Ben Cohen
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1,024 appearances
9 recordings
7 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 19 Jun
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And if you don't stand up and say, no, I don't agree with that stuff.
As you said before, I think he who is silent consents.
You know, if you don't make your views known, then you're just accepting what's going on.
Well, you just say...
This is honest.
This is what I believe in.
They're based on a set of values.
And for a lot of people, I mean, most people are buying products from companies in spite of the values.
You know, customers certainly have a choice.
I mean, a lot of times, you know, people don't really care that much.
You know, the interesting thing is that customers that love white supremacy, they usually don't come up to me.
In a recent interview, co-founder Ben Cohen revealed that the company's new owner, Magnum, forbade the Ben and Jerry's socials from criticizing Trump or Trumpism.
Cohen, who started the company in 1978 with Jerry Greenfield, sold the company in 2000 with an explicit contractual agreement that the brand must maintain a three-part core mission, which includes a focus on quality, economic growth, and progressive social activism.
Cohen went so far as to say Trumpism was the biggest threat to Ben and Jerry's values since its founding and says suppressing its voice on social justice issues could irreparably damage the brand.
The feud has been simmering for months, and Cohen and Greenfield are pushing for Magnum to sell the company to socially aligned investors.
Radical · Could Ben & Jerry's Be Created Today? (Your Radical Questions with Ben Cohen) · 8 Jun 2026
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You know, I think it's about 50-50.
I think that the ice cream has to be great.
People are really into the ice cream and they're really into the social causes and ethics.
You know, sometimes in the past, I've said that it's kind of like 30-30-30, that 30% really love the company because of its social stands.
30% don't really care.
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