Best of the Left Podcast : (2013/12/18) Humans are just terrible (Rape Culture)

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Edition #783

Humans are just terrible

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: Anonymous Targets Missouri Town Over Dropped Rape Charges | Another Steubenville? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 10-16-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Oops and move on - Henry Phillips

Ch. 4: Act 2: No prison time for rape? Survivor speaks out - Melissa Harris-Perry - Air Date: 11-24-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Ch. 6: Act 3: Army Will Discharge All Convicted Sex Offenders - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-26-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Smithereen - Deep East Music

Ch. 8: Act 4: Humans rape - This Week in Blackness - Air Date: 3-18-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Like humans do - David Byrne

Ch. 10: Act 5: Masks Off - A Challenge to Men - Jeremy Loveday - Air Date: 12-03-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Machine - David Ari Leon

Ch. 12: Act 6: Public and private advice, and the difference between blame and cause - Rationally Speaking - Air Date: 05-06-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: Kyoko's House  ("stage blood is not enough") - Philip Glass

Ch. 14: Act 7: RAINN - The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 16: Act 8: Creeps on the street - Laci Green - Air Date: 9-11-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Cat calling - The Dollyrots

Ch. 18: Act 9: Rush Limbaugh: Women Want Sexual Harassment - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-17-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 19: Change is coming to small towns and more people should come out as trans - Unspellable name (sorry) from Alaska

Ch. 20: People looking to move to get health care - Raven from Louisville, KY

Ch. 21: MLK and the transgender community - Tony from Altanta, GA

Leave a message at 202-999-3991

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 22: Final comments on the Stitcher Awards, holiday schedule and BotL's new website

Activism:

http://www.rainn.org

https://www.facebook.com/RAINN01

https://twitter.com/rainn01 

Written by BOTL activism director, Katie Klabusich: 

http://katiespeak.com

Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: 

https://www.facebook.com/KatieGoodmansUnFItUp

Katie Goodman, creator: 

http://katiegoodman.com

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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