August 2008

• Show live from the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, radio row.


• Guest: Congressman Michael Capuano, 8th Congressional District of Massachusetts.


• Guest: Bob Borosage, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future, chair of Progressive Majority.


• Guest: R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.


• Guest: Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz, 13th district of Pennsylvania.


• Guest: John Podesta, founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Progress.


• Guest: David Keith, film actor, advisory board, The National Association to PROTECT Children. Senate bill 1738, the Combating Child Exploitation Act.


• Guest: Congressman Peter DeFazio.


• Guest: Governor Phil Bredesen, Tennessee.


• Guest: David Sirota. His new book, "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington".

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

Thom and Congresswoman Donna Edwards, the newest congresswoman, discussed the most important issues affecting working families, the economy, super delegate (she is one), Republican tactics and themes, and the historic change in having both a black and a woman candidate.

• Guest: Benjamin Day, Mass-Care. Single payer health care and why it's working (or not) in Massachusetts.


• Guest: John Podesta, American Progress. "The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country".


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


• Guest: Tom Frank, "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule".


• Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress, MicCheckradio.org. "News Under the Radar".

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

Thom discusses with former Republican Congressman Bob Ney the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the document he passed on to the White House saying that Iran would have recognized Israel and a whole host of other things and would have let our inspectors on their ground, and the reasons he was singled out for prosecution (while admitting he was guilty).