KPFA - Against the Grain
by KPFA
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Estimated from 2 chart positions in 2 markets.
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- 🇨🇴CO · Politics#903K to 10K
- 🇷🇴RO · Politics#127500 to 3K
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1.1K to 3.9K🎙 Daily cadence·25 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
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3.5K to 13K🇨🇴77%🇷🇴23% - Active Followers
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1.1K to 3.9K
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From 37 epsHost
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Strength and Sex
Jul 21, 2026
Americans: Unequal and Sick
Jul 20, 2026
59m 58s
The Mass Revolts of the 2010s
Jul 15, 2026
59m 58s
Rolling Stone and the Limits of the Counterculture
Jul 14, 2026
59m 58s
Financial Censorship
Jul 13, 2026
59m 59s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/26 | strengthsex differences+3 | Starre Vartan | KPFA | — | strengthwomen+5 | — | — | ||
| 7/20/26 | healthcareinequality+3 | Stephen Bezruchka | Cambridge University PressBorn Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation | — | healthcareinequality+4 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/15/26 | mass protestsauthoritarianism+4 | Vincent Bevins | Public AffairsThe Nation | BrazilJair Bolsonaro | mass revolts2010s protests+6 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/14/26 | counterculturepolitics+4 | Peter Richardson | Rolling Stone MagazineUC Press | Bay Area | Rolling Stonecounterculture+4 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/13/26 | financial censorshipdebanking+4 | Rainey Reitman | Freedom of the Press FoundationWikileaks+3 | — | financial censorshipdebanking+6 | — | 59m 59s | ||
| 7/8/26 | drug usepsychoactive drugs+4 | Benjamin Fong | VersoQuick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge | — | drugsAmerica+5 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/7/26 | heat wavesair conditioning+4 | Sam Bloch | Random HouseShade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource | cities | fossil fuelsheat waves+5 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/6/26 | film criticismauthoritarianism+3 | David Thomson | Simon & SchusterA Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies | Pacific Film Archive | filmcriticism+5 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 7/1/26 | prison abolitiondemocratic socialism+3 | Anna Terwiel | University of Minnesota Press | — | prisonsabolition+5 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 6/30/26 | U.S. Empiresexual morality+4 | Eva Payne | Princeton University Press | United StatesPhilippines+1 | U.S. Empiresexual morality+5 | — | 59m 57s | ||
| 6/10/26 | Anti-Defamation Leagueleftist movements+3 | Emmaia Gelman | Anti-Defamation LeagueThe Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State | — | Anti-Defamation LeagueEmmaia Gelman+4 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 6/9/26 | AImedia+4 | Rob Larson | Trump administrationHaymarket Books+2 | — | AImedia ownership+5 | — | 59m 57s | ||
| 6/8/26 | surveillanceprivacy+4 | Cindy Cohn | Electronic Frontier FoundationMIT Press+1 | — | surveillanceprivacy+5 | — | 59m 57s | ||
| 6/3/26 | yuppiesfinancialization+3 | Dylan Gottlieb | Harvard University Press | New York | yuppiesfinancialization+4 | — | 48m 29s | ||
| 6/2/26 | gender differencesstrength+3 | Starre Vartan | Seal PressThe Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us about the Power of the Female Body | — | strengthgender+3 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 6/1/26 | labor controlmanagement theories+3 | Henry Snow | VersoGeneral Electric+1 | — | labor processmanagement+3 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 5/27/26 | GOPpolitical shift+4 | Paul Heideman | Republican PartyDemocrat Party+1 | — | GOPRepublican Party+5 | — | 59m 59s | ||
| 5/26/26 | soundimportance of sound+3 | Julian Treasure | Grand Central PublishingSound Affects: How Sound Shapes Our Lives, Our Wellbeing, and Our Planet | — | soundJulian Treasure+4 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 5/25/26 | capitalisminsect-borne diseases+3 | Brent KaupKelly Austin | UC PressThe Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease | — | capitalisminsect diseases+6 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 5/20/26 | Artificial IntelligenceMedia+3 | Rob Larson | Trump administration | — | Artificial IntelligenceMedia+3 | KPFA | 59m 59s | ||
| 5/19/26 | political analysiseconomic commentary+3 | — | KPFA | — | politicseconomics+3 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 5/18/26 | attention economypsychology+3 | D. Graham Burnett | Friends of Attention | — | attention economyD. Graham Burnett+3 | — | 59m 59s | ||
| 5/13/26 | fossil capitalismtrees+3 | Jared Farmer | KPFA | — | fossil capitalismtrees+3 | — | 22m 56s | ||
| 5/12/26 | Frankfurt Schoolfar right+4 | Paul Fleming | Frankfurt School | — | Frankfurt SchoolPaul Fleming+5 | — | 59m 57s | ||
| 5/11/26 | capitalismwealth concentration+4 | Rob Larson | KPFAAgainst the Grain | — | capitalismwealth+5 | — | 59m 59s |
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Chart history for KPFA - Against the Grain
Peaked at #90 in CO, currently #90 in CO.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO | — | #90 | #90 | — |
| RO | — | #127 | #127 | — |
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.