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Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Thirty-three illuminating conversations with some of the smartest thinkers on the radical left.

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Linebaugh on Paine

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05.24.21

By Sasha Lilley

Peter Linebaugh on why he calls Thomas Paine “a planetary revolutionary.” (Host: C.S. Soong; air date: March 31, 2014)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

The Ideology and Practice of Henry Kissinger

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05.24.21

By Sasha Lilley

Greg Grandin on the ideology and practice of Henry Kissinger. (Host: Sasha Lilley; air date: April 21, 2016)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Orientalism and Non-Western Views of the West

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05.24.21

By Sasha Lilley

Laura Nader on Orientalism and non-Western views of the West. (Host: C.S. Soong; air date: June 20, 2011)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

State Repression at Standing Rock

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05.24.21

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Will Parrish on state repression of opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Host: Sasha Lilley; air date: May 30, 2017)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Capitalism, Inequality, and the Market

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05.24.21

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Michael Burawoy on capitalism, inequality, and “marketization.” (Host: C.S. Soong; air date: November 30, 2016)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Feminism and Neoliberalism

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05.24.21

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Nancy Fraser on feminism and neoliberalism (Host: Sasha Lilley; air date: January 27, 2010)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Federici on Witch Hunts and Capitalism

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05.24.21

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Silvia Federici on women, the witch hunts, and capitalist logic. (Host: C.S. Soong; air date: January 21, 2009)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

The EPA’s Cozy Alliance with the Chemical Industry

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05.24.21

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Jonatham Latham on the cozy alliance between the Environmental Protection Agency and the chemical industry. (Host: Sasha Lilley; air date: October 10, 2018)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Graeber on Debt

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05.24.21

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David Graeber on his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years.” (Host: C.S. Soong; air date: January 7, 2013)

Big Picture Ideas: The Best of Against the Grain

Aggression, Cooperation, and Human Nature

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05.24.21

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Agustín Fuentes on aggression, cooperation, and human nature. (Host: Sasha Lilley; air date: November 19, 2012)

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