 2023
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris
Apr 07, 2023
Israeli Police attack Al Aqsa mosque during holy month of Ramadan; Plus, SF audit finds $500m in affordable housing funds unspent; and, racist text message exchange found among Antioch police officers
Apr 06, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat; Plus, Trump arraignment; and, California enters contract to make affordable insulin
Apr 05, 2023
Rise of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation nationwide; Plus, Pajaro farmworkers continue flood recovery
Apr 04, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Apr 03, 2023
George Monbiot on “Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet”
Mar 31, 2023
Migrants & Asylum Seekers under Biden Administration; Plus, Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world with Cheuk Kwan
Mar 30, 2023
Trump’s rally in Waco, Texas; Plus, Governor Newsom signs bill targeting oil price gouging
Mar 29, 2023
Israel protests and fate of the Netanyahu government; Looking and Bay Area weather ahead
Mar 28, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 27, 2023
David Harvey on “A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse”
Mar 24, 2023
Federal Reserve Raises Rates 0.25%; Plus, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases 2023 report
Mar 23, 2023
San Joaquin Valley Floods threaten Allensworth; Plus, what came of anti-war movement with Phyllis Bennis
Mar 22, 2023
The invasion of Iraq: Twenty years later
Mar 21, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 20, 2023
Robin DG Kelley on the twentieth anniversary of “Freedom Dreams”
Mar 17, 2023
Strikes against pension reform in France; US, UK, Australia ink a weapons deal; Plus, Venture Capital breakdown over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Mar 16, 2023
Environmental groups sue over Biden approval of Willow Project; SF Budget Committee Considering boost to police funding; Plus, Wood Street Commons encampment facing final eviction
Mar 15, 2023
China brokers Iran-Saudi reconciliation; Atmospheric river and Bay Area weather ahead; Plus, San Francisco reparations process
Mar 14, 2023
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 13, 2023
Fund Drive Special Film: Aware
Mar 10, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Dr. Gabor Mate
Mar 09, 2023
Dacher Keltner on how the feeling of “awe” can transform your life
Mar 08, 2023
Escalating Israeli violence in the West Bank; Plus, Ibram X. Kendi’s new book “How to Be a (Young) Antiracist”
Mar 07, 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Mar 06, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Kristin Ohlson
Mar 03, 2023
Fund Drive Special with Paul Stamets
Mar 02, 2023
Fund Drive special with George Monbiot: sustainable change to our global food system
Mar 01, 2023
Fund Drive Special: Comic book writer David F Walker on his graphic novel about Frederick Douglass
Feb 28, 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 27, 2023
Russian invasion of Ukraine: one year later
Feb 24, 2023
Robin DG Kelley discusses the twentieth anniversary edition of “Freedom Dreams”
Feb 23, 2023
Another earthquake hits Turkey and Syria; Plus, geophysicist Glenn Biasi on what the past says about the next big earthquake
Feb 22, 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 21, 2023
Robin DG Kelley on the twentieth anniversary editing of “Freedom Dreams”
Feb 20, 2023
BBC office raided in backlash against “India: The Modi Question” documentary; Plus, LeRonne Armstrong fired from Oakland police chief position
Feb 17, 2023
East Palestine derailment chemical safety; Plus, Islamic Republic frees wave of political prisoners; Also,tenant protections for unincorporated areas of Alameda County
Feb 16, 2023
What does restorative justice work look like?; Plus, Alameda County’s New District Attorney, Pam Price
Feb 15, 2023
Nicaragua sends 200+ freed political prisoners to the US; Plus, who is responsible for the living conditions of farmworkers in Half Moon Bay?
Feb 14, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 13, 2023
Ibram X. Kendi on “How to Be a (Young) Antiracist”; Plus, Paolo Bacigalupi on “The Water Knife”
Feb 10, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake causes devastating humanitarian impact; Plus, Youtube music workers on strike at Google’s Austin office; Also, Multi-state battle over the Colorado River continues
Feb 09, 2023
Florida’s attack on AP African American Studies
Feb 08, 2023
The latest in US-China relations; Plus, most of Bay Area housing elements rejected, what’s next?
