In two very lively discussions, Ralph talks to progressive author and essayist, Thomas Frank, about the failings of the Democratic Party and his new book Listen Liberal: Or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People?  And then author Steven Hill returns to tell us why and how we need to Expand Social Security Now! 

Ralph talks to professor Charles Derber about how corporate capitalism has turned America into a “bully nation.”  And nineteen year old Nicholas Mokhiber shares with us his adventure hiking the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail.

Ralph talks to author and entrepreneur, Michael Shuman about ways local businesses can actually beat big business in your town.  And we discuss the enormous cost of Medicare fraud and how you can report it with Professor Malcolm Sparrow.    

Ralph talks to legendary TV talk show host, Phil Donahue about his documentary “Body of War,” the moving story of the late Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. We also welcome the editor of the “Progressive Populist,” James Cullen.

Ralph talks to shareholder advocate, Robert Monks about how we are becoming more and more a corporate society and author Jackson Katz tells us what it really means to be a man in his very timely book Man Enough?: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity.  

Ralph talks fracking with Wenonah Hauter author of Frackopoly, and then delves into finance with consumer financial expert, Bartlett Naylor, who contends that the mega-banks are not only too big to fail and too big to jail; they’re even too big to manage.

In this episode, we present highlights of Ralph’s conversations with activists Lois Gibbs, David Helvarg, and Anna Myers, journalists Jim Naureckas and Bill Curry, and scholars Gar Alperovitz and Paul Pillar.

In a fast paced and lively hour, Ralph interviews media critic, Mickey Huff, of Project Censored, eco-pioneer, David Freeman, who is trying to shut down the last nuclear power plant in California at Diablo Canyon, and food and nutrition expert, Dr. Gordon Douglas.  Plus listener questions!