The Hartmann Report

Greg Palast, Andrew Yang, Thom Hartmann

David Neiwert, Igor Volsky, Noah Smith, Bob Ney, Jefferson Smith

Guest-host Jefferson Smith fills in for Thom and poses the questions: Is every millionaire a policy failure? Should wealth inequality be the question for the next presidential election? Thom Hartmann Book Club study on The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind by Raghuram Rajan.  Callers weigh in on the question of wealth inequality. Thom Hartmann reads from The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I Hitchcock. Ellen Ratner gives the Talk Media News report.

Lori Wallach, Mark Pocan, Luke Vargas, Thom Hartmann

Thom's callers from across the country dive deep with Thom as they contemplate existing American socialist institutions- including the military, schools, the road network, and fire departments. And as AOC and the other Progressives propose America truly educate its people and make sure everyone can see a doctor, what is so dangerous to the rich about creating the same government benefits everyone in Canada, Europe, and Japan already have?

House Democrats are finally getting a crack at questioning Trump's latest Attorney General, meanwhile over in the Senate they're busy stuffing the federal courts with conservative judges.- Author and thinker Ocean Robins joins Thom for a fascinating discussion on our food system, environmental sustainability, and how to eat healthy. - Thom reads from his own book 'The Last Hours of Humanity- Warming the World to Extinction.' - After science stories, Thom discusses with his listeners the present state of the ongoing climate collapse. - Thom reads from 'The 31 Day Food Revolution' by Ocean Robbins. - Thom's take on the chances for the Green New Deal, AOC, climate change, and equality in our society. - Many topics discussed: public banking to fund the Green New Deal, San Francisco's public bank proposal, AOC for president, jobs created (or not) from the tax cut, Trump's lies, stock buybacks, memories of when we could be proud of our president, AOC's endorsements, global warming, candidates smeared or not smeared, and where is Beto - A quick but insightful run down of world headlines with Chief Foreign Corespondent Luke Vargas, a reporter for Talk Media News. - Loyal listener James says we're all just servants in the minds of the billionaires.

Barak Orbach, Bob Ney, Richard Wolff, Thom Hartmann

Thom welcomes Congressman Pocan, one of the leaders of the Progressives in the house, topics include Trump's speech, his wall, and also his lies... as well as Palestine, socialism, - Thom's and his caller's thoughts on Trump's state of the union speech. - Thom reads from ' The Crash of 2016 ' by Thom himself. - Bob Ney joins Thom to kibitz on Trump's speech. As a former Republican congressman and inventor of the anti-french term 'freedom fries' back in the day, he is an insider to Washington politics. - Thom's callers have ideas to solve our national problems. - Author Dean Obeidallah joins Thom to talk about Fox News inspired hate. - Patreon ask. - Callers rap up the day by rapping with Thom.

Yosef Getachew, Derek Johnson, Luke Vargas, Thom Hartmann

Thom's take - Intentional cruelty was used by the Trump administration to frighten possible future asylum seekers from coming to America. And with 48,000 people presently in detention, many of them children, and many children placed in foster homes, now the administration is claiming it would be too difficult to return the kids to their families. Thom is utterly disgusted, and so are his callers, who add detail and dimension to this obscene situation. - Thom reads from 'The Wretched of the Earth' by France Franon. - Congressman Mark Pocan, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, considers with Thom the looming prospect of another possible government shutdown. Callers phone in with questions from climate change to net neutrality to the stigmatizing of Medicare for All as *gasp* 'socialism'. - Bob Ney is also disgusted with the administration's refusal to return the tens of thousands of kids separated from their families illegally at the border. And them an alarming analysis on Trump's military buildup on the Iraq-Iran border.

Robin Marty, Cam Edwards, Thom Hartmann

Richard Wolff, Bob Ney, Thom Hartmann

Wendell Potter, Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann, Medea Benjamin, Greg Palast

------- Thom's take - Medicare for all, free education, and the Green New Deal have a majority of American citizen support, and then some. So why do billionaires and banksters insist those ideas are not centrist? CEO-candidate Howard Schultz and corporate Democrat banksters want Democrats to continue to champion corporate interests over the common good. How should Progressive push back? ------- Senator Bernie Sanders and Thom analyze what may have been Trump's ulterior motives with the partial government shutdown?; weakening the FBI and consequently the Russia investigation? Proving libertarian ideas? Senator Sanders give his impression of Republican Senators looking for an exit from the Trump train. ------- In the wake of Roger Stone's indictment and media frenzy, Thom exposes the dirty trickster's political crimes that we must remember in order to understand the present situation. -------- Callers add dimension with their take on the day's politics. ------- Bob Ney with Talk Media News and his always-insightful chat with Thom on the latest headlines.