The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, talks with U.S. presidential historian Doug Wead, and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media about President Donald Trump’s unprecedented way of communicating with the American people. Then Holland talks to Emmy Award winning broadcaster, Ron Barr, about the growing lack of interest in major league sports by many sports fans.

The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, responds to Twitter followers’ comments about the U.S. electoral college, Larry King’s appearance on The Big Picture, defining fake news, old school scams, and the Pope’s online message about peace and respect.

The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, talks with attorney and professor Steven J.J. Weisman about the biggest online scams and the rules to follow to protect yourself from crime in the U.S. Then Holland talks to legendary television & radio host, Larry King, about his illustrious career and personal thoughts on President Donald J. Trump.

The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, responds to Twitter followers’ comments about Internet privacy, and the “me too” hash tag that dominated Twitter as women spoke-up about workplace harassment.

The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, responds to his new Twitter followers. Holland responds to topics like President Trump’s tweets on the Puerto Rico hurricane aftermath, the $15 an hour minimum wage and universal health care.

Are children with access to everything growing up without critical thinking skills? Is your Iphone spying on you? Are you at risk using free public wi-fi? Cyber-security expert John McAfee, Lionel and Dr. Gina Loudon weigh in on the technical, behavioral and societal aspects of life in the digital era.

As Holland Cooke takes over as host, he welcomes panelists Brian Keane and Harvey Wasserman to discuss renewable energy...which could be the silver lining as Puerto Rico recovers from Hurricane Maria. And he asks Talkers magazine publisher Michael Harrison and pundit Steve Malzberg: "Are we really THAT angry?"

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This is a goodbye. In this final episode of The Big Picture, after 7 years of broadcasting, Thom Hartmann with his panel of guests takes a look at the insanity of American politics one last time. And later in the show, meet Holland Cooke – who’s going to take over the Big Picture and bring you new episodes next week.

Big Picture Interview - Holland Cooke, Media Consultant & incoming Host-The Big Picture. HHS Secretary Tom Price has resigned from the Trump administration after his private jet scandal. But don't celebrate just yet - the swamp is still bubbling over with monsters. More on that with Holland Cooke - the next host of the Big Picture.

Sam Sacks, Writer/Co-Founder, The District Sentinel News Co-op & Brian Darling, Contributor-Conservative Review & former Staffer for Senator Rand Paul. Thanks to Republican inaction - 9 million children are in danger of losing their insurance when a popular federal health program expires tomorrow night. Isn't this a perfect example of why we need to scrap our patchwork system once and for all and replace it with Medicare for All?

Today’s Big Picture is all about Trump’s new tax plan. Together with prominent economist Michael Hudson, Thom looks at whether Trump’s claims that the tax cuts will benefit the middle class are true – or it is the corporations winning again. Later in the show, with a panel of guests, Thom looks at net neutrality laws – and those who want to oppose it. For more information on the stories we've covered visit our websites at thomhartmann.com - freespeech.org - and RT.com.

Professor Michael Hudson, Economist, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics- University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) / Author, new book J is for Junk Economics. Is the Republican tax reform plan just an excuse for Donald Trump to give himself, his family, and the oligarch billionaires in his cabinet a tax break?

Zaid Jilani, Journalist-The Intercept & Horace Cooper, Attorney/Senior Fellow-National Center for Public Policy Research. Even though poll after poll show's that the majority of the country supports net neutrality - Republicans are dead set on selling off and corporatizing our public internet. Why are they so out of touch with REAL AMERICANS?

In this episode, together with Greg Palast, Thom talks about the state Puerto-Rico is in – and whether the goverenmnt is doing enough to save the flooded state. Later in the show, an Republican ISIS in the Senate – Thom discusses victory of Roy Moore on primaries, and what that means for the whole Republican party. Plus – why GOP wants to cut down pilot training times? All of that at a Lone Liberal Rumble.