Feb 07, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Feb 06, 2023
Kim Stanley Robinson on “the High Sierra: A Love Story”
Feb 03, 2023
The latest in Haiti; Plus, Biden administration’s approach to the border and immigration policy; Also, 500K+ people go on strike in the UK
Feb 02, 2023
All about gas stoves; Plus, YouTube workers alleging retaliation for organizing; Also, Berkeley Here / There encampment receives eviction notice
Feb 01, 2023
Blinken in Israel and Palestine; Plus, the two-year anniversary of the Myanmar coup; Plus, Laguna Honda Hospital hearing
Jan 31, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 30, 2023
Marion Nestle on her new memoir “Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics”
Jan 27, 2023
Up Front Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
Up Front Jan 26, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
Developments in Afghanistan; Plus, OPD Chief Leronne Armstrong suspended
Jan 24, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 23, 2023
UpFront January 20th
Jan 20, 2023
An “intimate portrait of South Africa’s racial reckoning” with Eve Fairbanks
Jan 19, 2023
What’s ahead for the House Republican agenda and nearing debt ceiling deadline; Plus, Andy Campbell on We Are Proud Boys and the January 6 Trial
Jan 18, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 17, 2023
MLK Day Special – Martin Luther King Jr. in London
Jan 16, 2023
Daniel Swain on mega floods; Plus Anya Kamenetz on how the pandemic changed children’s lives
Jan 13, 2023
Iran executes 2 more prisoners linked to anti-government uprisings; Plus Richmond’s new mayor, Eduardo Martinez
Jan 12, 2023
Who are the Bolsonaro supporters behind Brazil’s January 8th Insurrection; Plus the state of California’s flood infrastructure
Jan 11, 2023
Israel’s New extreme-right government; Supervisor Hillary Ronen joins us; Plus Oakland’s Omni Commons organize emergency storm shelter
Jan 10, 2023
More news from Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 09, 2023
Daniel Bergner on the mind and the science of our brains
Jan 06, 2023
Lula DaSilva’s back in charge of Brazil; What’s happening in California’s new legislative session; Plus impact of storms on Berkeley’s unhoused people
Jan 05, 2023
Chaos in the House; Plus when an atmospheric river hits a bomb cyclone
Jan 04, 2023
Ukrainian attack claims hundreds of Russian lives lost; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 03, 2023
Up Front Jan 2, 2023
Jan 02, 2023
Kristin Ohlson on mutualism and the powerful interspecies relationships tying ecosystems together
Dec 30, 2022
Dan Flores presents a new natural history of North America
Dec 29, 2022
Deborah Miranda on her classic memoir Bad Indians
Dec 28, 2022
Jamie Susskind on democracy in a digital world
Dec 27, 2022
How wheat built and broke empires with Scott Reynolds Nelson
Dec 26, 2022
James Bridle on AI, non-human intelligence, and biological computing
Dec 23, 2022
Protests in Peru; Plus UC academic workers unions are divided on tentative agreement
Dec 22, 2022
“Every funeral is met with more protests” Negar Mortazavi on the Iran protests
Dec 21, 2022
Final House Committee Hearing on January 6 Capitol Riot; Plus Toxic Chemicals in Fish Promised to Native Tribes
Dec 20, 2022
More news from Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 19, 2022
Fund drive special with Kristin Ohlson and Gabor Maté
Dec 16, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Paul Stamets
Dec 15, 2022
Inflation shows signs of easing
Dec 14, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Kristin Ohlson
Dec 13, 2022
Russian neo-nazi paramilitary group raises fears of possible escalation; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Dec 12, 2022
UpFront – December 9, 2022
Dec 09, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Steve Phillips
Dec 08, 2022
Fund Drive Special with James Bridle
Dec 07, 2022
Raphael Warnock leads Georgia runoff; Plus fund drive special with
Dec 06, 2022
Russia missiles strike multiple Ukrainian cities; Plus flu is surging in California
Dec 05, 2022
Lev Menand on the trouble with the Fed’s role in the financial system
Dec 02, 2022
Postdocs, academic researchers reach tentative labor deal; Plus Medea Benjamin on her new book
Dec 01, 2022
Biden asks Congress to preempt a rail strike; Plus a spotlight on the Club Q massacre and its antecedents
Nov 30, 2022
Tens of thousands of protestors arrested in Iranian uprisings; Plus SFPD proposes killer robots
Nov 29, 2022
Mud, not cold slowing Russian troop movement; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 28, 2022
UpFront – November 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
A special report on California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans
Nov 23, 2022
UpFront – November 23, 2022
Nov 23, 2022
The spectacular collapse of FTX; Plus the implications of a nationwide rail strike
Nov 22, 2022
IAEA renews calls for DMZ near Zaporizhzhya NPP; Plus holiday COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 21, 2022
Aviva Chomsky on Climate Justice, Reparations, and De-Growth
Nov 18, 2022
Downballot: criminal justice reformers and democracy initiatives made gains
Nov 17, 2022
Why Republicans can’t quit Trump
Nov 16, 2022
Russia withdraws from Kherson; Plus Dr. Swartzberg on COVID and other bugs this season
Nov 14, 2022
Lisa Hajjar on her book The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture
Nov 11, 2022
The Supreme Court Case That Threatens Tribal Sovereignty; Plus Twitter after Elon Musk
Nov 10, 2022
National elections roundup; Plus a spotlight on local elections
Nov 09, 2022
It’s election day!; Plus how a software firm created a cartel to raise rents
Nov 08, 2022
Is the Russo-Ukrainian war headed to a stalemate?; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Nov 07, 2022
Oaklanders to vote on public campaign finance measure; Plus
Nov 04, 2022
Netanyahu and far right allies win Israeli election; Plus Matt Mahan on his candidacy for SJ Mayor
Nov 03, 2022
Supreme Court poised to end affirmative action; Plus who assaulted Paul Pelosi and why?
