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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – February 27, 2007
Oil Out of Africa In its relentless pursuit of dependable oil supplies, the US is militarizing oil-producing nations in West Africa, with potentially devastating consequences. Paul Lubeck and Michael Watts discuss a new Center for International Policy report entitled "Convergent Interests."
Against the Grain – February 26, 2007
Black Realities, Black Fantasies Donn Worgs discusses the fantasy and reality of African American violent revolt. And Lisa Yaszek describes a storytelling genre called Afrofuturism and how it relates to the work of Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others.
Against the Grain – February 19, 2007
Rock, Radio and the Counterculture Marc Fisher, author of "Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation", and free form radio pioneer Bonnie Simmons talk to host Sasha Lilley about the impact of radio on the counterculture.
Against the Grain – February 14, 2007
The great muckracking journalist George Seldes is profiled in the award-winning film "Tell the Truth and Run."
Against the Grain – February 13, 2007
A look at global warming with Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe," and a presentation of the film "The Great Warming."
Against the Grain – February 7, 2007
The Origins of Human Domination Kirkpatrick Sale’s latest book traces the origins and development of the human inclination — and ability — to dominate and exploit the environment. In After Eden: The Evolution of Human Domination, Sale links climate change to early humans’ estrangement from the natural world.