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

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting way too long. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with David

Feldman and the man of the hour Ralph Nader.

We've got an excellent show for you today as always and today we're going hard

after the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

So fasten your seatbelts for that. We're going to be talking to

Lori Wallach from Public Citizens Global Trade Watch. She's going to give the latest on what's

happening on the TPP. And we're also going to be talking to old friend of Ralph's,

and I'm proud to say an old friend of mine, too.

Speaker, author, and one of the all-around good guys,

the incomparable Mr. Jim Hightower. We're going to hear the latest from our

corporate crime reporter Russell Mokiber and we should be able to this episode to

get to more listener questions. Our shows have been so jam-packed lately. It's been difficult to fit those in, but I think we're going to do it this time. David, introduce us to our first guest today, please.

Steve, did you know that there's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead

armadillos?

I did not know that.

Did you know that the only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

I was unaware of that also.

Did you know that the opposite for courage is not cowardice, it conformity even a dead fish can go with the flow

now well that sounds vaguely familiar to me now well that is some of the wit and

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