KPFA - Against the Grain

Progressive Talk

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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.

Episodes

Why Do Rural Poor People Support the GOP?

Unlikely World Makers

The Black Labor Movement

Queen of the Muckrakers

Big Tech’s Worldview

Is Legalization Enough?

U.S. Capitalism, Empire, and Anti-Asian Violence

Beckert on Global Capitalism

Immigrant Detention and the “Worst of the Worst”

Ancient Trees and Fossil Capitalism

What’s Money For?

Images, UFOs, and Artificial Intelligence

Counting Care Work

Organizing to Win

Criminalizing Dissent

Oil and Global Capitalism

Marion Nestle on Food Choices and Food Politics

Trump and the Powers of the U.S. Presidency

Against Climate Doomism

Fund Drive Special: Unlikely World Makers