Nov 02, 2022
What Bolsonaro’s defeat means for the Brazilian Amazon; Plus we remember Mike Davis
Nov 01, 2022
Russia to re-enter grain export deal; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 31, 2022
Three open seats on OUSD school board; Plus Beatrice Adler-Bolton on her new book Health Communism
Oct 28, 2022
UpFront – October 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
Journalist censored for pro-Palestinian remarks on The Hill TV; Plus we host a debate on SF vacancy tax measure
Oct 26, 2022
Mahsa Amini protestors persist against paramilitary forces; Plus we host a debate on SF Prop D/E
Oct 25, 2022
Russia threatens Kakhovka dam near Kherson; Italy swears in far-right PM Georgia Meloni; Plus more COVID questions
Oct 24, 2022
Algorithmic price fixing on apartment rentals; Plus Kaiser mental health workers end their strike
Oct 21, 2022
How Democrats are engaging Black voters in the midterm election; Plus we host a debate on Prop 30
Oct 20, 2022
Haitians reject U.S. and Mexico proposal to intervene; Plus we host a debate on Prop 29
Oct 19, 2022
What’s the proposed Berkeley vacant homes tax on the ballot this November?
Oct 18, 2022
Californians to vote on two sports gambling measures; Plus a proposed vacancy tax in Berkeley
Oct 18, 2022
Kamikaze drone strikes claim over 20 lives in Kyiv; Plus more COVID news with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 17, 2022
Beth Macy on the next wave of America’s overdose crisis
Oct 14, 2022
CPI indicates rising food and rent costs; Asm. Adam Gray on his congressional candidacy
Oct 13, 2022
Iran uprising gains momentum despite state violence; Plus Katherine Kolbert on what must be done to save reproductive freedom
Oct 12, 2022
Candidates for San Francisco District Attorney
Oct 11, 2022
UpFront – October 7, 2022
Oct 07, 2022
Rebuilding after Hurricane Ian could take years; Plus the incarcerated people abandoned in the flood zone
Oct 06, 2022
UpFront – October 5, 2022
Oct 05, 2022
Fund drive special with David Walker
Oct 04, 2022
Putin accuses U.S. of being satanic in annexation speech; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Oct 03, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Scott Reynolds Nelson
Sep 30, 2022
12 ft storm surges as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in SW Florida
Sep 29, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Chris Hedges
Sep 28, 2022
Half a Million Puerto Ricans are still without power; Emergency packs being offered for fund drive
Sep 27, 2022
Putin’s partial mobilization provokes mass protests; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
Sep 26, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Mitchell Schwarzer
Sep 23, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Barbara Ehrenreich
Sep 22, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Dr. Gabor Maté
Sep 21, 2022
Fund Drive Special with Scott Reynolds Nelson
Sep 20, 2022
Russia’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping; Plus Dr. Swartzberg answers COVID questions
Sep 19, 2022
Labor organizer Jon Melrod on his new book Fighting Times
Sep 16, 2022
Latest on the legal battle ensuing over classified documents seized by FBI at Mar-a-Lago; Kaiser mental health workers begin their second month on strike
Sep 15, 2022
You can’t fix what you can’t see: Racism, patriarchy, and the rise of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.
Sep 14, 2022
Republicans propose a federal abortion ban; Plus a long look at the pregnancy-related mortality crisis
Sep 14, 2022
UFW President urges signage of AB 2183; Inflation figures out today
Sep 13, 2022
Ukraine military advances into areas previously under Russian control; Plus Dr. Swartzberg on the new bivalent vaccine booster
Sep 12, 2022
Volatile conflicts over U.S. democracy continue in The Third Reconstruction
Sep 09, 2022
How will California adapt to extreme heat?
Sep 08, 2022
Dust up over Shasta River water; Plus Apache land defenders protect a sacred site from copper mining
Sep 07, 2022
Disease and illness exacerbate inequality in The Viral Underclass
Sep 06, 2022
Collapsing insect populations threaten environmental collapse; Plus how the black timber market devastates California’s ecological system
Sep 05, 2022
UpFront – September 2, 2022
Sep 02, 2022
Catastrophic floods in Pakistan displace 33 million; Plus climate change and megafloods in California
Sep 01, 2022
Billions in dark money for Republicans; Plus should California keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant?
