Podcast appearances and mentions of Thom Hartmann

Donald Trump announces his plan on pulling Todd Blanche, his former lawyer's name until dissenting Republicans are out of office. Trump says he may ‘temporarily' drop bid to make Blanche US attorney general. Outgoing senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina are holding fast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have Senate Republicans Traded Their Spines For Rubber Stamps? Why Did Republicans Just Hand Trump A Free Pass On His Taxes? Geeky Science. Why Are Sea Snakes Heading For California? Should A Dying Cancer Patient Have To Prove She's Too Sick To Work? Another federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's new policy subjecting millions of immigrants to mandatory detention without access to bond hearings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We often treat loneliness as a private failing or something to feel embarrassed about. But what if feeling lonely isn't a flaw—what if it's an evolutionary alarm system, as vital to our survival as hunger or thirst?In this episode of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast, Dr. Alice Lee and her collaborator Emily dive into Thom Hartmann's article, "If Loneliness is Hunger, Then It Has a Remedy as Ordinary as a Meal." Together, they break down why modern society often isolates us by design, the serious physical toll of chronic disconnection, and how true healing requires far more than just diet and supplements.In this episode, we explore:The "Packed Elevator" Paradox: How you can be surrounded by people and still feel deeply isolated—and how researchers define loneliness as the gap between the connection you have and the connection you need.The Health Toll of Disconnection: Why chronic loneliness carries health risks comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and why social networks are essential for longevity.Overcoming Stigma & Hyper-Independence: Breaking down the cultural pressure to "do it all alone" and learning how to build spaces where you feel genuinely seen and witnessed.Real Stories of Transition: Honest reflections on leaving high-demand communities, relocating, navigating medication withdrawal, and the trial-and-error of finding "your people."Small "Designs" for Healing: Practical, gentle ways to bridge the gap—from low-stakes neighborly chats and interest groups, to nature, free-writing, and pets when you aren't quite ready for big social leaps.Whether you're feeling isolated, navigating a major life transition, or simply looking to build deeper, more authentic relationships, this conversation offers grounded insights, comfort, and practical steps forward.Press play to learn how putting ourselves back in each other's paths can transform our health and well-being!For more healing tools and insights, visit holisticpsychiatrist.com.Support the showTo sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodesContact here to email Dr. Lee directly. New! Join me on Substack A space for my opinions and reflections on cultural, political, social, and psychological issues. Feel free to comment and respond to those articles.If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.comMore stories and insights: Holistic ArticlesYouTube: The Holistic PsychiatristTo schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600Dr. Lee is located near downtown Stamford, Conn...

On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary. The race is the next biggest test of whether progressives can win statewide, particularly in purple territory.The Michigan race is one of the most expensive primaries of the cycle. Outside groups have spent upward of $50 million in support of Stevens or against El-Sayed. Most of that money is coming from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliated groups — close to $30 million, which their largest investment ever in a single race, according to The AP.“It's just anti-democratic on its own terms,” El-Sayed, the former public health official, tells The Intercept Briefing. “I always ask people, “OK, you're covering this as a very close race, but would it be close if they didn't have $60 million to spend? Would it even be a close race at all?'”This week on The Intercept Briefing podcast, host Akela Lacy asks, can progressives win outside of blue cities? El-Sayed argues, if you focus on the issues people care about and act on them, you can: "Look, you have an option that's not bought off by all the same corporations. And that option is desperately clear about wanting you to have healthcare, and also wanting your kid to have a good school, and also making sure that there's not a data center that gets planted in your backyard to automate your job away.”Lacy explores that question further with Ryan Clancy, a Wisconsin state representative and founding member of the state legislature's current Socialist Caucus, and Thom Hartmann, a progressive political commentator. Clancy says voters he speaks to in Milwaukee “want a fighter. People want people in office who are going to fight for the middle class, fight for actual transformative change.” He adds, “The idea that in order to win in a purple district that is roughly split between Democrats and Republicans, that you need when you're a Democrat, to look as much like a Republican as possible is just not helpful.” Polling suggests that El-Sayed has a commanding lead over Stevens in the Democratic primary. But polls for the November general election narrow sharply when El-Sayed is up against Trump-backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers; one shows Rogers beating him by 10 percentage points, which the Stevens's campaign has leaned into.