Thom talks with a caller about the possibility of the Golden State creating it's own bank, and using the money to fund projects like the high speed rail recently torpedoed by the Trump administration.

Thom covers Bannon's recent comments on the "deconstruction of the administrative state", in other words, the mechanism that actually make government work. Clean air and water, public schools? Nope. More profits for billionaires? Absolutely.

Thom talks with a caller about stopping the republican party and how more people need to get informed by various media sources and get involved in their communities and beyond!

Thom covers a new Quinnipiac poll that shows a majority of Americans, including many republicans do not support republican policies and recent actions. So why do so many people keep voting for them?

Thom chats with Howard Epstein (British Historian, Attorney, and Author of "Guns, Trauma, and Exceptionalism: American in the Twenty First Century") about some of the underlying reasons for America's very unique gun violence problem, and some of the solutions we could try to solve it.

Thom talks with a caller who took his 13 year old daughter to a protest march in their area, and her reaction to it and what she's doing now to become an activist.

Thom reads from James Madison's comments in 1795 on the nature of war and its effect on a nation in terms of power structure, resources, and more and the dangers that can come of it. Meanwhile, republicans use war to consolidate and expand power and wealth.

Thom talks to a caller with an ingenious plan for getting the message across to cowardly politicians that they need to be "brave" and face their constituents and the very real concerns they have.

Thom talks about the perception that Trump is going to "save" federal programs that people support. Meanwhile his entire cabinet is hell-bent on dismantling their respective agencies. So what's the real truth?

Thom covers Senator Tom Cotton's (R-AR) disastrous recent town hall, where the only things missing were pitchforks and torches in the hands of his irate constituents. Callers comment on their own town hall experience with their republican reps (or lack thereof).

Thom talks with a caller about the very real difficulties many average Americans face in procuring a photo ID to be able to vote. Exactly as republicans want it!

Thom talks about the dangers posed by increasing radiation from cell signals as we prepare to move from 4G to 5G.

Thom talks with guest, economist Charles Sauer (President, The Market Institute) about the republicans' economic plans for the next 4 years, the pie-in-the-sky-numbers they're built on, and what we should really be looking at.

Thom debates what works and what doesn't regarding immigration enforcement policy with former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO, 6th District). Should we be going after undocumented workers or the rich companies who hire them?

Thom talks with a caller about what it means to be black in America and the difficult discussions and choices we need to make as a nation, on the 52nd anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X.