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June 12 2008 show notes


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June 23-27 2008 "live" from Denmark

June 23-27 2008 - The Thom Hartmann Program will be"live" from Denmark in partnership with The Danish Broadcasting Network. Politicians to students will join in as we find out...Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world? What is the secret of this small country with dreary weather, heavy smoking and drinking, and taxes between 50-70% that keeps the Danes so happy?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world?
Weekdays Noon-3p ET "live"

June 23 - 27 2008 Radio Guest Highlights for the Week - Special thanks to Lea Hjort from Danish Broadcasting Network who has been helping us with guests and will be a guest on the program next week as well.

Monday

Guest: Peter Mogensen (In-Studio -Denmark), political commentator and Editor-in-chief Politiken. Peter hosts his own political debate TV show at TV2 News Topic: How does Democratic socialism help build a middle class?

Guest: Carl Pedersen (In-Studio -Denmark), Professor, Copenhagen Business School Topic: Holding dual citizenship of both the US & Denmark - he spells out the differences and what lessons we could learn.

Tuesday

Guest: Henrik Bindslev (In-Studio -Denmark), director of National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark where Denmark has achieved a leading position within such diverse fields as design, wind energy, biotechnology, electronics and telecommunication Topic: Is Denmark's wind energy program is a leading example of how government support can make alternative energy commercially viable?

Guest: Mette Frederiksen (In-Studio -Denmark) - The Social Democratic Party's spokeswoman on social affairs. Former spokeswoman on cultural affairs and gender equality issues.

Wednesday

Guest: Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom and Terry Jeffries look at the issues of the day through the lens of both conservative and liberal.

Guest: Kaare Christensen (In-Studio -Denmark), Scientist Health Research, University of Southern Denmark - the key author/study of 60 Minute’s story on Danish Happiness (feb. 2008). Topic: Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world? What is the secret of this small country with dreary weather, heavy smoking and drinking, and taxes between 50-70% that keeps the Danes so happy?

Thursday

Guest: Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org Topic: Doesn't the "salmonella tomato" prove that we need more regulation - not less - of our food?

Guest: Flemming Rose (In-Studio -Denmark) Flemming is the Cultural Editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He published the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Topic: Topic: How does Denmark deal with ethnic and religious minorities and how does the cartoon controversy play into that?

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar

Friday - Anything Goes! Friday

Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders "Brunch with Bernie" www.sanders.senate.gov taking your calls

On the Program - June 20th 2008

Anything Goes Friday!

Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders

Hour Two - U.S. Congressman (D-OR) Earl Blumenauer Topic: FISA

June 11 2008 show notes


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On the Program - June 19th 2008

Quote: I strive for the best and I do the possible. - Lyndon B. Johnson

Hour One - Guest: Rory O'Connor www.roryoconnor.org Topic: Right wing hate speak and his new book "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio"

Hour Two - Guest: Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org  Topic: Salmonella tomato debate...food safety measures faulted

Guest: Wenonah Hauter :www.foodandwaterwatch.org Topic: Salmonella tomatoes...is irradiating food the answer?

Hour Three - Charlie Derber www2.bc.edu/~derber/ Topic: "The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America with Women's Values" (with co-author Katherine Adam) and "Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again, and the Politically Correct do Evil in the Name of Good"

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar

Thom's Travel & Events Coming Up…

NEXT WEEK: June 23 - 27 - Broadcasting "live" from Denmark

August 2 & 3 - Madison WI - Thom is speaking Saturday - NonStop Radio Symposium, Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way www.nonstopradio.com

Thom will be on Radio Row at both the Democratic and Republican Conventions

On the Program - June 18th 2008

Quote: Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow - Jeff Valdez

Hour One - Congressman (D-OR) Peter DeFazio www.defazio.house.gov Topic: Gas prices and off shore drilling

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com  Topic: Are liberals trying to socialize transportation?

