Independent Expression Radio

A recurrent theme in Hartmann’s work is that all true and lasting cultural change begins with new insights propagating through enough people to reach a critical mass. History demonstrates, he says, that “when stories change, the world changes.” (Good examples from the 20th century are the stories that women in America should not be allowed to vote, or that blacks should have separate facilities and schools. Once these millennia-old toxic stories began to break down, cultural change came relatively quickly.)

In the radio field, Hartmann worked from 1968 to 1978 as a DJ, reporter, news anchor, and program director for a variety of commercial radio stations, and today hosts a daily nationally-syndicated talk show. He’s also contributed to the American economy: in the business world he has founded seven corporations over the past 30 years, which have generated over a quarter-billion dollars in revenue.

Coming back behind the microphone, Hartmann began in Spring 2003 a radio talk show syndicated on stations from coast to coast, on the Sirius satellite radio system, and streamed live on the internet.

The father of three grown children, he lives in Vermont with his wife Louise, to whom he's been married for over 30 years.