• Show live from Washington D.C., from the radio row at America’s Future Now (formerly known as TAKE BACK AMERICA), Omni Shoreham Hotel.
• Debris has been found in the area where the Air France jet was lost.
• Article: Obama Nominates Republican Rep. McHugh to Be Secretary of Army.
• Obama is pushing back on Cheney. Fact check on Cheney's last speech, with NPR.

• Thom's back home from Alaska, where he had a great time.
• The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The Republican talking points were leaked, they will be reasonable until they decide not to.
• Article: RNC fumbles Sotomayor talking points.
  Talking points:

• Carl Wolfson and Christine Alexander, Thom’s co-hosts at KPOJ guest hosted the show as Thom and Louise were in Alaska. Sean, Jacob and Lane were producing.
• It is Memorial Day. In between guests, people called in to pay tribute to their veterans; those who died and those who survived. Remember the people left behind, the sacrifices that families make, Michelle Obama made that her focus.

• Article: The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence, John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers.
  

Monday 18 May '09 show

• Article: Supreme Court says Bush officials can't be sued for alleged detainee abuse.
  "The court's liberal justices - David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens - dissented from the court's opinion.