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(2014/03/29) Intolerant of discrimination and proud of it (Reproductive Rights)

Edition #813

Intolerant of discrimination and proud of it

 

Today we look at the inane battle being waged over some christian business owners proclaimed right to discriminate against their female employees reproductive rights based on junk science.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The GOPs birth control issue - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-24-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) - Cyrille Verdeaux

Ch. 4: Act 2: Abortion Rate Lowest in 41 Years Because of Liberals - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-05-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: So thankful - Nahko and Medicine for the People

Ch. 6: Act 3: Corporations can't have it both ways - RJ Court Watch - Air Date: 3-24-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Mothers of the night - Moby

Ch. 8: Act 4: Fox Judicial Analyst Falsely Claims Obamacare Contraception Coverage Includes Euthanasia - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 03-25-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Mothers of the night - Moby

Ch. 10: Act 5: Women Aren't Women; They're 'Hosts' Says Republican - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Pray for you - Jaron And The Long Road To Love

Ch. 12: Act 6: Legal questions around corporations, religion and contraception access - RJ Court Watch - Air Date: 3-24-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Mas que nada - Sergio Mendes

Ch. 14: Act 7: Restricting Abortion Rights Makes for a Unified Party - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 01-22-2014

Ch. 15: Song 7: We all agree - Mika Vember

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Clinic Vest Project via- @clinicvestproje - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 18: Act 9: Anti-Choice Zealots Threaten Women Activists Online - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-20-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Too tired - Albert Collins

Ch. 20: Act 10: Are corporations free to have their own facts? - @twib_fm - Air Date: 3-24-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Focusing movements on what groups are not - Daniel from Albany, NY

Ch. 22: The rich do have something to fear - Brad from Dallas, TX

Ch. 23: Being pro-choice as a conservative - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 24: Final comments on Katie Klabusich's connection to the clinic escort program

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

The Clinic Vest Project

 

Sources/further reading:

"Appeals court upholds law that closed Texas abortion clinics" by Irin Carmon

"We Won’t Forget: The End of Safe, Legal Abortion Care in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley [Video]” by Andrea Grimes

Clinic Defense: Escorting

"Obama Administration’s Weak Defense May Prove To Be Birth Control Benefit’s Achilles Heel” by Jessica Mason Pieklo

”Is a Corporation Religious? Maybe, Say Justices” by Irin Carmon

"Is the Contraception Mandate Doomed? It sure looks that way after the Hobby Lobby argument” by Dahlia Lithwick

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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(2014/03/26) Sadly grasping at cakes (LGBTQ Rights)

Edition #812

Pathetically grasping at cakes

 

Today we look at the last gasps of the anti-LGBTQ movement in the US but also take a glimpse at Uganda where we can see the types of laws the religious fundamentalists would like to impose here if they could.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Right Wing Christians Preach Hate In Africa & Now People Will Die - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-18-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Uganda - Matthew L. Fisher

Ch. 4: Act 2: The Miracle of Anti-Gay Denial - @MarkFiore Animation - Air Date: 03-22-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Power of denial - Thomas Newman

Ch. 6: Act 3: Michael Sam comes out as gay before NFL draft - @gibblertron Throwing Shade - Air Date 2-12-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Throwing Shade Theme song

Ch. 8: Act 4: Attention Anti-Gay Pro Athletes: WTF Are You Talking About? - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-12-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Shower the people - James Taylor

Ch. 10: Act 5: 1st Southern State: VA Gay Marriage Ban Overturned - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-24-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Married by the sea - Theo Bard

Ch. 12: Act 6: The WE DO Campaign via- @CSElive - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 14: Act 7: Was Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Really Anti-Gay - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-21-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Le nuit - David Ari Leon

Ch. 16: Act 8: CNN's Cuomo Call Out The Extremist Group Behind Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 02-24-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Le nuit - David Ari Leon

Ch. 18: Act 9: A Warning To Fascist Gays From The American Family Association - @majorityfm - Air Date 2-27-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: T-Shirt Weather - The Lucksmiths

Ch. 20: Act 10: Where did all the anti-gay bills come from - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 21: Song 10: I believe in that - Chip Taylor

Ch. 22: Act 11: This Appears to be the End of Discrimination Bills - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 02-27-2014

Ch. 23: Song 11: Get over it - OK Go

Ch. 24: Act 12: Nothing's Changed - Arizona's Homophobic Law Was Totally Unnecessary - @fakedansavage - Air Date 3-4-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 25: Thoughts on leadership in Russia and the comparison to Hitler - Andy from Austin

Ch. 26: The importance of the discussion of privilege and perspective - Bill from St. Petersburg, FL

Ch. 27: The history of the conflict in Ukraine - Andy from Austin

Ch. 28: Response to Neanderthal discussion - Margarete from Ashville, NC

Ch. 29: Libertarians and the whole point of labels - Hamish from California

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 30: Final comments previewing the next episode on reproductive justice

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

We Do Campaign from The Campaign for Southern Equality

Southerners for the Freedom to Marry

 

Sources/further reading:

"How Resistance Will Change the South: The We Do Campaign is looking for a public official in the South who will issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple as an act of conscience.” via The Advocate

"SPLC Sues for Marriage Equality in Alabama” by John Becker, at The Bilerico Project

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

 

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Edition #811

The affliction of wealth on people and society

 

Today we look at some of the reasons why rich people have a tendency to be some of the worst people on the planet and how their actions make things worse for everyone, including themselves.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The persecuted rich - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-30-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Perfect balance - PEEZZE

Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Do Crazy Rich People Keep Talking About Nazism? - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-20-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Friends and neighbors - Sammy Kaye

Ch. 6: Act 3: Former Wolf Of Wall Street Comes Clean In Op-Ed - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-03-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Philosophy - Ben Folds

Ch. 8: Act 4: Affluenza vs Impoverbetes - Disorderly Conduct (@Dis_Con) - Air Date 12-16-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: My wealth comes to me - Ben Sollee

Ch. 10: Act 5: They're Bigger Assholes Than You Ever Thought | Wall Street Secret Society Infiltrated - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-19-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: The game is rigged - The Great Malarkey

Ch. 12: Act 6: Citizen’s United Take Two via @CommonCause - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 14: Act 7: Paul Piff: Does money make you mean? - TEDx - Air Date: 12-2013

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 15: Coverage of Ukraine dropped the ball - Issac from DC

Ch. 16: Thoughts on Joss Whedon's speech - Rosa from Denver, CO

Ch. 17: The cold war then and now - Maureen from Mass

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 18: Final comments on my bad mood leading to today's fuck-the-rick episode

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Take Action on McCutcheon v FEC from Common Cause

 

Sources/further reading:

McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission from SCOTUS Blog

"Scalia’s looming fiasco: Obscure new SCOTUS case may be worse than Citizens United" by Josh Eidelson

"Six Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term” by Jessica Mason Pieklo

"How Much Did Sheldon Adelson Really Spend on Campaign 2012?” from ProPublica

”Who Is Foster Friess? Seven Facts You Need to Know” from

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT

(2014/03/20) That thing in Ukraine that's happening (Foreign Policy)

Edition #810

That thing in Ukraine that's happening

 

Today we take a look at Ukraine and Russia, ponder whether there's anything for us to do about the situation there and wonder why conservatives are super-gay for bad-boy-strong-man Vladimir Putin but totally not in a gay way, they swear.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Does the GOP have Putin envy? - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 03-04-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Borrow - Brendan Benson

Ch. 4: Act 2: Right Blames Presidential Weakness Exclusively For Russian Takeover - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 3-7-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Hang Me Up to Dry - Cold War Kids

Ch. 6: Act 3: Hillary Clinton Compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-06-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Where do I begin? - The Chemical Brothers

Ch. 8: Act 4: Making sense of Ukraine - @truthdig Radio - Air Date: 03-06-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: We didn't start the fire - Vitamin String Quartet

Ch. 10: Act 5: Using Energy Production As Political Weapon Against Russia - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 3-14-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Gravity rides everything - Modest Mouse

Ch. 12: Act 6: GOP claims US energy can stop Putin - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 03-05-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Burning heart - Survivor

Ch. 14: Act 7: Putin Invaded Ukraine Because Benghazi says Senator - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-06-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Consequences - The Robert Cray Band & The Memphis Horns

Ch. 16: Act 8: Right Says Obama's Desire for Nuclear Free World Is An Example of Weakness - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 3-14-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Ask - The Smiths

Ch. 18: Act 9: Dick Cheney Attacks Obama On Handling Of Ukraine Situation - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-11-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Shut Up - Christina Aguilera

Ch. 20: Act 10: Cashing the Doomsday Cheque - @dccommonsense - Air Date: 03-09-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: We need talk about height privilege - Russ in East Texas

Ch. 22: Am I queer or not? - Stacy from San Francisco Bay Area

Ch. 23: Calling for eugenics? - Elizabeth in Seattle

Ch. 24: Seattle socialist councilwoman acting capitalistically - Mick from Australia

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 25: Final comments on the impossibility of opt-in socialism

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:48pm EDT

(2014/03/16) A look in the mirror and the rear view mirror (Progressives)

Edition #809

A look in the mirror and the rear view mirror

 

Today we take look at some progressives from the past a present and what they're up to. Starts to make you wonder if our best days are behind us.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: How Many Americans Call Themselves Liberal? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-13-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: We shall overcome - Pete Seeger

Ch. 4: Act 2: Give 'em Hell, Barack! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-29-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: A few honest words - Ben Sollee

Ch. 6: Act 3: No Room For Fake Progressives in 2014 - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-03-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: This land is your land - Pete Seeger

Ch. 8: Act 4: Socialist Councilwoman Accepts Less Than Half of $117K Salary - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-02-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: A lot of work to do - Friendly People

Ch. 10: Act 5: President Obama Done Presidenting? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-01-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Audacity of hope - The Last of the Troubadours

Ch. 12: Act 6: Obama vs. FDR - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-30-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Where have all your good words gone? - Laura Gibson

Ch. 14: Act 7: In the Adegbile Affair, at Least, Obama More Honorable than Bill Clinton - Glen Ford of @blkagendareport - Air Date: 3-12-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Which side are you on? - Pete Seeger

Ch. 16: Act 8: 5 Years of Obama: Some Results - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-28-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

Ch. 18: Act 9: Bill Hicks - 20 Years Since His Death, Still Speaking The Truth - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Solidarity forever - Pete Seeger

Ch. 20: Act 10: Social Change Central To The Inspiring Life Of Music Icon Pete Seeger - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-29-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: On labels and respect - Marty from Los Angeles

Ch. 22: Attempting to define a libertarian - Gordon from Chicago

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 23: Final comments on the incompatibility of libertarianism with society

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT

(2014/03/13) Heart of Darkness (Conservatives)

Edition #808

Heart of Darkness

 

Today we take a look at what some conservatives have been up to lately, including a glimpse at their yearly display of insanity at the ultraconservative CPAC conference

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Elijah Cummings Calls Out Fraud IRS Hearings, Republican Darrell Issa Tries to Silence Him - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-06-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: What I'm Looking For (Ad Version) - Brendan Benson

Ch. 4: Act 2: Scott Walker Staff Racist Anti-Gay Emails Leaked - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-22-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Sunrise - Duran Duran

Ch. 6: Act 3: Nazi Propaganda At Heart Of Wolf Blitzer Take Down Of Ted Nugent - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-22-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Mountain Sound - Of Monsters and Men

Ch. 8: Act 4: Exclusive: How ALEC serves the right - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-22-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Welcome to the black parade - Vitamin String Quartet

Ch. 10: Act 5: Cynics, Suckers, & Lunatics: The Building Blocks of the Conservative Movement - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-31-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Shambala - Three Dog Night

Ch. 12: Act 6: The Clear-Eyed Utopian View - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-28-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Soon It Will Be Cold Enough to Build Fires - Emancipator

Ch. 14: Act 7: President Rand Paul? 2014 CPAC Straw Poll Results - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-11-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Call of the wild ones: A Theme - Black Prairie

Ch. 16: Act 8: Lowlights From Conservative Political Action Committee - Media Matters (@mmfa) - Air Date: 03-10-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Call of the wild ones: A Theme - Black Prairie

Ch. 18: Act 9: CPAC: Michele Bachmann: Tea Party Is an Intellectual Movement - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-10-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 19: Responding to Joss Whedon on feminism - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 20: Responding to Matt and queer theory - Chrissie from Kansas

Ch. 21: Jacob and the things he has to reflect on - Jacob from Indianapolis

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 22: Final comments responding to Jacob and maybe making some progress

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

Produced by:

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(2014/03/10) Like men, only cheaper (Feminism)

Edition #807

Like men, only cheaper

 

Today we watch as conservatives clumsily try to hold back the rising tide of gender equality. It's quite sad, really.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The GOP war on women hasn't died down - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-23-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Out of control - U2

Ch. 4: Act 2: Privileged Republican Senator Dismisses 'War On Women' But Here Are The Facts - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-28-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: La nuit - David Ari Leon

Ch. 6: Act 3: Bill O'Reilly: "There's Got To Be Some Downside To Having A Woman President" - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-27-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: La nuit - David Ari Leon

Ch. 8: Act 4: No, Online Harassment is Not the Same for Women and Men - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-24-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Superwoman - Alicia Keys

Ch. 10: Act 5: Rand Paul: Women won the war on women - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-27-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen

Ch. 12: Act 6: O'Reilly Questions "The Point" Of Highlighting The Gender Pay Gap - Media Matters (@mmfa) - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen

Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Sets Bear Trap, Republicans Walk Right Into It - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-31-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: The chance I deserve - Club 8

Ch. 16: Act 8: Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation via @NARAL - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 18: Act 9: @josswhedon at 'Make Equality Reality' - @equalitynow - Air Date: 11-08-13

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 19: Donate your account call to action - Perry from Green County, IN

Ch. 20: A mild scolding - Matt in Negaunee, Mi

Ch. 21: Explaining signifier words and their threat to privilege - Tanya in California

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 22: Final comments asking just how much privilege do some people need

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation from NARAL Pro-Choice America

Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation from MoveOn.org

 

Sources/further reading:

"Why the Campaign Against Conservative Judicial Nominees Like Michael Boggs Matters” by Jessica Mason Pieklo, RHRC sr. legal analyst

"27 Liberal Groups Oppose Obama Judicial Nominee"

"Civil rights leaders call for Obama to withdraw Georgia judicial nominees" via The Hill

"Obama judicial nominees draw lawmaker, civil rights ire” via CNN

"Voting yes on Boggs is bad for women” by MSNBC.com guest blogger, Ilyse Hogue, NARAL president

"Major Abortion Rights Group Breaks With Obama Over Judicial Nominee’s Record On Choice” by Ian Millhiser at Think Progress

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT

(2014/03/07) Moment of truth (Climate/Keystone XL)

Edition #806

Moment of truth

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Keystone XL - Time to end the addiction - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-31-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Addiction - Medina

Ch. 4: Act 2: Keystone to America: Bend Over and Take it! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-07-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Making progress - Freedom's Progress

Ch. 6: Act 3: NBC Says Pipeline Decision More Important To Presidential Image Than To Climate Change - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-7-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: We are the many - Makana

Ch. 8: Act 4: Facts Buried, Oil Sands Dug Up & The Environment Pays The Price - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-09-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Ch. 10: Act 5: Van Jones debunks myths behind the Keystone Pipeline on Crossfire - @VanJones68 - Air Date: 02-10-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Bad idea - Goose

Ch. 12: Act 6: Huge Tar Sands Pipeline Protest in Washington - @greennewsreport - Air Date 3-4-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (Remastered) - Morrissey

Ch. 14: Act 7: CPAC Panel on How to Deny Climate Change - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-05-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Living a Lie (feat. James Mercer) - Aimee Mann

Ch. 16: Act 8: Paul Ryan Stuns CNN Host: Keystone XL Will Solve Russian Ukraine Invasion - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-07-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: That's All - Clare and the Reasons

Ch. 18: Act 9: 350.org Campaigns - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil Part 1 - @MoyersNews - Air Date 2-7-14

Ch. 21: Song 10: Moment of truth - Gentleman

Ch. 22: Act 11: Jack Gerard's American Petroleum Institute - @MarkFiore Animation - Air Date: 02-27-14

Ch. 23: Song 11: The 350 Movement October 24, 2009 - The Day the World Came Together.

Ch. 24: Act 12: Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil Part 2 - @MoyersNews - Air Date 2-7-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 25: Defending Matt's self-identification as 'queer' - Tanya in California

Ch. 26: Trying to get there on trans issues - Jane from Boston

Ch. 27: Don't need to know the details about trans people to defend them - Dan from Milwaukee, WI

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 28: Final comments about my bad, angry day

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Start And Win Campaigns To Protect Our Common Future from 350.org

 

Additional Activism

”Say No To Corporate Power Grabs: Reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership” from 350.org Campaigns

 

Sources/further reading:

"Keystone sides rush to meet deadline,” The Hill

"Opportunistic right wingers push nonsense on Keystone XL” from Green News Report (3/06/14)

KeyStone Protest Photography from independent photojournalist Jenna Pope

"Climate Change is The Context of Our Times — interview with Tim DeChristopher" from Acronym TV with Dennis Trainor, Jr

"State Dept's Keystone XL Contractor, ERM Group, Also OK'd Controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska” by Steve Horn at DeSmog Blog

"EPA Moves To Block Massive Alaskan Gold And Copper Mine” by Katie Sheppard

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT

(2014/03/04) Unequal justice under the law (The (in)justice system)

Edition #805

Unequal justice under the law

 

Today we look at the stick of justice in America and who's getting the short end of it.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Chris Hayes: I was nearly arrested for weed - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-03-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: (I've Got a) Golden Ticket - Leslie Bricusse

Ch. 4: Act 2: A Marijuana Arrest - BuzzFeed Central Presents - Air Date: 12-8-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Particles of the Universe (Heartbeats) - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin

Ch. 6: Act 3: Wishful Thinking and White House Fakery: Obama as Prison Reformer - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 2-5-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Life in prison - Mitchell

Ch. 8: Act 4: What are the odds that you're going to prison? - @bravenewfilms - Air Date: 2-13-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Julie-O - Kevin "KO" Olusola

Ch. 10: Act 5: Unequal justice under law - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-05-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Crime to Be Broke in America - Spearhead

Ch. 12: Act 6: #JordanDavis #DunnTrial - @WEEKinBLACKNESS Presents: BLACKNESS.TV - Air Date: 2-18-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Enter the Blackness (This Week in Blackness Theme) [feat. Willie Evans Jr., Elon James White & Aaron Rand Freeman] - Jasiri X

Ch. 14: Act 7: You're A Terrible Human Being If You Think Michael Dunn Is Right - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-19-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Terrible - Harley Poe

Ch. 16: Act 8: The failure of the prosecution and how murdering black kids is kind of okay - @WEEKinBLACKNESS - Air Date: 2-18-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Running scared - Roy Orbison

Ch. 18: Act 9: Stand Against ‘Shoot First’ Laws - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: (WARNING) Insanely Racist Audio Busts Michael Dunn Defender - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-21-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Touching on all the aspects of racism - Prof. Rambo from Georgia

Ch. 22: Tricia Rose segment was great for those who don't understand white privilege - Mara from Pittsburgh

Ch. 23: Appreciating the color analogy to gender - Zach from San Francisco

 

Leave a message at 202-999-3991

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 24: Final comments on how I ironically stole from a woman of color during the last racism episode

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

”Stand Against ‘Shoot First’ Laws” petition from ColorOfChange.org

 

Additional Activism:

Drop the Charges Against Darrin Manning

Shopping While Black is Not a Crime

 

Sources/further reading:

"Jordan Davis and the Refrain of Black Death” by Mychal Denzel Smith

"Black Boy Interrupted: On the unfinished life of Jordan Davis” (and everything else) by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"Angela Corey Aims to Increase Marissa Alexander Sentence to 60 Years” via Free Marissa Now Campaign

"Unarmed and dangerous? The National Rifle Association and ALEC were major backers of Florida's 'stand your ground' law” by Cliff Schecter

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

 

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(2014/03/01) Knowing our history and seeing it echo today (Racism)

Edition #804

Knowing our history and seeing it echo today

 

Today we look at how history shapes the present, how we can shape the future and how change is inevitable.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Oprah Claims President Faces Racism - This @WEEKinBLACKNESS - Air Date 11-19-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Black Wall Street - Touchers

Ch. 4: Act 2: Black Wall Street - Almas J. Sami'

Ch. 5: Song 2: Black Wall Street - The One JP

Ch. 6: Act 3: Professor reprimanded for teaching structural racism - @citizenradio - Air Date: 12-16-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Bury the past - Professional Victims

Ch. 8: Act 4: Black History One - @MumiaAbuJamal - Air Date: 2-19-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Know Your History (feat. 8 Ball & MJG) - Drumma Boy

Ch. 10: Act 5: Caller:  I Never Realized I had Racist Tendencies - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-25-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Cleanse song - Bright Eyes

Ch. 12: Act 6: America on MLK’s Birthday: The Trifecta of Evils - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 1-22-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Silence must be heard - Enigma

Ch. 14: Act 7: Still fraught: The idea of a black president - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-21-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?) - Sahara Hotnights

Ch. 16: Act 8: President Obama Isn't 'Playing The Race Card' - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-22-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Racism - Mighty Sparrow

Ch. 18: Act 9: Generation Justice (@genjustice) - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: CFC Keynote: Pain, Passion and Possibility - @ProfTriciaRose - Air Date: 10-29-2013

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: The proper way of educating an audience about trans issues - Erin from Philadelphia

Ch. 22: Trans people are treated as objects of curiosity - queer theory - Matt in Negaunee, Mi

Ch. 23: A few problems with the trans discussion - Jacob from Indianapolis

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 24: My conversation with Jacob

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Generation Justice

 

Sources/further reading:

Colorlines: Race Forward

"Infographic Illustrates the Structural Racism of the Oscars” or “Old, White Men Will Mostly Decide This Weekend’s Oscars” by Jamilah King

"White, Conservative Men Dominate Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows” by Breanna Edwards at The Root

”How Well Does The Media Cover Race?” by Dominique Apollon

”White Guys Doing It By Themselves” Tumblr curated by Erin Matson

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

 

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