Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now! is an independent daily TV & radio news program, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. We provide daily global news headlines, in-depth interviews and investigative reports without any advertisements or government funding. Our programming shines a spotlight on corporate and government abuses of power and lifts up the stories of ordinary people working to make change in extraordinary times. Democracy Now! is live weekdays at 8am ET and available 24/7 through our website and podcasts.

Episodes

March 10, 2026
We continue our conversation with investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, who says the Iran war is largely about control of fossil fuel resources.
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Headlines for March 10, 2026; Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates; “The Gulf Fears Whoever Wins This War”: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Could Destabilize Entire Region; “Fossil Fuels as a Weapon of War”: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Exposes World’s Dangerous Reliance on Oil

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We are continuing our conversation with Agnès Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International. On Sunday, tens of thousands of women around the world marked International Women’s Day by demonstrating against gender-based violence and calling for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. And today marks the opening of a major United Nations summit: the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. This all comes a ...
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March 9, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 09, 2026; Iran Picks New Supreme Leader; Toxic Black Rain Falls After Israeli Strikes on Iranian Oil Depots; “Racist Regime”: Iranian Israeli Editor Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians; “Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War

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March 6, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 06, 2026; Another Land Grab? Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon & Orders Mass Displacement in the South; Lies, Corruption & Scandal: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin to Head DHS; “Donroe Doctrine” Summit: Trump Seeks to Build Right-Wing Power Bloc in Latin America

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March 5, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 05, 2026; “Why Are We Going to War?”: Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has “No Clear Plan” on Iran; Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for “The Perfect Neighbor” & “The Devil Is Busy”; “Armed Only with a Camera”: Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other “Fallen Journalists”

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Part 2 of interview with economist Michael Hudson about the global impacts of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Hudson’s latest article is “The US/Israeli Attack Was to Prevent Peace Not Advance It.”
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Mr Nobody Against Putin is an Oscar-nominated documentary that tells the story of Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a primary school teacher and videographer who becomes an international whistleblower. After being reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine, he starts documenting how ordinary Russians are indoctrinated with pro-war messages and recruited for the war.
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Geeta Gandbhir has made history as the first woman to receive Academy Award nominations for both Best Documentary Feature (for The Perfect Neighbor) and Best Documentary Short (The Devil Is Busy) in the same year. The Perfect Neighbor looks at the case of a 35-year-old Black mother of four who was fatally shot in 2023 by her white neighbor. The Devil Is Busy chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights a...
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March 4, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 04, 2026; Who Bombed Girls’ School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed; “Iran Is Not Going to Surrender”: Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran; “Utter Disaster for All Involved”: Is Trump’s War on Iran Repeating Bush’s “Forever War” in Iraq?; “The Secret Agent”: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ...

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The Secret Agent is one of the most celebrated international films of the year. It has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. The film stars Wagner Moura and is set in Brazil in 1977, during the final years of the military dictatorship. We speak with the film’s director and screenwriter, Kleber Mendonça Filho.
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March 3, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 03, 2026; “Horror and Anxiety”: Death Toll in Iran Tops 780 as Trump Says U.S. Can Fight “Forever”; By Attacking Iran, U.S. & Israel Seek Unchallenged Supremacy in Middle East: Rami Khouri; “Stop This Bloodshed”: Israeli Lawmaker Ofer Cassif Slams Netanyahu’s “Fascist Government” over Iran; A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control ...

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March 2, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for March 02, 2026; Iranian American Scholars Denounce U.S.-Israeli Attack, Warn Regime Change Efforts Will Backfire; Israel Wants Ability to Attack Anyone at Any Time: Israeli Analyst Ori Goldberg; Trump’s War on Iran Violates International Law & U.S. Constitution: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody

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The U.S. and Israel have launched an unprovoked attack on Iran, striking sites across the country, including the compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state media reports one Israeli strike hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, killing at least 85 people, including scores of children. Iran responded by launching attacks across the Middle East targeting Israel and U.S. military installations in the Un...
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February 27, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for February 27, 2026; Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?; ICE Abducts Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases; “Abandoned By Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers; Former St. L...

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February 26, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for February 26, 2026; Cuba Kills 4 Exiles Trying to “Infiltrate” Island by Boat as U.S. “Medieval Siege” of Cuba Continues; “Flagrant War Crime”: Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers; Beaten, Starved, Tortured: New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons; A Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Israel Re...

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February 25, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for February 25, 2026; “You Have Killed Americans,” “Black People Aren’t Apes”: Democrats Protest Trump’s State of the Union; Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump’s Myths About Tariffs, Affordability; Rep. Summer Lee on Boycotting Trump Speech, Jesse Jackson, Voting Rights, “Endless Wars” & More; Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS...

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February 24, 2026 59 mins

Headlines for February 24, 2026; A Warming Planet Makes Nor’easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann; Aided by U.S. Intelligence, Mexican Army Kills Top Cartel Leader After Threat of Trump Intervention; War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Epstein Files, Duterte’s ICC Case & Ukraine War Anniversary

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