Couple Lose Foster Care Right Over Homosexuality Stance with Dr. Paul Cameron, Chairman, Family Research Institute.

Thom Hartmann talks about Fox News airing random protest video to make Wisconsin demonstrations look violent with Dan Gainor, Vice President & T. Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow - Business and Media Institute

Thom Hartmann talks to James Hoffa, General President - International Brotherhood of Teamsters about Ohio, Wisconsin and more.

Thom discusses the latest from the budget showdown in Wisconsin and further proof that Gov. Scott Walker has it out for teachers with Lisa Graves who is on the ground in Madison, WI and Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, Andy Kroll. Then Thom talks in the studio Lee Fang, a reporter & blogger for ThinkProgress.org about a Wall Street Journal op-ed written by Charles Koch. And speaking of crony capitalists, Thom then discusses how Darrell Issa the best congressional committee money can buy with Matt Madia, a regulatory policy analyst at OMB Watch. Later, Thom talks about Ghadaffi's bad day in Libya with Robin Wright, a Senior Fellow at USIP. Then, Thom tackles the allegations coming against Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Scalia over their ability to be impartial with Arn Pearson, Vice President for Programs at Common Sense. And later, Thom talks about how the GOP budget plans trims a lot more than money with Andrew Fieldhouse, the Federal Budget Policy Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.

Mounting evidence demands explanations from Thomas and Scalia. Thom Hartmann talks to Arn Pearson, Vice President for Programs with Common Cause.

Thom Hartmann's a deeper look into Darrell Issa's team.

Thom Hartmann talks to Matt Madia, Regulatory Policy Analyst with OMB Watch

How Koch Industries makes billions by demanding bailouts and taxpayer subsidies. Thom Hartmann talks to Lee Fang, Reporter/Blogger with ThinkProgress.org

Thom debates Phil Kerpen from Americans for Prosperity on why the Koch Brothers are making it their business to get involved in the Wisconsin labor dispute. Then, Thom explains what else is in Gov. Scott Walker's arsenal against working and middle class Wisconsinites besides taking away union collective bargaining rights. Later, Thom discusses big corporations tax evasion with Johann Hari, contributor to the Nation Magazine and Ryan Clayton from US Uncut. Thom asks if Americans are now adopting European reactions to austerity measures adopted there recently. And then Thom talks about President Obama's endorsement of a state opt-out mandate added to his health care plan by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Scott Brown (R-MA) with Ron Pollock, The Executive Director of Families USA. And finally, the Daily Take on what Gadaffi has to do with Wisconsin.

Angry about your low wages? Don't blame your boss - blame the teachers! Angry about your lack of health insurance? Don't blame billionaire health insurance executives - blame your neighbor the school bus driver! It's a military and political strategy that's used to claim and keep power by dividing up other powerful groups in a society and turning them against each other.

Thom Hartmann talks to Ryan Clayton, US Uncut (usuncut.org and Johann Hari, The Nation Magazine about the US and UK Uncut.

Thom Hartmann talks about Scott Walker and his Republican colleagues are trying to slip through the state legislature 10 provisions that should worry many Wisconsinites.

Friday on The Big Picture it was "Conversations with Great Minds." Host Thom Hartmann spoke with Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director for Green Peace International. They discussed his mission around the world and his tumultuous past as a young activist in South Africa. And are you ready to rumble about the biggest stories of the week? What's the end game in Wisconsin for Governor Scott Walker ? And why is the GOP launching an assault on women's reproductive rights? Thom hosted a panel discussion with Jamie Weinstein, Deputy Editor at the The Daily Caller, Anushay Hossain, Author, activist and contributor to Forbes Woman and Dan Gainor, Vice President at the Business and Media Institute.

Thom Hartmann asks - Which one of these people can the American people no longer afford to support with their tax dollars? The Wall Street executives and major Republican donors who gambled with OUR money and swindled our nation into a depression? Or the teachers in Wisconsin - minor but not irrelevant Democratic donors - who educate thousands of our children and prep them for jobs in the future?

For Conversations with Great Minds - Thom Hartmann speaks with Kumi Naidoo - a human rights activist - environmentalist - and Rhodes scholar who now serves as the International Executive Director of Greenpeace.