Ralph Nader Radio Hour

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Citizens Impeachment/Stopping Corporate Abuse - Radio Hour Sep 16, 2026

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Ralph welcomes Keira Havens a United States Air Force veteran and the executive director of Citizens' Impeachment a grassroots organization that lobbies Congress and supports candidates who are willing to impeach and convict Donald Trump for a myriad of Constitutional violations. Then Michael Marx, founder of the group CorpEthics that conducts marketing campaigns that apply public pressure to corporations to change their behavior, joins us to discuss his new book "Reining in the Bulls: How to Stop Corporate Abuse in an Age of Unbridled Greed."

Mamdani's Worker Power Office, AOC Courts MAHA & Bombshell Oct 7 Warnings Sep 16, 2026

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This week's political briefing covers Mayor Zohran Mamdani launching NYC's pioneering Mayor's Office of Worker Power, ProPublica exposing the gutting of the CFPB under Trump appointee Russell Vought, and AOC making behind-the-scenes overtures to the MAHA movement on food safety and corporate power. Plus: major socialist electoral moves with DSA-LA endorsing Nithya Raman and Angela Gonzales-Torres, David Morales' mayoral primary victory in Providence, party pushback against Michigan progressive Will Lawrence, Canada and Europe forging a historic pact while sanctioning West Bank settlement goods, and bombshell reporting on pre-October 7 warnings ignored by Benjamin Netanyahu.

The People's Historian / Galvanizing Labor Day - Ralph Nader Radio Hour Sep 16, 2026

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Ralph welcomes sportswriter Dave Zirin to talk about his new book, "The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn." Then Ralph speaks to labor activist Gene Bruskin about their upcoming Labor Day event at Busboys and Poets in DC, "Galvanizing Labor Day for a Workers' Compact."

Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal, Free Speech Showdowns & MA Primary Results Sep 16, 2026

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This week's briefing covers the Trump administration's controversial 100-year oil concession deal in Venezuela, escalations against pro-Palestine activism alongside major court rulings defending noncitizen speech, and a high-profile industry clash over Mark Ruffalo's opposition to the Paramount-Skydance merger. Plus: legal hurdles and scandal for prediction market Kalshi, NYC landlords challenging Mayor Mamdani's rent freeze, Alaska's wild ranked-choice voting maneuvers, and a clean sweep for incumbents in the Massachusetts primaries.

Tribute to Ford, Robinson, and Belafonte Aug 04, 2026

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This week we welcome back Professor Randall Kennedy to help us pay tribute to three principled, uncompromising African American activists, Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report, human rights champion, Randall Robinson, and legendary actor, singer, and activist, Harry Belafonte.

Economic False Prophets Jul 15, 2026

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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 a result, the patterns of everyday life."

License to Loot Jun 03, 2023

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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. Ralph and Professor Lazonick break it all down for you.

Predatory Capitalists May 27, 2023

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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.

Defeating a Boondoggle May 20, 2023

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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 catch up with the director of Progressive Democrats of America, Alan Minsky, in Washington DC to talk about high speed rail and the post-Bernie progressive movement.

Writers Strike!/Occupy the Library! May 13, 2023

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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 Gutierrez stop by to update us on their continuing fight to save the anthropology library at UC Berkeley, a battle that has wider implications for how more and more universities across the country are becoming corporatized. Plus, Ralph highlights some trenchant listener feedback.

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