Thom Hartmann 
Biography
Social Entrepreneur, Writer, Radio Host from United States
Thom Hartmann is an educator, radio host and popular political commentator.
He is also an innovator in the fields of psychiatry and education. He founded the New England Salem Children’s Village (1978) and the Hunter School (1997), and has developed award-winning residential treatment and therapy for abused and learning-impaired children. He is also a best-selling author whose books include “Cracking the code”(2007), “Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination” (2008).
Videos
Thom Hartmann
What does ‘the commons’ mean?
Thom Hartmann describes the concept of the commonwealth as being the notion that certain assets should be publicly owned. The Founding Fathers of the United States understood this.…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
What is the problem with political lobbyists?
Thom Hartmann believes that in recent decades there has been a rise in the power of unelected and unaccountable figures within Western governments. Autocratic forms of government,…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
Have western governments become more corporate controlled?
Hartmann describes the historic shift towards autocratic governance in Europe and North America. Conservative think-tanks in the USA prompted a shift towards the deregulation of…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
Are we becoming more consumer than citizen?
Thom Hartmann finds it revealing that in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the US President called upon the American people to keep shopping. This underlines the individual’s…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
Are human beings inherently good?
There is one terrible long-held myth that must be challenged. This is the myth that authoritarian hierarchical government is the natural way of things. This can suggest that democracy…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
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