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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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KPFA - UpFront

Episodes

Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend; Plus, Boyle Heights Community After the Lineage Warehouse Fire; Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Exacerbated by International Community’s Normalization of Taliban

Mariah Blake on Forever Chemicals

The Fight for Accountability on Chemical Waste in Hunters Point Continues; Plus, Federal Cuts Hitting HIV/AIDS Care

San Francisco’s Budget Battle; Plus SNAP Benefit Cuts and the Fallout from USAID Reductions

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus Middle East Roundup with Khury Petersen-Smith

Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast]

Walter Riley on Walter Riley

Nekima Levy Armstrong on Minneapolis “Antifa” Charges

The Rule of Johns

Primary Results in Maine and South Carolina; Plus Trump’s Administration Extension on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ; And Iran-U.S. Peace Framework

Supreme Court Updates; Plus Life and Work of Marjane Sartrapi

World Cup Kick-Offs Today Alongside Protests; Plus Inflation Rises; Ongoing Coverage of Iran-U.S. Tensions Escalating; And Coalition of Homelessness Combating SF Mayor’s Homelessness Rates

Israel continues Airstrikes in Lebanon; Plus Whats Behind the Strikes from Israel and Growing Tension Between Netanyahu and Trump

Anti-Government Protests in Bolivia; Plus, Renewable Energy in Texas; And, New Change from CARB Cutting Transit Funding

Non-California State Elections; Plus Russia’s War on Ukraine

JW Mason Against Money

Israeli Military Strikes Continue in Lebanon; Plus, How the Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Impacts Americans; And, UCSF Interns and Residents Protest New Union Contract

Unpacking Election Results in California; Plus, Races in LA County and San Francisco

UpFront – June 2, 2026

UpFront – June 1, 2026

Scott Kurashige on Racial Capitalism, Violence, and Asian America

UpFront – May 28, 2026

Golden Gate 26 Trial; Plus, New CalFresh Requirements on June 1; And, Hunger Strike Protesting Inhumane Conditions at Adelanto ICE Facility

Supreme Court Home Stretch; Plus, Primary Elections Coverage; And, Bay Area Participants of Global Sumud Flotilla Intercepted and Detained by Israeli Forces

Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents [rebroadcast]

KPFA - UpFront

Episodes

Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend; Plus, Boyle Heights Community After the Lineage Warehouse Fire; Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Exacerbated by International Community’s Normalization of Taliban

Mariah Blake on Forever Chemicals

The Fight for Accountability on Chemical Waste in Hunters Point Continues; Plus, Federal Cuts Hitting HIV/AIDS Care

San Francisco’s Budget Battle; Plus SNAP Benefit Cuts and the Fallout from USAID Reductions

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus Middle East Roundup with Khury Petersen-Smith

Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast]

Walter Riley on Walter Riley

Nekima Levy Armstrong on Minneapolis “Antifa” Charges

The Rule of Johns

Primary Results in Maine and South Carolina; Plus Trump’s Administration Extension on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ; And Iran-U.S. Peace Framework

Supreme Court Updates; Plus Life and Work of Marjane Sartrapi

World Cup Kick-Offs Today Alongside Protests; Plus Inflation Rises; Ongoing Coverage of Iran-U.S. Tensions Escalating; And Coalition of Homelessness Combating SF Mayor’s Homelessness Rates

Israel continues Airstrikes in Lebanon; Plus Whats Behind the Strikes from Israel and Growing Tension Between Netanyahu and Trump

Anti-Government Protests in Bolivia; Plus, Renewable Energy in Texas; And, New Change from CARB Cutting Transit Funding

Non-California State Elections; Plus Russia’s War on Ukraine

JW Mason Against Money

Israeli Military Strikes Continue in Lebanon; Plus, How the Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Impacts Americans; And, UCSF Interns and Residents Protest New Union Contract

Unpacking Election Results in California; Plus, Races in LA County and San Francisco

UpFront – June 2, 2026

UpFront – June 1, 2026

Scott Kurashige on Racial Capitalism, Violence, and Asian America

UpFront – May 28, 2026

Golden Gate 26 Trial; Plus, New CalFresh Requirements on June 1; And, Hunger Strike Protesting Inhumane Conditions at Adelanto ICE Facility

Supreme Court Home Stretch; Plus, Primary Elections Coverage; And, Bay Area Participants of Global Sumud Flotilla Intercepted and Detained by Israeli Forces

Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents [rebroadcast]

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