Interviews - Ralph Nader - April 25, 2007

     Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist in the areas of consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. Nader has been a staunch critic of corporations, which he believes wield too much power and are undermining the fundamental American values of democracy and human rights. He helped found many governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Public Citizen, and several Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), including NYPIRG. The Atlantic Monthly, in its list of the "100 most influential Americans", ranked Nader 96.

     Nader has been a Presidential candidate multiple times, and joined us to discuss the state of politics in the US, as well as his most recent book, and various other topics.