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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Dr. Andrew Weil

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Ralph talks to world–renowned doctor Andrew Weil about the pharmaceutical industry and the problem of over-medication, outlined in his book “Mind Over Meds.” And Princeton professor Robert Tignor tells us about the petition he wrote calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East that was signed by the likes of Ralph, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges. Plus, listener questions!



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0:00.0

From the K-P-F-K studios in Southern California,

0:03.6

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.7

Stand up, stand up.

0:07.8

You've been sitting great to long.

0:11.1

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio War. My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David.

0:20.0

Hello, sir. We have another doctor on the show today David. I know you love to have doctors on the show. Yes, I do. Yes, I do.

0:28.0

He loves any time he can get free advice. This isn't the kind of doctor I need. I'm having an emotional

0:39.3

crisis but this is a different ship. Well here's a man who I'm sure is not having an emotional crisis and that's the man of the hour

0:46.2

Ralph Nader. Hello, Ralph.

0:48.0

Hello, everybody. We have very useful information coming straight to our listeners today and you'll see what I mean

0:54.8

listeners. That's right regular listeners know that Ralph frequently asks our

1:00.1

guests if they have ever been on NPR or PBS. Well he won't need to ask that question today.

1:05.6

Forget Terry Gross. Our next guest today has been on Oprah. Today we will be joined by the world

1:10.6

renowned Dr Andrew Weil, who many of you know is a leader in the field of integrative medicine.

1:16.4

Integrative medicine, and I know this because I looked it up,

1:19.0

is an approach to patient care that takes into account not just the physical but also the emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and environmental influences that affect the person's health, which means a person's health is not merely defined as the absence of disease.

1:34.4

In particular, we're going to be discussing Dr. Wiles' book,

1:37.4

Mind Over Meds, which addresses the problem of over medication and is essentially a patient's guide to knowing when you need and when you don't need to take drugs.

1:48.0

So please pay close attention to that.

1:50.0

Also on the show today we will be talking to Robert Tignor, a professor of history at Princeton University,

1:56.0

who along with a couple of other colleagues drafted a statement calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East.

2:02.0

Now most of the talk about nuclear

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