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Edition #1076

Today we listen in on the women’s marches in DC and Baltimore and hear some of the thoughtful critiques of and hopes for the future of the feminist movement

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Women’s March on Washington: Historic Protest Three Times Larger Than Trump’s Inaugural Crowd - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 01-23-17

Ch. 3: Song 1: On the turning away - Pink Floyd


Ch. 4: Act 2: Women's Voices Rise in Baltimore and Beyond - @TheRealNews - Air Date 1-22-17

Ch. 5: Song 2: What A Beautiful Morning! - Drunken Logic


Ch. 6: Act 3: The need for inclusive feminism - Backtalk from @BitchMedia - Air Date 1-26-17

Ch. 7: Song 3: Police On My Back - The Clash


Ch. 8: Act 4: Voices of the Women's March: Angela Davis, Gloria Steinem, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Janet Mock & More - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 01-23-17

Ch. 9: Song 4: Bigger Is Better - Dan Reich & Friends


Ch. 10: Act 5: Thoughts On The Women's March That Already Feels Like So Long Ago Because These Are The End Times - Jay Smooth - Air Date 1-26-17

Ch. 11: Song 5: Tobacco Road - Common Market


Ch. 12: Act 6: The importance of listening to one another and getting different perspectives - @WhoreCast - Air Date 1-25-17

Ch. 13: Song 6: Change Your Mind - Sister Hazel


Ch. 14: Act 7: Michelle Taylor on the Philly Women's March and the principles of feminism - @TalkPoverty Radio - Air Date 1-27-17


Voicemails

Ch. 15: Woman's march summary - Alan from Connecticut

Ch. 16: Breaking down the discussion on race, class and Trump - Darice from Washington, DC

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 17: Final comments on the Women’s March and how we communicate within the movement

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Edition #1075

Today I present the unabridged audiobook of Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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The team behind the guide is reachable on Twitter: 

@IndivisibleTeam@ezralevin@angelrafpadilla@texpat@Leahgreenb

Or email IndivisibleAgainstTrump@gmail.com

Direct download: 1075_Indivisible_Air_Date_1-27-17_-_1_27_17_8.55_AM_1.mp3
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Edition #1074

Today we take a look at the conflicts of interest, broken laws and constitutional violations of the new administration 

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Craig Holman: Trump Administration Gearing Up to Be "Most Scandal-Ridden in History" - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 01-03-17

Ch. 3: Song 1: Ethics - Bobby P.


Ch. 4: Act 2: Zephyr Teachout on Trump and the emoluments clause - Amicus from @Slate - Air Date 12-24-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Remedy - The Black Crowes


Ch. 6: Act 3: SHOCKING: The GOP Doesn't Care That the Office of Govt. Ethics Can't Fully Vet Trump Nominees - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 01-10-17

Ch. 7: Song 3: Code of Ethics - Manhattan Transfer


Ch. 8: Act 4: Trump Makes Ivanka's Husband Top Adviser - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-10-17

Ch. 9: Song 4: I Fought the Law - The Clash


Ch. 10: Act 5: Join or Start a Represent.US chapter near you to Fight Corruption via @Representdotus - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 11: Song 5: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard


Ch. 12: Act 6: What should Trump do to resolve his conflicts of interest? - @DecodeDC - Air Date 1-11-17


Voicemails

Ch. 13: The Affordable Care Act saved my life twice - Chris from Boston

Ch. 14: Coping with the Trump election - Zach from Atlanta

Ch. 15: Explaining socialism vs. communism and tribalism - Mike from Albany, NY

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 15: Final comments on having conversations about race

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Promote the Represent.US campaign to stop South Dakota from gutting the state's Anti-Corruption Act

Join or start a Represent.US chapter near you to fight corruption locally

EDUCATE YOURSELF

South Dakota Declares State of Emergency (via All In with Chris Hayes)

Your Day-One Guide to Donald Trump's Conflicts of Interest (via Mother Jones)

The Wall Street Washington Complex Invades Trump's Cabinet (via Mother Jones)

The many scandals of Donald Trump (via The Atlantic)

Trump Could be the Most Corruptible President Ever (via Politico Magazine)

Donald Trump's Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit (via The New York Times)

A Close Look at Donald Trump's Cabinet (via Marie Claire)

Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Edition #1073
Today we take a look at several aspects of Obama’s presidency, what marks he left behind and what he passes on to his successor
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: The Human Rights Campaign creates highlight reel of Obama on LGBT issues - @GAY_USAtv - Air Date 1-11-17

