A Conversation w Sen. Cory Booker: On Our Health, Corrosive Money in Politics & America’s Urgent Moment. A Message to MAHA, RFK Jr & His Own Party.

About this episode

Senator Cory Booker discusses the chronic health crisis, corporate influence in politics, and the need for affordable healthy food.

Senator Cory Booker joins us for a conversation about our dire chronic health crisis, the corrosive effects of corporate money in our politics, the power of making healthy food affordable, and our taxpayer-subsidized systems that fuel our chronic disease epidemic. These are issues he's been sounding the alarm on for years. Today, the New Jersey Democrat has a new message for his own party: rather than resist the supporters of MAHA, it's time to stand with them. Long before MAHA, Booker was r...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett

Guest: Sen. Cory Booker

Topics covered

• health crisis
• politics
• corporate money
• affordable food
• chronic disease
• MAHA
• political support

Keywords

• Cory Booker
• health crisis
• corporate money
• MAHA
• chronic disease
• politics
• affordable food

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Organizations: MAHA

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