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

Triumph of the Yuppie

Sex and Strength

The Long History of 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

Against the Grain – May 18, 2026

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

Against the Grain – April 27, 2026

The Political Power of the Police

The Decline of U.S. Capitalism?

American Jews and the Left