The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – Book Week

About this episode

Ralph Nader welcomes six authors to discuss their books and various topics related to law, environmental issues, and advocacy.

Ralph welcomes six authors to discuss their books: “Beyond Nuclear” founder Linda Gunter; trial lawyer Sean Simpson; law professor Elizabeth Burch; naturalist David Schmidt; industrial hygienist Marc Axelrod; and educator and advocate Jonathan Kozol. Linda Gunter is the founder of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear and serves as its international specialist. Previously, she was a journalist at USA Network, Reuters, and The Times. She launched, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine, Beyond Nuclear International. And she is the author of No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War. Sean Simpson is an attorney specializing in civil jury trials, representing individuals who have been harmed by someone else’s carelessness or intentional wrongdoing. He is the author of Punitive Damages: The Lawyer’s Tool for Shaping Society. David Schmidt is lifelong San Francisco Bay Area resident, naturalist, and environmental historian. He worked as a writer in the public affairs office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco from 1991 to 2021, led dozens of hikes for the Greenbelt Alliance in the region’s extensive…

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Nader

Guests: Linda Gunter, Sean Simpson, Elizabeth Burch, David Schmidt, Marc Axelrod, Jonathan Kozol

Topics covered

• nuclear power
• environmental history
• law
• civil rights
• education
• advocacy

Keywords

• nuclear power
• environmental history
• law
• civil rights
• education
• advocacy
• authors
• books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond Nuclear, USA Network, Reuters, The Times, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greenbelt Alliance, California Native Plant Society

Books & works: No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War, Punitive Damages: The Lawyer’s Tool for Shaping Society, San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History

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