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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 09:22 AM
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Progressive Profiles: With New TV Show, Radio Talker Thom Hartmann Brings Substance to Style

AlterNet / By Adele M. Stan

Progressive Profiles: With New TV Show, Radio Talker Thom Hartmann Brings Substance to Style
With an entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge of history and boundless energy, Hartmann brings the singular mix he honed on national radio to the cable news airwaves.

January 15, 2011 |


This is the first in a series of profiles of leading progressives in Washington, D.C.

It's 9pm in the middle of a busy week and Thom Hartmann, the nation's most popular progressive talk radio host, is just sitting down to dinner with his wife Louise at a crowded Washington restaurant.

As host of "The Thom Hartmann Program" (heard on 120 affiliates, according to the show's Web site), Thom did his customary three hours of radio earlier in the day, and just wrapped up an episode of his hour-long daily cable television program, "The Big Picture," which airs on RTTV and was just picked up by Free Speech TV, which runs the show over the Dish and DirecTV networks. (It's also available from iTunes in podcast form.) It's a typical 14-hour day for Hartmann, but he's hardly worse for the wear. At 59, he looks at least 10 years younger, and his energy is still bubbling over. Louise, just back from a day at the hospital with a friend who rushed there in an emergency, begs off the interview, wanting nothing more than a quiet meal after a stressful day.

The Hartmanns are new to the nation's capital, drawn here from Oregon by the television deal with RTTV, which includes the brand-new, state-of-the-art studio where "The Big Picture" is produced, near the National Press Building, not far from the White House. Louise handles much of the business end of the show, while Thom is the on-air personality. The staff also includes a producer, director and researchers. The Hartmanns have complete editorial control of the show, which appears on RT and is produced in its facilities through a licensing agreement with the network. The RT network was launched in 2005 as a Russian counterpart to the BBC News Channel, Al Jazeera and France 24.

For the radio program, the Hartmanns have built a new studio on Capitol Hill. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/vision/149540/progressive_profiles%3A_with_new_tv_show%2C_radio_talker_thom_hartmann_brings_substance_to_style/



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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 09:24 AM
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1. I have the utmost respect for Hartmann. His radio show accompanies my drive home from work.
Nice to feel your brain regenerating after a day slogging through work stuff!
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NYMdaveNYI Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 05:23 PM
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3. Same! haha
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 09:51 AM
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2. thom is the best!
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 10:23 PM
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4. For those who have satellite radio...
you can get it on Sirius, channel 146 & on XM, channel 167.
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lucca18 Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 11:28 PM
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5. Love Thom Hartman!
I listen to him every morning from 9-12.
I learn so much from him.
He is the best!
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