The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – June 19, 2023
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
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Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
Economic False Prophets – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – June 12, 2023
Ralph welcomes New York Times reporter, Binyamin Applebaum, author of “The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society” about how Chicago School economists of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s “who believed in the power and the glory of markets… transformed the business of government, the conduct of business, and, as … Continued
License to Loot – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – June 5, 2023
A “license to loot” is what our guest, economist William Lazonick, calls stock buybacks. Until the Reagan Revolution, stock buybacks were considered market manipulation and at the very least are an unproductive use of profits used only to pump up the stock price and enrich upper management, while neglecting workers’ wages, capital expansion, and innovation. … Continued
Predatory Capitalists – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 29, 2023
Ralph welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, Gretchen Morgenson, co-author of “These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs – And Wrecks – America,” where they name names in this “heads we win, tails you lose” system of predatory capitalism. Gretchen Morgenson is the senior financial reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit. A former stockbroker, she … Continued
Defeating a Boondoggle – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 22, 2023
Auto safety expert, Byron Bloch, joins us to tell the story of how citizens in conjunction with the Sierra Club defeated a highway widening boondoggle in Maryland. Then we welcome microgrids manager at the Green Justice Coalition, Sari Kayyali, to tell us how microgrids in his community have saved money and the environment. Finally, we … Continued
Writers Strike!/Occupy the Library! – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 15, 2023
We welcome former Writers Guild of America (West) president and current co-chair of the negotiating committee, David Goodman, who also happens to be the head writer for many of your favorite TV shows like “The Family Guy” to tell us why TV and movie writers are on strike. Then, grad students Sandra Oseguera and Jesus … Continued
Celebrating Law Day – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 8, 2023
In conjunction with the American Museum of Tort Law, we conduct another live Zoom recording where Ralph welcomes legendary trial lawyer Shanin Spector to discuss the constitutional right of wrongfully injured people to have their day in court and the corporate forces that are trying to limit this most basic of American principles. Then, Ralph … Continued
Sports Talk! – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 1, 2023
On a relatively lighter note, we welcome national baseball writer for the New York Times, Tyler Kepner, to talk about issues in the sports world in general but more specifically about his latest book “The Grandest Stage: A History Of The World Series.” Also joining the conversation will be friend of the program, Ken Reed, policy … Continued
Protecting Yourself – April 24, 2023
Ralph welcomes Samuel Levine who heads the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission to give you tips on how to use this government agency to protect yourself from corporate fraud and abuse. Plus, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, Dr. Michael Carome stops by to give us the latest warnings about … Continued
The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – April 17, 2023
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.