Quote: "The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon…has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right." -- James Madison, Virginia Resolutions, 1798

Hour One - The Best of the Rest of the News - Thom's Take

Hour Two - Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org Topic: Why are conservatives freaked out by local governments addressing climate change?

Hour Three - Roni Deutch www.ronideutch.com Topic: Tax Tips for tax time

Highlights on the Show...Jan 26-30th 2009

Monday
Topic: The Bush administration weaken protections for workers including access to family and medical leave in the midnight hours. Thom debates Carrie Lukas of the Independent Womens Forum www.iwf.org on how to bring them back.
Topic: What would life be like without lawyers? Thom talks with attorney/author Philip K. Howard about his new book www.philipkhoward.com

Tuesday
Topic: Why are conservatives freaked out by local governments adressing climate change? Thom confronts Dan Gainor of the Business and Meida Institute www.businessandmedia.org
Topic: Helping you with this year's taxes and prepping for next year. Thom talks with attorney/tax expert Roni Deutch www.ronideutch.com

Wednesday
Topic: "Plunder and Bubble: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy." Economist Dean Baker talks to Thom about his new book www.cepr.net Topic: Do you need help keeping or finding a job? Career coach Wendy Gelberg joins Thom to answer listener questions www.gentlejobsearch.com
Topic: "Everything You Know is Wrong" Ever wonder what makes someone a serial killer? Thom talks with Tom Philbin author of "The Killer Book of Serial Killers" www.sourcebooks.com

Thursday
Topic: President Jimmy Carter joins Thom to talk about his new book "We Can Have Peace in the Middle East: A Plan That Will Work" www.cartercenter.org
Topic: "What will it take to survive and prosper in the 21st century?" Thom talks to conservative pundit/author Tony Blankley about his new book "American Grit"www.americangritbook.com
Topic: What do President Obama and Thomas Paine have in common? Professor Harvey Kaye joins Thom to celebrate Paine's birthday www.amazon.com (for his book "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America")

Friday
"Brunch With Bernie" Bernie Sanders U.S. Senator (I-VT) www.sanders.senate.gov

Events with Thom Hartmann Coming Up….

May 1 & 2 – Denver, CO – Green Festival – Thom is keynoting

• Show live from Washington, DC.


• Thom went to the Eastern ball last night, Obama gave a short barnburner speech.


• Guest: Richard Greene, author, "Words That Shook The World", host, "Clout" on Air America. The inaugural.


• Guest: David Madland, Director of the American Worker Project.


• Guest: Kandy Stroud who has been booking the guests for Thom and others at the radio row.


• Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey.


• Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Ken Davis, "Don't Know Much About" series. Presidential inauguration history & little known facts.

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