Aug 31, 2022
SF Bay fish kills linked to red algae bloom; Plus trades unions overcome gridlock over housing bills
Aug 30, 2022
Ukrainians smuggled back home via Russian “underground railroad”; Plus COVID questions
Aug 29, 2022
Lessons from postcolonial Barbados on sovereign debt and the climate crisis
Aug 26, 2022
Oakland’s largest unhoused community faces Caltrans eviction
Aug 25, 2022
California to phase out all new gas cars by 2035; Plus unprecedented red algal bloom in the SF Bay
Aug 25, 2022
Biden’s debt forgiveness policy; Plus Amah Mutsun tribal Chair on the campaign to protect Juristac
Aug 24, 2022
UpFront – August 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
Daughter of pro-Kremlin intellectual killed in car explosion; Plus more COVID questions
Aug 22, 2022
Destin Jenkins on his book The Bonds of Inequality
Aug 19, 2022
States could criminalize writing about abortion; Plus Asm. Ramos on his priorities for Indian country
Aug 18, 2022
How to turn guaranteed income pilots into actual policy; Plus Tim Redmond on Brooke Jenkins financial disclosure
Aug 17, 2022
One city imposes fees on UFW for marching through Cesar Chavez park; Plus Newsom plans to extend life of Diablo Canyon Power Plant
Aug 16, 2022
Explosions target air base at Russian-annexed Crimea; Kaiser therapists on strike; Plus COIVD questions
Aug 15, 2022
Reem Assil on her cookbook Arbiyya: Recipies from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora
Aug 12, 2022
Israel’s latest attack on Gaza killed 49; Facebook data used by police to prosecute Nebraska teenager who sought an abortion
Aug 11, 2022
More news on inflation; Hmong residents in Siskiyou allege racial animus in lawsuit against the county
Aug 10, 2022
Innumerable fish killed by debris flow from McKinney Fire; Plus multiple injured after escalation at Parker Elementary School
Aug 09, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war news; More COVID questions; Plus what’s next for People’s Park?
Aug 08, 2022
UpFront – August 5, 2022
Aug 05, 2022
Cal pauses construction at People’s Park; Plus Newsom’s new Delta tunnel plan
Aug 04, 2022
California declares monkeypox state of emergency; Advocates debate child mental health bill
Aug 03, 2022
4 dead in Siskiyou County McKinney fire; Plus details on the new Senate reconciliation bill
Aug 02, 2022
More COVID and monkeypox questions; Cat Brooks announces her return to KPFA
Aug 01, 2022
UpFront – July 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
UpFront – July 28, 2022
Jul 28, 2022
UpFront – July 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022
UpFront – July 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
Fund Drive Special: The latest in Ukraine; Monkeypox in SF and covid updates; Plus, Eugene Linden
Jul 25, 2022
UpFront – July 22, 2022
Jul 22, 2022
What comes after Boris Johnson?; Plus a preview of Jan. 6 committee hearing
Jul 21, 2022
Fund Drive Special: Putin’s People; Heat waves and climate change; Plus, Gore Vidal from the archives
Jul 20, 2022
Fund Drive Special: A People’s History of Climate Change; Plus, Bill McKibben speaks
Jul 19, 2022
Biden’s Middle East trip; SF’s new DA fires staff and supports police surveillance; Covid science; Plus, the latest on the war in Ukraine
Jul 18, 2022
Texas Governor orders state police to deport migrants; Plus how you can cut back on plastics this month
Jul 15, 2022
Inflation hits 9% YOY; Plus an equitable public health response to Monkeypox—what will it take?
