Climate scientist and contributor toward the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize along with other IPCC authors, Penn State Professor Michael Mann offers his latest book for the holidays and the next four years, “The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics and Driving Us Crazy. This book is illustrated by Washington Post political cartoonist Tom Toles.  http://michaelmann.net/books/madhouse-effect

During the second segment (min 46) founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values, Ani Zonneveld; and Jordan Elgrably, founding director of The Markaz; consider the uptick of marginalization of Muslims in the US amidst the transition to the new administration. They offer suitable instruction for by standers to intervene to avert an assault on our brothers and sisters. GreenDot is one such resource. Information for the guests’ organizations is available at: http://www.mpvusa.org/ and http://www.themarkaz.org/. Both Ani and Jordan will return to the show next week, 12-13-16.