Alternative Radio

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 11/09/11

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Wed, 11/09/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am

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Paul Cienfuegos speaks on "We the People"

Paul Cienfuegos has been passionate about social change all his life and has devoted most of his adult life to this important work. In 1995, he founded Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County (DUHC), which works to dismantle corporate constitutional so-called "rights" and strengthen the rights of communities to govern themselves. He moved to Portland in April in order to greatly expand the work of this critical new movement across the state of Oregon. You can connect with his extensive writings, speeches and workshops at PaulCienfuegos.com or on facebook.

Alternative Radio on 11/08/11

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Professor of Economics Richard Wolff on Capitalism Hits the Fan

Richard Wolff – Capitalism Hits the Fan (lecture)

Like that well known substance, Capitalism has hit the fan. The statistics are numbing and do not convey the suffering and trauma citizens are enduring. Gone up in smoke are their savings, pensions, homes and jobs. Poverty is at record levels. For too many, dreams and hopes are shattered. And like the Howard Beale character in the movie “Network,” people are yelling, “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” Occupy Wall Street has gone global. People are in the streets pushing back and saying, Enough. “We are the 99%.” There is widespread recognition that the economic crash is not just the result of greed and arrogance and lax regulation.

Alternative Radio on 11/02/11

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Wed, 11/02/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am

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Economist Richard Wolff is interviewed by David Barsamian about the Systemic Crisis of Capitalism

(KBOO aired a partial broadcast of this program during our recent membership drive. Today we present the program in its entirety.)

Alternative Radio on 11/01/11

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Social change activist and author David Korten speaks on "Wall Street or the Common Good"

David Korten - Wall Street or the Common Good (lecture)

The Occupy Wall Street movement is growing. Mumia Abu-Jamal from his jail cell writes: “In Lower Manhattan's Zucotti Park, renamed 'Liberty Square' by the demonstrators, the cast of thousands swell in rebellion against the betrayals by the banks, Wall Street's relentless greed, the plague of joblessness and the craven servility of the political class, both Republicans and Democrats, to their moneyed masters. In short, the central focus of their protest is capitalism, greed writ large. Begun mostly by unemployed urban youth, it has drawn the presence and support of public workers, students, teachers and a considerable number of gray hairs.

Alternative Radio on 10/25/11

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Joel Salatin, pioneer of chemical-free farming and local food advocate speaks on Local Food

Joel Salatin – Local Food (lecture)

The ominous subtitle of Eric Schlosser’s bestselling “Fast Food Nation” is “The Dark Side of the American Meal.” There is one food poisoning and contamination scare after another from beef to spinach to peanut butter to ground turkey. The latest is cantaloupes. You know the line, “It must have been something I ate.” Indeed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that food safety problems now account for roughly 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths annually. The growth of local food, community gardens, closer to home food networks, community supported agriculture subscriptions, and farmers’ markets are increasingly popular alternatives to industrialized agriculture.

Alternative Radio on 10/18/11

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Tue, 10/18/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am

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Economist Richard Wolff is interviewed by David Barsamian about the Systemic Crisis of Capitalism

Today's economic crisis is the most severe since the Great Depression. What are its root causes? The conventional explanations put the blame on greedy bankers who pawned off credit default swaps, sub-prime mortgages, and a smorgasbord of derivatives, on a hapless and helpless public. To make matters worse there was little or no regulation. So if we tinker with some reform measures, pass some legislation, a tax cut here, a little stimulus package there and everything will be hunky-dory. Will it? The seismic failures and problems plaguing Capitalism are systemic and deep. Many people are in dire straits. But not the upper crust. They are riding the gravy train to more riches. Fundamental change is necessary to avoid future collapses.

Alternative Radio on 10/11/11

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Tue, 10/11/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am

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Paul Cienfuegos speaks on "We the People"

Alternative Radio on 10/04/11

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Tue, 10/04/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am

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American Indian leader Russell Means on "For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die"

Russell Means speaks on "For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die" (lecture)

Russell Means is an Oglala Sioux activists for the rights of American Indians. He joined the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968. He has been active in international issues of indigenous peoples. He has also been active in politics at this native Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Since 1992, he has acted in numerous films and released his own music CD. He published his autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread in 1997.

Alternative Radio on 09/27/11

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Harry Edwards speaks on "The Fire this Time"

Harry Edwards – The Fire This Time (lecture)

“People are practical,” Howard Zinn said. “They want change but feel powerless, alone. They do not want to be the blade of grass that sticks up above the others and is cut down. They wait for a sign from someone else who will make that first move. And at certain times in history there are certain intrepid people who take the risk that if they make that first move others will follow quickly enough to prevent their being cut down. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

Alternative Radio on 09/20/11

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Veteran activist Jodie Evans talks about "Disturbing Power the CODEPINK Way"

Jodie Evans – Disturbing Power the CODEPINK Way (interview)

Rocking the boat is never an easy task but you can accomplish meaningful things and have some fun along the way. Playing ball with the rich and powerful of course has its rewards. You’re in the golden rolodex. You get invited to all the right parties. People nod at you when you enter a room. Your name gives you entrée to inner circles. In politics the president or the secretary of state may even smile at you and call you by your given name. But all of that adds up to what exactly? Not much. That kind of fame is fleeting. Better to shake things up and fight for human rights and justice. Even if you don’t succeed every time you can look in the mirror and feel good about yourself.

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"Alternative Radio" broadcast 04-Aug-09 9-10am Portland

Submitted by Steve Brandt (not verified) on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 9:36am.

Hello,

I would like to get an MP3 copy of your Alternative Radio broadcast of 04-Aug-09, 9-10am. It is one of the best talks I have ever heard on the progression of our economic system. Is it available?

Thanks,
Steve Brandt

Hi! Is there a way to

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 8:16pm.

Hi!

Is there a way to listen to the show today on "Alternative Radio"? It was on from 9am-10am Sept. 22, 09. I was in my car, but was unable to listen to the entire program.

Thank you.