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

Justifying Authoritarianism

Tech Worker Militancy

Exposing Forever Chemicals

Criminalizing Protest

Brazil and the Global Far Right

The Long Struggle Against Equality

Organizing in a Time of Emergency

The Yellow School Bus

Against the Grain – October 7, 2026

Against the Grain – October 6, 2026

Fund Drive Special: The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition

Fund Drive Special: Erasing the History of Racism

Fund Drive Special: Gabor Mate on Capitalism and Health

Fund Drive Special: Howard Zinn on His Life and Times

Fund Drive Special: Sex and Strength

The Long Struggle Against Equality

When 911 Calls Go Wrong

New York City and Health Justice

All Consuming

When the State Kills by Lethal Injection