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The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 26th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:27:43 -0400

August 25th - September 5th 2008 Radio Guest Highlights for theWeek

Thom will be“live” from The Democratic and Republican Conventions – radio row. Guestsinclude Rep. John Conyers, David Sirota, Tom Hayden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, TerryJeffries, Christy Harvy, Rep Linda Sanchez, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and more…

Thom's Travel & Events Coming Up…

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 22 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:18:23 -0400

"ANYTHING GOES FRIDAY"

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

Hour Two - Dr. Jerome Corsi www.worldnetdaily.com

The Thom Hartmann Program- August 21, 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:27 -0400

Quote for the Day: "So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy." --Roger Nash Baldwin

Hour One - Benjamin Day www.masscare.com Topic: Single payer health care and why it's working (or not) in Massachusetts

Hour Two - John Podesta www.americanprogress.org Topic:"The Power of Progress"

Guest: Taking Our Country Back" Bill Hedrick www.hedrickforcongress.com Topic: Running for Congress in CA's 44th District against 16 year Republican incumbent Ken Calvert

Hour Three -Tom Frank www.tcfrank.com Topic: The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

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

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 20th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:16:31 -0400

Quote: Democracy means not "I am as good asyou are" but "You are as good as I am." --Theodore Parker

Hour One - Joseph Farah www.worldnetdaily.com Topic: Thom challenges Joseph Farah -What if they held a presidential election and no-one showed up? ( new book"None of the Above: Why 2008 is The Year to Cast the Ultimate ProtestVote")

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thomand Terry debate the “Issues of the Day”

Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" T.E. Scott www.crazymanseconomics.comTopic: Crazy Man's Economic

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 19th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:17:40 -0400

Quote: The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions backto life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No oneelse can. - John Gardner

Hour One - Renee-Marie Stephano www.MedicalTourismAssociation.com Topic: Thomand Renee debate - Medical tourism...see your surgeons and the sites overseas

Hour Two - Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org: Why isn't anyone talking about nuclear power to resolve theenergy crisis?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 18th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:28:11 -0400

Quote: Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better - Jane Auer

Hour One – Politics 101 – McCain vs.Obama

Hour Two - Michelle Bernard www.iwf.org Topic: Thom and Michelle debate - Isn't there a connection between saving the planet and saving starving children?

Hour Three - Alan Weisman www.worldwithoutus.com Topic: His book "The World Without Us"…what would it be like?

Guest: Labor Segment" Stewart Acuff www.aflcio.org Topic: Wal-Mart Alert

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 15th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:35 -0400

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

Hour Two - Economics Guru - Dr. Ravi Batra www.ravibatra.com

Hour Three - Dorothy Fadiman and Ion Sancho www.stealingamericathemovie.org Topic: The film "Stealing America Vote by Vote"opening today in Los Angeles

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 14th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:25:22 -0400

Crazy Alert!! The Thom Hartmann Program demands additionsbe made to the endangered species list! (Bigfoot, the Chupacabra, and theAbominable Snowman)

Hour One - Kristan Hawkins www.studentsforlife.orgTopic: Thom and Kristan debate "Does the new Planned Parenthood adtargeting teens about oral sex cross the line?"

Hour Two - Les Bernal www.stoppredatorygambling.orgTopic: Thom and Les debate "Should gambling (of any kind) be legal?"

Guest: "Taking Our Country Back" Debbie Cook www.debbiecookforcongress.comTopic: Running for Congress in California's 46th District against incumbant Republican Dana Rohrbacher

Hour Three - Economic meltdown

Guest: Christy Harveywww.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar

Thom'sTravel & Events Coming Up…

SOLD OUT! August 16- Seattle, WA - KPTK 1090AM - Looking Forward/MovingForward/What Now - Round-table Forum 6:30PM-7:30PM Seattle CenterExhibition Hall

Thom will be on Radio Row at both theDemocratic and Republican Conventions:
August 26th 6pm - Denver, CO -Thom is giving a talk and signing books -Border's Books in Lone Tree Colorado in the Park Meadows Mall. 8557 ParkMeadows Center Dr. Lone Tree, CO 80124 303.708.1735 (AM 760, Colorado'sProgressive Talk www.am760.net

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 13th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:38:41 -0400

Hour One – LarissaAlexandrovnawww.rawstory.com Topic: Can’t find WMDs?Plant it?

