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A weekly one-hour progressive radio show featuring lectures & interviews with progressive thinkers.


Every Tuesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the US, Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media.



Our program is carried by over 125 radio stations and heard by millions of listeners. It is produced by David Barsamian in Boulder, Colorado.



Alternative Radio is sustained by donations and by your purchases of season subscriptions, recordings and transcripts. You can make a donation, including a recurring amount charged to your credit card each month, from our donations page.



Because Alternative Radio is a syndicated program, we don't have the permissions from them to post their audio files or transcripts. If you go to the Alternative Radio website, you can download their interviews and lectures for a very low price, and help support their work.

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Alternative Radio on 10/20/09

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
Deborah Nelson on Vietnam: War Crimes (lecture) Deborah Nelson is the author of "The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes." She was an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles TImes, Washington Post, Seattle Times, and Chicago Sun-TImes.... Read more

Alternative Radio on 10/13/09

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
John Pilger on "Imperialism in the Age of Obama"John Pilger is an internationally renowned journalist and documentary filmmaker. Born in Australia he's been based in London for many years. He's twice won British journalism's highest award, that of Journalist of the Year. Hi... Read more

Alternative Radio on 10/06/09

Airs at: Tue, 10/06/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
Host David Barsamian interviews Rami Khouri about "Dateline: Middle East." It is oil, weapons sales, and support of Israel which drive Washington's policy. Presidents come and go but the patterns persist with only shades of difference. And the media? They are doing a great ... Read more

Alternative Radio on 09/29/09

Airs at: Tue, 09/29/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
Pervez Hoodbhoy speaks with host David Barsamian about "Whither Pakistan?" Pervez Hoodbhoy is professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad. He writes and lectures on South Asian issues. He appears on major news programs in Pakistan and around the world.  Read more

Alternative Radio on 09/08/09

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
CAPITALISM AND HEALTHIs health care a right or just another commodity, subject to market fluctuations, to be bought and sold? As long ago as 1944, FDR said that health care was a right. A few years later, Truman tried to advance a national health plan. He got nowhere. Our h... Read more

Alternative Radio on 09/01/09

Airs at: Tue, 09/01/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
 Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent (Lecture)The media like to present themselves as objective, balanced and free from any bias or agenda. Reality suggests something quite different. The media function as weapons of mass distraction. Much of what passes as news is, sometim... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/28/09

Airs at: Tue, 07/28/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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HYPOCRISIES OF CAPITALISM The "Newsweek" cover declares, "We are All Socialists Now." Some people have a different take on it. Paul Krugman, commenting on the bailout of banks and the giant insurance company AIG, says it's a classic example of what he calls "lemon socialism... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/07/09

Airs at: Tue, 07/07/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
Alternative Radio debuts on it's new day!  David Barsamian presents Maude Barlow on Peak Water:   In the last few years, the concept of peak oil has gained some traction. But peak water? Hardly at all. That most precious of all resources is in big trouble. We are running out... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/01/09

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Vandana Shiva on Gandhi Recorded December 31st, 2008 in New Delhi, India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, dubbed the Mahatma, great soul, was born on October 2, 1869. After training as a lawyer in England, Gandhi went to South Africa. It was there his emergent philosophy began to... Read more

Alternative Radio on 06/24/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
Our planet and its people are in peril. Diminishing fresh water supplies, destruction of forests, polluted air, species extinction at an unparalleled rate, and a toxic petrochemical environment are all clear signals that things are going seriously haywire. And climate chang... Read more