Ch. 3: Song 1: Halo - Beyoncé


Ch. 4: Act 2: Obama's legacy on immigration as the Deporter-in-Chief - Code Switch - Air Date 1-11-17

Ch. 5: Song 2: Represent - Weezer


Ch. 6: Act 3: Obama Takes Blame For Democrats Losing - @theyoungturks - Air Date 01-10-17

Ch. 7: Song 3: Failure - Kings of Convenience


Ch. 8: Act 4: Jameel Jaffer on Obama's National Security Legacy & What Lies Ahead with Trump - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 12-28-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: Breaking the Law - Emeli Sandé


Ch. 10: Act 5: Most Americans Realize Things Are Pretty Good Under Obama - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 12-24-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: Don't Let Me Down - Stereophinics


Ch. 12: Act 6: Obama's Economic Legacy: Recovery for the Architects of Financial Crisis - @TheRealNews - Air Date 1-8-17

Ch. 13: Song 6: Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin


Ch. 14: Act 7: In Response to Ta-Nehesi Coates' 'My President Was Black' : Obama's Failure During the Housing Crisis - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 01-03-17

Ch. 15: Song 7: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You - Sting


Ch. 16: Act 8: If Obama wasn't good enough for these people then no one is - Code Switch - Air Date 1-4-17


Ch. 17: Final comments about finding common cause across all of the intersectional identities across the working class

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


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Edition #1072
Today we take a look at the Democrats failure to present viable economic solutions and offer a new vision for where we should go from here
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Democrats failed to offer a better solution - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 11-26-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Once There Was a Hushpuppy - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin


Ch. 4: Act 2: How progressives need to frame their economic message - @theLFshow w: @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 12-29-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Unified - Unified Highway


Ch. 6: Act 3: AI Will Eliminate 6% of Jobs in Next 5 Years - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 09-18-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: Automation - Allan Sherman


Ch. 8: Act 4: Paul Street on the folly of throwing away identity politics - @BlkAgendaReport - Air Date 1-16-17

Ch. 9: Song 4: Working Class Hero - Green Day


Ch. 10: Act 5: Not Trickle Down, But Bottom Up | Anthony Flaccavento - @theLFshow w: @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 12-15-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: Trickle Down - Hayseed Dixie


Ch. 12: Act 6: What is Economic Democracy? - The Next System Project - Air Date: 3-1-16

Ch. 13: Song 6: Le monde de contre jour - David Ari Leon


Ch. 14: Act 7: The UK Labor party taking the lead on worker coops - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 5-9-16

Ch. 15: Song 7: Capitalism Is Tearing Us Apart - Sole


Ch. 16: Act 8: Social Welfare Does Not Kill Business, with President of Iceland Ólafur Grímsson - Big Think - Air Date 11-13-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Success - Iggy Pop


Ch. 18: Act 9: Join or Start a Local Democracy @ Work Action Group via @Democracyatwrk - Best of the Left Activism


Voicemails

Ch. 19: Why Trump voters are angry - Luis in Texas

Ch. 20: The true cost of commuting and how best to get engaged - Anonymous

Ch. 21: What should the new economy movement look like? - Natalia from North Hampton, MA

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 22: Final comments explaining to conservatives why we should shift to a co-op economy

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Find or Start a Democracy At Work Action Group near you

EDUCATE YOURSELF

10 Ways to Challenge Capitalism's Death Grip on Daily Life (via Truthout)

Cooperatives: The key to climate action? (via Democracy at Work)

Energy cooperatives are booming in Germany (via DW.com)

Worlds 8 Richest People Have Same Wealth as Poorest 50% (via The Guardian)

This Worker-Owned Cooperative is "Bigger than a Business" (via DCist.com)

Workers will get right to buy out bosses under Labour rule (The Independent UK)

Corporations Open Cash Spigot for Trump's Inauguration (The New York Times)

Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman.


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Edition #1071
Today we take a look at the threats to Muslim Americans and, frankly, Muslims around the world in the age of Trump
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Trump's Muslim Registry Should Remind Us of Japanese Internment Camps - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 12-24-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Kenji - Fort Minor


Ch. 4: Act 2: The specter of Korematsu - Amicus from @Slate - Air Date 11-30-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Don't Fence Me In - Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Bregman & Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra


Ch. 6: Act 3: Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn Is Pathologically Fixated On 'Radical Islamic Terror' - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 11-19-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: Pity the Nation/First They Came/I Don't Fight for Conquerors - Dave Lippman & Wild Bill Bailout


Ch. 8: Act 4: Fight religious and cultural ignorance - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 11-24-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: N/A


