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NEXT, RADIOED TALK-SHOW HOST THOM HARTMANN. AFTER THAT, GORDON BROWN |
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]ic BETWEEN ME Ic A CONSERVATIVE CONGRESSMAN? c DOING IT IN OREGON AND THE SEAT. cmicqok wccoPERHAPS... |
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WHO CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU NOW? WHAT WE ARE SYNDICATED BY THREE COMPANIES. DOUD GLOBAL -- DOW GLOBAL,... |
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WHAT TIME OF DAY ARE YOU ON |
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IN OREGON, IT IS 9:00 A.M. |
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HOW DO YOU APPROACH YOUR SHOW DIFFERENT FROM MOST SHOWS THAT |
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I TRY NOT TO DO COMPLETE RADIO -- COMPLEAINT RADIO. IT TURNS ME OFF WHEN I HEAR IT. I TRIED TO -- I... |
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MY LAST BOOK IS "THE CRISIS OF WESTERN CULTURE." THE REASON THAT WE CHOSE THAT TITLE IS I THINK THAT... |
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I HAVE LISTENED TO YOU FOR YEARS. LET ME RUN A CLIP. WHEN WE COVERED YOUR SHOW, YOU |
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THAT IS A PERFECT ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT, TO PROTECT US FROM |
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IT IS FUNNY. THIS LOGIC OF BUSH AND REAGAN CARRIES OVER TO A DEGREE. BUSH RECENTLY ISSUED SOME RULES... |
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WE REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE MEANING OF IT. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WITH US. WE ARE TAKING YOUR CALLS.... |
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YOU ARE LISTENING TO DO THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM, TALK RADIO FOR THE REST OF US. |
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TWO QUESTIONS. WHY DO YOU GIVE AN HOUR A WEEK |
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I'D GIVE IT TO BERNIE BECAUSE -- I GIVE IT TO BERNIE BECAUSE HE IS WILLING TO TAKE CALLS FROM LISTENERS,... |
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I THINK BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN HIS MESSAGE. THE THING THAT I GOT, LIVING IN VERMONT, IS I REMEMBER THE... |
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cI HEARD YOU SAY THAT CORPORATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND MONEY ON ADS. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN... |
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IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING. I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THIS AND 2000. -- IN 2000. I ORIGINALLY SAT DOWN... |
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GETTING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, THE POWER O THE RADIO'S STATION OR A TELEVISION STATION TO BE... |
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I LIKE TO READ BACK WIKIPEDIA ENTRY. THERE IS A LOT HERE. IT SAYS THAT YOUR 59 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. |
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YES, IN 1978, MY WIFE AND I STARTED A COMMUNITY FOR ABUSED AND SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY ABUSED CHILDREN.... |
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IT WAS A NONPROFIT. WE PUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF OUR OWN MONEY INTO IT WHICH WE NEVER GOT BACK, OF COURSE.... |
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WE DID WELL. WE SOLD AN AD AGENCY. LOUISE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED -- I KEEP FORGETTING. WE DECIDED THAT... |
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I HAVE DONE SOME BACKGROUND, WHERE DOES THE WORD SALEM COME |
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THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE MODELED OUR PROGRAM AFTER, THE ONLY THING LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES WAS IN... |
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HE WAS MY MENTOR. I WROTE A BOOK MOSTLY ABOUT HIM. THERE IS THIS PATH IN THE FOREST THAT HE AND I USED... |
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NAME THE PLACES YOU HAVE LIVED IN YOUR LAP? |
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WE LEFT LANSING AND MOVED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE THEN WE MOVED TO GEORGIA IN ATLANTA AND STARTED A TRAVEL... |
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IS THIS ABOUT YOU? HE RECEIVED HIS CH, A CHARTERED HERBALIST DEGREE. HE EARNED A PH.D. IN HOMEOPATHIC... |
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BY AND LARGE, I DON'T EVEN CLAIM THAT. ONE OF MY BOOKS HAVE THAT IN IT, AND SOMEBODY PUT IT ON THAT... |
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A FATHER, AN ATHEIST, MOTHER, A CHRISTIAN. BUT I DID NOT KNOW MY FATHER WAS |
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HE DIDN'T TELL ME. I GREW UP MOSTLY IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW OTHERS THAT... |
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WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF YOU WITH THE DALAI LAMA. I WILL ASK YOU WHAT THIS |
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I WAS A CHILD OF THE '60S. I WAS PART OF THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT. I CARRIED, FROM THAT DAY, UNTIL FOUR... |
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TWO THINGS, BUT TO FINISH THAT STORY, THERE WERE 30 OF US THAT WERE INVITED TO SPEND A WEEK WITH THE... |
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WHY DID THEY CONSIDER THE |
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THE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE HE IS REINCARNATIONi] OF A PAST HOLY MAN. "I BELIEVE THAT IF HE IS NOT WHOLLY,... |
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I THINK IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE. IN FACT, THIS CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. THERE WAS A WOMAN THAT USED TO WORK... |
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WHO DO YOU THINK, IF ANYBODY, CONVINCED YOU OR LET YOU TO BE A SPEAKER, A WRITER, |
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I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TOok BE A WmER. cMY MOTHER WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR. icwcu!MY FATHER, WHEN HEu"ED,... |
