Thom talks with Tish O'Dell (Organizer for Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Ohio Community Rights Network. ) on how communities are taking power into their own hands.

Thom takes your calls on the differences between hate speech and free speech. where is the line, what is the limit of acceptable speech in our society?

Thom takes your calls on the dangers of global warming, the melting Arctic, CO2 in the atmosphere and what would be the next major extinction event.

Thom discussses the limits of the 1st amendments free speech protections and notices something interesting, speech that harms is already not allowed, so why are we letting Nazis get away with abusing the 1st amendment?

Thom remembers his friend, the late Dick Gregory the activist and comedian who made his audience conscious through humor. A personal friend of Thom and the program, Dick Gregory passed away over the weekend after a lifetime of fighting for justice and a lifetime of laughs.

Thom reads a passage from his book, The Thom Hartmann Reader (a compilation of excerpts of his previous books), regarding the importance of an informed electorate, and Thomas Jefferson's thoughts on the subject.

Thom discovers that even Fox News is against the nazis! Whats that line about broken clocks?

Thom talks to Rep Mark Pocan on the possibility of stopping Pence as well as Trump.

Thom takes your calls and gets to the bottom of a very important question. Where did the rioters in Charlottesville get the money to do this? Turns out, exactly where white supremacist have always got their money.

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Thom speaks with Robert Kuttner the co-founder and co-editor at The American Prospect and Professor-Brandeis University's Heller School, as well as author, latest book Debtor's Prison: The Politics Of Austerity Versus Possibility.

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Thom brings up the very flimsy things holding the economy together and how they might become stressed

Thom discusses the possibility of Trump exploding should he face impeachment or other criminal charges. Will we survive Trump's meltdown?

Thom is joined by Associate Fellow at the Institute For Policy Studies to discuss NAFTA and other trade deals and how they hurts workers across the world.