Jul 14, 2022
Sri Lanka’s uprising; Right wing militias in the Capitol insurrection; Plus, Rojava’s anarchist politics – a graphic novel
Jul 13, 2022
Yosemite aflame; Japan’s former PM assassinated; SF’s new DA; Plus, legacies of slavery and queerness with Son of Baldwin
Jul 12, 2022
Focus on foreign policy; the latest on covid; discussing abortion; Plus Orwell’s Roses with Rebecca Solnit
Jul 11, 2022
Maternal mortality expected to rise following Roe v Wade; Plus M4BL renews campaign to free Mutulu Shakur
Jul 08, 2022
California will not require masks in schools; Parker school occupation continues; Plus Chief Caleen Sisk discusses the 7th annual Run4Salmon
Jul 07, 2022
Americans in the Spanish Civil War with Adam Hochschild; Plus, nature’s sonic marvels with David Haskell
Jul 04, 2022
An abortion clinic braces for impact of out of state patients; Plus the many barriers to abortion besides distance travelled
Jul 01, 2022
On NATO expansion; The Supreme Court’s climate ruling; Plus the Save Mills College Coalition
Jun 30, 2022
New insurrection hearings; SCOTUS rulings; Another death in Santa Rita; Plus, poetry from Diaries of a Terrorist
Jun 29, 2022
Colombia’s election; California’s new budget; And, the Supreme Court on abortion access and gun rights
Jun 28, 2022
Focus on abortion access and the meaning of the SCOTUS decision; Plus, the latest in covid science as well as in foreign politics
Jun 27, 2022
Two-years into abolishing Oakland’s school police; Plus, the magic of Drag Queen Story Hour
Jun 24, 2022
The political history of Pride with Felicia “Flames” Elizondo and Lenn Keller
Jun 23, 2022
Authors discuss the history of climate change and reflection a lifetime of abolitionist scholarship
Jun 22, 2022
Authors discuss past American viral epidemics; Plus the history of real estate and racial segregation
Jun 21, 2022
Juneteenth archival holiday special: Ibram X Kendi and Destin Jenkins
Jun 20, 2022
How Juneteenth became a national holiday; Plus, a conversation with Dr Jonathan Daniel Wells
Jun 17, 2022
The toll on CA firefighters; Our state budget; A look at SCOTUS’ summer of 2022; Plus, Y-Vonne Hutchinson’s How To Talk To Your Boss About Race
Jun 16, 2022
Federal interest rates to change; Exploring Putin’s People with Catherine Belton; Plus, a conversation with Michael Mark Cohen
Jun 15, 2022
LA elections summary; A look at last week’s Summit of the Americas; The start threat to insects; Plus, the latest on Ukraine and covid science
Jun 14, 2022
New report from the CA Reparations Task Force; Plus, Oakland declares racism a public health crisis
Jun 10, 2022
Summit of the Americas; Insurrection hearings; A history of guns in America; Plus, poet Janae Johnson
Jun 09, 2022
Election response and analysis; Yemen’s renewed truce; Plus, a look ahead at the capitol insurrection hearings
Jun 08, 2022
DA elections in SF and Solano counties; CA prisons move people w mental crises; Plus, the propaganda of the ACT UP movement
Jun 07, 2022
CIA funding virtual reality; California’s primary ballot; Understanding borders; Plus, the latest in covid science
Jun 06, 2022
Previewing the insurrection investigation; Plus, SF International Arts Fest presents Michelle Jacques
Jun 03, 2022
Use of police dogs in CA is largely unregulated – despite attacks leaving lasting injuries and trauma
Jun 02, 2022
A second Palestinian journalist killed in less than a month; Indigenous cultures in Louisiana; Plus, the Shame Machine with Cathy O’Neil
Jun 02, 2022
Oakland school closures and community resistance; Plus, the real world of gene editing with Kevin Davies
Jun 01, 2022
Alameda County elections; Oakland rent control limits; Plus, the latest updates on covid as well as Ukraine
May 31, 2022
UpFront – May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022
Fund drive special with Angela Davis
May 27, 2022
Fund drive special with Rob Dunn and Douglas Tallamy
May 26, 2022
Fund drive special featuring documentaries with Noam Chomsky and on capitalism
May 25, 2022
Rob Dunn’s natural history of the future; Plus, fund drive special with David Wengrow
May 24, 2022
Fund drive special with East Bay Yesterday; Plus, in depth on covid and monkeypox coverage
May 23, 2022
UpFront – May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
Fund drive special: Malcolm X on his birthday; And, Elie Mystal’s Black Guys Guide to the Constitution
May 19, 2022
New Bay Area homeless numbers; Untold labor history; Plus, a People’s Guide to Capitalism
May 18, 2022
Understanding the racist mass shooting in Buffalo; Plus, fund drive special with Angela Davis
May 17, 2022
More countries try for NATO membership; The covid count grows; Plus, fund drive special with V!
