The Spoils of War

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ralph welcomes back crack investigative journalist, Andrew Cockburn, who in his latest book “The Spoils of War” outlines how the U.S. military budget has never been about “defense” but about profit. The military-industrial- congressional-media complex profits. We pay. Plus, Ralph answers a listener question.

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0:00.0	I'm Tom Morello and you're listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:12.2	Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:13.8	My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host Hannah Feldman.
0:17.9	David Feldman is still out, but we're so glad that I've had it here.
0:21.8	Hello, Hannah.
0:23.0	Hello, Steve.
0:24.3	And we also have the man of the hour Ralph Nader.
0:26.5	Hello, Ralph.
0:27.7	Hello, everybody.
0:29.3	Hey, before we kick off the show, we've got a great one here with Andrew
0:32.4	Coburn.
0:33.3	Ralph, there were a couple of items in the news that you wanted to elaborate on.
0:36.7	What do you got for us?
0:38.2	The first one was a spectacular 30 page insert with no advertising in
0:44.6	Tuesday, April 26th, New York Times.
0:48.1	It's called Olmsteads Enduring Gift.
0:50.6	It's attributed to Frederick Law Olmstead on his 200th anniversary.
0:55.9	He was born 200 years ago.
0:58.1	And he was the leader in creating national parks and urban parks like central park.
1:05.6	It's such a beautifully done job with no advertisements,
1:09.6	photography with quotes from Frederick Law Olmstead.
1:14.3	And the contributions he made to tranquility,
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