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 – February 20, 2013
A talk by Erik Olin Wright on Progressive Values, Capitalism’s Contradictions.
Against the Grain – February 11, 2013
Medical anthropologist Marcia Inhorn discusses the return of many infertile Muslim and Arab couples to their countries of origin for treatment.
Against the Grain – February 6, 2013
Alexander Poster speaks about the political uses of US disaster aid.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 5, 2013
Marxist georgrapher David Harvey, author of “The Enigma of Capital,” speaks about capitalism, crisis, and urbanization.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 4, 2013
Historian of science Robert Proctor, author of “Golden Holocaust,” discusses why cigarettes may be the world’s deadliest invention in this encore presentation.