PODCAST
Ralph Nader
by Academy of Achievement
"There's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling." In 1965 Ralph Nader asked a question that shocked America. In his book Unsafe at Any Speed he asked why thousands of Americans were being killed or injured in car accidents when the technology already existed to make our cars safer. The automobile industry resisted Nader's suggestions furiously, but public outcry forced government and industry to apply new safety standards, and to include devices like shoulder harnesses and air bags which have saved thousands from death or injury. Ralph Nader didn't stop there. His concept of full-time citizenship led him to form groups such as Public Citizen which have exposed corporate and governmental negligence and corruption and won important new protections for Americans as citizens and consumers. More than 30 years after he began his crusade for automobile safety, Ralph Nader contin
Episodes
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Ralph Nader 2007 Symposium (SD)
In this video podcast, recorded at the 2007 International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C., Nader cautions the Academy's student delegates against over-specialization, and absorption in their professions to the exclusion of civic engagement. He urges them to free themselves of rigid belief...
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Ralph Nader 2007 Symposium (HD)
"There's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling." In 1965 Ralph Nader asked a question that shocked America. In his book Unsafe at Any Speed he asked why thousands of Americans were being...
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Ralph Nader 2002 Symposium - Part 1 (SD)
In this part 1 of 2 video podcast, recorded at the 2002 International Achievement Summit in Dublin, Ireland, Nader addresses the nature of democracy and civic involvement, the influence of wealth and entrenched power, and the role an engaged citizenry can play in demanding accountability from...
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Ralph Nader 2002 Symposium - Part 2 (SD)
In this part 2 of 2 video podcast, recorded at the 2002 International Achievement Summit in Dublin, Ireland, Nader addresses the nature of democracy and civic involvement, the influence of wealth and entrenched power, and the role an engaged citizenry can play in demanding accountability from...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
"There's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling." In 1965 Ralph Nader asked a question that shocked America. In his book Unsafe at Any Speed he asked why thousands of Americans were being killed or injured in car accidents when the technology already existed to make our cars safer. The automobile industry resisted Nader's suggestions furiously, but public outcry forced government and industry to apply new safety standards, and to include devices like shoulder harnesses and air bags which have saved thousands from death or injury. Ralph Nader didn't stop there. His concept of full-time citizenship led him to form groups such as Public Citizen which have exposed corporate and governmental negligence and corruption and won important new protections for Americans as citizens and consumers. More than 30 years after he began his crusade for automobile safety, Ralph Nader contin
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