Joyce Koch, Retired Social Worker & mother of two & Karen Koch, College Professor & mother of two both join Thom.

Thom discusses The Koch Sisters Campaign with Joyce and Karen Koch and the latest oil train explosion with “In These Time’s” Cole Stangler and Riverkeeper’s Phillip Musegaas. Thom debates whether the GOP has an actual jobs plan with David Laska of the New York State Republican Party and Thom takes viewer video questions and comments in “Your Take, My Take Live.”

Jeff Cohen, RootsAction / Park Center for Independent Media - Ithaca College, joins Thom Hartmann

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)/Mark Pocan for Congress, joins Thom Hartmann.

Andrew Kloster, The Heritage Foundation & Kevin Martin, Project 21, joins Thom Hartmann.

As the Ebola outbreak continues to grow - Republican lawmakers are saying that America isn't prepared to fight the deadly virus. But that's exactly how they want it...

Lynn Stuart Parramore, Alternet, joins Thom Hartmann. It seems like everytime you turn on the TV - you hear another story about an A-List celebrity or Wall Street billionaire spending millions on themselves while doing nothing for the greater society. This selfishness plays out in Washington too - where Conservative lawmakers would rather create policies that help the wealthy elite hoard their wealth - than help millions and millions of struggling Americans. But while selfishness might feel good to the individual - it's doing untold and lasting damage to our society and way of life. So - if you think that we can be a productive society while selfishness and narcissism run amok - then everything you know is wrong!

The Good - The Bad - And the Very Very Manxomely Ugly

Marianne Williamson, The Law of Divine Compensation, joins Thom Hartmann. So - what's behind the media's rush to terrorize Americans over Ebola - and how could our country be handling the the age of an Ebola outbreak better?

Bryan Fischer, American Family Association / Focal Point-AFR Talk, joins Thom Hartmann. Gay marriage had a huge - and somewhat surprising - day at the Supreme Court. Earlier this morning - the Court said that it wouldn't hear appeals from five states challenging federal court rulings that struck down their same-sex marriage bans. Without getting too much into the weeds - this means that gay marriage is now legal in all five of those states - Indiana - Oklahoma - Utah - Virginia and Wisconsin. In the spirit of Jesus, shouldn't conservatives embrace gay marriage? Marriage is a conservative idea and same-sex marriage is all about preserving the family and empowering people to create families.

Tom Grundy, Independent Journalist /Advocate, joins Thom Hartmann. After weeks of massive protests - activists in Hong Kong have agreed to formal talks with that city's government. Could real democracy be in the cards for the Peal of the East or is a major crackdown still possible?

Jasmyn Richardson, Advancement Project, joins Thom Hartmann. It was a big day for same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court - as the nine justices effectively made the practice legal in most of America. So - is it time to declare the culture wars over once and for all?

Thom discusses the GOP’s continued war on voting in the lead up to the midterm elections with the Advancement Project’s Jasmyn Richardson, the latest from the Hong Kong protests with Independent Journalist Tom Grundy and the right-wing fear mongering over Ebola with Author & Activist Marianne Williamson. Thom debates the Supreme Court’s refusal to rule on same-sex marriage with the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer and in tonight's “Daily Take” Thom discusses how, thanks to Republicans, America is without its top doctor (U.S. Surgeon General) while a deadly virus continues to grow and spread.

Tonight’s “Big Picture Rumble” discusses Jon Stewart’s rant on how the GOP is all about saving Americans from ISIS & Ebola, but not things that are actually killing Americans, the GOP’s continued war on voting in the lead up to the midterm elections, and the ACLU lawsuit against Alabama over their extremely radical anti-abortion law. In tonight's “Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks to legendary Trial Attorney Fred Levin, who’s profiled in the new book “And Give Up Showbiz?: How Fred Levin Beat Big Tobacco, Avoided Two Murder Prosecutions, Became Chief of Ghana, Earned Boxing Manager of the Year, and Transformed American Law.”

Thanks to privatization - millions of Americans are finding it harder and harder to get the healthcare treatment they need. Why have our medical records been sold to the highest bidder - and isn't time to stop the privatization insanity? So - isn't it time to restore control of the commons to We the People?