David Barsamian

One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio program, Alternative Radio—airing since 1986— and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His recent books are Culture and Resistance, Retargeting Iran, Chronicles of Dissent and Notes on Resistance. His latest book is with Arundhati Roy, The Architecture of Modern Empire. David lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media and global rebellions.

Programs

Date Recorded Program Title Handle
2022: 07/07 A Passage Through India BARD014
2020: 01/19 Iran & U.S.: Deadly Embrace BARD013
1983: 03/23 Kalila wa Dimna: Fables from the Arab World CULT069
2018: 10/08 It Takes An Acorn BARD012A
2018: 09/10 17th Annual State of the World Address BARD011
2002: 04/04 Working Class Movies WEXH001
2018: 05/09 How To Detect Biases in the Media BARD010
1991: 03/13 Literature From the World of Islam CULT041
2017: 09/11 15th Annual State of the World Address BARD009
2017: 03/20 Resistance in the Age of Trump BARD008
2016: 09/12 14th Annual State of the World Address BARD007
2014: 10/08 Barsamian/Kronos Quartet in Concert BARD005
2013: 06/14 Israel, the U.S. & Mideast Policy BARD004
2012: 07/06 Gunning for Iran BARD003
2013: 03/03 I Have a Drone BARD002
2012: 09/12 Live From City Lights WOLR006
1982: 02/18 Horizontes CULT005
1984: 05/13 The Basques, Portrait of a People and Culture CULT002
1995: 05/24 The Right-Wing Attack on Public Broadcasting BARD001
1994: 04/15 Media Treatment of Arabs and Islam BARD-KNOE-LANS001
1998: 06/18 Live on Hightower’s Chat ‘n Chew BARD-HIGJ001

Books