Ralph Nader Radio Hour
550 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 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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What Do We Do Now? w. Robert Reich
February 04, 2017 18:00 - 1 hourRalph welcomes former Labor Secretary and Chairman of Common Cause, Robert Reich, to talk about how to fight back in Donald Trump's America. And children’s studies scholar, Heidi Tilney Kramer, talks about her book Media Monsters: Militarism, Violence, and Cruelty in Children's Culture. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Future of Work
January 28, 2017 18:00 - 57 minutesRalph talks to Professor Trebor Scholz about how to organize workers in the new “Uber” economy. And David and Steve ask Ralph about what he thought about the Trump Inauguration speech. Plus, listener questions. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Grassroots Action/Satirizing Trump
January 21, 2017 18:00 - 57 minutesRalph welcomes America’s Number One populist, Jim Hightower, to tell us how grassroots action can resist the Trump agenda and legendary satirist Lewis Lapham to talk about whether Donald Trump can even be satirized. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Trumpology
January 14, 2017 18:00 - 57 minutesIn a busy show, tax expert and Trumpologist, David Cay Johnston joins us to discuss the President-elect’s fitness for office, the “Deal Professor” Steven Davidoff Solomon unveils corporate shenanigans in Silicon Valley, and ocean conservationist, David Helvarg, tells us how Marco Rubio and Rick Scott deny climate change while their state of Florida sinks. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Israel/Palestine: One State/Two State?
January 07, 2017 21:24 - 57 minutesRalph talks to Israeli activist, Miko Peled, author of The General’s Son, Journey of an Israeli in Palestine about whether a two-state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is even possible. Also, Mark Green rejoins us to discuss whether president-elect Donald Trump has already violated The Logan Act, which prohibits private citizens from negotiating on behalf of the U.S. with a foreign government. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: Divest or Impeach
December 31, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutesWith former colleague, Mark Green, Ralph elaborates on the public letter they published demanding that president-elect Donald Trump divest himself of his business interests or risk impeachment for violating the Constitution. Ralph also appraises the cabinet picks of the incoming Trump Administration. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Truth About American Manufacturing
December 24, 2016 22:47 - 57 minutesRalph asks New York Times reporter, Louis Uchitelle, how manufacturing can make a comeback in America. And David Halperin reveals how the for-profit college industry is ripping us all off. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
What To Do About Gerrymandering
December 17, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutesRalph talks about the institutional corruption behind the practice of gerrymandering with David Daley, author of Ratfucked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy. Then Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen tells us what he thinks President Obama should do in the final days of his administration. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Victory at Standing Rock!
December 11, 2016 00:03 - 57 minutesActivist Winona LaDuke gives her first person account of how the “water protectors” fended off the oil company over the Dakota Access Pipeline. And Ralph offers a plan to help Marine families, gain justice with Mike Magner, author of A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning of Generations of Marines and Their Families. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Militarism and Popular Resistance
December 03, 2016 20:46 - 58 minutesRalph talks to political activist Kevin Zeese about how to resist in the age of Trump and to professor Joel Andreas about his graphic novel-style critique of the military industrial complex: Addicted To War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Inside the Mind of a Trump Voter
November 26, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutesWe talk to social psychologist, Arlie Russell Hochschild, who helps us get inside the head, and more importantly, the heart of the typical Trump voter. Also, Bill Curry gives us his take on the way forward for the Democratic Party. And, Ralph responds to your questions about last week’s show on the Electoral College. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
What To Do About The Electoral College
November 19, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutesStephen Silberstein of National Popular Vote rejoins us to tell us how the Electoral College can be reformed to more fully reflect the will of the people. And Ralph pays tribute to longtime colleague and head of The Center for Auto Safety, the late Clarence Ditlow. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
2016 Presidential Election Postmortem
