Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – January 9, 2013
Sociologist Laura Barraclough discusses how a white, rural settler identity was shaped in LA’s San Fernando Valley.
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 with Sasha Lilley – January 8, 2013
Anarchist historian Peter Staudenmaier speaks about conspiracy theory as a substitute for social critique.
Against the Grain – January 7, 2013
David Graeber discusses his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” (and specifically the chapter entitled “Honor and Degradation, or, On the Foundations of Contemporary Civilization”).
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – December 19, 2012
Education critic Alfie Kohn discusses why tests, grades, homework, and even positive reinforcement don’t serve true learning.