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 – September 19, 2012
Bill Deresiewicz describes the crisis in higher education and the immiseration of academic labor; he also evaluates calls for the abolition of tenure and for technology- and market-based reforms.
Against the Grain – September 17, 2012
Henri Bergson wondered how we could move from an us-versus-them mentality to what he called the open society. UC Berkeley professor Suzanne Guerlac talks about how she understands and interprets Bergson.