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.
W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. Murali Balaji, author of "The Professor and the Pupil", talks about the friendship and political evolution of radical African American giants W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. With guest host Ramsey Kanaan.
Myths about immigration abound, as does a myopic focus on immigration to the US. Henrik Lebuhn reveals how undocumented immigrants in Europe are being targeted and policed. And in a new book Aviva Chomsky addresses 21 myths about immigration.
Depression, anxiety and mental illness are rife in the US. Why is this happening, and does drug treatment make sense? Stephen Bezruchka, a physician and population health expert, examines the impact of social and economic inequality.
According to Tim Shorrock, a new US intelligence institution will soon be established to expand domestic spying to an unprecedented degree. And Melvin Goodman argues that the CIA’s clandestine operations harm US security.
William Tabb examines the relationship between money and power in political campaigns and in US politics more generally. And Adam Bock talks about his new play "The Shaker Chair," which contrasts activism with complacency.
Guest host Ramsey Kanaan talks to Lenni Brenner about the fundamentalist politics of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Guest host Ramsey Kanaan talks with Critical Resistance organizer Rachel Herzing about the boom in prison building and what alternatives might exist to replace the imprisonment of people.
Picasso began to paint Guernica five days after the Spanish town of Guernica was obliterated by aerial bombardment. C.S. Soong speaks with Ian Patterson, author of "Guernica and Total War" about Picasso’s famous painting.
