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Matt Rothschild interviews activists, scholars, and artists who are making the world a better place. Recent guests include Cindy Sheehan, Camilo Mejia, Laura Flanders, Jim Hightower, and Junot Diaz. RSS | Subscribe in iTunes

Eduardo Galeano

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My final guest on Progressive Radio is the great Latin American writer, Eduardo Galeano, author most recently of "Children of the Days."

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Holly Near

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My guest this week is the folksinger Holly Near.read more

Gar Alperovitz

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My guest this week is Gar Alperovitz, author of "What Then Must We Do?"read more

Gary Segura

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My guest this week is Gary Segura, Professor of American Politics and Chair of Chicano/a Studies in the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University.read more

Michael Brune

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My guest this week is Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.read more

Dean Strang

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My guest today is Dean Strang, author of "Worse than the Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and Justice in a Time of Terror."read more

Arundhati Roy

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Ruth Conniff, subbing in for Matt Rothschild, interviews Arundhati Roy this week.read more

Barbara Ransby

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My guest this week is Professor Barbara Ransby, author of "Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson."read more

Heather Ann Thompson

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My guest this week is Temple University professor Heather Ann Thompson, speaking on Attica and the criminal justice system.read more

Pepe Palacios

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My guest today is Pepe Palacios, a gay rights activist in Honduras.read more

Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

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My guests this week are Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, who brought you "The Untold History of the United States."read more

Nick Turse

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My guest this week is Nick Turse, author of "Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam."read more

Dennis Kucinich

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My guest this week is former Congressman Dennis Kucinich.read more

Sister Simone Campbell

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My guest this week is Sister Simone Campbell, who helped organize the “Nuns on the Bus."read more

Jack Williams

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My guest this week is Univ. of Wis. geology professor Jack Williams, who discusses global warming.read more

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Welcome to The Progressive Magazine


Welcome to the Radio Offerings of The Progressive

We produce two things.

First, we offer a weekly half-hour interview show called "Progressive Radio," hosted by Matthew Rothschild, the editor of The Progressive.

And second, Rothschild does a short commentary every weekday, called "Progressive Point of View,” which runs approximately 90 seconds.

Both are free to radio stations and listeners.