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 – April 13, 2010
Gray Brechin contrasts the New Deal’s energetic commitment to education with current efforts to eviscerate public education. And Ross Eisenbrey describes how unpaid interns are used and abused in the private sector.
Against the Grain – April 12, 2010
Roberta Brandes Gratz, the author of “The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs,” talks with host Sasha Lilley about the struggle over New York’s future by the father of urban renewal and the renowned urban critic.
Against the Grain – April 7, 2010
Mark Vernon discusses his new book “Plato’s Podcasts: The Ancients’ Guide to Modern Living.”
Against the Grain – April 6, 2010
In his book “The Idea of Justice,” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argues that prevailing theories of justice have led us astray.
Against the Grain – April 5, 2010
Noam Chomsky, speaking recently at Left Forum, talks about what happens when the center does not hold and the population is mobilized by the Right.
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.