Hour 1: Thom talks to Elizabeth de la Vega www.truthout.org "Of Black Holes and Radio Silence."

Hour 2: Don Siegelman is showing up briefly for an update. www.donsiegelman.org 

Topic: Eamonn Fingleton, former editor of  Financial Times & Forbes,  drops by about the Japan economy and what that has to do with us.

Hour 3: "Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream" Thom challenges Reihan Salam, Fellow at the New America Foundation and Associate Editor of The Atlantic www.newamerica.net