Corporate Media Is Spreading Lies to Shut Down Programs That Help Americans ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with guest Rebecca Vallas [[Managing Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program - Center for American Progress, Host - Off Kilter Podcast) to discuss Social Security Disability Insurance.
How to Use the Tea Party's Tactics Against Them (w/Guest Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson sits down with guest Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia [[Policy Manager and Co-Contributor - Indivisible Guide) to discuss the current wave of grass roots progressive activism sweeping the country.
Do We Need to Rethink Our Policy On Israel? (w/Guest Noah Westreich)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) sits down with guest Noah Westreich [[Organizer - If Not Now Movement) for a conversation on the struggle between Israel and Palestine. [[Pt 1/2)
Will You Throw a Peace Sign or a Middle Finger? (w/Guest Noah Westreich)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) sits down with guest Noah Westreich [[Organizer - If Not Now Movement) for a conversation on the struggle between Israel and Palestine. [[Pt 2/2)
Gorsuch Will Only Work Towards Advancing Big Money and Corporate Interests ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with guest Heidi Hess [[Senior Campaign Manager - CREDO Action) about progressive efforts to block Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. [[Pt 1/2)
If Gorsuch Can't Get 60 Votes, They Should Change the Candidate, Not the Rules ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works) talks with guest Heidi Hess [[Senior Campaign Manager - CREDO Action) about progressive efforts to block Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. [[Pt 2/2)
Is Technology Biased Against People of Color? (w/Guest Dr. Maya Rockeymoore PhD)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with Dr. Maya Rockeymoore PhD [[President/CEO - Center for Global Policy Solutions) to talk about some of the surprising systemic issues leading to wealth and income inequality and more.
Don't Be Scared of Robots, but Use Public Policy to Plan Wisely ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with Dr. Maya Rockeymoore PhD [[President/CEO - Center for Global Policy Solutions) to talk about the future of automation and what it could mean for the workforce in different states.
Allies Only Want to Join You If They Know What Your Plan Is (w/Guest Ben Wikler)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, and Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with Ben Wikler to talk about Trump's missile strike in Syria and what could be coming next. [[Pt 1/2)
Corporate Media Can't Help Being Complicit in Pushing War (w/Guest Ben Wikler)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, and Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with Ben Wikler to talk about Trump's missile strike in Syria and what could be coming next. [[Pt 2/2)
This Is 1st Time a SCOTUS Seat Was Stolen from President & Given to Next ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson talks with Senator Jeff Merkley [[D-OR) about the Gorsuch nomination filibuster, the Syrian missile strike, and more.
One Man is Sitting at His Beach House, Sending Us Into Years of War ...
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, and Co-Owner - We Act Radio) sits down with guest Stephen Miles [[Director, Win Without War - Center for International Policy) to talk about Trump's rash decision to launch missiles at Syria.
Will Trump Use War to Move Us Towards Totalitarianism? (w/Guest Jim Dean)
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Guest Host Alex Lawson [[Executive Director - Social Security Works, and Co-Owner - We Act Radio) talks with guest Jim Dean [[Chair - Democracy for America)
Thom Hartmann Book Club - "When the Tea Party Came to Town" by Robert Draper
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Thom reads an excerpt from the book When the Tea Party Came to Town by Robert Draper which describes the plan by republicans hatched on inauguration day, 2009 to obstruct Obama's every move.
Trump Has No Plan in Syria Beyond Making Himself a Popular Wartime President
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Thom talks about the recent missile strike in Syria, and what it means for Trump's political capital and for our country.
Is There a Crisis of Capitalism When Private Companies Cause Car Accidents to Make...
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Thom covers a story of private red light camera companies purposely shortening yellow light times to increase ticket revenue, but are they putting human lives at risk to make a quick, predatory buck?
Are Americans Disposable to Big Corporations? (w/Guest Paul Buchheit)
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Thom chats with Paul Buchheit [[Contributor - Alternet, Author - Disposable Americans, Adjunct Professor - DePaul University, Advocate for Social and Economic Justice) on the trend of people being seen merely as dollar signs by the moneyed interests.
These Vulnerable Republicans Wanted to Take Your Health Care, Go Take Them Out of ...
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Thom covers a list put out by Senator Debbie Stabenow of republicans facing a tough reelection battle who wanted to vote to destroy health care for millions of Americans. Is your congressperson among them?
Go make a difference!
Brain Eating Parasites May Have Infected the White House. Please Send $ ...
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Thom covers a creepy story of a brain eating parasite that is currently spreading across many parts of the US due to climate change.
Thom Hartmann Book Club - "The Prophet's Way, A Guide to Living in the Now"
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Thom reads a passage from his book, talking about reconnecting with nature and spirituality.
"Come Fly the Friendly Skies" with the Casual Brutality of Guys with Badges
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Thom covers the recent United Airlines scandal of a passenger forcibly removed from a plane and how it relates to deregulation and the increasing monopolization of industries. Is this really what we've come to?
Our Country Is So Screwed Up United's Stock Went UP After They Pointlessly Beat Up...
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Thom talks about the disturbing reality that United's brutal efficiency dealing with a "difficult" passenger was seen as a benefit to their business until public backlash brought it back down.
Government Is the One Force That Can Constrain Great Capital and Great Power ...
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Thom talks with guest Tim Snyder [[Levin Professor of History - Yale University, Author - On Tyranny) about tyranny, capitalism, democratic republics, and how they all fit together.
The Rules United Used to Justify Assaulting a Passenger Don't Even Support What ...
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Thom talks about the recent United Airlines scandal of forcibly removing a passenger from one of their planes and it seems the rules they cite to justify what they did, don't say what they thought at all. Do corporations have too much power in our lives?
Taking Our Country Back... with Off the Radar Elections (w/Guest Larry Cohen)
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Thom sits down with Larry Cohen [[Board Chair - Our Revolution, Board Chair - Democracy Initiative, Vice Chair - DNC Unity Committee, and Former President - Communications Workers of America) to talk about targeting state and local elections to turn the progressive tide in America.