Alternative Radio is a weekly 57-minute public affairs series that features diverse perspectives on national and international issues. Alternative Radio challenges conventional views and is dedicated to the founding principles of public broadcasting: "to serve as a forum for controversy and debate" and "provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard." Programs feature Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Arundhati Roy, David Suzuki, Chris Hedges, Richard Wolff, Michelle Alexander and many others.