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.

Alternative radio is carried by over 125 radio stations and heard by millions of listeners. The headquarters, with three paid staff, are located in Boulder, Colorado.

David Barsamian is the award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio, the independent weekly audio series based in Boulder, Colorado. One of America's most wide-ranging and respected independent journalists, David Barsamian has altered the media landscape with his radio programs and books with Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy and others. His most recent books are "Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism" with Richard Wolff and a reissue of Chomsky classics, "How the World Works." His best-selling books with Chomsky have been translated into many languages.

Listen to Alternative Radio on KSKQ on Wednesdays at 11 am.