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January 06 2009 show notes

Jan. 11, 2009 9:28 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

The economy.

Best of the rest of the news.

Guest: Ron Reagan, supporting chimps in spite of the fact that a chimp peed on him when he was on the Air America Cruise. "Chimp Haven".

Guest: Russ Baker, Author of "Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America".

Guest: Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author of "Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future" explains how we have passed the safe limit of 350 ppm CO₂ in the atmosphere, which means a freaking emergency.

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On the Program - Jan 9th 2009

Jan. 8, 2009 9:53 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

"AnythingGoes Friday"

Hour One "BrunchWith Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov

Hour Two "TakingOur Country Back" Tom Geoghegan www.geogheganforcongress.com Topic: Running for Rahm Emanuel's House Seat (specialelection 3/3/09)

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On the Program - Jan 8th 2009

Jan. 8, 2009 9:55 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Quote: "Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship." - Patrick Henry

Hour One - The Best of the Rest of the News

Hour Two - Tina Brown www.thedailybeast.com Topic: Her new venture "The Daily Beast" website...rethinking the competition, the launch, how it's doing and the future...

Hour Three - Former CIA strategist Retired Air Force Colonel Robert Chandle www.regnery.com Topic: Will Western Capitalism survive? 3 choices for the future: autocracy, democracy or theocracy (his new book is Shadow World)

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar

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January 05 2009 show notes

Jan. 7, 2009 8:33 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

Guest: Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J Street, the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement.
Guest: Ray Hanania. Award winning journalist, stand up comedian & author (hosts a daily radio show on Chicago's WJJG 1530AM). A Palestinian American "Defining the moderate Palestinian Arab voice, offering reason to the American, Israeli and Arab publics. He has been a participant in peace talks in the past, meeting Yasser Arafat.

Guest: Carrie Lukas, Vice President for Policy and Economics, Independent Women's Forum. What should be included in the '09 economic stimulus package?

Guest: Andy Barr, Communications Director for Al Franken. Not one bit of effort was wasted, it is so close. The board will meet in hour and half, and is expected to declare Al the winner.

Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation magazine. New book, "The Nation Guide to The Nation.

Guest: Bill Samuel. AFL-CIO and the new Administration. They are launching a green jobs for America programme.

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On the Program - Jan 7th 2009

Jan. 7, 2009 7:59 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

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

Hour Two - Adam Michaelson www.us.penguingroup.com Topic: the real story of what happened with the implosion of Countrywide

Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" Jim Rubens www.oversuccess.com Topic: Is there an epidemic with wealth, fame, and power in America?

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on the Program - Jan 6th 2009

Jan. 6, 2009 9:12 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Quote: "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh

Hour One - The Best of the Rest of the News....Thom's take on the news.

Hour Two - Russ Baker www.familyofsecrets.com Topic: "Family of Secrets" (how we got Bush in the first place and how can we make sure we don't end up with another one in the White House?!)

Hour Three - Bill McKibben www.350.org Topic: Why is "350: the most important number on earth"?

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January 02 2009 show notes

Jan. 5, 2009 9:09 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

"Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

Guest: Lamar Waldron, author, with Thom, of "Ultimate Sacrifice: John and Robert Kennedy, the Plan for a Coup in Cuba, and the Murder of JFK" and "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination".

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On the Program - Jan 5 2009

Jan. 5, 2009 9:20 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Quote:"It's not too late to seek a newer world."- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hour One - Executive Director JStreet Jeremy Ben-Ami www.jstreet.org & Palestinian Journalist Ray Hanania www.themediaoasis.com Topic: Gaza...Israeli ground attacks

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic:Thom and Carrie debate - What should be included in the '09 economic stimuluspackage?

Hour Three - Karina Vanden Huevel www.thenation.org Topic: newbook "The Nation Guide to The Nation"

Guest: Bill Samuel www.aflcio.org Topic: AFL-CIO and the new Administration

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December 31 2008 show notes

Jan. 4, 2009 7:19 pm

By Thom Hartmann A...

New Year's Eve.

Gaza.

Guest: Ray Hanania. Award winning journalist, stand up comedian & author (hosts a daily radio show on Chicago's WJJG 1530AM). A Palestinian American "Defining the moderate Palestinian Arab voice, offering reason to the American, Israeli and Arab publics.

Guest: Former U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, American Enterprise Institute.

Guest: Gerald Celente, Director of the Trends Research Institute. Trends Journal: Top Trends 2009.

Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Kat Tansey. Author, "Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master".

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On the Program - Jan 2 2009

Jan. 2, 2009 1:42 am

By Thom Hartmann A...

Quote: "When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." - Thomas Jefferson

Anything Goes! Friday

Hour One "Brunch With Bernie " Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov

Hour Two - Lamar Waldron www.legacyofsecrecy.com Topic: "Legacy of Secrecy;" the Cuba connection (yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution)