HAPPY FESTIVUS FROM NEW YORK - with Firesign Theater too!

Thom chats with other progressives while visiting New York, John Fugelsang, Michelangelo Signorile, Philip Proctor, Sam Joseph and Jonathan Alter.

Michelangelo Signorile, Editor-at-large of Huffington Post Gay Voices, joins Thom to analyze the recent debates and the threat of Trump.

Authors Samuel Joseph, and Firesign Theater's Phil Proctor, join Thom to chat about their new book "What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle: Talking Points for Liberals" and how to handle holiday family gatherings.

Book Club reading from "United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)" by Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon.

Thom is joined by journalist Jonathan Alter speaking about his new show Alter Family Politics, and a serious warning for Progressives to band together behind the Democratic nominee for the 2020 election.

Book Club reading from "State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind" by Bryant Welch.

Comedian John Fugelsang shares the insights of political humor and lessons we can learn from religiously motivated shame.

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