Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays - Wednesdays
Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – July 23, 2014
Shari’a has become a politically loaded term, but what does it mean, exactly? And what does Islamic law actually prescribe? Islawmix scholars Mohammad Fadel and Lena Salaymeh share their expertise. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain – July 21, 2014
The late cultural theorist Stuart Hall on what media representations are and how they operate. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain – July 16, 2014
A look at the headquarters of U.S. empire — based not in a city, but the leafy suburbs of Northern Virginia — with Andrew Friedman, author of “Covert Capital”. For more information go to againstthegrain.org
Against the Grain – July 15, 2014
As David K. Johnson reveals, the US government-instigated Lavender Scare, which targeted gays and lesbians, was more vehement and long-lasting than McCarthy’s Red Scare. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – July 14, 2014
Dale Jamieson considers the science and politics of global warming — and why those in power failed to stop it, setting the world on course for a thousand years of climate disruption.