November 12, 2016 18:36 - 57 minutesSalon’s Bill Curry and The Nation’s John Nichols join Ralph and David to sort out what the hell just happened this past election day. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Almighty/They Rule the World
November 05, 2016 18:14 - 57 minutesAuthor, Dan Zak, tells us the gripping story of the three peace activists, who broke into the most heavily guarded nuclear facility in the country. And poet Samuel Hazo tells us who “they” are in his new book of poetry entitled “They Rule The World.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Ted Koppel/Remembering Tom Hayden
October 29, 2016 16:25 - 57 minutesThe tables are turned this week when Ralph gets to ask the questions in our interview with legendary broadcast journalist Ted Koppel about the state of the media and his book Lights Out: A Cyber Attack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Minds of Animals/Income Inequality
October 22, 2016 19:39 - 57 minutesRalph talks to animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff about how animals think and feel and also to former heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune, Chuck Collins, about his book Born on Third Base: A One-Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Politics of Technology, Hillary’s Wikileaks
October 15, 2016 16:00 - 57 minutesRalph talks to author Doug Hill, author of Not So Fast: Thinking Twice About Technology about, among other things, whether people like Elon Musk and Mark Andreeson actually believe in their grand techno-visions or are just seeking publicity for their businesses. Plus, Ralph breaks down the second Presidential debate, and we discuss the Wikileaks revelations of Hillary Clinton’s closed door speeches to corporate America. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.c...
Listener Questions, Breaking Through Power 2
October 01, 2016 18:19 - 58 minutesRalph answers a whole slew of your questions, ranging from the Colin Kaepernick protest to voting your conscience to living off the grid. And we also feature two clips from the Breaking Through Power Conference, featuring Janine Jackson talking about the nature of corporate media and Robert Weissman, who tells us how the country is not as divided as the pundits would have you believe. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Breaking Through Power 2!
September 24, 2016 19:41 - 57 minutesRalph previews the second Breaking Through Power conference, the Super Bowl of Civic Action, with tax expert, Jon Fox, public banking advocate Ellen Brown, community cooperative founder and funder David J. Thompson, and star litigator, Shanin Specter. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jill Stein
September 17, 2016 16:37 - 57 minutesWe are joined this week by Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein,who talks with Ralph about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, third parties, the media, the TPP, the Presidential debates, and much, much more! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Presidential Debates/Mathbabe
September 10, 2016 19:21 - 1 hourWe check in with George Farah, who reveals the “Secrets of the Tomb,” otherwise known as the Commission on Presidential Debates. And the Mathbabe, Cathy O’Neil, drops in to discuss how numbers can crunch us with her book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Going Nuclear!
September 03, 2016 18:27 - 57 minutesFilmmaker Ivy Meeropol tells us what it’s like inside a nuclear power plant with her documentary “Indian Point.” And S. David Freeman tells us about how activists convinced the power company PG&E to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in central California. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Stop Act; Robbing Banks
August 28, 2016 00:48 - 57 minutesRalph talks to Representative David Jolly (R: FL) about The Stop Act, which would prohibit members of Congress from personally soliciting campaign donations. And Professor William Black tells us that the best way to rob a bank is from the inside. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Cuddling/Triumph Goes to the RNC & DNC
August 20, 2016 21:22 - 57 minutesRalph talks about the importance of human touch in our industrial and virtual society with entrepreneur, Adam Lippin, CEO of the cuddling service Cuddliest.com. Plus, David comes back to report on his foray into both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Waging Peace/Tax Havens
August 13, 2016 19:04 - 57 minutesRalph talks to activist Charles Keil about his work trying to encourage a Department of Peace and economist and journalist James S. Henry tells us how the wealthy hide trillions of dollars in offshore tax havens. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Rebroadcast: Jonathan Martin, David Cay Johnston
August 06, 2016 17:19 - 56 minutesDue to technical difficulties we had recording this week’s show, we are unable to bring you a new episode of the Radio Hour. So instead we present an encore edition of a show we recorded in April, which seems even more relevant today. It features third party advocate Jonathan Martin and Pulitzer Prize winning author and tax expert David Cay Johnston. This week, Warren Buffet called upon Donald Trump to release his tax returns, and David Cay Johnston will tell us why that is not likely and ...
