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Ralph welcomes Dr. Nason Maani, co-editor of \u201cThe Commercial Determinants of Health,\u201d to explore the larger forces, forces beyond the power of an individual to control, that shape our environment and therefore our health. Then Chris Hedges stops by to discuss his latest article, \u201cWoke Imperialism\u201d which\xa0highlights the tension between class politics and identity politics. Plus, Ralph gives us a short take on President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address.

Dr. Nason Maani is a lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the host of Money Power Health, a podcast on how our health is influenced by commercial forces, wealth, and power. He is co-editor of the new book The Commercial Determinants of Health.

These are forces that science should bear witness to. The same way we bear witness to physical forces like gravity, we should be able to bear witness to commercial forces and describe the ways in which they influence the world.

Dr. Nason Maani, co-editor of The Commercial Determinants of Health

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the host of The Chris Hedges Report, and he is a prolific author\u2014 his latest book is The Greatest Evil Is War.

These people are selected to essentially provide an appealing face to a system that carries out tremendous cruelty and imparts tremendous suffering on the very people these women or people of color claim to represent. So, they\u2019re not actually serving their communities. They\u2019re serving the system.

Chris Hedges on "Woke Imperialism"

I have a little suggestion for listeners: next time you meet someone, instead of saying, \u201cHow are you?\u201d why don\u2019t you ask, \u201cHow\u2019s your civic life?\u201d

Ralph Nader