Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 6, 2012
We remember two very different leftwing intellectuals who died this summer — essayist and novelist Gore Vidal and dean of California studies Jeff Lustig.
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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.
We remember two very different leftwing intellectuals who died this summer — essayist and novelist Gore Vidal and dean of California studies Jeff Lustig.
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