Fighting the Good Fight; Autonomous Cars
July 30, 2016 19:56 - 57 minutesRalph talks to the President of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, about that organization’s storied history fighting and winning against the perfidies of corporate power. And in our listener question segment, Ralph defends his position on autonomous cars and talks about what he might do differently if he had it to do all over again. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Fixing the Media and the Police
July 23, 2016 17:22 - 58 minutesRalph talks to renowned investigative journalist Charles Lewis about his book 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity and former police chief Norm Stamper tells us what needs to be done to repair the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve with his book To Protect & Serve: How to Fix America’s Police. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Thomas Frank; Steven Hill
July 16, 2016 20:06 - 57 minutesIn two very lively discussions, Ralph talks to progressive author and essayist, Thomas Frank, about the failings of the Democratic Party and his new book Listen Liberal: Or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People? And then author Steven Hill returns to tell us why and how we need to Expand Social Security Now! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Charles Derber; Nicholas Mokhiber
July 09, 2016 20:22 - 57 minutesRalph talks to professor Charles Derber about how corporate capitalism has turned America into a “bully nation.” And nineteen year old Nicholas Mokhiber shares with us his adventure hiking the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
David Whyte; Steve Tombs; George Mallinckrodt
July 02, 2016 17:32 - 57 minutesRalph makes the case for abolishing the corporation with the help of professor David Whyte and Steve Tombs, authors of The Corporate Criminal. And we also hear from psychotherapist George Mallinckrodt, who blew the whistle on the systemic abuses of mentally ill prisoners in the Florida state prison system. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Michael Shuman; Malcolm Sparrow
June 25, 2016 20:40 - 57 minutesRalph talks to author and entrepreneur, Michael Shuman about ways local businesses can actually beat big business in your town. And we discuss the enormous cost of Medicare fraud and how you can report it with Professor Malcolm Sparrow. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Phil Donahue; James Cullen
June 18, 2016 19:45 - 57 minutesRalph talks to legendary TV talk show host, Phil Donahue about his documentary “Body of War,” the moving story of the late Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. We also welcome the editor of the “Progressive Populist,” James Cullen. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Robert Monks; Jackson Katz
June 13, 2016 18:28 - 57 minutesRalph talks to shareholder advocate, Robert Monks about how we are becoming more and more a corporate society and author Jackson Katz tells us what it really means to be a man in his very timely book Man Enough?: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Wenonah Hauter; Bartlett Naylor
June 04, 2016 18:08 - 57 minutesRalph talks fracking with Wenonah Hauter author of Frackopoly, and then delves into finance with consumer financial expert, Bartlett Naylor, who contends that the mega-banks are not only too big to fail and too big to jail; they’re even too big to manage. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
The Best of The Ralph Nader Radio Hour!
May 29, 2016 00:52 - 57 minutesIn this episode, we present highlights of Ralph’s conversations with activists Lois Gibbs, David Helvarg, and Anna Myers, journalists Jim Naureckas and Bill Curry, and scholars Gar Alperovitz and Paul Pillar. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Molly Sinclair McCartney; David Dayen
May 21, 2016 21:52 - 57 minutesRalph welcomes journalists Molly Sinclair McCartney, who tells us exactly which vested interests keep us in a state of perpetual war, and David Dayen, who tells us the incredible story of how three ordinary citizens blew the lid off of the largest consumer crime in American history. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Mickey Huff; David Freeman; Dr. Gordon Douglas
May 14, 2016 18:23 - 57 minutesIn a fast paced and lively hour, Ralph interviews media critic, Mickey Huff, of Project Censored, eco-pioneer, David Freeman, who is trying to shut down the last nuclear power plant in California at Diablo Canyon, and food and nutrition expert, Dr. Gordon Douglas. Plus listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Chris Hedges; Mark Green; Karen Friedman
May 07, 2016 17:20 - 57 minutesContinuing to promote the Breaking Through Power conference, Ralph welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Chris Hedges, former New York City Public Advocate, Mark Green, and executive vice-president of the Pension Rights Center, Karen Friedman. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
“Breaking Through Power!”
