Against the Grain – November 15, 2010
Resource economist Eugene Coyle and geographer David Harvey speak, respectively, about about cutting the work week and organizing ourselves for life after capitalism.
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 – November 10, 2010
Jodi Dean, a political scientist at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, discusses her new book “Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies: Communicative Capitalism and Left Politics.”
Against the Grain – November 8, 2010
Mark Sawyer examines factors that inhibit Latino-Black collaboration, including anti-Black racism among many Latinos, African American parochialism, and narrow visions of racial/ethnic identity. He also identifies points of commonality and convergence.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – November 3, 2010
Betsy Hartmann, director of the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College, speaks with Sasha Lilley about whether overpopulation is the cause of global warming and the destruction of natural ecosystems.
Against the Grain – November 2, 2010
James Russell describes the ideological forces and financial interests behind the promotion of 401(k) plans at the expense of traditional pension systems and Social Security.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – November 1, 2010
Kevin Anderson, author of “Marx at the Margins,” discusses Karl Marx’s lesser known writings on race and ethnicity, the non-Western world, and multiple trajectories of historical development.
Against the Grain – October 27, 2010
In his new book “Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology,” Jonathon Keats considers the origins, uses, and social impact of terms like “microbiome,” “copyleft,” “Panglish,” and “singularity.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 26, 2010
Economic geographer Richard Walker speaks with Sasha Lilley about the role California has played as the epicenter of the economic crisis–from the housing bubble to manufacturing to its state’s fiscal woes.
Against the Grain – October 25, 2010
Adam Hochschild talks about his now-classic book “King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa.” (First-time presentation of the full-length interview.)