• The choice of pastor Rick Warren for the inauguration invocation.


• Guest: Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. "Twas the night before Christmas" Bush spoof.


• Guest: Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona. How to deal with depression in the face of the holiday season, and how to heal.


• Guest: Law Professor Peter Edelman. "Economic Opportunity for All or A New Gilded Age?"


• Guest: Gene Stone. Book: "The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program: A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts".


• Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

Thursday 18 December '08 show

• Quote: Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.