Whistleblower, Bradley C. "Brad" Birkenfeld, Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy joins Thom. One financial whistleblower helped the US government recover BILLIONS in backtaxes and fines - but not before he larned what happens when whistleblowers challenge powerful interests.

Zaid Jilani, The Intercept & Alex Lawson, Social Security Works all join Thom. According to an anonymous source reported by Reuters -Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, informally approached LionTree Advisors CEO Aryeh Bourkoff about the possibility of setting up a Trump TV network after the election. The source reported to the Financial Times that Kushner and Bourkoff had been in touch in the past few months - but that there haven't been any more conversations. Trump has basically created an alternate world with an alternate set of facts that the far-right wing can coddle - would his media company reflect that ultra-right wing view of this world? And at this point - is Trump's demonization of the media playing into this long game of creating his own media company?

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown/Democracy At Work/The New School, joins Thom. Is the neverending recovery of the Great Recession the fault of austerity or the fault of capitalism itself?

Rob Mariani, The Daily Caller & Debra Cleaver, Vote.org & Dave McCulloch, Capitol Media Partners joins Thom. Rush Limbaugh attacked Michelle Obama during his radio show on Thursday - but then he made it clear that he really doesn't understand anything about positIve consent.