From the KPFK Studios in Southern California, it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up, you've been sitting right to the top.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

My name is Steve Grove, and along with my co-host David Feldman.

Hello, David.

Hello, everybody.

And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader.

How are you today, Ralph?

I'm fine. I'm good to be with you, Steve and David.

On the show today, we will be talking about the United Nations with William Miller

from an organization called Global Connections Television.

We will, as always, be checking on the corporate crime beat with the tireless Russell Moe

Kiber.

And if we have time, we'll try to get to some more of your listener questions.

But first, it always seems to me that in the media, books, movies, television,

we depict heroes and patriots as people with guns or superpowers.

But heroes in real life are often much less dramatic, although no less brave.

One of those types of heroes is the person who sees something amiss in a respected institution,

whether it's a government agency or a corporation, and decides to blow the whistle.

Some of these people will become famous or notorious, depending on your point of view,

like Daniel Ellsberg or Edward Snowden.

And sometimes it takes many years before the whistleblower is vindicated.

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