May 16, 2022
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
May 13, 2022
Palestinian-American journalist killed in the West Bank while reporting; Exploring California’s geography; Plus, Angela Davis on the blues
May 12, 2022
Philippines to elect another Marcos as president; Palestinian activism and food with Reem Assil; Plus, fund drive special with Eve Ensler
May 11, 2022
Sri Lanka politicians’ homes burned down as PM resigns; Political upset in SF; Plus, fund drive special with Elie Mystal
May 10, 2022
Exoneration after 32 years of imprisonment; New job numbers level off; Plus, updates from Ukraine and on covid science
May 09, 2022
For APPI Heritage Month: Bruce Lee
May 06, 2022
Corporate profits causing inflation; Sen. Nancy Skinner on Roe v. Wade’s end: “It’s the perfect undermining of democracy”; Plus how California’s cities can adapt to drought
May 05, 2022
Abortion economics; Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women; Plus, keeping cool with Eric Dean Wilson
May 04, 2022
Supreme Court likely to limit abortion access; Oil company to blame in plastics pollution; Oakland rent control; Plus, it’s AAPI Heritage Month
May 03, 2022
All the latest from Ukraine; Covid updates; Plus, exploring our world’s soundtrack
May 02, 2022
Oakland teachers and longshoremen plan May Day protests; Plus the 30 year anniversary of the LA Uprising
Apr 29, 2022
January 6 capitol riot investigations; Public transit mask mandate; Plus Samora Pinderhughes on his YBCA exhibit
Apr 28, 2022
Twitter’s new owner; Climate change in fossils; Oakland police oversight to end; Plus, Black Mothers Love & Resist
Apr 27, 2022
French elections; Ukraine updates; Covid science; Plus, memoir from native California
Apr 25, 2022
Emeryville Mayor Bauters on climate change; Plus pandemic revives Oakland roller skating culture
Apr 22, 2022
Nationalizing the oil industry; Court ruling overturns the public transit mask mandate; Plus Klamath dam slated for removal
Apr 21, 2022
Al Aqsa mosque raided; Stanford nurses to strike; SF special election; Plus, it’s 4/20
Apr 20, 2022
CA lake to go dry; Divestment from fossil fuels in CA’s pensions; New federal oil leases; SF exonerates a 32-year murder conviction; Plus, today’s elections in SF
Apr 19, 2022
Ukraine negotiations; French elections; Covid updates; Plus, the human vs animal divide
Apr 18, 2022
Special Broadcast from the Pacifica Radio Archive: Paul Robeson in 1958
Apr 15, 2022
Inflation hits 8.5% YoY; Investigation reveals America’s highest earners and their taxes; Plus Bandaloop celebrates its 30th anniversary
Apr 14, 2022
Tax season; Pakistan’s new PM; Plus, applied ecology with Rob Dunn
Apr 13, 2022
French elections; police spending from local to national; SF’s redistricting process; Plus, spring gardening
Apr 12, 2022
Focus on California’s climate and drought; Plus, Ukraine and covid updates
Apr 11, 2022
About the California Reparations Taskforce; Plus a discussion of eligibility for reparations
Apr 08, 2022
Post-Ukraine oil politics; CA eviction protections; OUSD budget; Plus, finance capital in higher education
Apr 07, 2022
Pakistan’s government crisis; San Jose police shooting; Plus, a focus on climate change
Apr 06, 2022
Sri Lanka’s uprising; Sacramento schools’ strike victory; And, “A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution”
Apr 05, 2022
New York Amazon workers unionize; California’s drought outlook; Ukraine updates; Plus, covid conversations
Apr 04, 2022
Biden signs Emmett Till anti-lynching bill; Plus the history of Nazism in Ukraine
Apr 01, 2022
The conspicuous disappearance of Trump’s phone records; Plus former diversity recruiter at Google sues company for racial bias
Mar 31, 2022
SF special election; Gray wolves’ receive protections; Gas company profits and new CA tax proposals; Plus, eviction protections
Mar 30, 2022
“It’s the same thing that I have to see again”: Watching the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv
Mar 29, 2022
Boosting the military budget; Exploring sanctions on Russia; Plus, restorative justice with Oakland students
Mar 29, 2022
Covid rescue dollars used for police; Russia and Ukraine plan more talks; Plus, covid science
Mar 28, 2022
Recap of Ketanji Brown Jackon’s Senate confirmation hearing; Plus the importance of cancer screenings
Mar 25, 2022
NATO and G7 leaders meet in Brussels; Lateefah Simon is reinstated to the BART Board; Plus Sacramento teachers, Richmond steelworkers begin strikes
Mar 24, 2022
Prisoners on hunger strike in Merced County; Indigenous medicine; plus, updates on Ukraine and covid science
Mar 21, 2022
Panic at the gas pump; and, the growth of narcissism
Mar 18, 2022
“So Much Tragedy”: One family’s story of fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine
Mar 17, 2022
The power’s out at Chernobyl; Deadly Hong Kong COVID wave; Plus the DOJ prosecutes capitol rioters
Mar 17, 2022
Two years of covid lockdown; ICE detention visitation; and a focus on SFPD