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20,000. IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT AND IT WAS ORGANIZED LIKE A LIBRARY. O3WHEN HE CAMcu!w3%3 BACK I"U(a... |
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cIN 1963, I WENT DOOR TOxD DOOcxDcoC'Nw3q |
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WHICH YOU WOULD GEc |
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WE TALK POLITICS ALL THE TIME. c-- WHEN YOU WOULD GET TOGETHER, |
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THAT IS UNUSUAL IN THE TALK- SHOW WORLD. YOU HEAR A TALK SHOW, WHETHER IT IS A CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL,... |
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FIRST, I THINK IT MAKES GOOD RADIO. PEOPLE SLOWDOWN FOR A FIST FIGHTS OR CAR WRECKS -- FOR FISTFIGHTS... |
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WHAT WAS THE MOMENT. |
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THE ENTIRE VIETNAM WAR MOVEMENT WAS WHAT AWAKENED ME. I WAS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO WORRY |
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WHEN DID YOU START WRITING? c I'Dq STARTED TRYING TO WRITE FOR PUBLICATION WHEN I WAS 12. |
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WHEN WAS THE FIRSc TIME THAT SOMETHING WAS PUBLISHED IN A |
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER TOLD ANYBODY THIS. IT WAS WHEN I WAS 16 AND I WROTE A SHORT -- I WAS A VIRGIN... |
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IT WAIT WAS ACTUALLY A LOVE STORY, BUT HAD AN OF SEX IN IT THAT IT |
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HAVE WRITTEN 20 BOOKS AT LEAST. YOU'RE FORCED -- YOUR FIRST BOOK |
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cTHE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER. CAME OUT THAT c WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHILDREN'S... |
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HAS THIS BEEN GOOD, THIS PART |
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IT HAS PUT THREE KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN RICH ON IT, |
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PART OF THIS. STATION THEY SAY THAT YOUR ORIGINAL ARTICLE BECAME PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS PLAN OF... |
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I STARTED IN CAMPUS RADIO IN 1967. I MADE A TAPE AND GOT A JOB WHEN I WAS 17 AS A DEEJAY AT A LOCAL... |
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WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE YOU |
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I HAD 10 YEARS IN RADIO AND I UNDERSTOOD THE MEDIUM. IN 2002, WE WERE LIVING IN VERMONT AND I DROVE... |
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HE JUST PICKED IT UP |
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IT WAS PICKED UP ON A WEBSITE AND THEN A BUNCH OF OTHER ONES |
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I WAS RIDING AND I WAS RETIRED HAVING SOLD THE AD AGENCY. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE... |
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HE WOULD DO IT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I DID NOT PAY FOR IT AND THEY |
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DID YOU HAVE CALLS RIGHT |
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YES, ACTUALLY. AFTER THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF DOING THAT WE GOT A SHOW ON NETWORK -- ON A NETWORK. |
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YES, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THAT IS HOW THE SHOW GOT STARTED. |
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UAW : THE NETWORK? -- D. UAW EARNED -- AND THE UAW |
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OWNED THAT WORK? YES. AIR AMERICA OPENED AND CLOSED THAT NETWORK. I INDEPENDENTLY SYNDICATED MY OWN... |
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ALHART IS A TO SYNDICATE YOUR |
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-- HOW HARD IS IT TOO IS A DECAY YOUR OWN SHOW -- TO |
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WE JUST KEPT ON PRODUCING THE |
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IT DID YOU BUY ADVERTISEMENTS FOR YOUR SHOW AND THEN GIVE AWAY OR BARTER FOR THE OTHERS? ADDED TO WORK... |
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THE NETWORK HAD TO RUN FIVE MINUTES OF ADVERTISING ALONG WITH OUR SHOW. |
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YES. WE HAD ONE FELLOW WORKING WITH US AND WE SOLD THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND WE PRODUCED THE SHOW AND I... |
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AL FRANKEN MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS, BUT HE EVENTUALLY MOVED THERE AND RAN FOR SENATE AND HE WON. |
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NO. |
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WANTED TO DO THAT? |
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S IT FAIR TO SAY THAT VERMONT AND OREGON ARE THE TWO MOST |
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I DO NOT THINK THAT AS A |
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DO THEY THINK MORE |
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YES, VERY DIFFERENTLY. THEY ARE DIFFERENT CULTURES. THERE ARE SEVEN NATIONS OF AMERICA AND THE DIFFERENT... |
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WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT YOUR |
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WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT |
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WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT OR BE ON RADIO? I WOULD DO BOTH. -- I WOULD DO BOTH. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR... |
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-- WHAT AM I GOING TO DO |
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PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO YOU ON |
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YES. AIR AMERICA DID NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDERCAPITALIZED. BEFORE SEAN HANNITY MADE HIS FIRST... |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
