Economist/Activist John Perkins joins Thom. Bernie Sanders has built a grassroots movement by telling people the truth - that the economy is rigged. But who rigged the economy to make the rich richer - and the middle class poorer? Find out - when I talk to a former "Economic Hit Man"

Super Tuesday is finally here - and it looks like we're in for a long and eventful night with over 1,500 delegates up for grabs between the two major parties. We'll have the latest on all the primary action when Ed Schultz joins us.

Thom discusses the Super Tuesday results with RT America’s Ed Schultz, whether we’re in the middle of another recession with New America’s Sherle Schwenninger, and how our economic system is rigged with economist John Perkins, author of “New Confessions of an Economic Hitman.”

Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) join Thom. Senator Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator (D-25th District), joins the panel.Nina Turner on the Bernie Media Blackout Continues...

Alex Lawson, Social Security Works & Sarah Badawi, Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) join Thom. Former grand wizard of the KKK and former Louisiana State Representative David Duke's endorsement that provoked controversy for the Donald over the weekend. Duke outlined his support for Donald Trump on his radio show and his Facebook page last week - and on Sunday Jake Tapper pressed Trump about whether he'd disavow the former Grand Wizard of the KKK...

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J. David Creswell, PhD, Psychology-Carnegie Mellon University joins Thom. Our “Everything You Know Is Wrong” is about meditation. A groundbreaking new study has found for the first time that meditation has real health benefits for people who practice it. But are those benefits physiological or psychological?

The great bipartisan populist revolt is the story of the 2016 election - and only Democrats will survive it. I'll tell you why in the Daily Take.

Tonight’s Progressive Roundtable discusses whether anyone can beat Trump, a key congressional endorsement for Bernie Sanders, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s words on climate change at last night’s Oscars. Thom talks the many benefits of meditating with Professor David Creswell and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom describes how the Donald Trump phenomenon is just payback for the scam Republicans have been running on the American people for the past 36 years.

Guest host Mike Papantonio is in for Thom tonight and discusses Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump with political commentator Chauncey DeVega, the continued attacks of Bernie’s economic plan by Hillary and Wall Street with journalist and author Les Leopold, the GOP’s efforts to prevent Obama from replacing Scalia with Trial Lawyer Magazine’s Farron Cousins, and the ongoing litigation against Invokana with consumer attorney Travis Lepicier.

Guest host Mike Papantonio is in for Thom tonight and discusses if anyone can beat Trump with RT America’s Ed Schultz, the Johnson & Johnson cancer case with attorney Wesley Bowden, what to do about the $1.3 trillion in student debt with The District Sentinel’s Sam Sacks, and what it means to be a liberal with The Progressive magazine’s Ruth Conniff.

Richard Eskow, Bernie Sanders Campaign/The Zero Hour joins Thom. According to Forbes - "...college tuitions have increased 440 percent over the last 25 years" while wages have decreased even though productivity increased over that same period. Right now there's over 1,1 trillion dollars in outstanding student debt in the United States - and nearly one of out of five people here under 35 are living in poverty. And all of that has serious repercussions in our current economy - but with so much debt and poverty among young people - we're going to be seeing the effects of our current student debt crisis well into the future

Dr. Michael Mann, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University/Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition) joins Thom. Scientists Are Officially Freaked Out By Climate Change! It's a been a weird winter in many parts of America - but nothing compared to the wild winter the Arctic is having. Is this a sign that we've passed or are about to pass another global warming tipping point?

Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda-SiriusXM Progress/The Benghazi Hoax joins Thom. It's been a week and a half since the death of Antonin Scalia - and the Senate Republicans are still refusing to do their job. So what can the President do to make sure that the Supreme Court vacancy is filled?

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel & Mike Lux, Democracy Partners/The Progressive Revolution: How The Best In America Came To Be all join Thom. The real question is why is Hillary Clinton trying to hold Republican candidates to the same standard as herself - during the Democratic primary season?