Today in Conversations with Great Minds we take a look back at our best interviews. Thom Hartmann sits down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and later speaks with author and investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill.
Lucy Kafanov fills for Thom Hartmann and discusses the problems among the Republican and Democratic parties concerning the nation's budget. Later in the show, Lucy leads a panel debating the issue of re-implementing the war draft in America.
Lucy Kafanov fills in for Thom Hartmann and discusses the repercussions Americans will suffer if congress fails to agree on a budget. She then examines how much the war in Afghanistan is really costing US citizens.
Thom discusses the state of America 43 years later after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther with Lamar Waldron, co- author of "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination".
Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear talks about California rainwater 181 times above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131 & tones of radioactive waste gushing into the ocean.