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 – March 30, 2010
Raewyn Connell discusses the role that males could and should play in efforts to achieve gender equality, and identifies what militates against men and boys making wider commitments to gender reform.
Against the Grain – March 29, 2010
Chris Rhomberg talks with host Sasha Lilley about the forgotten history of Oakland: the rise of the Klan in the 1920s, the Oakland general strike of 1946, and the explosion of the Black Panthers in the 1960s.
Against the Grain – March 24, 2010
Tristram Stuart, author of “Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal,” talks to Sasha Lilley about the the massive amount of food — up to 50% in the US — which is thrown away by manufacturers, farmers, supermarkets, and consumers.
Against the Grain – March 22, 2010
Sasha Lilley spoke to Howard Zinn two months before his death about his life, times, politics, and historiography.
Against the Grain – March 17, 2010
Radical academic Raj Patel, author of “The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy,” talks with Sasha Lilley about value, price, and profit.
Against the Grain – March 16, 2010
Rick Rowden describes how International Monetary Fund policies block poor countries from developing and from combating diseases of poverty.
Against the Grain – March 15, 2010
Environmental scientist Nancy Langston, author of “Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES,” talks to Sasha Lilley about the dangers of synthetic chemicals.
Against the Grain – March 9, 2010
Gray Brechin contrasts the government’s extraordinary commitment to education during the New Deal with current efforts to eviscerate public education.