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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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Topic tags: 
Civil Rights/Human Rights, Corporations, Class, Environment/Climate, Global Affairs, Government/Politics
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Alternative Radio on 01/05/09

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Chris Hedges speaks on "Empire of Illusion"  Chris Hedges reported for "The New York Times" for more than a decade. Before that he worked for "The Christian Science Monitor" and National Public Radio. He has covered wars in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 12/31/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Kevin Phillips - Swimming with the Sharks: The U.S. Economy Kevin Phillips was chief political analyst for the 1968 Republican presidential campaign, which culminated in the victory of Richard Nixon.  Phillips also was partly responsible for the design of the Republican "So... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Benjamin Barber speaks on Runaway Capitalism (lecture) Benjamin Barber is a well-known scholar and political theorist. He is the author of many books including the bestseller Jihad vs. McWorld. His latest book is Consumed: The Fate of Citizens under Capitalism Triumphant.   Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Host David Barsamian interviews the late Studs Terkel - Which Side Are You On?, Part 2 Historian Howard Zinn says, "You can't be neutral on a moving train." Indeed, in a time of crisis you can't sit on the fence and wait for others to make the decisions for you. An engaged ... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Studs Terkel on "Which Side Are You On?, pt 1" Historian Howard Zinn says, "You can't be neutral on a moving train." Indeed, in a time of crisis you can't sit on the fence and wait for others to make the decisions for you. An engaged citizenry is the essence of democracy... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 12/03/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Noam Chomsky on International Terrorism - An AR Classic Lecture in honor of Noam Chomsky's 80th birthday on December 7th. Noam Chomsky, internationally renowned MIT professor, practically invented modern linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field he has b... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 11/26/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Raj Patel - Stuffed & Starved (lecture) Raj Patel, writer, activist and former policy analyst with Food First, is a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley. He has worked for the World Bank, the WTO, and the United Nations, and has also protested t... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 11/19/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Maude Barlow on Peak Water, (a lecture) Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada's largest public advocacy organization, and the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, working internationally for the right to water. She is the recipient ... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 11/12/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Tariq Ali speaks on Uncle Sam's Pakistan. Tariq Ali, an internationally renowned writer and activist, was born in Lahore, Pakistan. For many years he has been based in London where he is an editor of "New Left Review." A charismatic speaker, he is in great demand all over t... Read more

Alternative Radio

Airs at: Wed, 11/12/2008 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Praful Bidwai - India: A Million Mutinies (This program was pre-empted last week for election coverage.) A large area of the country is up in arms, literally, in resistance to unjust government policies and predatory corporations. Praful Bidwai speaks about it with host Davi... Read more