First Name |
Thom
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Middle Name |
Carl
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Last Name |
Hartmann
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Full Name at Birth |
Thomas Carl Hartmann
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Alternative Name |
The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Programme, Author Thom Hartmann, PDA board member Thom Hartmann, @ThomHartmannProgram [facebook], @Thom_Hartmann [twitter], The nation's #1 progressive talk radio host, New York Times bestselling author, The Thom Hartmann book club, Thom_hartmann [instagram]
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Birthday |
7th May, 1951
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Birthplace |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Distinctive Feature |
Often Unshaven and scruffy appearance..., Usually Wears Glasses..., Staunch progressive Political Commentator..., Tall And Lanky..., Anti Libertarianism..., Vehemently against Ronald Reagan and Reaganism..., Pro Bernie Sanders..., PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) board member..., Believes "Healthcare not warfare" and "healthcare for all"..., Believes "Corporations are not people" and are a danger to voting rights of Americans..., 3 children with wife Louise Hartmann..., In a 47 year marriage with Louise Hartmann..., One of his causes is ADD, about which he wrote his first book ""ADD: A Different Perception" in 1992..., According to online sources, Thom Hartmann has a net worth of $3 million as of January 2020..., 4-time Project Censored Award-winning radio personality..., Since 2003, the Michigan-born hosts The Thom Hartmann Program syndicated by the DGital Media with over 7 million listeners, which indeed is the main source of his income. He allegedly makes the salary in the 6-digit figure..., Author of 20-best selling books..., Founded a company specializing in the sales of herbal products..., Has twice founded a company, only to sell his shares years later..., As an entrepreneur, he's also founded several successful businesses which still are operating, and lived and worked with his wife, Louise, and their three children on several continents..., He was born and grew up in Michigan, and retains strong ties to the Midwest, although he and Louise now live in Washington D.C., complete with a radio studio and their mascot attack-cat, Higgins..., Big cat fan and has owned many of them..., Over 200 nationally published articles..., More people listen daily to the Thom Hartmann Program than any other progressive talk show in the nation..., Talkers Magazine names Thom Hartmann as the 9th most important talk show host in America, and the #1 most important progressive host, in their “Heavy Hundred” ranking.., Climate Change Protester...., Believes "The Supreme Court has abused it's power" and asks "How Do We Now Reform the Supreme Court?"..., Hates the Koch brothers..., Often wears blue jeans with an upper half suit and tie..., Wears badges with the words "Healthcare not warfare" and "Windmills not weapons"..., Wears ring on right hand with a big blue face..., Leonardo DiCaprio was inspired by Thom's book "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" to make the movie "The 11th Hour" (in which Thom appears)...
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Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Christian
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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University |
[1968] Michigan State University (Electrical Engineering)
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Occupation Text |
Radio/TV host, political commentator, author, former entrepreneur, former psychotherapist
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Occupation |
Writer
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Claim to Fame |
The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on Russia Today
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Music Genre (Text) |
Nationally Syndicated Radio Show, music radio DJ, Entrepreneur, Radio News Director, Non-Profit Organization for abused children, International Relief Organization / Charity, Articles publication, Non fiction authoring, TV / radio current affairs presenter
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Year(s) Active |
2003 > NOW (radio host: of 'The Thom Hartmann Program'), 2010 > 2017 (presenter: 'The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann'), 196? > 19?? (DJ: at 'WITL-FM' country music radio station), 1971 > 1978 (co-founded: The Woodley Herber Company), 1983 > 1986 (founded: International Wholesale Travel), 1968 > 1978 (DJ and news director: at Lansing radio station), 1968 > ???? (founded: repair shop The Electronics Joint), 1987 > 1996 (founder: of Atlanta advertising agency Chandler, MacDonald, Stout, Schneiderman & Poe, Inc), 1979 > 1984 (co-founder (with wife) & CEO): of The New England Salem Children's Village in New Hampshire, a non-profit organization), 198? > 199? (worker: with Germany-based Salem International, an international relief organization for over many years in the 80s & 90s)
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Record Label |
Air America Radio, WITL-FM Radio, RT America, DGital Media, Lansing radio station, Sirius Satellite Radio, America Radio Network, Air America Network, Jones Radio Network, TV Dish Network/Free Speech TV, Pacifica, Cable Radio Network (CRN), US Armed Forces Network, Free Speech TV Network
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Official Websites |
http://www.thomhartmann.com/, https://thomhartmann.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338363#P856, www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338363#P856, twitter.com/thom_hartmann, www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram, www.instagram.com/thom_hartmann/, www.instagram.com/thom_hartmann/tagged/
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Pets |
Higgins (pet cat), Blu (pet dog)
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Favorite People |
Bernie Sanders (politician), Greg Palast (author), Greg Palast (coauthor), Greta Thunberg, Joseph Chilton Pearce (coauthor), Lamar Waldron (coauthor), Leonardo DiCaprio, Lissa Coffey (coauthor), Lloyd James (coauthor), Martin Luther King, Michael Popkin (coauthor), Neale Donald Walsch (coauthor), Richard Bandler (coauthor), Scott Brick (coauthor), Sean Pratt (coauthor), Stephen Larsen (coauthor)
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Favorite Movies |
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, The 11th Hour
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Favorite Books |
Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast, Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast, Speeches and Addresses, by Delphin Michael Delmas
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Favorite Places |
Copenhagen, Denmark, Ruin near Stadtsteinach, Germany, Alaska, USA, Cavtat, Croatia
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Favorite Foods |
Herbal Products, NuLeaf, CBD oil
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Favorite Accessories |
X-Chair (furniture)
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Thomas Carl Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio personality, author, former psychotherapist, businessman, and progressive political commentator. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, since 2003 and hosted a nightly television show, The Big Picture, between 2010 and September 2017.