The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann examines the strategies for mitigating climate change and reviews some of the most significant scientific reports of 2020. Conversations with Ingrid Newkirk President of PETA, Bill Freese from the Center for Food Safety and Thomas Linzey, Senior Legal Counsel for the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the science piles up showing meat consumption has a devastating impact on our planet, can the meat industry hide the damage it is causing to the earth and to our health? Dr. Michel Gregor joins Thom with the science that shows how eating animals created the Covid pandemic and many others, including HIV.Plus Roger Hallam, founder of the worldwide movement Extinction Rebellion is here. Can we possibly imagine the horrors we risk if we don't stop the destruction of our life support system on earth?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As immigrant-born California Secretary of State Alex Padilla rises to fill Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris' former Senate seat, the influence of the Democrats is strengthening across the country. Will the Georgia special election swing blue and give Democrats all three houses of government in Washington?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Beri Bonglim of the Global Crop Diversity Trust has been working with a team of seed collectors trying to rescue the genetic diversity of edible plants- can they help us survive global warming?.. Dr David Reichmuth from the Clean Vehicles Project has been crunching the numbers on the carbon impact of electric cars- he joins Thom with the details... And Dr Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University compares our current situation to mass extinctions in Earth's history- what is likely to happen if we keep pouring carbon into the atmosphere?.. Plus- Greg Palast on the deep water blowout in the Caspian BP doesn't want anyone to know about. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Though the Democrats have had a challenge creating effective messaging. they are making more and more gains as the Biden inauguration approaches.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

14 million Americans have lost their health care coverage since the start of the pandemic. How have Republicans worked to enrich their big donors by rigging the system on their behalf? Why does big pharma work to stop the importation of cheap drugs from other countries? What are the pitfalls Republicans built into Medicare to shovel cash to the insurance industry, and what pitfalls should the average person be ready for? Plus Thom reads from 'Medical Apartheid' by Harriet A. Washington.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If conservatives aren't stupid, what are they? How could they be taken in by the insanity of Trump's lies? Democrats must restore the protective function of government and heal the nation from the damage Trump has done- but how should they respond to sedition on the right? What will become of the Republican party?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump has massively mishandled Covid-19. As nurses and doctors struggle heroically with the workload and risk of infection- why have Mitch McConnell and the Trump-Humpers set back and let the crisis grow out of control? Will Republicans like Joe Wilson learn anything when they themselves contract the disease?Plus- should we be promoting the fact that the Pfizer vaccine technology was invented by scientists of color? How accurate are the efficacy numbers?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Just in time for Xmas- the true origin of Santa Claus! And, have you lost a loved one to the war on Christmas??Thom asks whether James Madison's nightmare is coming true of the fusion of church and state?.. What did the founders believe in and how did they come to a compromise in the founding documents of our nation? Will the rise of the 'spirtual, not religious' and those who identify with paganism shift Christianity away from Republicanism? And was Jesus' message always in line with paganism anyway?- that we are all connected, all rising and falling together in this world...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works joins Thom to caution that the Trump administration has made several last ditch efforts to hobble social security and that Joe Biden needs to thououghly clean house when he comes into office.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.