How is power over others measured? How does power change us? Dr. Brian Klaas has the answer.
Do people who want control, seek a position of power for good or otherwise? And, does power corrupt?
Dr. Brian Klaas joined Thom to answer and debate power.
Bio: Dr. Brian Klaas - Associate Professor- Global Politics. University College London / Columnist, Washington Post / Host, Power Corrupts podcast and author of the new book, Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
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Does your faith produce a more (or less) compassionate world? Asking the question, If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk.
John Pavlovitz joined Thom
Bio: Writer, pastor & activist / Author of 3 books, including Stuff That Needs To Be Said (also the name of his popular blog) and his latest, If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk
WATCH NEXT: The Far Right's God Isn't One Of Peace - https://youtu.be/nFnj6dvsa2E.
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Is there a plot to destroy real Medicare? Will it survive attempts to move everyone to Medicare Advantage, so private companies make huge profits from your illness?
Dr. Ana Malinow joined Thom to discuss the future, if any, of Medicare.
Bio: Professor of Paediatrics-University of California-San Francisco & former President-Physicians for a National Health Program
WATCH NEXT: Is There a New Plot To Privatize Medicare Afoot? - https://youtu.be/_x6oLtsXH5I
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David Pepper exposes the most corruption in all our democracy as Part of Conversations with Great Minds.
David Pepper is a lawyer, writer, political activist, former elected official, and adjunct professor-University of Cincinnati College of Law / served as Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021.
His new book Labs Of Autocracy
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Psychoanalyst proves that Democracy and Fox News are incompatiable. You can never have a true democracy with Fox news around.
Dr. Justin A. Frank joins Thom to discuss how Fox News is a threat to Democracy that has to be stopped.
Dr. Justin A. Frank is the Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science-George Washington University / Author-Trump On the Couch (Previous books include Obama on the Couch & Bush on the Couch)
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What is the psychoology behind Critical Race Theory Fear? Do the right hate education so much, that they are trying to bury the past? Are they trying to purge racism from society, so people believe it doesn’t exist?
Dr. Justin A. Frank joined Thom to explain why there is fear about some subjects in our history.
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Is there a common thread running through all religions? Thom Hartmann guest, Bian C. Muraresku has taken a close look at the history of religion and the search for immortality and shares his experience in the extended video.
Brian C. Muraresku joined Thom for our Conversations with Great Minds series.
Brian C. Muraresku is an Alum of Brown University with a degree in Latin, Greek & Sanskrit. Alum of Georgetown Law practicing international law for 15 years. The Immortality Key is his debut book.
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What is the Immortally Key and will it ever be found? This goes back centuries and scientists are always looking for answers. People search for the spiritual answers.
Thom guest has taken a close look at immortality and shares his experience in the extended video.
Brian C. Muraresku joined Thom for our Conversations with Great Minds series.
Brian C. Muraresku is an Alum of Brown University with a degree in Latin, Greek & Sanskrit. Alum of Georgetown Law practicing international law for 15 years. The Immortality Key is his debut book.
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Can America cure our addiction to instant pleasure?
Dr. Anna Lembke is the Professor of Psychiatry-Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic / Author of the new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. .
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Is America hooked on Dopamine?
Dr. Anna Lembke is the Professor of Psychiatry-Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic / Author of the new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence.
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Fox News is brainwashing America, how can we fight back against political propaganda? A radio changed Jen Senko's dad and divided... what can heal that divide? Jen Senko reveals how Fox News brainwashed her dad and how we can fight back in Thom Hartmann's Conversations with Great Minds
Jen Senko joined Thom to discuss her book following the brainwashing of her father by Fox News.
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Who was Fannie Lou Hamer and what was her contribution to the black rights movement?
The granddaughter of enslaved laborer, how did she rise to prominence in the Civil Rights movements?
Dr. Keisha N. Blain joined Thom to talk about Fannie Lou Hamer
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How did a radio change Jen Senko's dad and divide America? Jen Senko reveals how Fox News brainwashed her dad in Thom Hartmann's Conversations with Great Minds.
Jen Senko joined Thom to discuss her book following the brainwashing of her father by Fox News.
