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 – May 17, 2010
John Muir Laws, a columnist for Bay Nature magazine, has written and illustrated a set of pocket guides to plant and animal species found in the Bay Area.
Against the Grain – May 11, 2010
According to the veteran 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 – May 5, 2010
Robert McChesney and John Nichols discuss their new book “The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again.”
Against the Grain – May 4, 2010
Journalist Kari Lydersen talks to Sasha Lilley about the lessons of the Chicago Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation. And Chris Spannos discusses the IMF/ European Union bailout of Greece on the eve of a general strike.
Against the Grain – May 3, 2010
Are short sales a good idea? Many homeowners, says Bill Purdy, are being misinformed or misled. Also, Peter Edelman highlights the unavailability and inadequacy of badly-needed welfare assistance.
Against the Grain – Has home ownership come to own us?
Sasha Lilley talks to Alissa Katz about how mortgage lenders saw poor, inner city residents as the next frontier in profit-making – and how the idea of owning one’s own house has been actively fostered by a government wanting to abandon public housing.
Against the Grain – April 27, 2010
Race relations, class conflict, the immigrant experience, and many other facets of Australian life are explored in a new novel by Christos Tsiolkas. And in the second of a two-part interview, global justice activist Tadzio Mueller takes up the question, What would it mean to win?