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Thomas Carl "Thom" Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio host, author, former psychotherapist,〔(Thom Hartmann – Biography )〕 entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator. Hartmann has hosted a nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Thom Hartmann Program'', since 2003 and a nightly television show, ''The Big Picture'', since 2008. After being a DJ at Lansing, Michigan country music station WITL-FM in the late 1960s, Hartmann was an entrepreneur, writer, and humanitarian for nearly 30 years. He founded International Wholesale Travel and its subsidiary Sprayberry Travel, among other ventures. He also founded the Salem Children's Village, a home for abused and special-needs children, in New Hampshire. Since 1992, Hartmann has written many books on politics, spirituality, and psychology. His 1992 book ''ADD: A Different Perception'' brought to national attention the hunter vs. farmer theory of attention deficit disorder. Hartmann's 2002 article, "Talking Back To Talk Radio",〔()〕 became part of the original business plan of Air America Radio, and he started his radio program out of his home in Vermont in March 2003. He moved to the Air America network in 2007 and then to the Jones Radio Network (later Dial Global) in 2009. The radio show is also broadcast on community/non-profit stations via Pacifica Radio and Free Speech TV. ''The Thom Hartmann Program'' has 2.75 million listeners a week and is one of the top progressive talk radio programs.〔("The Top Talk Radio Audiences" ), TALKERS Magazine, Spring 2010〕 In 2008 Hartmann started a daily TV show, ''The Big Picture''. The RT network began carrying the show in 2010. ==Early life== Hartmann was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan,〔"Thom Hartmann". ''Who's Who in America'', 63rd Edition.〕 one of four children of Jean and Carl Thomas Hartmann. His paternal grandparents were from Norway, and his other ancestry includes Welsh and English.〔http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0910-15.htm〕 He lived in Detroit at age two, and later grew up in Lansing, Michigan.〔 ''The Thom Hartmann Program'': July 25, 2013.〕 Interested in politics from a young age, he was raised in a conservative, Midwestern household with a right-wing point of view. He campaigned with his staunch-Republican father for Barry Goldwater during the 1964 presidential election when he was thirteen. Although a gifted student, Hartmann was expelled from high school during tenth grade and later earned a GED.〔 (Hartmann describes being expelled from high school at the 0:15 mark and describes being in his school's gifted student program at the 1:35 mark.)〕 Hartmann enrolled at Lansing Community College and transferred to Michigan State University, majoring in electrical engineering. In 1968, Hartmann opened his first business, a repair shop named "The Electronics Joint" located next to Michigan State University and became a part-time disc jockey at local country music station WITL.〔Thom Hartmann, ''(Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture )''.〕〔Hartmann, ''(Rebooting the American Dream )'', p. 97.〕 With Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Hartmann protested against the Vietnam War .〔(Man's Got Heart ); Insider Radio – Personality Interviews; September 11, 2006〕 Hartmann had been interested in consciousness and spirituality since childhood, and by 1969 his interest had gone from hippie subculture to Christian mysticism. It was during that year that he met the head of the Coptic Center, Master Stanley.〔 An excerpt from ''The Prophet's Way''.〕 In 1971 he was ordained as a Minister with Coptic Fellowship International. He has been a keynote speaker at many Coptic Conferences nationally. In 1973, Hartmann returned to Detroit to work as an engineer with RCA.〔 He met his wife Louise in the late 1960s. They have been married for over 30 years and have three children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thom Hartmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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