The Hartmann Report

Latest Episodes:

Understanding the Legacy of Trauma Nov 14, 2025

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Callers react to Epstein's crimes with pathos and understanding of victims of trauma.

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Daily Take: Did Epstein’s Knowledge of Trump Become Putin’s Most Dangerous Weapon Against Ukraine? Nov 14, 2025

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From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…

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Why Does the Epstein Stuff Matter? Nov 13, 2025

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast pondering the impact and importance of the newly revealed Epstein evidence. Jeff's dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment "News With My Dad" and shares a public safety announcement.. Does the Epstein stuff really matter? Is it just salacious click-bait or is it truly significant?

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Daily Take: The Epstein Affair Has Move From Sleaze to a Crisis for American Democracy Itself Nov 13, 2025

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This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…

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Union Most Sublime Nov 12, 2025

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann today is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Jeff's dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment "News With My Dad" and shares an extraordinary announcement. For the book club Thom reads from "Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing" by Robert Wolff.

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Daily Take: Call Them What They Are: Lickspittles to White Supremacy Nov 12, 2025

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Trump’s white supremacist loyalists are rewriting history, erasing Black heroes, and purging diversity, and the politicians who stay silent are complicit in that treason…

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Where Should We Focus Our Anger? Nov 11, 2025

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast examines the response from the public after the shutdown ordeal and posits the question, "Where Should We Focus Our Anger?" Will Chuck Schumer stay as senate leader? Should he?

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Daily Take: Chuck Schumer’s Quiet Betrayal: The Day the Democratic Party Forgot Who It Serves Nov 11, 2025

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The American people begged their leaders to stand up to Trumpism. Instead, their Senate “leader” sold them out. When courage becomes optional, democracy becomes impossible...

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Was It Worth It? Nov 10, 2025

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Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast reviews with the audience the meaning of the shutdown and actions of the Democratic leadership. The base is enraged but what is the real lesson?

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