KPFA - UpFront

0:08 — Jules Boykoff is a Professor of Government and Politics at Pacific University and a former professional soccer player. His research focuses on the politics of the Olympic Games, social movements, the suppression of dissent, and the role of the mass media in US politics. His latest book is What Are the Olympics For?

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00:08 Deborah Miranda, retired english professor at Washington and Lee, enrolled member of the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, author of Bad Indians: A tribal memoir. [Repeat broadcast – originally recorded in November 2022]

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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.

0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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0:08 — Cheuk Kwan is author of Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world.

0:21 — Veena B. Dubal is a Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.

0:33 — Amira Rose Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas-Austin and the co-host of the Feminist sports podcast, Burn it All Down and the host of Season 3 of American Prodigies.

0:45 — Jeremy Mack is Executive Director & Treasurer of The Phoenix Project: a grassroots organization researching the role of Tech and Real Estate billionaire money and its influence in San Francisco. 

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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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0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.

0:33 — Steve Phillips is founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good.

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0:08 — Negar Mortazavi, host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C.

0:33 — Redwan Ahmed is a freelance journalist covering Bangladesh.

0:43 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies.

0:33 — Jay Tracy is a Public Information Officer for CalFire working on the Park Fire. He is an employee for the City of Fresno as the Deputy Fire Marshal. He has been in the EMS and Fire field for 35 years. Don Hankins is a Professor of Geography and Planning at California State University, Chico who researches fuel reduction, prescribed burns, and indigenous land management. He serves on the Butte County Fire Safe Council and has done extensive research on fuel reduction projects and prescribed burns.

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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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0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.

0:33 — Elsadig Elsheikh is the Director of the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute of UC Berkeley.

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