UpFront
Hosted by Redi Tlhabi and Marc Lamont Hill · Al Jazeera
4.8from 45 ratings
- 138
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- 2022
- First episode
- 6B
- YouTube views
About UpFront
With the thrust and parry of rigorous debate, Mehdi Hasan cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom, highlight contradictions and uncover double standards.
- Publisher
- Al Jazeera
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Feb 2022
- Latest episode
- 23 May 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 138 episodes have a transcript.
23 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will AI rule the world? | UpFront
16 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Francesca Albanese on Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians | UpFront
16 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
“A shame on the conscience of humanity” Spanish FM on Gaza and Lebanon | UpFront
Inside a recent episode
Will AI rule the world? | UpFront
Published 23 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we've also seen fears about new technologies and existential risk. You may remember back with nanotechnology, people were concerned about this idea of self-replicating nanorobots that would take over all of the world and it would turn us all into this gray goo. There were concerns with the Large Hadron Collider that this was going to create a black hole and we should not turn it on. many stages of scientific progress. We've seen these concerns and you have to look at the evidence. There are many also experts who did not sign that letter. In fact, many more did not sign the letter than, of course, sign the letter. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on UpFront
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Connor Leahy
- Alan Eyre
- Francesca Albanese
- Jose Manuel Albares
- Jeffrey Sachs
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,896,740,168
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 45 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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Redi Tlhabi and Marc Lamont Hill host the show. Published by Al Jazeera.
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