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KPBS Roundtable

KPBS Roundtable

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KPBS Roundtable offers perspectives from those who tell San Diego’s stories. Join host Andrew Bracken for a weekly discussion with reporters, adding depth and context to the headlines driving the news in the San Diego region. KPBS Roundtable airs each Friday at 12 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. across San Diego on 89.5 FM and Imperial County on 97.7 FM. You can also catch the show on all podcast apps. New episodes drop every Friday afternoon.2022 KPBS Public Media Politics & Government
Episodes
  • The cost of living in San Diego, state of student journalism
    Feb 6 2026

    San Diego is known to be one of the most expensive cities. A new KPBS series looks to tackle San Diego's high cost of living, and the various of ways it impacts daily life.


    Then, the journalism landscape is rapidly shifting amid mass lay-offs and the changing consumption of news.


    On KPBS Roundtable this week, we hear from some of San Diego's student journalists about their outlook on the current media landscape, as they start their journalism careers during a precarious time for the industry.


    Guests:

    • Katie Anastas, education reporter, KPBS
    • Alina Ajaz, production director, KCR, student assistant, KPBS
    • Sydney Brammer, editor-in-chief, The Point
    • Roman Aguilar, sports editor, The Daily Aztec


    Stories mentioned:

    • "Price of San Diego"— KPBS
    • "Young Adults and the Future of News" — Pew Research Center
    • "Letter from the Editor in Chief" by Sydney Brammer — The Point
    • "San Diego’s phantom stadium costs taxpayers nearly $5 million annually" by Roman Aguilar — The Daily Aztec
    • "How Lahore Became One of the World's Most Polluted Cities" by Alina Ajaz — Pulitzer Center
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    46 mins
  • Bovino's return to El Centro; new film revisits death at border; education housing
    Jan 30 2026

    Gregory Bovino has become one of the most recognizable faces of President Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

    But after the latest killing by immigration officers in Minneapolis — the second this month — multiple reports say Bovino is now returning to El Centro to lead the Border Patrol sector there.


    On KPBS Roundtable this week, we talk about how community members there are pushing back.


    Then, a new HBO documentary, "Critical Incident: Death at the Border" explores the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas at the San Ysidro Port of Entry after a violent altercation with Border Patrol officers — and his family's pursuit of justice.


    Finally, the San Diego Unified School District is moving forward with a series of new proposals that would bring thousands of affordable housing units to district-owned land.


    We talk about what this could mean for San Diego's housing landscape.


    Guests:

    • Andrew Dyer, military and veterans affairs reporter, KPBS
    • John Carlos Frey, investigative journalist, host of "The Raid" podcast
    • Richard Rowley, director, "Critical Incident: Death at the Border"
    • Jakob McWhinney, education reporter, Voice of San Diego

    Stories mentioned:

    • "With Unprecedented Housing Moves, San Diego Unified Enters Its YIMBY Era" — Voice of San Diego
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    45 mins
  • A year of dramatic change for immigration
    Jan 23 2026

    The first year of Donald Trump's second term has upended the rules of immigration enforcement.


    In San Diego, enforcement has included an ICE raid at an industrial paint business in El Cajon, arrests at green card appointments and yet another raid at Buona Forchetta in South Park. We've also seen student visas revoked and arrests at their immigration court hearings.


    KPBS reporting has found that the increase in detention by ICE is fueled by immigrants without criminal records.


    On KPBS Roundtable, we discuss changes to the immigration system in Trump's first year in office and how covering immigration has changed.


    Guests:

    • Gustavo Solis, investigative reporter, KPBS
    • Shelby Bremer, reporter, NBC7 San Diego
    • Elliot Spagat, U.S. immigration news editor, Associated Press
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    45 mins
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