Ralph Nader Radio Hour
550 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsRalph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
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How To Fix The Future
December 15, 2018 20:00 - 1 hourAndrew Keen, one of the world's best-known and controversial commentators on the digital revolution, proposes his solutions to reforming the digital age with his book “How To Fix The Future.” Plus, we welcome back insurance guru Robert Hunter, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the nation’s greatest grassroots consumer victories, the passing of Prop 103 in California. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Global Warming Is Reversible
December 08, 2018 20:00 - 1 hourRalph debates entrepreneur, author, and activist, Paul Hawken, who makes the case that global warming is reversible in his book “Drawdown.” And conservative constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, does a deep dive into the Mueller investigation. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Hope From The Heartland/Robot Lawyer
December 01, 2018 20:00 - 59 minutesRalph talks to Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, Art Cullen, about his hometown, Storm Lake, Iowa and how its ethnically diverse community thrives despite being located in Rep. Steve King’s ultra-conservative district. And 21-year old Joshua Browder tells us how you can save a lot of money using his robot lawyer. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Who Controls the World’s Wealth?
November 24, 2018 20:00 - 1 hourRalph asks scholar, Richard Falk, about how and why international law seems to not work for peace and security issues. And author, Peter Philips reveals the handful of people who control the world’s wealth. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Can Music Change The World?
November 17, 2018 20:00 - 59 minutesRalph welcomes former Nader’s Raider, Jim Musselman, who since working with Ralph founded Appleseed Recordings and is promoting “Roots and Branches,” his latest compilation of new and classic folk/roots music. Also, GM engineer and whistleblower, Nicholas Kachman returns to give us an update on General Motors’ Culture of Failure.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
November 03, 2018 19:43 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBRalph welcomes journalist and author, Anand Giridharadas to talk about his book, “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World,” which argues that rich “do-gooders” don’t really want to change the system that made them rich.
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
November 03, 2018 19:43 - 1 hourRalph welcomes journalist and author, Anand Giridharadas to talk about his book, “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World,” which argues that rich “do-gooders” don’t really want to change the system that made them rich. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
All About Elections
October 27, 2018 19:19 - 1 hourRalph talks to Democratic Congressman, Jamie Raskin, about what issues the Dems have to run on to take over the House. And editor of Ballot Access News, Richard Winger, explains how the two major parties conspire to keep third parties off the ballot. Plus, listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Will Democrats Fight for Medicare For All?
October 20, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourMichael Lighty, Policy Director for National Nurses United, makes the case for Medicare For All and points out the gap between the Democratic “base” and its “donors.” Plus Ralph tells us about his new book, “To The Ramparts: How Bush and Obama Paved the Way For the Trump Presidency and How It’s Not Too Late to Change Course.” Plus, listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Neo-Fascism/Flyers’ Bill of Rights
October 13, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourInvestigative reporter, Allan Nairn, warns of the autocratic drift of the Republican Party under Trump, and how important the midterm elections are in putting the brakes on it. And Paul Hudson of Flyers Rights updates us on the latest on airline travel from the traveler’s point of view. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Impeach Kavanaugh?/Trumpcare
October 06, 2018 20:58 - 1 hourRalph and Lisa Graves, former general counsel for judicial nominations under Democrat Patrick Leahy, tick off a long list of reasons why Brett Kavanaugh should not be elevated to the Supreme Court. And Dr. John Geyman returns to discuss his new book “Trumpcare: Lies, Broken Promises, How It Is Failing, and What Should Be Done”. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
How The Rats Reformed The Congress
September 29, 2018 20:02 - 1 hourSteve and David turn the tables and interview Ralph about his latest book, the fable: “How the Rats Re-Formed the Congress,” a creative vision of a citizen revolution. Plus listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Phil Donahue
September 22, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourNo one in the long history of the “The Phil Donahue Show” appeared more often than Ralph Nader. Today, these two old friends have a wide-ranging and intimate conversation about media, politics, the Catholic Church, Donald Trump, and more. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Corporations Are Not People, My Friend
September 15, 2018 17:31 - 1 hourRalph welcomes Jeffrey Clements, founder of “American Promise,” an organization that seeks to write a 28th Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. He is also author of the book, “Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations.” Plus: Listener Questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
America Depends on China for Medicine
September 08, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourHealth expert, Rosemary Gibson, author of “China RX: Exposing the Risks for America’s Dependence on China for Medicine”gives a startling account of the national security threat we face getting all of our drugs from China. And policy director of League of Fans, Ken Reed, tells us inspiring stories of people, who are trying to reform the world of sports. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Miscarriage of American Justice
September 01, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes back Israeli activist, Miko Peled, who tells us about an incredible miscarriage of American justice chronicled in his book “Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.” And President of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman tells us about two scathing reports they have put out about the Trump Administration’s “light touch” on corporate crime and how Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh has sided with corporations over the public interest 87% of the time. Get full acces...
