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 CS Soong – May 2, 2011
Political economist David McNally talks about “The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – April 27, 2011
Steve London, political scientist and First Vice President of the Professional Staff Congress–a union which represents the City University of New York’s faculty and staff–talks with Sasha Lilley about the struggles of public sector workers and the parallels between today and the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis.
Against the Grain – April 26, 2011
Will the world end on December 21, 2012? What did the ancient Maya actually predict would happen on that date? John Major Jenkins, in this first presentation of the program-length interview, discusses his book “The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – April 25, 2011
Investigative journalist Will Parrish speaks to Sasha Lilley about how the wine industry on California’s North Coast despoils the environment, exploits labor, and is undergirded by corporate and financial interests.
Against the Grain – April 20, 2011
Michael Paller discusses Jean-Paul Sartre’s activities during World War II, which included writing the play “No Exit”; Tom Ross talks about the Tennessee Williams play “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale”; and Robert Bray comments on Williams’s political views and the playwright’s coming-out on television in 1970.
Against the Grain – April 19, 2011
Jeff Lustig and Lenny Goldberg, editor and contributor to “Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good,” speak about the roots of California’s social, economic, and political crises.
Against the Grain – April 18, 2011
Vijay Prashad talks about the political forces shaping the repression of Arab Spring uprisings, the composition of the Libyan rebel forces, and what he considers the mistaken decision to intervene militarily in Libya.
Against the Grain – April 13, 2011
UC Berkeley professor emerita Clare Cooper Marcus discusses children’s needs in urban settings and how to meet them through better neighborhood design and planning.