Dr. Mehl-Madrona is a medical doctor and psychiatrist with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology who has written three books about Native American wisdom, story, practices and ritual; "Coyote Medicine", "Coyote Healing", and "Coyote Wisdom". The stories that we live contribute to our health and disease. The role of ceremony and ritual.

James Balog is a photographer with National Geographic. His latest book is "Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest". America has 95% deforestation across the country at large; people have forgotten. Shifting to coal and oil has reduced cutting of forests, but the new young forests are different to the old, and have less ecological value. The reintroduction of wolves.

Thom riffed on, "are our trade policies, international trade policies, threatening the survival of this nation?" China's holding of American debt. The difference between the budget deficit and the national debt versus the trade deficit.

Thom wrote "Unequal Protection" about corporate personhood. Carl Mayer is the author of several books and worked on the Nike v. Kasky case before the United States Supreme Court. The constitution. Judicial activism. How OSHA is not allowed to conduct surprise inspections for worker safety. How we structure the corporations in society. Corporations and politics. Presentments to Grand Juries. Federal chartering of corporations. Revoking a corporate charter.

Thom is the author of many books on ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and the creator of the "Hunter in a Farmer's World" metaphor. He riffed on several recent articles on ADHD. The soaring numbers of anti-psychotic drugs being prescribed to American children. A walk in the park could be an effective treatment for ADHD.

Julia Whitty spoke of the state of the oceans worldwide, and how attacking them on all sides: fishing, dead zones, fish farming, chemical contamination, the political will.

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney had just read Thom's article "Rumsfeld and Cheney Revive Their 70's Terror Playbook" on the floor of the House and was called out of order; she was told she couldn't say that the Vice President lied. Thom told her about a related article called "Hyping Terror For Fun and Profit" and the BBC documentary called "The Power of Nightmares". They discussed Operation Able Danger and the trillions that the Pentagon has lost.

The story of how Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney came to be on the show today.

Dr. Pieter Tans of the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA told Thom about the spiking of carbon dioxide and methane levels in the atmosphere, global warming, and the possible consequences.

Congressman John Conyers was on the show to talk about his hearings into activities that could rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, including the Downing Street memos and warrantless wiretaps. He recently issued a report called "The Constitution in Crisis".

Thom and Governor Howard Dean talked about corruption in Washington D.C., campaign money, public financing of elections, the Abramoff case, warrantless wiretaps, pharmaceuticals, investigations, impeachment, privatization of the vote, and why you should vote for a Democrat.

His Water Bill, funding for the Columbia River channel. Taking away the tax breaks for the oil companies. Habeas Corpus rights for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court, Alito.

Guantanamo Bay, Tony Blair and the Iraq war, election fraud, vote by mail, the dangers of privatization, his testimony before the Senate, and loss of civil liberties.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 11: Branding. Features without a larger context are irrelevant. Benefits statements without features lack credibility. Identity. Democrats need sense of tribe. LBJ, Martin Luther King, Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson understood branding.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 10: President Bush drops the word 'crisis' to characterize Social Security. Branding, logo, identity. What's in it for you or for me? Who am I? Features and benefits. Features without benefits lack relevance, benefits without features lack credibility. Democratic Party identity.