“We've been in this change moment. We're sick and tired of neoliberalism. We're sick and tired of Reaganism. We're sick and tired of the status quo. We're sick and tired of a dying middle class. We have been living in this moment, in my opinion, since 2000, and I think in a big way since 2008. Obama promised hope and change, and really just brought us a bunch of health insurance companies,” says Hartmann. “I'm not sure if we're there yet to the point where a good message like El-Sayed's message can overcome millions of dollars from Israel and from big corporations. That's going to be the big challenge.”The Intercept invited Stevens on the program for an interview but as of publishing have not heard back yet.Full transcript: https://interc.pt/4fRLS8aKeep our investigations free and fearless at theintercept.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The goal isn't to prove Anthony Fauci lied. It's to convince Americans that the racist decisions that cost hundreds of thousands of lives were somebody else's fault…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spineless on IranCorrupt on taxesBeaten twice on detentionCruel on MedicaidQuietly buying companiesPlus El Niño's shipping venomous sea snakes to your beachSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast, Phil Ittner reports on Zelensky meeting Trump while paying tribute to late US senator Graham and MAGA influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit. Did ICE Really Threaten To Beat A Man Into Signing? And Senate Republicans project blame on kind Dr. Fauci while hiding their racist actions during the Covid Pandemic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lindsey Graham Passes. Senate Loses Trump Whisperer.The Race to Replace Graham. Trump vs GOP Senate.Rand Paul Persecutes Anthony Fauci. TMZ's Harvey Levin Weighs In.Fauci's Diary Outed. Public Health Suffers.RFK Jr's Cooking Show. God and the Midterms. With Kirk Bado, Editor, National Journal Hotline, Evan McMorris-Santoro, covering national politics for NOTUS and co-author of the NOTUS' daily newsletter and Jen Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by AFSCME. More information at AFSCME.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump's Smithsonian purge follows the same roadmap used by Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and every strongman who came before…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Musk buys the midtermsAn election denier now runs eighteen spy agenciesICE coerces a signatureGermany beats fossil fuelsBike lanes are wokeYour burrito fliesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Attorney Sabrina Haake explains that Blanche is likely to be confirmed, then disbarred - In 30 years at the federal trial bar I've never seen angrier judges That Sign in Front of the Smithsonian is More Dangerous Than You Think. Is Elon Musk Buying Another Election? Jetson's Alert. Is Your Burrito About To Fly? Geeky Science. Your Kitchen Clock May Protect Your Memory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Voters brace for a stolen midtermTrump punishes blue statesABC fights FCC censorshipUninsured flood ERs on Medicare's birthdayRFK Jr. cooksMuscle repairs itselfSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The uniforms have changed. The technology has evolved. But the mission remains the same: protect power through fear and intimidation…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A professor faces prison for opposing ICEBig Oil profits double while heat killsMinnesota water hacked. Medicare drug costs jumpRecord El Nino brewsIs wiping your phone illegal?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans stop campaigning and start schemingBeijing arms TehranTrump's tariffs hand China the winKrugman wants a wealth taxRand Paul threatens FauciPutin charges Telegram's founderSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Big Oil Doubles Its Money While the Heat Kills and the Biggest El Niño is Closing In. Geeky Science. Can Your Phone Legally Wipe Itself? And Why Your Salad is Making America Sick? America Ended the Slave Patrols. Trump Is Bringing Them Back. Also Rachel Bitecofer, Ph.D. Advises if Trump can steal the Midterms.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Birthright citizenship at 158Trump's mail ballot gambitMass Haitian arrests and gutted asylum interviewsImpostor ICE agentsBuried discrimination dataA spreading parasite outbreakSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