Jen Senko is Director/Writer/Producer-The Brainwashing Of My Dad (documentary) / Media Activist. The documentary was nominated for the 2021 Webby Awards, her new book of the same title, expands on what the Documentary covered.
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Has Qanon taken over America? Your politicians, your friends and even your family, could all be a part of the Qanon cult, but how did a nonsensical conspiracy theory move from the fringes of infamous imageboard 4chan to mainstream movement?
Mike Rothschild joins Thom Hartmann for a deep dive into the history of QANON.
Mike Rothchild joined Thom to discuss QAnon
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Has Qanon taken over America? Your politicians, your friends and even your family, could all be a part of the Qanon cult, but how did a nonsensical conspiracy theory move from the fringes of infamous imageboard 4chan to mainstream movement?
Mike Rothschild joins Thom Hartmann for a deep dive into the history of QANON.
Mike Rothchild joined Thom to discuss QAnon
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In 1991, Anita Hill shed new light on sexual harassment when she testified during Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Thirty years later, while awareness is at an all-time high, society’s approach to dealing with gender-based violence—socially, legally, and legislatively—still falls far short of where it needs to be. In BELIEVING: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence Hill uses her decades of experience and breadth of knowledge to show the pervasive impact of gender-based violence and what needs to change.
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Could a change in diet be the first step to saving our Democracy? Thom and Frances Moore Lappe discuss how activists in the anti-war movement turned to veganism as a sign of their commitment to non-violence.
The book Diet for a Small Planet is one of the most amazing books written and explains what we need to do to improve our diet and have enough food for everyone.
Frances Moore Lappe joined Thom to share how we can all eat better and improve our diets.
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80% of our land is used for cattle, that produced just 18% of the calories we need. The world cannot feed itself on meat and dairy products, there simply isn’t enough land to make it work.
The book Diet for a Small Planet is one of the most amazing books written and explains what we need to do to improve our diet and have enough food for everyone.
Frances Moore Lappe joined Thom to share how we can all eat better and improve our diets.
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In Conversations with Great Minds Thom talks to Professor Adam Tooze on his new book - Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy. In SHUTDOWN, Tooze shows how social organization, political interests, and economic policy interact with devastating human consequences, from your local hospital to the World Bank. Part 2.
A whole variety of things went wrong as the pandemic hit. But we knew it could happen. However, in the face of reality, red alert was ignored.
Adam Tozze joined Thom to share how Covid shook the World's economy.
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In Conversations with Great Minds Thom talks to Professor Adam Tooze on his new book - Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy. In SHUTDOWN, Tooze shows how social organization, political interests, and economic policy interact with devastating human consequences, from your local hospital to the World Bank. Part 1.
A whole variety of things went wrong as the pandemic hit. But we knew it could happen. However, in the face of reality, red alert was ignored.
Adam Tozze joined Thom to share how Covid shook the World's economy.
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In Conversations with Great Minds Professor Sophie Bjork-James PhD who wrote, The Devine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family, joins us.
Professor Sophie Bjork-James PhD joined Thom
Sophie Bjork-James is an Anthropologist / Assistant Professor of the Practice-Anthropology Department, Vanderbilt University / Author of the new book, The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family / co-editor Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism
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In Conversations with Great Minds Professor Sophie Bjork-James PhD who wrote, The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family, joins us.
Professor Sophie Bjork-James PhD joined Thom
Sophie Bjork-James is an Anthropologist / Assistant Professor of the Practice-Anthropology Department, Vanderbilt University / Author of the new book, The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family / co-editor Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism
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What can we learn from 400 years of African American contribution, work and struggle? Dr. Keisha Blain's newest book examines the community that survived America.
Dr. Keisha Blain joined Thom to discuss the new book, Four Hundred Souls: A Community of African America.
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How much of the goods you bought this week were produced by forced labor in China? Amelia Pang exposes China's not so secret slave labor.
Amelia Pang joined Thom to discuss China and its effect on the world.
Amelia Pang is a Journalist of Uyghur descent.
Author of Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods. Former contributor to the Epoch Times.
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