Thom Hartmann, who started in radio in 1968, is also is an internationally known speaker on culture and communications, an author, and an innovator in the fields of psychiatry, ecology, and democracy. Hartmann is the award-winning, best-selling author of fourteen books currently in print in over a dozen languages on four continents. Hartmann worked from 1968 to 1978 as a DJ, reporter, news anchor, and program director for a variety of radio stations. After starting several businesses, Hartmann returned to the radio in Spring 2003 as a nationally syndicated talk show host. The Thom Hartmann Program, which has been on the air on radio stations from coast to coast and on Sirius Satellite Radio.