Sat, 19 April 2014
Edition #818 Burn it to the ground
Today we attempt to watch the watchers and see if there's anything to be done about them.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Drones, metadata, and Dirty Wars - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-10-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Little Talks - Of monsters and men Ch. 4: Act 2: Is It Time for a New Church Committee? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-26-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel Ch. 6: Act 3: No Escaping Dragnet Nation (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date 3-14-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: Hide the truth - Chronicle Ch. 8: Act 4: Significant NSA Change Proposed By Obama - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-26-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Heroic fanfare - United States Army Band and Chorus Ch. 10: Act 5: USA Freedom Act via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan Ch. 12: Act 6: Senate vs. CIA - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-12-14 Ch. 13: Song 6: Gone Too Far (feat. Jack Bruce;2012 - Remaster) - Robin Trower Ch. 14: Act 7: NSA Out Of Control - @dccommonsense - Air Date 3-23-14
Voicemails: Ch. 15: Latest trans episode was truly enlightening - Jim from Kentucky Ch. 16: Realizing how badly he'd misrepresented himself originally - Matt in Negaunee, Mi Ch. 17: "Queer" shouldn't be reclaimed by the LGBT community - Tory from Altlanta, GA Ch. 28: Thoughts on respectability politics - Prof. Rambo from Georgia
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Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 19: Final comments on respectability politics
Closing Music: Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM: USA Freedom Act via ACLU USA Freedom Act via EFF
Sources/further reading: Text of the USA Freedom Act via Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) "Lawmakers Need to Get Behind the USA Freedom Act” via FreePress.net "Obama: US must 'win back the trust of ordinary citizens' over data collection” via The Guardian "NSA critics express 'deep concern' over route change for House reform bill” via The Guardian "What You Don't Know About The NSA Spying Program” Moment of Clarity video from Lee Camp
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson
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