Professor Clarence Jones, Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute-Stanford University. As we draw closer to the memorial dedication for one of the nation's greatest civil rights leader, there's a growing racial inequality in America Thom speaks with one of Dr. King's former speechwriters.

Karen Nussbaum, Working America joins Thom Hartmann. America's biggest transnational corporations have a secret they don't want you to know about. They are refusing to release just how many jobs they have created in the United States - and how many jobs they've created overseas - over fears that if the American people saw just how much outsourcing they've been doing - then they'd miss out on their tax breaks that corporation promise will help them create more jobs

William A. Galston, Brookings Institution, joins Thom Hartmann. What do you do to keep your job if your employer gives you only a 14% approval rating? You avoid him or her. That's exactly what Congress is up to during this August recess - avoiding their constituents. As the organization "No Labels" is reporting - 60% of the Members of Congress are not holding any sort of open town hall meetings while they vacation during the month of August - a vacation that's supposed to be spent talking to constituents

Eliza Griswold, The Daily Beast joins Thom. Tense celebration continue in the streets of Tripoli as rebel forces seized Gadhafi's compound today. Meanwhile -- it's becoming a game of "Where's Gaddafi" in the Middle East! So how long will the ousted dictator be on the run - and what's next for Libya?

Thom talks about Moammar Gadhafi's overthrown regime in Libya and the possible after effects of the fallen dictatorship. Later in the show, Congressman Charles Rangel discusses the unemployment crisis in America and President Obama's highly anticipated job creation plan.

One of the Koch brothers responds to Warren Buffett's call for more taxes on the rich. In my Daily Take - I'll tell you how it's obvious that the Koch's don't want a discussion about how they made their family made its first millions!

Richard J. Eskow, Campaign for America's Future, joins Thom Hartmann. Turning our attention now to the ongoing bankster-fueled housing crisis. In the second quarter of this year - mortgage delinquencies increased - as now close to 10% of all homeowners are on the verge of being foreclosed on - a sign that the housing crisis beginning in 2007 is nowhere near resolved after four years. What has been resolved though? The Wall Street money-making machine. As more records from the Federal Reserve go public - we're learning that the 2008 bailout of Wall Street - known as "TARP" - was just the tip of the iceberg in public funds going to the banksters. In December of 2008 - the Fed secretly gave more than $1.2 trillion in virtually interest-free loans to big banks like Morgan Stanley - Citigroup - and Bank of America. That's $1.2 trillion! Which - coincidentally - is about how much it would cost to save 6-and-a-half million homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgages and facing foreclosure. In other words - a clear choice was made in 2008 to help banksters or help bilked homeowners - and the Fed chose the banksters. So today - it's no wonder that banksters are doing just fine again - with 5 of the six largest banks in America reporting soaring profits - like JP Morgan Chase's 13% profit increase - and Wells Fargo's 29% profit increase. Meanwhile - millions of Americans are still being kicked out of their homes - and Republicans refuse to sign on to any sort of relief to help ...

Bill Burton, Johm McCain & Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump.

Joel Kelsey with FreePress.net joins Thom Hartmann. If your cell phone provider is AT&T wireless...I have some bad news for you! How the company is screwing over customers through outrageous price spikes! And why we all might get a better deal on wireless if we move to France! It's time to bring back the Sherman Anti-trust Act - and put an end to monopolies of all kinds in America.

Does the J Curve help us understand what's next for Libya?

Ali Gharib w/ Think Progress joins Thom Hartmann. President Obama is the man who gave the speech in Egypt last year - which conservatives attacked - in which he stood next to dictator Mubarak and told the people of the Middle East they shouldn't have to tolerate dictators - laying the groundwork for the Arab Spring. As for what happens now that Gadhafi is gone....it's anyone's guess - revolutions breed unexpected consequences - just look at Iran and Iraq in the 1950s and '70s.

Author and historian, Jeff Shesol joins Thom for the first half hour of "Conversations with Great Minds". They discuss how he transformed from a career of sketching the popular "Thatch" comic strips to becoming a speech writer for President Bill Clinton. In the second half of the show, Thom discusses socialism, free trade agreement and the possible second recession dip in the Weekly Rumble.

Mr. President - you are running out of time. At this point - a double-dip recession is all but certain - and outside of CEO boardrooms and Wall Street, most Americans never recovered from the first recession. And to prevent things from getting worse, we hear that you're going to release a jobs bill next month. I - as well as most progressives - and - frankly - most Americans around the nation - - even the Tea Partiers - hope you go big.

Heather Cirmo, 440 Management Group, Lisa De Pasquale, HumanEvents.com and Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show join Thom Hartmann. So - what's Socialist about asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share?

Thom is joined by Jeff Shesol, author, Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court. He'll talk about how President Obama may be soon facing a crisis with the Supreme Court like one Franklin Roosevelt took on - and how it may play out. To watch this conversation again - as well as other Conversations with Great Minds - go to our website at www.conversationswithgreatminds.com