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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.
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Berkeley, CA
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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.
Language:
English
Email:
upfront@kpfa.org
Episodes
UpFront – January 26, 2026
1/26/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 26, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 23, 2026
1/23/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 22, 2026
1/22/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 21, 2026
1/21/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 20, 2026
1/20/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
The battle over the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.
1/19/2026
00:08 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [repeat – originally recorded in 2024] 00:33 David K Randall, senior reporter at Reuters, discussing his book Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague [repeat – originally recorded in 2019] The post The battle over the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr. appeared first on KPFA.
Christopher Mathias on Antifa and their work
1/16/2026
00:08 Christopher Mathias, journalist who’s covered the far right for most of the past decade, now out with the forthcoming book To Catch a Fascist, the fight to expose the radical right (due out February 3) . The post Christopher Mathias on Antifa and their work appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 15, 2026
1/15/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 14, 2026
1/14/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 13, 2026
1/13/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 12, 2026
1/12/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 9, 2026
1/9/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 8, 2026
1/8/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 8, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 7, 2026
1/7/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 6, 2026
1/6/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 5, 2026
1/5/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – January 2, 2026
1/2/2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – January 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
Malcolm Harris on the paths through planetary crisis
1/1/2026
00:08 Malcolm Harris, author of several books; the newest is What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. This is a rebroadcast from 2025. The post Malcolm Harris on the paths through planetary crisis appeared first on KPFA.
Emily Bender and Alex Hanna on The AI Con
12/31/2025
00:08 Emily M. Bender is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR); they’ve co-authored the book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want. This is a rebroadcast from summer of 2025. The post Emily Bender and Alex Hanna on The AI Con appeared first on KPFA.
Extended interview with Julian Brave NoiseCat: We Survived the Night
12/30/2025
00:08 — Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, filmmaker, champion powwow dancer and student of Salish art and history. His debut book is “We Survived the Night.” This interview was originally recorded earlier in December 2025. The post Extended interview with Julian Brave NoiseCat: We Survived the Night appeared first on KPFA.