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December 03 2008 show notes
- Show live from Air America, New York.
- Guest: Jennifer Wheary, Senior Fellow, Demos. "From Middle to Shaky Ground". Report on the declining middle class.
- Guest: Larry Beinhart, Tax Cuts: The B.S. and the Facts. Transcript.
- Guest: Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- "Everything You Know is Wrong!": Guest: Mary T. Browne, "Wall Street's Psychic Adviser". Author, "The 5 Rules of Thought: How to Use the Power of Your Mind to Get What You Want".
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - Dec 8th 2008
Quote: "When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were." - John F. Kennedy
Hour One - Dr. Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org
December 02 2008 show notes
- Show live from the "It's Time To Talk Day" radio row at Liz Claiborne Inc, Manhattan, to raise awareness for domestic violence.
- Guest: Dr. Christian E. Weller of the Center for American Progress who says America's middle class is still losing ground.
On the Program - Dec 5th 2008
Anything Goes! Friday
Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Lamar Waldron Co-author w/Thom of "Ultimate Sacrifice" and now, "Legacy of Secrecy" www.legacyofsecrecy.com
December 01 2008 show notes
- Guest: Victoria Schofield. The Kashmir conflict and how it may relate to last week's attack in Mumbai. Transcript.
- On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus.
- Guest: Dr. Walter M. Brasch. The Media Auto Know Better: Fueling the Anti-Union Fires.
- Guest: Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine. Author, "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope".
- Guest: Jonathan Tasini, Executive Director, Labor Research Association. Robert Rubin: Coward Or Liar--Or Both?
- Guest: Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Recap and update on his case. The court will hear his appeal on December 9.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - Dec 4th 2008
Quote: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." --Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hour One - John Berlau www.cei.org Topic: Thom challenges John who says - DE-regulation is the answer!
Hour Two - Stephen Moore economist & founded Club for Growth www.opinionjournal.com Topic: Thom and Stephen debate - Tax hikes…help for the middle class or death for the economy?
Hour Three - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Will Carrie go into shock when Thom calls for living wage not a minimum wage?
On the Program - Dec 3 2008
Quote: "In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves; the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy" - Ivan Illich, Austrian-born philosopher
Hour One - Jennifer Wheary www.demos.org Topic: report on the declining middle class
Hour Two - Larry Beinhart author of Wag the Dog www.larrybeinhart.com Topic: Body Politic: Alan Shrugged
Hour Three - Dean Baker Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC www.cepr.net Topic: Paulson and Bernanke Spread the Wealth Around
Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong!" Mary T. Browne "Wall Street's Psychic Adviser" Author www.marytbrowne.com
November 28 2008 show notes
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Mayor Mark Begich. Democratic senator elect for the US Senate from Alaska. Transcript.
- Guests: Peter Yarrow, singer/songwriter of "Peter Paul and Mary" and his singer daughter Bethany. Politics, performing and the future of our country. Operation RESPECT.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - Dec 2 2008
Live from "It's Time To Talk Day" radio row at Liz Claiborne Inc in NYC
Hour One - Dr. Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow at American Progress www.americanprogress.org Topic: America's middle class continues to lose ground
Guest: Jim Martin www.martinforsenat.com Topic: Today's special run-off election today against Chambliss... please vote & call your friends to vote!
Hour Two - Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, Business Week Magazine www.businessweek.com Topic: Can Obama keep new jobs at home?
Hour Three – It’s Time to Talk Day