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom is asking Terry –Are you willing to kill the human race so fat cats can get fatter?

Hour Three -"Everything You Know is Wrong" Jim Stark www.rescueplanforplanetearth.comTopic: His new book, Rescue Plan for Planet Earth

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 12th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:14:51 -0400

Hour One - George Landrith www.ff.org Topic: Thom and George Landrithdebate the impact of - Big Oil Profits.

Hour Two – The Best of the Rest of the News.

Hour Three – Larry Pratt www.gunowners.orgTopic: Should Students be allowed to carried guns on college campuses?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 11th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:19:22 -0400

Quote for the Day:To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race orcolor is like living in Alaska and being against snow - William Faulkner

Hour One - Dr. David Duke www.davidduke.com Topic: Thom challenges David Duke – who claims"Obama is a visual aid for White Americans who just don't get it yet that we have lost control of our country, and unless we get it back we are headingfor complete annihilation as a people."

Hour Two - Donna Wiesner Keene www.iwf.orgTopic: Thom and Donna debate Tax reform...McCain vs. Obama...who's plan is better for working families?

Thom interviews author Ron Suskind on his new book

Tim Einenkel — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:48:49 -0400

THE WAY OF THE WORLD: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Ron Suskind reveals explosive falsehoods underlying the entire Bush presidency.

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 8th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:31:20 -0400

AnythingGoes Friday!

Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders takesyour calls

Hour Two - RonSuskind www.ronsuskind.com Topic: "THE WAYOF THE WORLD: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism (Suskind revealsfor the first time an explosive falsehood underlying the entire Bushpresidency)

Thom's Travel & Events ComingUp…

August 16 - Seattle, WA - AM 1090Progressive Talk (KPTK) - LookingForward/Moving Forward/What Now - Roundtable Forum 6:30pm - 7:30pm SeattleCenter Exhibition Hall (w/fellowradiohosts Stephanie Miller, Rachel Maddow,Randi Rhodes, MIke Malloy, RonReaganand Sam Seder.)

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 7th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:34:57 -0400

Hour One – The Politics behind China & the Olympics – Does Capitalism need Democracy to Work?

"Taking Our Country Back" Sam Rasoul www.samrasoul.us Topic: Running for Congress in the 6th District, Virginia

Hour Two - Roni Duetch www.ronideutch.com Topic: Is the economy headed for/in a recession or not? (Roni says not)

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 6th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:07:49 -0400

Quote for the Day: When the government violates thepeople's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of thepeople, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties. -Marquis de Lafayette

Hour One - Flashback: Seven yearsago today, Bush received ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.’ memo &Would you support your city having up to $1000 in fines for not recycling?

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.comTopic Is the US headed for Bankrupcy?...through the lens of conservative &liberal.

Hour Three – Air America radio Host –Lionel www.lionelonline.com Topic: his new book "Everyone's CrazyExcept You and Me...and I'm Not So Sure About You"

Thom'sTravel & Events Coming Up…

August 16 - Seattle, WA - AM 1090Progressive Talk (KPTK) - Looking Forward/Moving Forward/What Now -Roundtable Forum 6:30pm - 7:30pm Seattle Center Exhibition Hall (w/fellow radiohosts Stephanie Miller, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes, MIke Malloy, Ron Reaganand Sam Seder.)

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 5th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:44:46 -0400

Quote of the Day: It ishorrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. - AnselAdams

Hour One - Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.orgTopic: Thom and dan debate – Does Global warming hits minorities more?

