THOM HARTMANN'S "INDEPENDENT THINKER" REVIEW OF THE MONTH
by Thom Hartmann

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Apr 7 - Apr 11 2008 Radio Guest Highlights for the Week

The Middle Class Squeeze - Do you have a story to tell about how the economy is affecting you?

Please use the Web form at http://www.sanders.senate.gov/qa/meetingqs.cfm to submit your story to Bernie.

If you would like to give testimony about the impact of the economy on you on the Web form at http://www.sanders.senate.gov/qa/meetingqs.cfm. He'll post many of the stories he hear from you on the Web page www.sanders.senate.gov in the coming days, and will be reading them on the floor of the US Senate. Thank you!

Hour One - "Brunch w/Bernie" U.S. Senator (I-VT) Bernie Sanders

Hour Two - Anything Goes! Friday

Hour Three - Guest: Lamar Waldron co-author of Ultimate Sacrifice w/Thom, now writing "Legacy of Secrecy" about the murder of MLK, Jr.www.ultimatesacrificethebook.com Topic: new information about the murder of MLK, Jr. 40 years ago today

Hour One - Guest: Marc Morano www.epw.senate.gov Topic: Thom is challenging Marc Morano on his statement - Global warming...why is the media ignoring record growth of Antartic ice?

Hour Two - Guest: Dr. Ravi Batra www.ravibatra.com Topic: What's going on in the economy?

Hour Three - Topic - An 8th grader being strip search for having Ibuphofen? The terror watch list that ended up at credit agencies? Domestic surveillance? Are we becoming a police state?

Guest (11:30) Christy Harvey http://miccheckradio.org/ Topic: News under the radar

• Today is the day that if you want to hire cheap foreign labor, you need to apply for H1-B visas.
• Why do we have to import educated foreign workers instead of educating Americans?
• Investment in education.
• Economics.
• Guest: Byron Myres, ING Direct. Subprime Mess - Why are we bailing out the big guys instead of the little guys?
• Guest: Corey Powell, Executive Editor, Discover Magazine. "20 Things You Didn't Know About Mating".

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

We've been overwhelmed with emails regarding WWRL, and just can't reply to them all, so we're posting this response here:

Thanks so much for contacting us about the changes in programming on WWRL in New York City. WWRL is programmed by Rennie Bishop (a great guy, by the way), whose email is bishop@wwrl1600.com and phone is 212 631 0800 (these are both publicly posted on their website). The station is owned by a company called Access 1 Communications. Their phone number is 212 714-1000 (also publicly listed in the phone book).

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• It's the fourth anniversary of Air America Radio. Next month it is the 6th anniversary of Thom's show.
• Welcome to new affiliates 940 WINZ in Miami, Fla., 1460 WZNZ in Jacksonville, Fla., 1120 WNWF in Destin, Fla. and 930 KBAI-AM in Bellingham, Washington.
• Guest: Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand Institute. Is John McCain's modern version of Reaganomics destroying not only the middle class but America itself?
• New pictures from Darfur are up on Thom's web site.
• Guest: Professor Bradley R. Schiller, American University. "The Inequality Myth".
• Guest: Howard Simon, Executive Director, ACLU-Florida. Are we losing our privacy with spy drones, wiretapping, fingerprinting, etc...or are we becoming more secure?
• At what point do we say George Orwell was right?

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

Hour One - Guest: Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom and Terry will be debating McCain's Plan -Privatizing social security and medicare

Hour Two - Guest: Sam Harris http://www.samharris.org/ Topic: Thom is challenging Sam - Radical atheism...is it just as dangerous as the radical right wing evangelical movement?

Hour Three - Guest: Jesse Ventura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura Topic: Will he be on the ballot this fall? And his new book "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me"

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Thom Hartmann, Montana US Senator John Tester

Missoula, Montana station KMPT's Program Director Dave Cowan and Thom

KMPT's local host Lesley Lotto and Thom

• Thom was broadcasting the show live from KMPT Missoula, where he gave a talk afterwards.
• Guest: Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer. water, oil, the Middle East.
• Guest: Montana Senator Jon Tester. 21st century GI bill of rights. Energy. Issues.
• "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
• Guest: Congressman Jim McDermott, Washington District 7 (Seattle). Iraq trip. India trip. Energy.
• Guest: Senator Max Baucus, Montana. Economy. Farm Bill.

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

Hour One - Topic: Why do we have to import educated foreign workers instead of educating Americans?

Hour Two - Guest: Byron Myres www.ingdirect.com Topic: Subprime Mess - Why are we bailing out the big guys instead of the little guys?

Hour Three - Guest: Corey Powell http://discovermagazine.com Topic: "20 Things You Didn't Know About Mating"

Hour One - Topic: Why do we have to import educated foreign workers instead of educating Americans?

Hour Two - Guest: Byron Myres www.ingdirect.com Topic: Subprime Mess - Why are we bailing out the big guys instead of the little guys?

Hour Three - Guest: Corey Powell http://discovermagazine.com Topic: "20 Things You Didn't Know About Mating"

Hour One - Guest: Yaron Brooks www.aynrand.org Topic : Is John McCain's modern version of Reaganomics destroying not only the middle class but America itself?

Hour Two - Guest: Professor Bradley Schiller http://spa.american.edu/listings.php?ID=103 Topic: His recent Opinion piece in the WSJ "The Inequality Myth" Is America's middle class being wiped out?

Hour Three - Guest: Howard Simon, Executive Director, ACLU-Florida www.aclufl.org Topic : Are we losing our privacy with spy drones, wiretapping, fingerprinting, etc...or are we becoming more secure?