KPFA - Against the Grain

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.

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Tue, 02 Jun 2026

Mon, 01 Jun 2026

Wed, 27 May 2026

Tue, 26 May 2026

Mon, 25 May 2026

Wed, 20 May 2026

Tue, 19 May 2026

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Wed, 13 May 2026

Tue, 12 May 2026

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Wed, 06 May 2026

Tue, 05 May 2026

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Tue, 28 Apr 2026

Mon, 27 Apr 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026

Tue, 21 Apr 2026

Mon, 20 Apr 2026

Wed, 15 Apr 2026

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Mon, 13 Apr 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026

Tue, 07 Apr 2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026

KPFA - Against the Grain

Episodes

Sex and Strength

Controlling Workers

How the GOP Lurched Further to the Right

Changing Sound

Capitalism and Insect-Borne Diseases

Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire Class

Against the Grain – May 19, 2026

Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention Economy

Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and Trees

Fund Drive Special: What the Frankfurt School Teaches Us About the Right

Fund Drive Special: Back to the Gilded Age

Fund Drive Special: Unmasking the Far Right

Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention Economy

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

Sugar and Capitalism

Science Fiction and the Far Right

The Political Power of the Police

The Decline of U.S. Capitalism?

American Jews and the Left

Fuentes on Aggression; Graeber on Egalitarianism

(Not) Taxing the Rich

Infrastructures of War and Repression in Iran

Counting Care Work

Consuming the Future

The Frankfurt School, Authoritarianism, and the U.S. Right

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