UpFront Podcast
1) The world of surveillance: Who does ‘Big Brother’ answer to? | UpFront
In this episode of UpFront, we discuss the surveillance industry and how it is operating unchecked with Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog group in Canada and Luis Fern...Show More
2) India farmer protests: Has PM Narendra Modi gone too far? | UpFront
In this episode of UpFront, we debate India’s new agricultural laws with Anila Singh, spokeswoman from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and Yogendra Yadav, president of the Swaraj India Party. The r...Show More
3) Is New Zealand putting economic interests above human rights? | UpFront
In this episode of UpFront we ask New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta whether New Zealand has failed to speak up on human rights violations in China, West Papua and Western Sahara. And in ...Show More
4) Negotiating with the Taliban: An inside view | UpFront
Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban announced they had reached a deal this week that would allow them to press forward with negotiations aimed at ending decades of violence. In this episode of...Show More
5) Poland’s abortion protests: A fight for democracy? | UpFront
Mass protests in Poland over the tightening of an already restrictive abortion law are showing no signs of easing. Since October 22, hundreds of thousands of people have rallied across the country ...Show More
6) Is Ethiopia on the brink of civil war? | UpFront
Last year, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, he is waging war on his country’s northern region of Tigray. The conflict between Abiy’s government and Tigra...Show More
7) Why are top Republicans still supporting Trump? | UpFront
In this week’s episode of UpFront, Richelle Carey speaks to former Republican Congressman and Donald Trump supporter Joe Walsh - now a vocal Trump critic - about the future of the Republican Party. ...Show More
8) Divided States of America? | UpFront
Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday, November 5, 2020. In this episode of UpFront we ask former Congressman Jack Kingston why the president of the United States is repeatedly claiming, with...Show More
9) Is the ‘global strongman’ movement killing democracy? | UpFront
The rise in recent years of right wing, so-called strongmen leaders - from Donald Trump in the United States, to Viktor Orban in Hungary and Narendra Modi in India - has fuelled fears that liberal val...Show More
10) Jemele Hill: US does not deserve a white supremacist president | UpFront
US President Donald Trump’s failure to condemn white supremacy during the first presidential debate triggered renewed focus on his racist rhetoric. In this season's first episode of UpFront, we dis...Show More