April 30, 2016 16:00 - 58 minutesRalph promotes a conference he is organizing called “Breaking Through Power” at Constitution Hall in Washington DC where leading experts in the public interest field will be talking about how to renew the spirit of civic action that came on the heels of Ralph's seminal work Unsafe At Any Speed. Guests today include America’s #1 populist, Jim Hightower, founder of Consumer Watchdog, Harvey Rosenfield, and executive director of Veterans For Peace, Michael McPhearson. Get full access to Ralph...
Winona LaDuke, Kai Newkirk
April 23, 2016 17:43 - 58 minutesIn two very high energy and passionate interviews, Ralph talks to former Green Party running mate, Winona LaDuke, about her fight to stop a tar sands pipeline from running through tribal lands in Minnesota and Kai Newkirk, one of the organizers of Democracy Spring, a protest to highlight the corruption of money in politics. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Peter Bradford, Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
April 16, 2016 19:40 - 57 minutesRalph discusses the efficacy of nuclear power with former Nader’s Rader and Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Peter Badford and poverty in America with journalist and author, Loretta Scwartz-Nobel. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Ron Unz, Hannah Archambault
April 09, 2016 22:01 - 58 minutesRalph talks to conservative ally Ron Unz about their plan to run for the Harvard Board of Overseers to convince the school to completely eliminate tuition. And UMass graduate student, Hannah Archambault, joins us to talk about “needs, wants and whims.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jonathan Martin, David Cay Johnston
April 03, 2016 02:46 - 57 minutesRalph talks to professor Jonathan Martin about the role of third parties in America and how they can be empowered. Then Pulitzer Prize winner, David Cay Johnston, tells us what we are likely to see in Donald Trump’s tax returns. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Paul Pillar
March 26, 2016 12:00 - 57 minutesFormer CIA intelligence analyst and terrorism expert, Paul Pillar, tells us about how in his experience at the CIA during the lead up to the Iraq War, the intelligence community was completely ignored. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Robert Ashford, Rick Hind
March 19, 2016 18:47 - 58 minutesProfessor Robert Ashford explains how turning labor into capital can benefit everyone. And Greenpeace’s Rick Hind let’s us know if how to find out if you are living near a toxic chemical plant. Plus, Ralph answers more listener questions. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Bill Curry, Poetry, Laura Flanders
March 12, 2016 18:42 - 57 minutesPolitical columnist, Bill Curry, returns to give us his analysis of the 2016 presidential election. And the great progressive radio/podcast host, Laura Flanders, stops in to tell us how she tried to register her company in the Grand Cayman Islands to avoid domestic taxes. Also, Ralph grills David about poetry and answers more listener questions. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Harvey Wasserman, Comedy, Listener Questions
March 05, 2016 23:38 - 57 minutesRalph challenges old friend, Harvey Wasserman, on his claim that electronic voter fraud turned the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 and could also do so in 2016. Also, Ralph and Steve debate the value of comedy. Plus: Listener questions! Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Denis Hayes, Nicholas Kachman
February 27, 2016 19:43 - 57 minutesRenowned environmentalist, Denis Hayes, talks to us about how we should reduce our meat consumption for the good of the planet, while former General Motors exec, Nicholas Kachman, tells us the real cause of GM’s 2008 bankruptcy and also discusses with Ralph how GM should have been a good corporate citizen and warned the people of Flint about the lead in the water. Plus, Ralph grills David about - of all things – music. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.c...
Randall Robinson, Antonin Scalia, William Janssen
February 20, 2016 16:00 - 57 minutesAuthor and human rights activist, Randall Robinson, tells us about the Clintons’ ties to the private prison industry, while law professor William Janssen argues that pharmaceutical companies have a “duty” to sell live saving medicines. Plus, Ralph gives us his take on the legacy of late Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe