JA Myerson, Alternet joins Thom Hartmann with an eyewitness account. Will the demostrators' message cut through both the police officers trying to silence them - and the media that's ignoring them?

Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO joins Thom. An attempt to shortchange hundreds of nurses in California results in the death of a patient! So will this serve as a lesson on just how important skilled workers are to our nation?

Take Back the American Dream Conference - Oct 3-5 - Washington Hilton & Towers. Come say hi to Thom at the Free Speech TV EStudio where's Thom is doing his show "live" noon - 3pm.

Award-winning author, Jeff Sharlet joins Thom for the first half hour for "Conversations with Great Minds". They discuss his latest book; "Sweet Heaven When I Die" explores the spiritual landscape of the United States and profiles religious radicals, realists and escapists who straddle that undefined border between belief and skepticism. Later in the show, Thom debates the topics of Thursday night's Republican debate in the weekly Rumble.

What the new Forbes Top 400 richest Americans list tells us about the state of our nation. Is America is transforming into something you may have read about in your high school textbooks?

Big Picture Rumble - where Thom sits down with three expert political commentators to debate the week's top stories. On the panel tonight...Matthew Boyle - Reporter at The Daily Caller, Heather Cirmo - Conservative Strategist & Joe Madison - Host of The Joe Madison Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds - I'm joined by award-winning author Jeff Sharlet. His career in journalism, academia and publishing has distinguished him as a prolific voice on faith and spirituality in the United States. In 2000, Sharlet teamed up with novelist Peter Manseau to create KillingTheBuddha.com - which has since become an award-winning online literary magazine about religion and spirituality - and led to a year-long road trip across the United States where Sharlet investigated the various forms religion takes in this country. He has spoken at universities across the country, contributed to the country's leading magazines and newspapers - including Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Statesman, The Washington Post, Salon, and the Columbia Journalism Review - and is a familiar presence on MSNBC, NPR, CNN, BBC and the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His newest book - "Sweet Heaven When I Die" explores the spiritual landscape of the United States and profiles religious radicals, realists and escapists who straddle that undefined border between belief and skepticism.

For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds - I'm joined by award-winning author Jeff Sharlet. His career in journalism, academia and publishing has distinguished him as a prolific voice on faith and spirituality in the United States. In 2000, Sharlet teamed up with novelist Peter Manseau to create KillingTheBuddha.com - which has since become an award-winning online literary magazine about religion and spirituality - and led to a year-long road trip across the United States where Sharlet investigated the various forms religion takes in this country. He has spoken at universities across the country, contributed to the country's leading magazines and newspapers - including Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Statesman, The Washington Post, Salon, and the Columbia Journalism Review - and is a familair presence on MSNBC, NPR, CNN, BBC and the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His newest book - "Sweet Heaven When I Die" explores the spiritual landscape of the United States and profiles religious radicals, realists and escapists who straddle that undefined border between belief and skepticism.

So In the aftermath of Troy Davis's execution - it's time for the United States to do some soul searching. Every nation is in constant change - as Grace Slick said, "Life is change" - and our culture changed for the more compassionate and better with the New Deal, and changed again for the more brutal and selfish with the Reagan Revolution. So what's next? Will we become a nation of people who genuinely care for each other, and builds institutions to respect and help each other - or a brutal, libertarian nation where it's "every man for himself," the country is run by psychopaths, and as Ron Paul implied, we're all free to die like dogs in the gutter? The choice is ours - and the coming election will have a lot to do with determining that future.

Austerity is causing animosity in Greece! So what will the same sort of austerity in the United States mean? Is social unrest coming to America? Daniel Nasaw, BBC's Washington Bureau, joins Thom Hartmann.

Jimmy Carter, Rick Perry, Rush Limbaugh

So what are the political implications of an out-of-control Republican caucus - and are we headed for a government shutdown? Cliff Schecter, PR Strategist & columnist for Al Jazeera, joins Thom Hartmann.

Glenn Greenwald joins Thom Hartmann. The collapse of our judicial system in America is even more evident in the recent case of Jose Padilla, the man labeled as the "Dirty Bomber"! I'll tell you how our courts inflicted unequal justice on an American citizen.

The Georgia death row inmate who made GLOBAL press coverage and prompted worldwide protests is dead. So will the execution of Troy Anthony Davis ignite a battle to end the death penalty in America? Actor/activist Mike Farrell - President of Death Penalty Focus joins Thom Hartmann.

Thom talks about the execution of Troy Davis with actor and activist Mike Farrell. Later in his Daily Take, he highlights the "psychopathic" nature of people in American society.