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On the Program - July 11 2008

Jul. 11, 2008 11:32 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Anything Goes! Friday

"Brunch with Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov taking your calls

Jon B. Eisenberg www.eandhlaw.com Topic: FISA - Jon's current case against the Bush Administration for the illegal warrantless wiretapping of Al - Haramain

Event Coming up - Thom is visiting Grand Rapids, MI on July 18th. Come meet Thom from 630p-730p for a booksigning and dinner courtesy of Lannings Catering at the UAW Regional Offices.

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On the Program - July 10 2008

Jul. 10, 2008 10:49 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Hour One - Bishop Harry Jackson www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com Topic: Dilemma for black conservative voters...vote with their race or their faith?

Hour Two - Tom Hayden www.tomhayden.com Topic: election, politics, progressive issues and his books

Hour Three - Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar

July 18th - Grand Rapids, MI - Thom broadcasts from affiliate WTKG...then 6:30-7:30pm, booksigning & dinner buffet courtesy of Lanning's Catering at the UAW Regional Offices

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July 07 2008 show notes

Jul. 9, 2008 8:26 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

How badly will the conservatives destroy America before Obama becomes President?

Guest: Allison Kasic, Independent Women's Forum. Does overturning DC's gun ban "empower women?"

Guest: Barry Siegel. Author, "Claim of Privilege".

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

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On the Program - July 9th 2008

Jul. 9, 2008 10:06 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Hour One - Jonah Goldberg www.jonahgoldberg.net Topic: Thom is challenging Jonah who is saying Obama's National Service plan is Slavery.

Hour Two - Howard Ruff www.rufftimes.com Topic: "How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years In The 21st Century"

Hour Three - "Everything You Know is Wrong" Stephen Cass www.discovermagazine.com Topic: Surprise: NYC Air amy be healthier than you think.

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On the Program - July 8th 2008

Jul. 8, 2008 11:09 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Hour One - Dr. Edgar Browning www.econweb.tamu.edu/profInfo.asp?id=8 Topic: Thom is challenging Dr Browning on his new book "Stealing From Each Other" and why he thinks Obama's economic plan will cost America it's future

Hour Two - Roni Deutch www.ronideutch.com Topic: Thom and Roni debate who has a better tax plan - McCain or Obama?

Hour Three - Former Governor, State of Alabama Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org

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July 04 2008 show notes

Jul. 7, 2008 6:23 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

This was a "best of" show.

Welcome to new affiliate 92.1 The MIC, Madison.
Guest: Reverend Dr. Jesse Lee Peterson, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. What Role is Race going to play in the presidential campaign?
Profits over Humanity - How low can we go? (transcript)
Guest: Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy. Should individuals convicted of terrorist acts against America get the death penalty?
Guest: Rich Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO Working Families to McCain: Actions Speak Louder than Words.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

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July 03 2008 show notes

Jul. 7, 2008 6:04 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

This was a "best of" show.
Guest: Stephen P. Halbrook, Research Fellow, The Independent Institute. Supreme Court second amendment case.
Guest: Anthony Romero, National ACLU Executive Director. Their largest civil rights and liberties fundraising campaign in history.

Guest: Carrie Lukas, Vice President for Policy and Economics, Independent Women's Forum. Will deregulating the health care industry turn it into the wild, wild west?

Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Drilling for oil. Transport.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

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July 02 2008 show notes

Jul. 7, 2008 11:16 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Marc Maron guest hosted the show today.

Guest: Sarah Posner, American Prospect. Author, "God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters".

The framing of what Barack Obama is saying about his faith-based ideas.

Do Republicans want Obama to inherit the mess that the country is in rather than McCain?

Guest: Elizabeth Royte. Author, "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It".

Guest: "Planet Bush Bureau Chief Lawton Smalls" (Kent Jones).

Guest: James Wolcott, Vanity Fair. Author, "Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants: The Looting of the News In a Time of Terror".

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

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On the Program - July 7th 2008

Jul. 7, 2008 11:09 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Quote: When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hour One - How badly will the conservatives destroy America before Obama becomes President?

Hour Two - Allison Kasic www.iwf.com Topic: Does overturning DC's gun ban "empower women?" And, is the Fair Pay Act unfair?

Hour Three - Barry Siegel www.barry-siegel.com Topic: His new book "Claim of Privilege" uncovering the foundation of the "States Secret Privilege" now used frequently by the Bush Admin