Helena Norberg-Hodge, The Economics of Happiness / International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) joins Thom Hartmann.

Thom is joined by Mike Papantonio, host of Ring of Fire Radio, to talk about the midterms, marijuana and voter restrictions. Erik Altieri, from NORML, joins Thom to talk about the future of marijuana legalization and the battle over pot in the nation’s capital. Thom takes a look at a novel new use for drones – filming porn. Addressing the eternal question of whether money can buy happiness, Thom talks with Sarah van Gelder, author of Sustainable Happiness: Live Simple, Live Well, Make a Difference. In Your Take My Take Live, Thom answers your questions and comments on midterms, wimpy Democrats, and those electronic voting machines. Finally, in his Daily Take, Thom presents an open letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz about where the Democrats went wrong in these elections.

Thom discusses the midterm elections with former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, Economist Richard Wolff, the Drug Policy Alliance’s Gabriel Sayegh and RT Correspondents in key states throughout the country.

Thom discusses the push to quarantine people who were taking care of Ebola patients with Dr. Lawrence Gostin, Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University and the origins of Halloween with Psychologist Dr. Stephen Larsen. Tonight’s “Big Picture Rumble” discusses the GOP’s continued war on voting, Colorado and Oregon’s GMO ballot measures and whether prison is the right punishment for minor marijuana arrests.