Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 20, 2012
Christopher Turner, author of “Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the Sexual Revolution Came to America,” discusses Wilhelm Reich, who fused Marx and Freud.
Against the Grain
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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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 15, 2012
Rob Nixon discusses environmental movements of the poor in the Global South.
Against the Grain – August 14, 2012
The second part of an interview with radical philosopher Richard Lichtman on alienation under capitalism. Also, Ellen Cushing describes crowdsourced microtasking, which some are calling the new digital sweatshop.
Against the Grain – August 13, 2012
In the first part of a two-part interview, Richard Lichtman, a philosopher, social critic, and professor emeritus of psychology, describes what Marx meant by the alienation of the worker under capitalism.
Against the Grain – August 7, 2012
Kristin Shrader-Frechette contradicts claims that nuclear energy is carbon-free and therefore climate-friendly. She also discusses the costs of nuclear power, the risks to human health it poses, and the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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.
Against the Grain – July 30, 2012
Bruce Gagnon talks about the military-industrial complex, conflicts over oil, tensions with Russia and China, corporate capitalism, and much more.