972 armed guards descend on post offices before midtermsICE force-feeds a hunger strikerMcConnell vanishesBig Gas knew.Putin gags dissent70,000 languages diedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If This Is Communism, Then Teddy Roosevelt Was a Communist...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How Trump Turns Bigotry Into Official Government Policy and What Did The Fourteenth Amendment Promise America? America is a nation of immigrants, and we have been strengthened in every generation by the diversity of talent and humanity that have come here to participate in the American dream. We need comprehensive immigration reform to clean up our system, not a brutal regime that's literally killing people while it tears our nation apart. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill speaks with American Federation of Teachers President, Randi Weingarten about the political fallout from Republicans' “One Big, Beautiful Bill” ahead of the November midterms, noting a Politico poll showing most Americans haven't heard of it and many who have think it mainly helps the wealthy. Weingarten says July student-loan changes eliminated most prior income-driven repayment plans, raising payments by hundreds or thousands per year for many of the 44 million borrowers, with 3.6 million defaults since Trump returned to office. Now with higher interest, and more debt collection. She promotes the coalition-led One Big Bill Campaign (onebigbill.org) to collect borrowers' stories—such as a Philly school counselor whose payment rose from $90 to $440—and take them to Congress, linking the cuts to tax breaks for the rich alongside reductions to Medicaid and SNAP. They also discuss Trump's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, voucher expansion, and pressure on universities over DEI and antisemitism claims.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Judges halt Trump's ballot crackdownRussia feeds Iran targeting dataMichigan Democrats war over Medicare for AllWarning signs hit the Smithsonian. Parasites spreadTimed eating protects memorySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How Trump Is Driving America Toward a Civil War by Punishing His Political Enemies...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Voter suppression by presidential orderA courtroom confession about punishing blue statesIran's war enriches BeijingAnother Epstein insider found deadNew York cuts food pricesBirdsongs healSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest Interview: Christopher Armitage - Are Foreign Intelligence Agencies and Criminals Killing Donald Trump's Enemies to Earn His Favor? Do you think U.S. President Donald Trump would like to see his political enemies murdered? And Is Russia Helping Iran Kill American Troops?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom chats with Ben Wikler, Former WISDems Party Chair / Host, This is Wisconsin (on Civic Media) /Author, “This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy“ There's no shortage of analysis about what's wrong with the Democratic Party. Ben Wikler is focused on what Democrats plan to do about it. The former Wisconsin Democratic Party chair wrote "This Is the Plan," laying out lessons from one of the most closely divided states and what they could mean for Democrats nationwide.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thom talks with Democratic Senator of Oregon, Jeff Merkley, about his FREE article, Ring the Alarm Bells: The Ten Rules of Trump's Authoritarian Playbook, and his experience at the U.S. Senate chamber outlining these corrupt and destructive tactics. Why Americans Are Falling Out Of Love With Capitalism. Healthcare: Why Do We Pay The Most And Get The Least? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former White House staffer Miles Taylor warns "Could Congress hand Trump the midterms?" Plus why are we selling Saudi Arabia the Very Thing We're Bombing Iran Over? Victoria Jones - Britain's New PM Andy Burnham and, does Larry the Cat (the official cat of #10 Downing Street) approve...? And why Are ICE Officers Saying Morale Is Worse Than Under Biden?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spineless on IranCorrupt on taxesBeaten twice on detentionCruel on MedicaidQuietly buying companiesPlus El Niño's shipping venomous sea snakes to your beachSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

War panics the bond marketTrump ransoms disaster aid for election rulesCalifornia kills 148,000 ballotsTariffs hide behind forced laborDoctors demand single payerCapitalism loses believersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every eighty years America's oligarchs have tried to bury democracy. Three times they failed. This time they've dismantled the election's guardrails before the votes are even cast…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Iran War Grinds On. Trump Still Interested?President vs The Senate. GOP Midterm Malaise.Data Centers Opposition. SAVE America Act Dying.Hegseth Loves Manliness. GOP: Dems are Commies.Miane Democrats Recover. WH Correspondents Dinner. With Emily Goodin, White House Correspondent for the New York Post, Philip Bump, Editor and Columnist for Hearst Connecticut and Rachel Schilke, Congressional Reporter for Bloomberg Government. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers. More information at AFT.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Christian Nationalists Are Mocking Jesus, Making Atheists, And Creating An Exodus From The Church. Thom is joined by John Pavlovitz, writer, pastor, and activist / latest book is “Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending“ / PLUS, John's new children's book is “HERE and NOW and SMALL and CLOSE.“ Plus Retired Ladies Against Underwater Garbage and the Ukraine update with Phil Ittner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For 45 years, billionaires and their political allies have weaponized hate, divided Americans, and quietly dismantled the middle class while we fought each other instead of them…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Republicans fund an illegal war while groceries soarA Saudi nuclear giveawayGutted election defensesICE called a powder kegA fake stock banUnderwater heroesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oil blasts past $100 as war widensTrump guts MedicaidThe Endangered Species ActCollins funds ICEMcConnell vanishesRenters out-earn their parents and still can't buySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every authoritarian system begins by targeting someone else, until the circle widens to include critics, opponents, and ordinary citizens…See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump may abandon his war for votesThe AI bubble endangers your savingsAmericans fear politicsGOP smuggles voter suppressionRFK downplays an explosive outbreakSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hegseth wants five thousand dollars a person for the PentagonTrump eyes strikes on MaliMillions quit workingAOC fights merging our military with IsraelICE claims collapseSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The report, titled Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, was released as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of Cuba's role in the hemisphere and follows remarks by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at last week's Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism. Also Thom examines the disturbing 80-day detention of Palestinian-American Salah Sarsur, a mosque president with no criminal record. Plus, the shocking connection between a Trump envoy and the Tate brothers, the major corporate brands bankrolling ICE, and a scientific warning about "super mosquitoes" evolving in our backyards.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

They Didn't Just Buy Politicians: They Bought Your Food, Your Health, Your Future, and They're Coming for What's Left. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Did the FDA Just Blow a Nationwide Diarrhea Scare? Dr. Doom Says Robots Are Coming for Your Paycheck. Heidi Siegmund Cuda (Bette Dangerous) - Why I believe America didn't make it to its 250th birthday. Crazy Alert. Trump Says Diet Soda Kills Cancer Cells. Where Did Trump's Millions Disappear To? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eighty days caged for free speechJournalists' phone records seizedA McCarthyite Cuba reportA soiree for the Tate brothersBrands bankrolling ICEAnd tougher mosquitoesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump's Iran war curdles into a quagmireCan we save the planet and also end poverty?RFK freezes a billion in blue-state MedicaidRaskin probes Epstein's foreign tiesCanada gets tariffedHoneypots hunt federal workersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill welcomes former Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler to discuss his new book, "This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy," and Wisconsin's political arc from La Follette-era progressivism to Scott Walker's rollback and a comeback under Gov. Tony Evers. Wikler argues the most effective political work is grassroots, trust-based conversations that target persuadable and low-propensity voters, noting how tiny margins can decide outcomes. He contends Democrats must prioritize state-level races—governors, legislatures, attorneys general, secretaries of state, and especially elected state Supreme Courts—to set election rules and defend democracy against Trump-era threats. Wikler describes building a year-round “permanent campaign” infrastructure in Wisconsin and outlines a step-by-step roadmap from weekly local elections through 2026 battleground-state trifectas, advancing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and pursuing major federal democracy reforms in 2029.You can order your copy of Ben's great new book at Bookshop.org. Today Bill highlights the work of Run For Something that has worked with over 200,000 people to run for office. More information at RunForSomething.net.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feed people Trump hates and go to prison. The Crime of Compassion: What the Arrest of Fergie Chambers Tells Us About Where We Are Now. Trump and The Odyssey: The Ancient Curse He Just Unleashed on America. Who Guards the Guards When ICE Investigates Itself? Are Republicans Running on Nothing But Hate?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ICE polices itselfRepublicans run on hateTrump library millions vanishFDA botches a diarrhea scareDr. Doom predicts basic incomeTrump says soda fights cancerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump and The Odyssey: The Ancient Curse He Just Unleashed on America...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Houthis choke Saudi oilA judge halts the Paramount dealTrump grabs science fundingLouisiana buries toxic airMaine backs a loggerBillionaires hoard nannies while you scramble for daycareSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.