Ch. 10: Act 5: Why Won’t This President Say Radical Islam? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-17-15

Ch. 11: Song 5: Islamophobia - Genocide


Ch. 12: Act 6: Learn How to Support Your Muslim American Neighbors via @MuslimAdvocates - Best of the Left Activism

Act 6A: Going through the traumatic experience of Trump’s election - #GoodMuslimBadMuslim - Air Date 12-25-16

Ch. 15: Song: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard


Ch. 16: Act 7: Suzanne Barakat: Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate - @TEDTalks - Air Date 11-7-16


Voicemails

Ch. 17: How to reign in people who have started to go too far - Jennifer from Columbus, OH

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 23: Final comments

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Educate yourself and learn how to be a teammate at MuslimAdvocates.org

Learn how to report a hate crime in your state via MuslimAdvocates.org

“Click Here to End Hate” - Tips to Respond to Anti-Muslim Bigotry Online via Muslim Advocates.org

Download a “Hate Has No Business Here” poster

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election (via The Southern Poverty Law Center)

Day 1 in Trump's America (via Twitter)

Trump continues to sow confusion over his plan for Muslims entering the country (via The Washington Post)

Gingrich's Outrageous Call to Deport All Practicing U.S. Muslims (via The Atlantic)

Newt Gingrich Suggests Reforming House Un-American Committee In Wake Of Orlando Shooting (via The Huffington Post)

Donald Trump’s Plan for a Muslim Database Draws Comparison to Nazi Germany (via NBC News)

At South Carolina Rally, Donald Trump Defiant on Muslim Ban (via NBC News)

Japanese American internment is ‘precedent’ for national Muslim registry, prominent Trump backer says (via The Washington Post)

Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Edition #1070
Today we take a look at the plans the GOP has for peoples ability to access and afford their reproductive and health rights
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​Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Ohio on the Pulse - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (@FullFrontalSamB) - Air Date 12-13-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Human of the Year - Regina Spektor


Ch. 4: Act 2: The GOP Has No Alternative To Obamacare Because The ACA WAS The Republican Plan! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 12-02-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Bad Idea - Goose


Ch. 6: Act 3: Religious-Right Activist: Ohio Legislation Was Meant To Be the 'Arrow In the Heart of Roe V Wade' - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 1-2-17

Ch. 7: Song 3: One Way Street - Ann Peebles


Ch. 8: Act 4: The complicated procedures of repealing Obamacare - The Zero Hour w @RJEskow - Air Date 1-7-17

Ch. 9: Song 4: Fox In the Henhouse - Leap of Faith: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)


Ch. 10: Act 5: Texas Now Requires Funeral Services for All Abortions - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 12-1-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: I'm Against It - Groucho Marx


Ch. 12: Act 6: Kellyanne Conway: IT'S NOT FAIR That Dems Wont Help Destroy Obamacare - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 01-06-17

Ch. 13: Song 6: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths


Ch. 14: Act 7: Fighting for reproductive rights in the age of Trump - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 11-24-16

Ch. 15: Song 7: N/A


Ch. 16: Act 8: Save Health Care! Attend an #OurFirstStand Rally on 1.15 via @BernieSanders - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 17: Song 8: This Fickle World - Theo Bard


Ch. 18: Act 9: Trump Doubles Down On Planned Parenthood Witch Hunt - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date 12-23-16


Voicemails

Ch. 19: Responding to episode on 2007 - Alan from Connecticut

Ch. 20: Members now get all of their shows in the members feed - Dave from Olympia, WA

Ch. 21: It's important to take action - Louis in Texas

Ch. 22: Get up, stand up! - Matt from Pittsburg, PA

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 23: Final comments on self care and political action

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Save Health Care on Jan. 15th! Find an #OurFirstStand rally near you.

Use #OurFirstStand, #ProtectOurCare, #SaveHealthCare, #MakeAmericaSickAgain#CareNotChaos and #IStandWithPP to join the healthcare conversations online. 

