Don’t Toss It! Fix It!
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Ralph and the boys have a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with Peter Mui, founder of the Fixit Clinic, a worldwide organization that holds "pop up" events where experts teach you how to repair your consumer goods, which not only keeps them out of the landfill but is also a community-based activity that conveys critical thinking skills.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Tom Morello, and you're listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:13.4 | My name is Steve Scrovan. |
| 0:14.8 | I love my co-host, Davis Feldman. |
| 0:16.2 | Hello, David. |
| 0:17.2 | Hello, Steve. |
| 0:18.3 | And the man of the hour Ralph Nader, hello, Ralph. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:21.9 | This is a really good one. |
| 0:23.4 | You can participate in a repair revolution. |
| 0:26.4 | That's right. |
| 0:26.8 | I was going to say, David, you able to repair things or do you got a guy? |
| 0:30.0 | Do you got a guy who does that through, what do you got? |
| 0:34.1 | I live in Manhattan where everybody's a smug intellectual until they need a plumber. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, if you don't got a guy or what if your guy charges too much money or you think |
| 0:49.1 | it's just easier to buy something new, it's empowering to fix your own stuff. |
| 0:54.4 | And fixing your own stuff means less money spent on replacements. |
| 0:58.2 | It means fewer appliances and other consumer goods tossed into landfills. |
| 1:02.8 | And it allows each of us to think critically and make informed decisions about our relationship |
| 1:07.5 | to consumption and sustainability. |
| 1:09.6 | That's why we're looking forward to our conversation with Peter Mouy, co-founder of the Fixit Clinic. |
| 1:14.5 | Fixit clinics are pop-up events where people can bring their broken goods to disassemble |
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