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 – 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."
Against the Grain – September 22, 2009
The documentary 'The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom' looks at the intellectual roots of the ideology of the free market.
Against the Grain – September 16, 2009
In the documentary series "The Genius of Charles Darwin" evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins examines Darwin's life and why his ideas are still subversive, 150 years after the publication of "On the Origin of Species".
Against the Grain – September 15, 2009
The new film Food Inc. looks at the multibillion dollar American food system and the tragic consequences of putting profits over health.
Against the Grain – September 14, 2009
Walt Odets discusses the life and work of his playwright father, Clifford Odets, whose subject, according to one theater critic, "was always the struggle of the heartbroken American soul under capitalism." Also, Dario Robleto talks about his contributions to an exhibition called "Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet."
Against the Grain – September 9, 2009
Daniel Geary discusses his new book "C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought."
Against the Grain – September 8, 2009
George Katsiaficas discusses the formidable radical autonomist movements in Europe in the 1970s and 80s — their factory occupations, squats, mass demonstrations, and militant battles with neo-Nazis and the police. With host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – September 7, 2009
In David McNally's analysis of the nature and causes of the ongoing economic crisis, he highlights the volatility of money, the uses and abuses of working-class debt, and the fateful financialization of the economy.