Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph talks “vultures,” the auto industry kind with Clarence Ditlow of The Center For Auto Safety, the Big Pharma kind with Dr. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, and then the good kind with environmental author, Elizabeth Royte. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Ralph talks to Anna Myers, executive director and CEO of GAP, the Governmental Accountability Project about the importance of encouraging and protecting whistleblowers; and William Miller from Global Television Connections tells us why we really need the United Nations. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Ralph takes David and Steve through various issues such as minimum wage, free trade, alternative energy, the national security state; and you might be surprised at the progress made in a year. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

We talk concussions with policy director from League of Fans, Ken Reed. And our intrepid reporter, Ralph Nader, tells us about his week on “The Nation” magazine cruise, where instead of taking a Zumba class, he visited “Ugland House,” the building in the Grand Cayman Islands that corporations use to avoid U.S. taxes. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy, talks about how big business perpetuates the myth of the “litigious society” to keep ordinary people from pursuing civil justice.  And Steven Hill tells us how  “The Uber Economy” and unregulated capitalism are screwing the American worker. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

This week, we devote the entire episode to Ralph answering our listeners' questions. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

We discuss Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen’s reply to Ralph’s open letter and the accusation of “mansplaining.”  In addition, Ralph tries to put life insurance in layman’s terms with professor Joseph M. Belth, author of The Insurance Forum: A Memoir.  Also: writer and dog lover, Jeff Harder, talks about our obsession with pets. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Using clips from the documentary “An Unreasonable Man,” David and Steve take Ralph through the history of how his seminal work, Unsafe At Any Speed, launched the modern consumer movement. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Ralph discusses the history of Zionism in Israel, the nature of empire, and also France’s response to terrorism with distinguished Princeton University historian Arno J. Mayer.  And ocean conservationist, David Helvarg, of Blue Frontier returns to tell us all about his latest bipartisan campaign to end offshore oil drilling called The Sea Party Coalition.  Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Ralph’s Harvard Law School classmate and corporate governance expert, Robert A.G. Monks, explains how CEOs enrich themselves at the expense of productive investment.  And law professor, Mehrsa Baradaran proposes an alternative to puttingyour money into the big bad banks.  Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe