Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith starts with a poem by Louisa Fletcher and asks listeners to share how they managed conversations during the holiday weekend. The topic of artificial intelligence returns and Jeff attempts to create a robot generated poem with input from the callers.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith speaks with Professor Michael Kazin, Dept. of History, Georgetown University / Expert in U.S. politics & social movements - 19th & 20th centuries. His most recent book is What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt Robison Co-Host of the Beyond Politics podcast gives tips for getting along with Trump-loving relations during holiday gatherings. Guest-host Jefferson Smith sitting in for Thom Hartmann asks callers to share what they are thankful for during difficult times. Plus: How would you rate the worst presidents in order?

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest-host Jefferson Smith sitting in for Thom Hartmann interviews Jonathan Nagler, Director, New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics, Co-Author - Who Votes Now? Demographics, Issues, Inequality, and Turnout in the United States. Defenders of truth and democracy have our work cut out for us in regards to battling online misinformation as we head into the 2024 presidential election.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our society takes action to protect us all from danger- why is it impossible to do anything at all about easy access to lethal weapons of war?

Plus - Thom reads from 'The Hidden History of Guns and the 2nd Amendment'.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After all these years, what have we learned? Thom takes a deep dive with JFK Historian and author Lamar Waldron, author of numerous books including "The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination".

Plus - Thom reads from "The America Syndrome: Apocalypse, War, and Our Call to Greatness" by Betsy Hartmann.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There are so many parallels between Trump's movement and Hitler- are we hearing a re-run of the same old song?

Plus - Thom reads from 'Preparing For War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes' by Bradley B. Onishi

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If Americans saw the photos of children being ripped to pieces by school shootings… would not gun control happen almost immediately. Do you agree? Also National Progressive Town Hall with US Rep Ro Khanna from California answers questions from listeners.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Climate scientist Dr Michael Mann is back- to what extent are aerosols protecting us from carbon heating? What happens if we continue on the same path as today?

Plus - Thom reads from "The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe" by Jeremy Lent.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

War correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Ukraine as air raid sirens still scream even as another dismal winter looms. Is Putin's investment in Hamas paying dividends?

Plus- a National Progressive Town Hall with US Rep from Wisconsin Mark Pocan.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.