Omid Memarian on Iran after Yemen’s Offensive; David Dayen on the the state of the midterm
00:08 Omid Memarian is the Director of Communications at DAWN, where he also serves as the organization’s Senior Iran Analyst 7:33 David Day...
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20 of 120 episodesYemen war strands Saudi oil fields; big money in SF’s elections; coal in Oakland?
00:08 Shireen Al-Adeimi, associate professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University, where she’s also affiliated with the Asi...
Russia strikes train full of European officials; new studies on long-term impacts of COVID, influenza
00:08 John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at U...
Escalation in Yemen with Aisha Jumaan; Plus Manijeh Moradian on the 4th Anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom Movement
00:08 Aisha Jumaan is president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. She has worked as a public health professional for thirty yea...
Extreme right ascendant in Germany; Plus Netanyahu besieged in Israel
00:08 Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer who’s been reporting on Central Europe’s far right since the early 1990s. He wrote about this w...
Annelle Sheline on War in Yemen; Lori Wallach on Trade War with Canada
00:08 Annelle Sheline, research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute; she resigned her position as a Foreign Affairs Of...
Book Bans in Public Libraries; Plus Unpasteurized Milk Products Impact
00:08 — Kasey Meehan is director of PEN America’s Freedom to Read program and co-author on the report “Public Libraries Face ‘Existential Th...
Scott Kurashige on American Peril [rebroadcast]
Scott Kurashige, interdisciplinary scholar who was a longtime collaborator of the late philosopher Grace Lee Boggs; he’s just out with the b...
US Forest Services Workforce Suffers; Plus, Remembering Gloria Steinem; And, Against Money with JW Mason
00:08 — Gabrielle Canon is climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US. 00:25 — Remembering Gloria Steinem. 00:33 — J...
The National Debt Crisis; Plus, US Resumes Military and Economic Attacks on Iran
00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Golnar Nikpour is Associate Professor of mo...
UpFront – September 2, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-d...
Massachusetts Primaries; Plus, Unpacking the Trump Oil Deal with Venezuela
00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Miguel R. Tinker Salas is Professor Emeritus of History at Pomona College. He...
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases...
UpFront – August 28, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-d...
Trump Administration Threatens New Sanctions on Iran; Plus, Investigation Shows $0.5Billion Defense Project Produced Zero Products
00:08 — Kaveh Ehsani is an Associate Professor of International Studies at DePaul University. 00:33 — Jesse Coburn is a reporter for ProPubl...
Oklahoma Elections; Plus, What Happens When Water and the Law Come into Conflict
00:08 — John Nichols is Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Peter Gleick is Senior Fellow and Co-founder of the Pacific Institute. He is...
US-Canada Trade War; Plus, Amazon Training AI on Rare Books, then Burning the Books
00:08 — Lori Wallach is Founder and Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. 00:33 — Emanuel Maiberg is a reporter for 404 Media. Th...
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases...
UpFront – August 21, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-d...
Fake Pollsters Tied to Betting Markets? Plus, Understanding the AI Bubble from Economist Dean Baker
00:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the podcast Organized Money. 00:33 — Dean Baker is a sen...