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Alternative Radio is an "unembedded" weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and on short-wave on Radio for Peace International. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Visit alternativeradio.org for the complete catalog.

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[Marci Shore] Truth & Lies

2026/10/22

Hannah Arendt says lying aids the powerful and leads to public cynicism. She warned that lying by leaders undermines democracy. Truth is an uncontestable fact. Lies are not. Calling things you don’t like a hoax makes it difficult for citizens to cut through the lies, particularly when there is no evidence to support them. To deceive people, lies are wrapped in flags and slogans. In Orwell’s 1984, the main character Winston Smith writes, “Freedom is the freedom to say that 2 + 2 = 4. If that is granted, all else follows.” But Big Brother and the Party have other ideas. They force citizens, through torture and propaganda, to accept that 2 + 2 = 5. Truth is whatever the Party says it is. No, it’s not. The truth matters.

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4.6 out of 5

531 reviews

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Strung Out 2026/10/09

One episode live at a time

You have to turn on downloads and not have them removed in order to keep old episodes when the new ones drop. It’s annoying and they get one star for ...

★★★☆☆

mooglitz 2025/11/23

Too much Chomsky

Have listened for decades to this unique broadcast first on public radio, now on a pod. But after learning about Epstein friendship, Chomsky lands dif...

★☆☆☆☆

Aoibhistin 2024/05/17

Too Left

If you want to pull down the civilization we are in this is the pod for you.

★☆☆☆☆

Tolga M 2024/05/10

Great Program, terrible Podcast policy

I appreciate the great show and speakers, and am glad they bothered to create a Podcast of it at all, but c’mon, one episode at a time (or you can tel...

★☆☆☆☆

DraAI 2024/02/10

Can’t find anything

Why is there only ONE episode listed? Is everything else deleted, or is this a new podcast with only one episode?

★★★☆☆

terrellmayo 2024/01/23

One Episode?

As another reviewer said he was experiencing, I’m also seeing only one episode. Is there something I’m not understanding?

★☆☆☆☆

Zinkzilla 2023/12/01

Why am I only seeing one episode?

★★★★☆

Gordie Seattle 2023/11/05

Late

This is great but they are always at least , at least 2 months behind the time. We need something more current!!

★★★★★

Sister shanti 2023/07/12

Alternative Radio with David Barsamian

Vital, direct & factual reportage from journalists & scholars~Social & human rights groups & workers. Balanced & thorough ~ reporting, analysis & inf...

★★★☆☆

Beatrice Higgins 2023/04/23

Jeffrey Sachs interview (4/2023)

Good Morning, I listen to your most excellent podcast every week and your team does a great job. it occurred to me, after many seemingly reasonable at...

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