Fast Fashion!
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Notorious fashionista, Ralph Nader, discusses the effects of “fast fashion” on the environment, the workers, and the consumers with British Vogue editor, Dana Thomas, author of “Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes,” and “Fashionopolis Young Readers Edition: The Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear.”
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Tom Morello, and you're listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:13.8 | My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host, Hannah Feldman. |
| 0:17.6 | David Feldman is still attending to a personal matter, but it wouldn't be a show without a |
| 0:22.0 | Feldman. So welcome back Hannah. |
| 0:23.9 | Thank you, Steve. |
| 0:25.4 | And the man of the hour Ralph Nader, low Ralph. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:29.2 | We have a great show today, and some of you may be surprised. |
| 0:32.1 | We're going to talk about fashion. |
| 0:33.8 | We're going to spend the whole hour with Dana Thomas, author of Fashion Opelus, |
| 0:38.4 | the price of fast fashion and the future of clothes. |
| 0:41.8 | Fashion Opelus lays out the case against fast fashion. |
| 0:45.2 | It's economic, environmental and human rights devastation. |
| 0:49.1 | And today we'll speak to her about Fashion Opelus young readers edition, |
| 0:52.9 | which looks at those same themes of fast fashion's impact on the environment and social |
| 0:57.1 | justice. Reimagined as a critical guide for young readers, |
| 1:01.2 | we're starting to make their own fashion choices. |
| 1:03.9 | As always, somewhere in there, we'll check in with our corporate crime reporter, |
| 1:07.4 | Rosalmo Kiber. |
| 1:08.5 | But first, let's talk fashion, Hannah. |
| 1:11.9 | Dana Thomas is the European Sustainability Editor for British Vogue, a regular |
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