Mar 16, 2022
Gas prices surge; California’s proposed mental health courts; and psychosomatic syndromes
Mar 15, 2022
Ukraine updates; focus on police violence trials around the country; Plus, weekly covid updates
Mar 14, 2022
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
Mar 11, 2022
Fleeing war, Ukrainians seek refuge; Plus fund drive special with Andrew Knoll and David Wengrow
Mar 10, 2022
Ethnic geographies of Ukraine; Plus – Black Power graphic novels
Mar 09, 2022
Geopolitics and racism at the borders of Ukraine; and Fund Drive Special with Rebecca Solnit
Mar 08, 2022
Analysis and reports from the ground in Ukraine; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; Plus, a new Black Panther Party graphic novel
Mar 07, 2022
Geophysicist in Kyiv on IPCC Report; Plus the risk of nuclear meltdown in Ukraine from the Russian invasion
Mar 04, 2022
The extinction of Russian independent media; Kyiv evacuee flees to Poland; Plus more on the crisis facing public schools
Mar 03, 2022
Breastfeeding in a bomb shelter in Kiev; House Rep Ro Khanna on Ukraine; Plus, fund drive special with Louise Mita
Mar 02, 2022
Front line report from Kyiv; Ukraine war’s effect on oil; Plus, attention and deficits in modern life
Mar 01, 2022
Ukraine Invasion, COVID Updates, and Climate Science; Plus Fund Drive special with Andrew Knoll
Feb 28, 2022
Russo-Ukrainian War Update; Plus Fund Drive Special with Yaba Blay
Feb 25, 2022
U.S. threatens sanctions against Putin’s cronies, but will it stop the bombardment?; Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer; Plus Fund Drive Special with David F. Walker
Feb 24, 2022
The battle against OUSD school closures continues; Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh; Plus Fund Drive Special with David F. Walker
Feb 23, 2022
Russia violates int’l law at Ukraine border; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; Revisiting Malcolm X’s the Ballot or the Bullet
Feb 22, 2022
Why prisons are banning paper mail; Plus Tur Ha Ak on Black Solidarity Week
Feb 18, 2022
Teachers and students on the SF School Board recall; Plus Longshore workers rally with Oakland teachers
Feb 17, 2022
Ukraine border crisis continues; SF Police Commission votes tonight on MOU; Plus community advocates win 100% affordable housing development in the Mission
Feb 16, 2022
Biden’s plan to seize Afghan funds could worsen humanitarian crisis; Asm. Mia Bonta’s legislative proposal to remedy OUSD’s budget problems; Plus Black Solidarity Week kicks off
Feb 15, 2022
Ottawa truckers protest Canada’s vaccine mandate; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; Plus FCMAT, the entity managing OUSD’s fiscal crisis since 2003
Feb 14, 2022
FTP Movement launches campaign to house aging civil rights activists; Plus Dr. Carr on Harriett Tubman
Feb 11, 2022
The politics of the Beijing Olympics and the future of Olympic boycotts; More on SFPD’s MOU with the SF District Attorney; Plus: Texas butterfly sanctuary shut down by far-right extremists
Feb 10, 2022
OUSD approves school closures; Militia members mount successful campaign to recall Shasta County Supervisor; Plus San Francisco’s fentanyl crisis
Feb 09, 2022
French President Macron Meets with Russian President Putin; SFPD will not longer cooperate with District Attorney on use of force investigations; Worker safety concerns and a possible strike at Chevron; Plus the consequences of dismantling San Quentin’s death row
Feb 08, 2022
The latest jobs figures; More COVID science; Amir Locke killed by Minneapolis Police; Plus a movement emerges against OUSD school closures
Feb 07, 2022
Jihadist leader dies in a US special forces raid in Syria; Plus the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune
Feb 04, 2022
San Mateo court sued for imposing de facto tax on late traffic tickets; More on the week of action in Oakland; Plus Ellis Act reform bill dead and buried
Feb 03, 2022
The peace movement and Ukraine; OUSD proposal to shutter schools galvanizes a week of action; Plus new report shows 40,000 vacant units in SF
Feb 02, 2022
Asm. Ash Kalra kills California single payer bill; Healthcare workers condemn decision by legislator; Canadian suicidologist on children’s mental health during COVID pandemic; Plus how to pay attention with Johann Hari
Feb 01, 2022
Rep. Pramila Jayapal aims to revive Build Back Better bill and urges diplomacy over Ukraine; Plus COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg
Jan 31, 2022
New California law that outlaws non-consensual condom removal AKA “stealthing”; Plus CRC’s COVID-related mutual aid campaign
Jan 28, 2022
Xiomara Castro sworn in as president of Honduras; SCOTUS will take up challenge to affirmative action; SCC Supervisor Otto Lee on alleged corruption at Sheriffs; Plus music historians discuss the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
Jan 27, 2022
The latest on tensions between Russia and Ukraine; Study estimates $156B racial gap in home appraisals; Berkeley takes up TOPA; Plus groups urge ICE to release Enrique Cristobal Meneses
