Alternative Radio

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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.

Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Alternative Radio on 09/03/08

Airs at: Wed, 09/03/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for Alternative Radio
Tahira Abdullah on Pakistani WomenTahira Abdullah is a prominent women's rights activist and development worker based in Islamabad.AR's David Barsamian talked with her in Islamabad.  According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the human rights situation for women ... Read more

Alternative Radio on 08/27/08

Airs at: Wed, 08/27/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Benjamin Barber speaks on Runaway Capitalism.  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 on 08/20/08

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Julian Darley speaks on The Post Carbon World. Julian Darley is the founder of Post Carbon Institute headquartered in Sebastopol, California. He is the author of High Noon for Natural Gas and the co-author of Relocalize Now!  Read more

Alternative Radio on 08/13/08

Airs at: Wed, 08/13/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Sut Jhally speaks on "How TV Exploits its Audience."Sut (sounds like but) Jhally is Professor of Communications at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.  He is the founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation and the author of The Codes of Advertising... Read more

Alternative Radio on 08/06/08

Airs at: Wed, 08/06/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Michael Pollan speaks on The Cornification of Food (lecture)Michael Pollan, professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, is a contributing writer to the "New York Times Magazine." He is the author of "The Botany of Desire." His "The Omnivore's Dil... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/23/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Naomi Klein on "The Shock Doctrine" Naomi Klein of Canada is an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker. Her articles appear in major newspapers and magazines all over the world. Her documentary film on the economic crisis in Argentina is "The Take." "No Logo," her book... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/16/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/16/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Hosted by: David Barsamian Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater: Mercenary Army (Lecture) A hidden story of the U.S. war on Iraq has been the use private contractors, a shadow force almost as big as the American army. The major company operating in Iraq and raking in millions of dol... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/09/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/09/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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A lecture by Richard Heinberg on Peak Oil Richard Heinberg, a leading expert on energy issues, teaches at the New College of California. He is the author of "The Party's Over: Oil, War & the Fate of Industrial Societies" and "Power Down: Options & Actions for a Post-Carbon Wor... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/02/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/02/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Winter Soldier: Testimonies from Iraq War Veterans Taking the name Winter Soldier, dozens of war veterans gathered in Silver Spring, MD, to talk about their experiences. The Winter Soldier investigation originally took place in Detroit in 1971. Vietnam War veterans testified... Read more

Alternative Radio on 06/25/08

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2008 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Host David Barsamian speaks with Sunita Narain, author of  Rethinking Growth. Sunita Narain. Director of the Centre for Science and the Environment in New Delhi, is a leading environmentalist. She is the editor of Down to Earth magazine. She is recipient of the Stockholm W... Read more