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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

The First Amendment vs Cancel Culture

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We are joined by journalist and president of Harper’s, John R. “Rick” MacArthur, for a lively and sometimes contentious discussion about the First Amendment and “cancel culture.”



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Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Ralph Nader radio hour.

0:05.3

Stand up, stand up, you've been sitting way too long.

0:14.0

Welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour.

0:15.7

My name is Steve Scrovan.

0:17.1

Logged my co-host, David Feldman.

0:18.8

Hello, David.

0:19.6

Hello, everybody.

0:20.9

Nice to have you here.

0:22.5

And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader, low Ralph.

0:25.2

Hello, everybody.

0:26.7

On the show today, we're going to spend the whole hour

0:28.9

with journalist and publisher John ArmacArthur.

0:31.8

He's the subject of a recent article in The New York Times

0:35.3

that chronicles his colorful tenure

0:37.7

at the helm of Harper's magazine.

0:39.7

He has steered the magazine through the rise, the internet,

0:42.4

and the digital age and publishing,

0:44.3

hired and fired six top editors,

0:46.2

and become a rather prominent critic of cancel culture,

0:49.1

which will be pretty much the topic of our show today.

0:52.1

It should prove to be a pretty lively hour.

0:54.7

And after that smoke clears,

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