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 great to long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrove and my co-host David Feldman is observing Yom Kippur as we record this. He's a Tony which is ironic because I think one of the things I expect him to atone for is not being here today. So it's just kind of a vicious circle for him. But we also have the man of the hour, Ralph Nader. Hello,

everybody. We have another special program today. In a lot of ways, our

guest today, Phil Donahue, is the father of us all here in broadcasting not to mention

podcasting that's because the original Phil Donahue show was born in Dayton Ohio

not exactly a travel hub for the country's movers and shakers.

So his show was one of the first, if not the first, if I'm not mistaken,

to use conference call technology to engage with guests on the phone

who couldn't make the trip to Dayton. On our show here we do much the same thing

except we are all in remote locations. I'm in Los Angeles, David is generally in New York, Ralph is in

DC and our guests have come to us from all over the country and the world.

So Phil Donnie, who had literally invented the modern daytime talk show.

His most frequent guest was our very own Ralph Nader who appeared on the show nearly 30 times over the years.

This will be Mr. Dunhue's second appearance on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, so we have some catching up to do on that score.

Mr. Donahue's Hughes last visit we talked about the

award-winning documentary he produced entitled Body of War, about the life of Iraq War

Veteran the late Thomas Young. Today we will discuss his views

in a broad range of issues involving the media and politics.

It's a rare treat for all of us.

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