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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – October 19, 2011
Marxist economist Richard Wolff discusses the crisis of capitalism, how the US became so unequal–and why he believes revolution, not reform, is in order.
Against the Grain – October 18, 2011
According to the renowned environmental advocate David Suzuki, the ecological emphasis on the interconnectedness of all things is grounded in the science of air, water, earth, and energy.
Against the Grain – October 12, 2011
Corey Robin, author of “The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin,” speaks with Sasha Lilley about the intellectual underpinnings of the Right.
Against the Grain – October 11, 2011
In a new documentary film, Noam Chomsky holds forth on conformity and social control; Mark Mirabello discusses the history of money; Ramsey Kanaan talks about anarchism; and AtG’s own Sasha Lilley stresses collective action.
Against the Grain – October 10, 2011
The late Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States,” presented an alternative understanding of Christopher Columbus and his legacy.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 5, 2011
Anarchist and anthropologist David Graeber talks to Sasha Lilley about the Occupy Wall St demonstrations, which he helped organize, and the burgeoning movement sweeping the country.
Against the Grain – October 4, 2011
In their groundbreaking book “The Spirit Level,” Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson show that greater economic equality — not greater wealth — is the mark of the healthiest, happiest societies.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 3, 2011
Award-winning Guardian reporter Jonathan Steele, author of “Ghosts of Afghanistan,” speaks to Sasha Lilley about Afghanistan, ten years after the US invasion.