KPFA - UpFront

8:00 — Christopher Mathias is a journalist covering the far right. He was previously a senior reporter at HuffPost. His latest book is “To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right.”

The post Fund Drive Special: Christopher Mathias on Antifascist Organizing and Strategy appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920 [rebroadcast – originally recorded in July 2024]

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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.

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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.

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08:00 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation.

33:00 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies.

The post Analilia Mejia’s Path to Victory in New Jersey; Plus, Debriefing Recent US-Iran Talks appeared first on KPFA.

08:00  — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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

KPFA’s Laura Prives takes the host microphone for a discussion with Vanessa Díaz, Associate Professor of Chicana and Latina Studies at Loyola Marymount University, and Petra Rivera-Rideau, Associate Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College. They’ve co-authored the book P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

The post The Politics of Bad Bunny appeared first on KPFA.

8:00 — Radley Balko is an investigative journalist. He writes the substack The Watch. His latest book is “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South.”

20:00 — Elizabeth Jacobs is Professor Emerita of Epidemiology at the University of Arizona and a founding member of Defend Public Health.

33:00 — Marina Newman is Bayview-Hunters Point reporter for Mission Local.

45:00 — Emma Roth is a news writer at The Verge, where she covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more in the world of tech.

The post The Militarized Trajectory of Federal Policing, Public Health Crisis in ICE Detention Facilities; Plus, SFUSD Initiated and Cancelled Contract with OpenAI; And, TikTok in US Politics appeared first on KPFA.

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 – February 4, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation

00:33 — Cassondra Curiel is President at United Educators of San Francisco. They have just voted to authorize a strike

00:45 — Beck Klein is a reporter and multimedia journalist studying at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

The post Day Four of Government Shutdown; Plus, SFUSD Educators Authorize Strike; And, Overtime Pay in OPD is Bursting the City’s Budget appeared first on KPFA.