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 – June 16, 2010
Feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham talks to Sasha Lilley about the utopian socialists, free love advocates, birth control campaigners, and trade unionists who transformed the status of women at the turn of the last century.
Against the Grain – June 15, 2010
A first-time presentation of an extended interview with John Muir Laws about plants and wildlife commonly found in the Bay Area. Also, Katrina Browne’s film “Traces of the Trade” is about her slave-trading New England-based ancestors.
Against the Grain – June 14, 2010
Printmaker Doug Minkler talks about radical politics, art, and censorship.
Against the Grain – June 9, 2010
In the second of a two-part presentation, Ron Hassner contests the notion that the bloodiest wars in history were motivated by religion. And playwright Lisa Kron shares more insights into politics and gender.
Against the Grain – June 8, 2010
In the first of a two-part presentation, Ron Hassner rejects the argument that religions are, in essence, peaceful. And Lisa Kron’s play “In the Wake” examines the politics of class and entitlement.
Against the Grain – June 7, 2010
Economic historian Robert Brenner talks about the roots of the economic crisis in the long downturn of the 1970s.
Against the Grain – June 2, 2010
Sociologist Carole Joffe, “Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us,” talks to Sasha Lilley about the history of the anti-abortion movement and the constraints on abortion today.
Against the Grain – June 1, 2010
A new exhibition of Renée Green’s art addresses, among other things, the recovery of unfashionable ideas, the importance of specialized investigation, and the search for a meaningful existence.
Against the Grain – May 31, 2010
The British historian Peter Clarke discusses his book “Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Economist.”