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.
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."
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.
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.
The great muckracking journalist George Seldes is profiled in the award-winning film "Tell the Truth and Run."
A look at global warming with Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe," and a presentation of the film "The Great Warming."
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.
Giroux on Education, Authoritarianism and Agency Influential thinker and prolific writer Henry Giroux discusses social justice in relation to education, the media, political action, and what he argues is a growing authoritarianism in the US.
Tariq Ali on Latin America In his new book Pirates of the Caribbean, veteran activist and intellectual Tariq Ali examines the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela and its relationship to other leftist movements and developments in Latin America.