Jan 26, 2022
PG&E’s emerges from probation for its role in the San Bruno pipeline explosion; Sexual abuse allegations at FCI Dublin; Asm. Alex Lee on Ellis Act reform; “Technology won’t win this fight. It’s organizing.” Brandon Anderson on Raheem’s national campaign to explore 911 alternatives
Jan 25, 2022
A look back at Biden’s first year in office; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; Jury selection begins in federal trial against George Floyd’s three other captors; Plus AG Bonta investigates alleged corruption at Santa Clara County Sheriffs
Jan 24, 2022
UpFront – January 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022
Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption’s impact on Bay Area Tonga community; COVID outbreak at San Quentin; More on the February 15th special election; Plus the family of Angel Ramos to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of his death with a community give back
Jan 20, 2022
Volcanologist on the Hunga Tonga eruption; Over 100 prisoners object to proposed settlement in Babu v. Alameda County; Jane Kim is newly-hired as Executive Director of the California Working Families Party; Plus Oakland’s progressive tax to fund city services
Jan 19, 2022
Senate at an impasse over filibuster; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; LAPD collaterally kills 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta days before Christmas; Plus the racism of Chicago’s automated traffic enforcement
Jan 18, 2022
UpFront – January 17, 2022
Jan 17, 2022
UpFront – January 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
More on inflation; Across the country, students walkout; COVID Update on Santa Rita Jails; Plus direct actions taking place on MLK Day
Jan 13, 2022
Are critical voting rights bills in the Senate finally seeing support from the Biden Admin?; Omicron’s impact on airlines; The state politics of remote learning; Plus are far-right candidates shifting power in rural districts?
Jan 12, 2022
The Ukraine border crisis; Newsom’s budget proposal; Asm. Ash Kalra on the single payer CalCare Bill; Omicron ravaging San Francisco’s homeless in congregate shelters; Plus Rebecca Solnit on Orwell’s Roses
Jan 11, 2022
Supreme Court hears Biden’s vaccine mandate; More COVID science & questions; Mother seeks justice for son beaten to death in LA jail; Plus Oakland teachers and students organize for COVID safety
Jan 10, 2022
Notorious Yuba County Jail once again being used to detain immigrants; SF teachers stage sickout; Records show: Richmond Police dogs bite people in high numbers
Jan 07, 2022
Where’s the FBI’s investigation on the Capitol 6 riots?; BLM protestors sue the City of Sacramento for police violence; Oakland’s redistricting; Plus Fredricka Newton on Huey P. Newton and the legacy of the Black Panther Party
Jan 06, 2022
School districts in chaos due to COVID surge fueled by Omicron; New York’s transit system faces slowdowns due to worker shortage; Immunocompromised folks seek 4th and 5th booster shots; Plus Mailk Al Nasir on Gil Scott-Heron
Jan 05, 2022
Congress reconvenes; More COVID questions; Plus Edward Slingerland on his latest book about alcohol and civilization
Jan 04, 2022
Zach Carter on John Maynard Keynes; Brian Fagan on how pre-historic humanity navigated climate change
Jan 03, 2022
UpFront – December 31, 2021
Dec 31, 2021
Whose Point Reyes?: A Battle For the Future of Public Lands
Dec 30, 2021
Alec MacGillis on Amazon and Inequality PLUS: the politics of land use at Point Reyes
Dec 30, 2021
Claire Potter on Political Junkies; Savala Nolan on Body Politics
Dec 29, 2021
How racism got built into our cities
Dec 28, 2021
Omicron: the view from the hospitals; Plus: Sam Quinones on fentanyl and meth and hope
Dec 27, 2021
UpFront – December 24, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
Jaime Lowe on the women who fight fires while incarcerated; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on the idea of being a nation of immigrants
Dec 23, 2021
What about deflation?; SF Mayor cracks down on the Tenderloin; What happened to the defund movement?; Plus the surprising rebound of monarch butterflies
Dec 22, 2021
Gabriel Boric elected President of Chile; Debate on net metering for rooftop solar; Investigative report on the Vacaville PR firm who contracts with police; Plus PPIC reports on use of force and traffic stops
Dec 21, 2021
Voting rights bills face more of the same opposition in Congress; More on the Omicron growth curve; Oakland considers lateral hires for police; Plus Jenn Johns on her concert tomorrow night
Dec 20, 2021
Fund Drive Special with Chris Hedges
Dec 17, 2021
Fund Drive Special: Rebecca Solnit on Orwell’s Roses; Rest in power, bell hooks
Dec 16, 2021
Fund Drive Special with Malik Al Nasir and Bryant Terry
Dec 15, 2021
Fund Drive Special with Betty Reid Soskin and David Wengrow
Dec 14, 2021