Ralph Nader Radio Hour

With 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

Ralph 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

Ralph 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

Activist 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

Ralph 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

We 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

Stephen 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

Salon’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

Author, 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

The 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