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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Koohan Paik describes this nation’s anti-China stance, its militarization of the Asia-Pacific region, and grassroots resistance in South Korea and beyond. Also, Part Two of an interview with Ron Glass about the Brazilian educator and thinker Paulo Freire.
UC Santa Cruz professor Ron Glass discusses the ideas of Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator and philosopher who authored the seminal volume “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.”
Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, co-editors of “Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20,” discuss the successes and paradoxes of Critical Mass.
In “Jewish Radicals,” Tony Michels explains the sustained participation of American Jews in leftist politics, movements, and debates. Also, Colleen Stockmann on “The Radical Camera,” an exhibition about New York’s Photo League.
Sociologist Laura Barraclough discusses how a white, rural settler identity was shaped in LA’s San Fernando Valley.
Anarchist historian Peter Staudenmaier speaks about conspiracy theory as a substitute for social critique.
David Graeber discusses his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” (and specifically the chapter entitled “Honor and Degradation, or, On the Foundations of Contemporary Civilization”).