Robbing Main Street/Stopping Trump
August 25, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourHistory professor, Jack Luzkow, explains the many ways the super-rich are robbing the rest of us. And Ralph asks Constitutional law professor, Corey Brettschneider if the Constitution is capable of stopping Donald Trump. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Falling of the American Empire
August 18, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourRalph spends the whole hour with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Chris Hedges, discussing his book “America: The Farewell Tour.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Surprising News About Your Brain!
August 11, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourJournalist, author, and CNN medical contributor, Jean Carper, joins us to talk about her documentary film, “Monster In The Mind,” about the myths surrounding Alzheimer’s disease, how dementia is actually on the decline, and how your genes are not necessarily your destiny. Plus, Ralph takes a big bite out of Apple and their trillion-dollar valuation. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Dr. Andrew Weil
August 04, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourRalph talks to world–renowned doctor Andrew Weil about the pharmaceutical industry and the problem of over-medication, outlined in his book “Mind Over Meds.” And Princeton professor Robert Tignor tells us about the petition he wrote calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East that was signed by the likes of Ralph, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges. Plus, listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Third Leading Cause of Death?!
July 28, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourRalph speaks to Dr. Michael Daniel, co-author of a study that identifies the third leading cause of death right behind heart disease and cancer. The answer may surprise you. And New York Times tech journalist, David Streitfeld, joins us to talk about why he’s a tech reporter who doesn’t use much tech. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Poor People’s Campaign/Brett Kavanaugh
July 21, 2018 19:59 - 1 hourRalph talks to Reverend Graylan Hagler about, among other things, the criminalization of poverty, right wing Christianity, and The Poor People’s Campaign to fight all of that. Then, conservative Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, joins us to express his reservations about Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, especially his views on executive power. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Seymour Hersh
July 14, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourThe investigative reporter who broke the story of the My Lai Massacre and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Seymour Hersh talks to Ralph about his life and career, chronicled in his memoir, “Reporter.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Nuclear Weapons Free Zones
July 07, 2018 16:50 - 57 minutesRalph greets Princeton classmate and nuclear non-proliferation expert, Ambassador Thomas Graham, a former senior U.S. diplomat, who was involved in the negotiation of every single international arms control and non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. Also, the original Nader’s Raider, Robert Fellmeth rejoins us to talk about the campaign to protect children on Facebook. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Google is God
June 30, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourMarketing professor and entrepreneur, Scott Galloway, explains how Google is God, Facebook is Love, Amazon is Consumption, Apple is Sex, and their collective market dominance needs to be broken up for the sake of democracy… and innovation. Plus, Ralph talks to Michael Merhige about the political philosophy he developed while working as a CIA operative and in the military. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Good News From the Heartland
June 23, 2018 19:40 - 1 hourRalph talks to Atlantic magazine writer and former protégé, James Fallows, about the trip he took with his wife, Deborah, that resulted in their book, “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America.” Plus, wunderkind, Felix Finkbeiner, joins us to report on his mission to plant a trillion trees around the world. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
How To End GMOs!
June 16, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourIn a passionate and articulate call to action, food safety warrior, Andrew Kimbrell, returns to make the case that passing food labeling laws will spell the end of the GMO industry. Plus, progressive Maryland senate candidate, Jerome Segal battles the Democratic establishment. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Democracy in Chains
June 10, 2018 01:44 - 1 hourRalph welcomes Duke University historian, Nancy MacLean, to discuss her book “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America,” which delves into the destructive “libertarian” ideology the Koch brothers fund to keep the minority in power. Also, Ralph talks to English professor, Tymofey Wowk, about his strategies for teaching students in the age of social media. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Trump and Trade: What’s Going On?
June 02, 2018 19:00 - 59 minutesPublic Citizen’s global trade expert, Lori Wallach, tells us what’s really going on in the White House and Congress with these “free trade” deals. And citizen activist, Barry Klein, gives us a step-by-step formula for how you can make meaningful change in your local community. Hint: It’s easier than you think. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
How Central Banks Rigged The World/Facebook Privacy
May 26, 2018 19:48 - 1 hourRalph talks to former financial insider, Nomi Prins, about what central banks are and how much power they have to shape our world. Plus, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Marc Rotenberg, tells us how Facebook uses our information for good or ill. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Is The U.S. Turning Into Russia?/DC Statehood?
May 19, 2018 18:34 - 1 hourRalph welcomes back Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of “On Tyranny,” to talk about his new book “The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.” Then journalist Mark Plotkin tells us the status of DC statehood. Plus, Ralph weighs in on Gaza. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Is The U.S. Turning Into Russia?/DC Statehood?
May 19, 2018 18:34 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBRalph welcomes back Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of “On Tyranny,” to talk about his new book “The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.” Then journalist Mark Plotkin tells us the status of DC statehood. Plus, Ralph weighs in on Gaza.
