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Thom Hartmann: View from the left
By: Mackenzie Weinger
July 6, 2013 04:12 PM EDT
Thom Hartmann may be the most popular progressive youve never heard of.
His nationally syndicated radio show draws 2.75 million listeners a week, hes a New York Times bestselling author and he hosts a nightly television show.
Talkers magazine ranks him as the ninth most important radio show host in the nation, having fought his way onto a list dominated by conservatives.
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Yet, even in the political world, Hartmann is hardly a household name.
He and his politics are unconventional, to say the least. Hartmann labels himself a Democratic socialist and once had a show on Air America, but he gets invited to the Conservative Political Action Conference every year and has won the respect of some on the right.
The 62-year-old vegetarian who lives on a boat has a modest 60s-era goal: nothing short of creating a better world by getting his listeners more engaged in the political process. Tag, youre it! is the catchphrase he uses to end each show a sign-off, he says, that aims to encourage civic engagement.
It should be no surprise, then, that Hartmann describes himself and his wife, Louise, who serves as his executive producer, as old leftover hippie activists.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/thom-hartmann-view-from-the-left-93753.html
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)I still listen to him every day (on-line now) and I'm still amazed by his knowledge of almost every subject.
fredamae
(4,458 posts)as I can-I've learned So much and yes--I found DU because of him...and a few other orgs.
He's very well informed.
otohara
(24,135 posts)and who of us hasn't heard of Thom Hartman?
valerief
(53,235 posts)Thom is da bomb.