• Thom was snowed in, so the show was live from on the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, with Higgins the cat.


• "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont. Bernie talked about the economy, the bank bailout and the auto bailout, and answered questions from callers. Transcript.


• Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics at Southern Methodist University. His 4 point plan for turning the economy around. Why throwing money at banks doesn't work. Listeners' questions. Transcript.


• Guest: Sarah Rosen Wartell. Acting CEO of the Center for American Progress and Executive Vice President for Management of American Progress.


• "Geeky Science Rocks"

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

Friday 19 December '08 show

• Thom was snowed in, so the show was live from on the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.
  
• Article: Navy Sinks Billions into Spare Parts, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
  
• Movie: "Roger and Me", Michael Moore.
  
• "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont. Bernie talked about the economy, the bank bailout and the auto bailout, and answered questions from callers. Transcript.
  
• Bumper Music: Speed of Sound, Coldplay.
  
• Book: "Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy", Ravi Batra.
  
• Book: "The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos", Ravi Batra.
  
• Article: Prophet of Boom (and Bust): Now will they listen to Ravi Batra?
  
• Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Author of "Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy" and "The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos".
  
  His 4 point plan for turning the economy around. Why throwing money at banks doesn't work. Listeners' questions. Transcript.
  
• Bumper Music: Anything Goes, Harpers Bizarre.
  
• Bumper Music: Twelve Days of Bushmas, The, Dave Lippman.
  
• Bumper Music: Talk, Coldplay.
  
• Book: "Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President", edited by Mark Green and Michele Jolin.
  "The Center for American Progress Action Fund, along with New Democracy Project, presents Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President, to help guide the presidential transition process and steer the government in a new, more progressive direction.".Description, contents, excerpts and additional material.
  
• Guest: Sarah Rosen Wartell.
  "Sarah Rosen Wartell is the Acting CEO of the Center for American Progress and Executive Vice President for Management of American Progress. One of the original architects of American Progress