Hour Two - Michael Tanner www.cato.org Topic: Universal healthcarecoverage vs. free market healthcare (Obama v. McCain)

Hour Three - US Congresswoman (D-CO) Diana Degettewww.degette.house.gov Topic: Sex, Science, and Stem Cells:Inside the Right Wing Assault on Reason"

Thom'sTravel & Events Coming Up…August 16 - Seattle, WA - AM 1090 ProgressiveTalk (KPTK) - Looking Forward/Moving Forward/What Now - Roundtable Forum6:30pm - 7:30pm Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 4th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:23:24 -0400

Join "live" Chat at www.thomhartmann.com

HappyBirthday Barack Obama!

Quote for the Day: Patriotismis not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steadydedication of a lifetime. - Adlai E. Stevenson

HourOne - Thom challenges the Republicans' framing of Obama as the antichrist or"too uppity"

HourTwo - Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org Topic:Should communities have a say over their quality of life or just corporations?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Aug 1st 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:24:56 -0400

To Join "Chat" live during the show - go to...http://thomhartmann.org/Web/chat.shtml

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the healthand vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Patrick Henry

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

Hour Two - Gus Speth www.thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com Topic: Thom's “Thinker” book of the month"The Bridge At The End of The World"

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 31th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:23:17 -0400

Quote: Every kind ofservice necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary - NathanHale

Hour One – EconomicMeltdown? And the Best of the rest of the News…

Hour Two - James Carafano, PhD www.heritagefoundation.orgTopic: Is America's anti-war movement "wilting" (Carafano says yes)

Guest: "Taking Our CountryBack" Henry Sanchez www.sanchezforuscongress.org Topic:Running for Congress in Michigan's 3rd district...

Guest: "Advertising SuccessStory" Greg Boyce:www.corbettfishhouse.com Topic: successful advertising campaign onKPOJ

The Thom hartmann Program - July 30th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:29:09 -0400

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
--Samuel Adams

Hour One - Are we going to be living in Yurts eating road kill soon?

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: How big can government get and can we afford it?

Guests: Teri Mills & Kindra Scanlon www.nationalnurse.org Topic: Nurses and the Public Say It Is Time for Change"

Hour Three - "Everything you Know is Wrong" Max Gross - From Schlub to Stud

Larry Scott www.vawatchdog.org Topic: Veteran's issues

Thom's Travel & Events Coming Up…August 2 & 3 - (this weekend!) In Madison, WI with our affiliate station The MIC 92.1 (WXXM) - Thom is speaking Saturday - NonStop Radio Symposium, Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way www.nonstopradio.com

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 29th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:57:40 -0400

HourOne - Paul Ehrlich www.dominantanimal.org Topic: The DominantAnimal: Human Evolution and the Environment

HourTwo - Marc Morano www.epw.senate.gov/public Topic: Globalwarming...mostly natural not man made according to Atmospheric Scientist Dr.Roy Spencer, formerly of NASA

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 28th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:22:44 -0400

Hour One - How do powerful economic intererests make themselves richer and bankrupt nations?

Hour Two - Thom and Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org debate - Who is causing the energy crisis - Democrats or Republicans?

Hour Three - T. Boone Pickens www.boonepickens.com

Coming up...Madison, WI Aug 2 & 3 - Thom will be speaking - NonStop Radio Symposium with the MIC 92.1 (WXXM), Alliant Energy Center

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 25th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:51:29 -0400

"AnythingGoes Friday"

HourOne - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator US Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov

HourTwo – Former Governor Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org

Thom'sTravel & Events Coming Up…

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 24 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:08:36 -0400

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. Theactivist is the man who cleans up the river- Ross Perot

HourOne - Don Corace www.doncorace.comTopic: "Government Pirates" re: "eminent domain abuse and othergovernment regulations"

HourTwo - "Taking Our Country Back" Daniel Bliss www.danielbiss.com Topic: Running forstate rep 17th district Illinois

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

The Thom Hartmann Program - July 23 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:23:04 -0400

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressivedevelopment. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they growolder, and societies better - Christian Nestell Bovee

HourOne - John Berlau www.cei.org Topic:Why does the new GSE bailout require a fingerprintregistry? and Do you mind beingstrip searched every time you go through an airport?

HourTwo - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Guaranteed Government...is it thegovernment's role to guarantee us certain material benefits in addition to preservingour basic human rights?