Radio show transcripts
Transcript: Debbie Raphael, precautionary principle, May 09 2006
May. 8, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Thom interviewed Debbie Raphael, Program Manager for the City and County of San Francisco's Toxics Reduction and Green Building Programs about the precautionary principle.
Transcript: Are our trade policies destroying America? May 04 2006
May. 3, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Thom ranted on the high level of endebtedness of the United States to countries such as China. Different kinds of debt: budget deficit, national debt, trade deficit.
Transcript: Rory Cox, RACE (LNG), May 04 2006
May. 3, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Thom interviewed Rory Cox, coordinator for Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy about Liquefied Natural Gas.
Transcript: Barbara Honegger, "October Surprise", Apr 25 2006
Apr. 24, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Vice President Dick Cheney has hired Iran-Contra arms dealer and discredited intelligence asset Manucher Ghorbanifar as his "man on the ground" in Iran. Barbara Honegger wrote about him in her book, "October Surprise: Did the Reagan-Bush election campaign sabotage President Carter's attempts to free the American hostages in Iran?"
Transcript: Laurie David, film "Too Hot Not to Handle", Apr 17 2006
Apr. 16, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...Laurie David is the executive producer of the new documentary, which is about global warming. It is focused on the United States and features Tom Potter and the City of Portland. Hybrid vehicles. Flex fuel cars. Renting cars.
Transcript: Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, "Coyote Wisdom", Apr 14 2006
Apr. 13, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...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.
Transcript: James Balog, National Geographic, trees, Apr 07 2006
Apr. 6, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...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.
Transcript: Trade policy rant, Apr 05 2006
Apr. 4, 2006 11:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...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.
Transcript: Carl Mayer, attorney, corporate personhood, Mar 27 2006
Mar. 27, 2006 12:00 amBy Thom Hartmann A...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.
Transcript: Thom on ADHD, drugs, depression, etc., Mar 22 2006
Mar. 22, 2006 12:00 amBy Thom Hartmann A...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.