Against the Grain – October 20, 2009
A look at the crisis that rocked Pacifica ten years ago and governance structure that it spawned, with historian Matthew Lasar, KPFA news co-director Aileen Alfandary, and host Sasha Lilley.
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 – October 19, 2009
Rana Husseini discusses her new book "Murder in the Name of Honor," about so-called honor killings in her home country of Jordan as well as around the world.
Against the Grain – October 13, 2009
A first-time presentation of the full-length interview with Andrew Pessin, author of "The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins have said about the Divine."
Wealth Creators or Wealth Extractors?
Are the rich wealth creators, as we commonly hear? Should we be grateful to investors and entrepreneurs, as they like to be called, for generating jobs and greasing the wheels of the economy? Or is the source of their massive wealth the rest of us? Scholar Andrew Sayer discusses rentiers, capitalists, and why the planet … Continued
Against the Grain – September 23, 2009
Andrew Pessin talks about his new book "The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins have said about the Divine."