In this special holiday edition, we devote the episode to your Facebook questions. Plus Ralph recommends some books and David makes an embarrassing joke.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Listener Questions, What Ralph’s Reading
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David Feldman Radio Show: Who Owns Russia?
Professor Karen Dawisha of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and the Director of the University’s Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies joins the show to talk about her new book “Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?”.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Rena Steinzor, Cuba
Law Professor Rena Steinzor talks to Ralph about her new book, Why Not Jail? which makes the case for treating corporate criminal like we treat street criminals. We discuss the new opening up to Cuba and Ralph tells us about some of his personal encounters with Fidel Castro.
David Feldman Radio Show: Coming To Terms With Torture
Ralph Nader stops by to talk about Andrew Cuomo’s decision to ban fracking in the state of New York. Then we go to Brazil to talk to Human’s Right Watch about Brazil’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission finally coming to terms with the torture that took place under the military dictatorship nearly 30 years ago, and if America will ever come to terms with our own human rights violations.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour: David Halperin, Torture Report, Police Brutality Demonstrations
Ralph talks to advocate and writer, David Halperin, about how for profit colleges are ripping you off. We also discuss the Senate report on torture, the demonstrations on police brutality, and the congressional omnibus spending bill that is loaded with a lot of corporate goodies.
David Feldman Radio Show: LGBT & New York Cops
Zack Ford, the LGBT editor for Think Progress discusses the relationship between New York City cops and the LGBT community. Plus Michael Snyder with movie reviews, and Howie Klein on some late breaking news from China and what was hidden in the $585 billion defense authorization bill that was recently passed by Congress.