Nuking the Iran Nuke Deal
May 12, 2018 17:00 - 57 minutesRalph talks to Colonel (ret) and West Point military strategist, Isaiah Wilson, about the consequences of the United States pulling out of the Iranian nuclear deal and the dark side of American exceptionalism. Plus, Ralph answers more of your questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Myth of the Litigious Society
May 05, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourThe Radio Hour celebrates that bedrock Constitutional principle of an ordinary citizen’s right to have their day in court, when Ralph talks to legendary trial lawyers, Stephen Susman, Shanin Specter and Executive Director of the American Museum of Tort Law, Richard Newman. Plus more listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Trump’s Corporate Presidency/The Truth About Airlines
April 28, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes back president of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, for an update on the Trump agenda and what they are doing to fight it. Also, aviation expert William McGee tells us what’s really going on in the airplanes you fly with his book, “Attention All Passengers: The Airlines Dangerous Descent and What You Can Do To Reclaim Our Skies.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Beating City Hall/What’s Really Going On in Syria
April 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes independent candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, Gayle McLaughlin, who talks about how she and small group of progressive reformers turned around the city of Richmond, California. And one of the foremost experts on the Middle East, Professor Joshua Landis, clues us in to what exactly is going on in Syria, and what we should do about it. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Happy Tax Day!?
April 14, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourFormer Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, John Koskinen, joins Ralph to discuss the bad rap the IRS gets and the consequences of Congress cutting its budget. Plus, listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
John Bolton Must Be Stopped/How To Buy a Car
April 07, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes conservative Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, who argues against the appointment of John Bolton as National Security Advisor and why that should be a position confirmed by the Senate. Plus, Jack Gillis, co-author of “The Car Book,” gives us tips on how to buy the safest, most reliable car. And, a listener asks, “Did Ralph pave the way for Citizens United?” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
John Bolton: The New Dr. Strangelove
March 31, 2018 17:00 - 1 hourRalph talks to journalist Gareth Porter about why both liberals and conservatives should be afraid - be very afraid - of warhawk John Bolton’s appointment as Trump’s National Security Advisor. And author/activist Julie Wark joins us to talk about why she is “Against Charity.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Iraq: Fifteen-Year Criminal War of Aggression
March 24, 2018 17:00 - 58 minutesOn the fifteenth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, Ralph talks about the true costs of war with executive director of Veterans for Peace, Michael McPhearson and un-embedded war correspondent, Dahr Jamail, eyewitness to the battle of Fallujah. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Good News For The Environment!
March 17, 2018 17:00 - 59 minutesRalph spends the full hour with the co-founder of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Jack Dangermond, talking about the gift he and his wife Laura gave to preserve 24,000 acres of incredibly bio-diverse California coastal land as well as their vision for all of the positive ways computer mapping software can be used. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Skin in the Game
March 10, 2018 18:00 - 55 minutesFormer derivatives trader turned philosophical essayist,Nassim Nicholas Taleb, joins us to talk about his new book, ‘Skin in the Game,” about the role risk and reward plays not only in politics but also our daily lives. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Chicken S**t Club
March 03, 2018 18:00 - 57 minutesEver wonder why no bankers went to jail after the 2008 financial crisis? Investigative journalist, Jesse Eisinger, tells us why in his book, “The Chicken S**t Club.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Chicken Shit Club
March 03, 2018 18:00 - 57 minutes - 79 MBEver wonder why no bankers went to jail after the 2008 financial crisis? Investigative journalist, Jesse Eisinger, tells us why in his book, “The Chicken Shit Club.”
Your Tax Dollars/Animal Agriculture
February 24, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourRalph questions the Comptroller of the United States, Gene Dodaro, head of the Government Accountability Office, about a long overdue audit of the Pentagon. Plus, Dr. Gordon Douglas, co-founder of Princeton Studies Food has some pretty harsh words for our industrial animal agriculture system. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Naming Brand Names!
February 17, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes the head of testing for Consumer Reports, Liam McCormack, who gives us a tour of the marketplace for many of the products you buy from automobiles to computers to auto insurance to appliances to laundry detergent and much, much more. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Real Terrorists/Solutions For the Homeless
February 10, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourRalph talks about the “real terrorists” in our midst - killer germs - with Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center For Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. And then Brian Carome, executive director of Street Sense Media, tells us how his organization is helping the homeless in the Washington DC area. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Drones, Snowden & the State of the Union
February 03, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourInvestigative journalist Pratap Chatterjee joins us for a deep dive into his graphic non-fiction book “Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance,” which reveals the dark underbelly of how the U.S. conducts the so-called War on Terror. Also, Ralph deconstructs Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
It’s Even Worse Than You Think
January 27, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourPulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, tax expert and Trumpologist extraordinaire, David Cay Johnston, talks to Ralph about his new best seller: “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What The Trump Administration Is Doing To America.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
March for the Ocean!/Basic Income
January 20, 2018 18:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes back ocean conservationist David Helvarg, who talks about offshore oil drilling and June 9th’s March for the Ocean and Steven Shafarman, author of Basic Income Imperative: For Peace, Justice, Liberty and Personal Dignity. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe