Medical-Industrial Complex/Whirlwind Wheelchair
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Ralph discusses the healthcare crisis and what to do about it with medical expert, Dr. John Geyman, based on his latest book “America’s Mighty Medical-Industrial Complex: Negative Impacts and Positive Solutions.” And disability advocate, Ralf Hotchkiss, joins to update us on the latest work he is doing with the remarkable company he founded, Whirlwind Wheelchair. Plus, Ralph pays tribute to the late Mike Gravel, gives a progress report on the Congress Club, and responds to listener comments about why the Democratic Party has trouble turning its activist energy into electoral and policy victories.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:05.3 | Stand up, stand up. |
| 0:07.4 | You've been sitting way too long. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:15.2 | My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman. |
| 0:18.3 | Hello, David. |
| 0:19.4 | Hello there. |
| 0:20.7 | And the man of the hour Ralph Nader. |
| 0:22.4 | Hello Ralph. |
| 0:23.4 | Hello action time. |
| 0:26.2 | Yes, we're going to do a lot of action in this program. |
| 0:29.7 | But we're going to start the show by remembering the late Senator Mike Gravel, who was a guest |
| 0:36.1 | on our program last summer, I believe. |
| 0:38.8 | And he passed away this week. |
| 0:40.5 | Most of you probably know Senator Gravel for his reading the Pentagon papers into the congressional |
| 0:45.4 | record back in 1971. |
| 0:48.4 | And he was also a guest on the show last year after being recruited by a group of young activists |
| 0:52.9 | who wanted him to run for president. |
| 0:55.3 | So Ralph, the passing might not another good one goes down. |
| 0:58.7 | He's a loss at age 91, he passed away, and he basically espoused a national referendum |
| 1:07.5 | and went into in such constitutional detail and constitutional history advised by some leading |
| 1:14.1 | constitutional law experts on my dad at law schools to make the case that the ultimate |
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