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On the Program - Dec 1 2008

Quote: "If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another." Winston Churchill

Hour One - Victoria Schofield www.victoriaschofield.com Topic: The Kashmir conflict and how it may relate to last week's attack in Mumbai

Hour Two - Dr. Walter M. Brasch www.walterbrasch.com Topic: The Media 'Auto' Know Better: Fueling Anti-Union Fires

Hour Three - Jonathon Alter Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine www.newsweek.comTopic: book "THE DEFINING MOMENT: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope,"

Guest: Don Siegelman Former Governor, State of Alabama www.donsiegelman.org Topic: The court will hear his appeal 12/9

November 27 2008 show notes


  • Thanksgiving, best of Thom Hartmann show.

  • From the 05 November '08 show...

  • Obama won the election. America won the election.

  • Thom received calls from all over the world.

  • Guest: Mark Thomson, Sirius Radio.

  • From the 13 November show...

November 26 2008 show notes

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 28 2008

Quote: "Light one candle for all we believe in, that anger not tear us apart...And light one candle to find us together, with peace as the song in our hearts" - Peter Yarrow (Lyrics from "Light One Candle")

Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov Topic: Economy, another bailout, auto industry, etc...

Hour Two - Mark Begich www.begich.com Topic: Thanks and the future ahead in the US Senate

Hour Three - Peter Yarrow www.monkeyandrat.com Topic: Politics, performing and the future of our country

On the Program - Nov 26th 2008

Quote: "I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land." - Jon Stewart

Hour One - Kenneth C. Davis author of Don't Know Much About® History www.dontknowmuch.com Topic: So you think you know about the First Thanksgiving

Hour Two - Scott Horton Contributing Editor, Harpers Magazine www.harpers.org/subjects/NoComment Topic: Justice After Bush: Prosecuting An Outlaw Administration (his piece in the December issue of Harper's)

Hour Three - "Everything You Know is Wrong" Jeff Golden www.unafraidthebook.com Topic: What would the world be like if JFK had survived?

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

November 25 2008 show notes


  • Guest: Tax attorney Roni Deutch. Economic crisis and your 401K, should you cash it out or ride the market waves?

  • Guest: Thomas Bowden, Analyst at the Ayn Rand Center, focusing on legal issues. Should we ban fast-food TV ads if it means saving our children?

  • Guest: Mark Anderson, CEO of The Strategic News Service. Did Japan just drop an economic neutron bomb on the United States?

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


On the Program - Nov 25th 2008

Quote: "There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious." - Bono, 2002

Hour One - Roni Deutch Attorney/tax expert www.ronideutch.com Topic: Economic crisis and your 401K, should you cash it out or ride the market waves?

Hour Two – Should we ban fast-food TV ads if it means saving our children? No more “I’m Loving It!

Hour Three - Mark Anderson www.stratnews.com Topic: Did Japan just drop an economic neutron bomb on the West?

November 24 2008 show notes


  • Guest: Carrie Lukas, Vice President for Policy and Economics, Independent Women's Forum. If the Obama kids get school choice

On the Program - Nov 24th 2008

Welcome Back from the Air American Cruise...

Quote: “I’ve been racking my brain to find methods of openly, actively, and legally opposing this tyrant in the making. Any suggestions?” --Fox News’ Sean Hannity asking his website visitors for their help in how best to attack Obama

Hour One – The Cruise - Who pee’d on Ron Reagan (trickle-down? Cruise) and the economic meltdown)

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Thom and Carrie mix it up – If the Obama kids get school choice – why not everyone?

Hour Three - Martha Burk Ms. Magazine Money Editor and author of "Your Money and Your Life: The High Stakes for Women in '08"www.msmagazine.com Topic: How to avoid being a bag lady?

Guest: Dennis Rivera www.seiu.org Topic: Health care for all must be a priority for the new administration

November 21 2008 show notes


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November 20 2008 show notes


  • Thom is working on the Air America Cruise all this week. The show was guest hosted by Lee Rayburn, host on 92.1 The Mic, Madison, WI.

  • Guest: Jennifer Feyerherm, head of the Wisconsin Clean Energy Campaign for the Sierra Club. They won the Deseret Bonanza case.

  • Guest: John Nichols, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, and The Nation, author of "The Genius of Impeachment ".

  • Guest: Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Waxing America. WMC Watch (Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce) campaign, watching the business lobby.

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November 19 2008 show notes


  • Thom is working on the Air America Cruise all this week. Today's show was a best of Thom Hartmann show.

  • How can we reinvent the car industry and also bust up Al Qaeda and stop the world from being destroyed by global warming, all at the same time? Transcript.

  • Guest: Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Recap and update on his case. The Time Magazine revelations.

  • Guest: Al Franken. His Senate campaign against Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota. They have filed a lawsuit.

  • Guest: Mayor Mark Begich. Democratic nominee for US Senator from Alaska.

  • Guest: Jim Martin. His special run off election against Saxby Chambliss in Georgia on December 2nd.

  • Guest: Tax attorney Roni Deutch. Investment losses in this economic crisis...what can you do?

  • The economy.

  • Gun ownership, rights.

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November 18 2008 show notes


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November 17 2008 show notes

Thom is working on the Air America Cruise all this week. The show was guest hosted by Lee Rayburn, host on 92.1 The Mic, Madison, WI.


  • Barack Obama on 60 Minutes.

  • Guest: Paul Waldman, "Free Ride: John McCain and the Media". Media Matters for America. Anger and fear drives right wing talk radio.

  • Guest: Diane Farsetta, senior researcher at the Center for Media and Democracy, online at prwatch.org. The Fifth Annual Falsies Awards.

  • Guest: Scott Vogel, communications director for the Freedom States Alliance, Gun Guys. The gun industry is scaring people trying to make more sales.

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November 14 2008 show notes


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