Against the Grain is a radio and web media project whose aim is to provide 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-hosted and co-produced by Sasha Lilley and C.S. Soong.

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Against the Grain - August 31, 2010 at 12:00pm
Clare Cooper Marcus on children's needs in contemporary cities.

Against the Grain - August 30, 2010 at 12:00pm
Heather Rogers on how carbon offsets, organic food, and biofuels may be less green than they seem.

Against the Grain - August 25, 2010 at 12:00pm
Rebecca Solnit on moments of utopia amidst disaster

Against the Grain - August 24, 2010 at 12:00pm
Vicente Rafael connects language, translation, monolingualism, and empire.

Against the Grain - August 23, 2010 at 12:00pm
Gary Griggs discusses the origins, distinctive features, and shifting character of California’s 1100-mile-long coastline.

Against the Grain - August 18, 2010 at 12:00pm
The Lessons of the 1975 New York Fiscal Crisis

Against the Grain - August 17, 2010 at 12:00pm
Paul Edwards talks about how climate scientists know what they know about the earth’s atmosphere in the past, present, and future.

Against the Grain - August 16, 2010 at 12:00pm
The Privatization of Public Education

Against the Grain - August 11, 2010 at 12:00pm
Kiren Chaudhry discusses US designs on Pakistan and Afghanistan

Against the Grain - August 10, 2010 at 12:00pm
A Graphic Approach to the Economic Meltdown

Against the Grain - August 9, 2010 at 12:00pm
Richard McIntyre talks about his book "Are Worker Rights Human Rights?"

Against the Grain - August 4, 2010 at 12:00pm

Against the Grain - August 3, 2010 at 12:00pm
Richard Lichtman on Marx and Freud

Against the Grain - August 2, 2010 at 12:00pm
Acclaimed radical public intellectual Tariq Ali talks about idea of communism and its legacy today as capitalism melts down.

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