This week we talk to a citizen activist from Minnesota about Medicaid fraud and Ralph gets on the case. We also discuss what new technology is doing to our children, the warning Larry Summers gave Elizabeth Warren, and why runway models don't smile. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Sep 13, 2014•57 min
We discuss what came first, the corporation or the state; what they do in Brazil we never do here (hint: it has nothing to do with shaving); what you can do to help raise the minimum wage; and Ralph tells us how he once was the guest of honor at a Corvair convention and lived to tell the tale. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Sep 06, 2014•57 min
In this episode Ralph analyzes the state of the labor movement, the state of Obamacare and ruminates upon civic motivation and the future of truth. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Aug 30, 2014•57 min
Ralph, David, and Steve talk about censorship of photographs from our factory farms to our battlefields, who is really ripping off Medicare, and what we can learn from spiders. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Aug 23, 2014•57 min
David, Steve, and Ralph pay tribute to Robin Williams, talk about election "spoilers," and analyze Hillary's recent criticism of Obama's foreign policy. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Aug 16, 2014•1 hr 1 min
This week, Ralph wonders if the Democrats really want to win this November, discusses the ebola epidemic and the "politics of neglect," and he and David once again go at it over the crisis in Gaza. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Aug 09, 2014•1 hr 20 min
Ralph discusses the (lost) soul of the Democratic Party, responds to feedback about his comments on Gaza and calls GM back on the carpet. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Aug 02, 2014•57 min
In this episode, Ralph believes California Governor Jerry Brown still harbors presidential ambitions, tells the FDA how they should store their dangerous microbes, excoriates Big Pharma once again for overpricing, and weighs in on the Washington "Redskins controversy." Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jul 28, 2014•57 min
This week, Ralph and David spend the whole hour debating the current crisis in Gaza. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jul 19, 2014•57 min
Among many other things, Ralph offers a solution for the 30 million people who cannot afford bank accounts, argues Facebook should pay us for our information, and tells us why Darrell Issa is a "menace." Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jul 12, 2014•57 min
On this Fourth of July weekend special, David, Steve and Ralph engage in a free flowing conversation about the true meaning of patriotism, political correctness and Coney Island hot dog eating contests. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jul 07, 2014•57 min
Turns out, Ralph is skeptical of Hillary's reading habits, outraged that Bush and Cheney aren't being tried as war criminals, and unconvinced that Wall Street is doing "God's work." Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jun 28, 2014•57 min
In a wide ranging discussion, Ralph talks about "spoilers," the revolving door, tired truckers, whistleblowers, the neocons who have no shame about the Iraq War, and also outlines how the environmental movement could be far more effective. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jun 22, 2014•57 min
This week, Ralph cooks up what progressives can learn from Eric Cantor's defeat, mixes in Hillary Clinton's "Hard Choices," with a dash of GMOs and a splash of Drunk History. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jun 14, 2014•57 min
In a wide ranging discussion, Ralph talks about the time Sean Hannity cut off his mic, tells Michelle Obama to hang tough on nutrition standards, and tells us how we can make good things happen with just a little time and effort. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Jun 07, 2014•57 min
This week Ralph talks about how Donald Sterling’s racism paid off, the ghoulishness of executions, American tax evaders in Switzerland, and his reported “bromance” with conservative activist, Grover Norquist, which makes David go “Ewwww…” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
May 31, 2014•58 min
Live from Washington DC, Ralph Nader introduces us to Dr. Sidney Wolfe, his compatriot in taking on the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Wolfe is the co-founder and director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, a consumer and health advocacy lobbying organization. Among his numerous books, Dr. Wolfe is the author of Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe...
May 25, 2014•57 min
From the headquarters of Public Citizen in Washington DC, David and Steve talk to Ralph about money in politics and other good fights with special guest, Public Citizen president, Robert Weissman. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
May 17, 2014•57 min
We talk to Ralph about patenting human genes, and how Monsanto is doing "God's work," literally. Ralph writes to LeBron James and offers Barack Obama one hundred grand on a dare. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
May 10, 2014•57 min
In episode seven of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Ralph talks about his new book “Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State,” and we touch on a few of the twenty-five things on which liberals and conservatives should be able to agree. Also: the real reason Donald Sterling is a racist. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe...
May 03, 2014•57 min
With Ralph in DC, David in LA and Steve in New Zealand, Ralph tells us how one airline made the mistake of bumping him from a flight, how Paul Ryan lives in a corporate bubble, how he might tweak our system of government, and how one irate gentleman once delighted in blowing smoke in his face. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Apr 19, 2014•57 min
Ralph pitches a couple of apps, explains how not to get screwed on contracts, and we ask him if the Comcast/Time-Warner merger is good for us. Take a wild guess. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Apr 12, 2014•58 min
Ralph carves up Antonin Scalia and “Corporate Welfare King,” Rush Limbaugh, points out how Exxon actually made money on the Exxon/Valdez oil spill; and we discuss whether Germany actually won World War II, and the one position that Ralph took that he now regrets. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Apr 06, 2014•57 min
In episode three of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Ralph tells Bernie Sanders to go for it, tells us why a corporation does not have religious beliefs, why college athletes should be paid and pays tribute to the late anti-war writer and activist, Jonathan Schell. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Mar 29, 2014•58 min
This week we ask Ralph if Jamie Dimon is a criminal, whether we really need a CIA, and why should we worry about Fukushima. And Ralph explains the true meaning of one of our most sacred holidays-March Madness. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Mar 22, 2014•59 min
In this inaugural episode of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Ralph talks about his old nemesis, General Motors, once again getting called on the carpet. How conservatives and liberals should come together to raise the minimum wage. Whether young people should sign up for Obamacare. The situation in Ukraine. Missile defense. And whether the Yankees' Derek Jeter is a worthy successor to his boyhood hero, Lou Gehrig. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe...
Mar 20, 2014•57 min