March 07 2008 show notes

- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics, author of "Greenspan's Fraud".
- What might have actually happened in Ohio and Texas? Tin foil hat required?
- Guest: Nicholas Kristof. Columnist, The New York Times. Darfur.
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March 06 2008 show notes

- Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), just back from Darfur.
- Guest: Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism".
- Why, or why not, should Hillary and Obama embrace each other as running mates?
- Relationship counseling / couples therapy.
- Taking My Country Back: Guest: Bill Foster. Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district.
- Progressive advertising segment: Guest: Dean Cycon, Dean's Beans.
- Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer, "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq".
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress.
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On the Program - March 7th 2008

Hour One - Guest: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders http://sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Guest: Professor of economics - Dr. Ravi Batra http://www.ravibatra.com Topic: The state of our economy...recession or slowdown?
Hour Three - Guest: Nicolas Kristof - Columnist, The New York Times http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com Topic: Darfur
March 05 2008 show notes

- The election last night.
- Republicans who followed Rush's suggestion to vote for Hillary lost out.
- Guest: David Sirota. Free trade.
- Guest: DNC Vice Chair Susan Turnbull.
- United Technologies, Diebold, lobbyist.
- Guest: Mia Farrow. Darfur.
- Brattleboro and Marlboro voted to arrest Bush and Cheney.
- Guest: Larry Scott, founder and Editor of VA Watch Dog. Vote Smart - Vote Vet.
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On the Program - March 6th 2008

Hour One
Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ, 10th District)www.house.gov/payne Topic: Darfur trip - "Africa expert" in Congress
Guest: Ha-Joon Chang http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty/chang/index.htm Topic: "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
Hour Two
Guest: Bill Foster - Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district http://www.foster08.com Topic: The special general election is this Saturday…the first opportunity in 2008 for Democrats to flip a congressional seat (Dennis Hastert’s)
Hour Three
Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer www.simonsays.com Topic: His experiences as the first Chief of the U.S. Rendition program, his latest book "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq"
March 04 2008 show notes

- Elections today.
- "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism" by Ha-Joon Chang.
- The economy. OPEC meeting tomorrow.
- Guest: Chris Hedges, "I Don't Believe in Atheists".
- Consciousness. Connectedness.
- Guest: Willie L. Brown, former mayor of San Francisco.
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On the Program - March 5th 2008

Hour One
Guest: David Sirota http://www.davidsirota.com/ Topic: Thom and David will talk about Election Primaries & Caucus Results
Hour Two
Guest: Vice Chair DNC Susan Turnbull www.democrats.org Topic: Shouldn't the Michigan and Florida Delegates be decided on quickly (before PA) by the Democrats?
Mia Farrow was on about her recent trips to Darfur. You can see the photos on the link in the upper right corner of her website at www.miafarrow.org
Hour Three
Guest: Larry Scott Founder & Editor VA Watchdog.org www.vawatchdog.org
Has the Clinton campaign "darkened" video of Obama, like Newsweek did with OJ?
Mentioned yesterday and today on the show briefly. From Daily Kos with additional postings here and here. You can see the actual ad on the http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/145.aspx website. Is this an accident? An idiot working in the campaign or ad agency? Will Senator Clinton disavow it? Click "read more" to see the graphics below:
Update - now there's a Daily Kos diarist saying this is a tempest in a teapot and those of us "startled by this" are essentially just technically dumb. This diarist may well be right:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/6/02123/27986/649/470232
March 03 2008 show notes

- Capitalism.
- Is economics a science?
- Guest: Joe Madison - The Black Eagle. Next week he and Thom and others are on a trip to Darfur.
- Guest: Christopher Coyne. After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy.
- Guest: Dr. Lewis Mehl Madrona. "Narrative Medicine". Health care.
- Guest: Karen Ackerman, ACLU.
- Guest: Terry McAuliffe, super delegate, ex DNC chairman, chairman of Hillary's campaign.
- Tomorrow's primaries, caucuses.
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On the Program - March 4th 2008

Hour One - Election news and Economic Meltdown - will Banks fail?
Hour Two - Guest: Chris Hedges Topic - His new book - I Don't Believe in Atheists
Hour Three - Guest: Former S.F. Mayor Willie Brown Topic: His brand new autobiography Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times
Joe Conservative - by request

Original Joe Republican: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=144 New Joe Conservative: http://denver.craigslist.org/pol/544684131.html
On the Program - March 3 2008

Guest: Christopher Coyne www.ccoyne.com Topic: After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy - Does exporting democracy hurt more than it helps?
Guest: Karen Ackerman www.aflcio.org Topic: Election...candidates' records on economic issues.
Guest: Joe Madison Host of "Madison - The Black Eagle" Topic: Next week Darfur trip with Thom
February 29 2008 show notes

- Ralph Nader has announced his VP; Matt Gonzalez who ran for San Francisco mayor.
- Book: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict , Joseph Stiglitz.
- Guest: Joshua Holland, AlterNet.
- Guest: Ralph Nader and his new running mate, Matt Gonzalez.
- Guest: Clara Jeffery, Editor, Mother Jones. Torture hits home.
- Guest: Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and The Independent, author.
- Guest: Brett Morgen, director, "Chicago Ten".
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February 28 2008 show notes

- Laura Flanders was guest hosting as Thom was participating in the Air America Cruise.
- Guest: Lou Dubose, former editor of the Texas Observer, co author with Molly Ivins of "Bushwhacked".
- Guest: Jonathan Steele, Guardian, author of "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq".
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February 27 2008 show notes

- Laura Flanders was guest hosting as Thom was participating in the Air America Cruise.
- Last night's Democratic presidential candidate debate.
- Guest: Dr. Erika Falk, Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns.
- Guest: ACLU attorney Ben Wizner. Guantanamo.
- Guest: Susan Griffin, "Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen".
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February 26 2008 show notes

- Guest: Climate skeptic Marc Morano. Do Climate bills harm the economy?
- Guest: Greg Palast. Exxon Shipping v. Baker: What's at Stake?
- Guest: Mike Adams. "Feminists Say the Darndest Things".
- Guest: Kathryn Joyce. Demographic Winter and the Christian Right.
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