Hour Three - "Everything You Know is Wrong" Jessica Valenti www.feministing.com  Topic: Her new book "He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know"

Guest: Larry Scott www.vawatchdog.org Topic: Veteran's issues

You can find the report the Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4) was referring to at...

http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/images/stories/Documents/truth_about_americas_energy.pdf

On the Program - June 17th 2008

Hour One - Stephen P. Halbrook www.independent.org Topic: Gun debate...why would the founding fathers oppose a gun ban?

Guest: Anthony Romero www.aclu.org

Hour Two - Rick Perlstein www.rickperlstein.org Topic: In his book Nixonland, Perlstein argues that Nixon was the "grandfather of today's politics of hate"

Hour Three - Gov. Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org Topic: update on his case

Guest: Senator Mike Gravel www.gravel2008.us Topic: New book on his political career "Political Odyssey"

GOP convention button asks, ‘If Obama is president…will we still call it the White House?’

A booth at this weekend’s Texas Republican convention sold buttons asking, “If Obama Is President…Will We Still Call It The White House?”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/gop-convention-button-asks-if-obama-is-presidentwill-we-still-call-it-the-white-house/

Call Tina Benkiser - Republican Chair of Texas Republicans at 512-477-9821

On the Program - June 16th

Watch Thom "live" noon to 3p et www.airamerica.com/thomvision

Quote of the Day: The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet - William Gibson

Hour One - Dozens Of Men -- Perhaps Hundreds -- Wrongfully Imprisoned By U.S.

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Will deregulating the health care industry turn it into the wild, wild west?

Hour Three - Rick Perlstein www.rickperlstein.org Topic: In his book Nixonland, Perlstein argues that Nixon was the "grandfather of today's politics of hate"

Guest: "Labor Segment" Tim Newman www.laborrights.org Topic: Campaign against Bridgestone/ Firestone to end child labor practices

NEXT WEEK: June 23 - 27 - Broadcasting "live" from Denmark

June 10 2008 show notes


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June 09 2008 show notes


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On the Program - June 13 2008

Hour One "Brunch With Bernie" U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov

"Anything Goes Friday"

On the Program - June 12 2008

To Watch Thom During the Program - http://airamerica.com/thomvision/

Hour One - Ralph Reed, GOP consultant www.ralphreed.com Topic: his new political thriller "Dark Horse"

Hour Two - John F. Wasik Columnist for Bloomberg News...most recent book is called "iMoney" www.johnwasik.com Topic: How the middle class can get ahead

"Taking Our Country Back Segment" Gary Pritchard www.garypritchard08.com Topic: Democratic Candidate for California State Senate from District SD33

Hour Three - Bob Barr, Libertarian nominee for President www.bobbarr2008.com Topic: The 2008 election...who will he help or hurt...

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar

On the Program - June 11 2008

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Hour One - Congressman Peter DeFazio www.defazio.house.gov Topic: Who are the fatcats that are killing our economy…why and how?

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Issues of the day through the lens of liberal and conservative.

Guest: Congressman Robert Wexler www.wexler.house.gov Topic: Congressman Kucinich's Bush impeachment resolution intro'd yesterday

Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" Rick Shenkman www.howstupidblog.com Topic: "Just How Stupid Are We?"

Guest: Peter Yarrow "Peter Paul and Mary" will be here in studio to sing "Where have all the Flowers Gone" and "Puff the Magic Dragon"

On the Program - June 10th 2008

Hour One - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Should we have cap & trade or loot & pollute…(lewd & crude?)

Guest: (Higgins Alert!!) Dr. Leslie Lyons www.channel.nationalgeographic.com Topic: National Geographic Channel show "Explorer: Science of Cats" airing tonight at 10p Eastern

Hour Two - Debate - Will bombing Iran bring about Armageddon?
Guest: Richard Naiman www.justforeignpolicy.org
Guest: Former U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations - John Bolton www.aei.org

Hour Three - David Sirota www.davidsirota.com Topic: His new book "The Uprising"

Guest: Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona www.healing-arts.org Topic: Why can't we all have "Kennedy Care?"

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