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Not Just Obamacare: Medicaid, Medicare Also on GOP's Chopping Block (The Huffington Post)

Republicans’ 4-Step Plan to Repeal the Affordable Care Act (The New York Times)

Repealing Obamacare Could Leave 59 Million Americans Uninsured (The Atlantic)

Repealing Obamacare Effects Everyone (CNN Money)

GOP to Defund Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal (The Hill)

9 Things People Get Wrong About Planned Parenthood (The Cut)

Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Direct download: 1070_Health_Care_Air_Date_1-10-17_-_1-10-17_6.12_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT

Edition #1069
Today we take a look at the mechanics of our national security state that has been mostly installed or maintained over the past two presidencies and what Trump may do with that entrenched power
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​Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Chris Hedges: Trump Will Crush Dissent With Even Greater Violence and Savagery - @TheRealNews - Air Date 11-10-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Murky Water - The Autumn Isles


Ch. 4: Act 2: Do NOT Abandon the Constitution, Even for Terrorism - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 09-27-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: The Constitution - Ted Hawkins


Ch. 6: Act 3: Christopher Soghoian: Your smartphone is a civil rights issue - @TEDTalks - Air Date 10-31-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: Camera One - Josh Joplin Group


Ch. 8: Act 4: The future of police and surveillance - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 11-15-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: Police, Police - The Showcase Showdown


Ch. 10: Act 5: Sue Udry on Civil Liberties–Under Trump - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 11-18-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: Never Let You Down - The Verve Pipe


Ch. 12: Act 6: Ms. Robot - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (@FullFrontalSamB) - Air Date 12-13-16

Ch. 13: Song 6: Get By - Talib Kweli


Ch. 14: Act 7: Tell Your Senators: Expose Jeff Sessions' Anti-Civil Rights and Anti-Privacy History via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard


Ch. 16: Act 8: Branko Marcetic Trump Inherits Obama’s National Security State - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 12-6-16


Voicemails

Ch. 17: Expressing political opinions - Dale from Minneapolis, MN

Ch. 18: How minds can be changed for good or ill - Quai from North Carolina

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 19: Final comments on changing minds, whose and how

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Call your Senators today and tell them why you oppose Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

Read ACLU’s “The Confirmation Sessions” for Jeff Sessions history, issue-by-issue 

Call Senate Judiciary Committee Members who will question Sessions on January 10th.  

EDUCATE YOURSELF

ACLU's "The Confirmation Sessions" (ACLU)

Corporate Accountability Blunders Taint Sessions Record (Public Citizen)

Trump and Sessions: Great for the Private Prison Industry, Terrible for Civil Rights (ACLU Blog)

Jeff Sessions’ Nomination as Attorney General Alarms Civil Libertarians (Wired) 

Trump’s attorney general pick could restart the encryption fight (The Verge)

Trump's pick for attorney general: 'Good people don't smoke marijuana' (The Washington Post)

Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Edition #1068
Today we take a look back to 2007 in our second annual 10-years-hence retrospective spectacular!
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: First female Speaker of the House - Countdown - Aired on BotL 1-9-07

Ch. 3: Song 1: Color in Your Cheeks - The Mountain Goats


Ch. 4: Act 2: First muslim in congress and first female Speaker - The Young Turks - Aired on BotL 1-9-07

Ch. 5: Song 2: Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder


Ch. 6: Act 3: Bernie Sanders moves to the Senate - Ring of Fire - Aired on BotL 3-6-07

Ch. 7: Song 3: Common Sense - Justin Mcroberts


Ch. 8: Act 4: Special comment on free speech - Countdown - Aired on BotL 1-19-07

Ch. 9: Song 4: The More Things Change - Bon Jovi


Ch. 10: Act 5: Making the pitch - The Daily Show - Aired on BotL 1-22-07

Ch. 11: Song 5: Smiley Faces - Gnarls Barkley


Ch. 12: Act 6: Radio audience wants to mark the muslims - The Young Turks - Aired on BotL 1-19-07

Ch. 13: Song 6: Nazi (Live) - Chumbawamba


Ch. 14: Act 7: Bush's health care proposal - The Al Franken Show - Aired on BotL 2-10-07

Ch. 15: Song 7: We've Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals


Ch. 16: Act 8: Michael Moore on Sicko, Nixon and the rise of HMOs - Democracy Now - Aired on BotL 8-17-07

Ch. 17: Song 8: Richard Nixon - Rod & The MSR Singers


Ch. 18: Act 9: Fighting for health care for kids - Associated Press - Aired on BotL 10-22-07

Ch. 19: Song 9: N/A


Ch. 20: Act 10: Minimum wage - Unknown source - Aired on BotL 2-23-07

Ch. 21: Song 10: Minimum Wage - They might be giants


Ch. 22: Act 11: Republicans blocking a vote on the minimum wage - Ted Kennedy - Aired on BotL 2-23-07

Ch. 23: Song 11: Minimum Wage - They might be giants


Ch. 24: Act 12: Overview of Scooter Libby case - Unknown - Aired on BotL 4-17-07

Ch. 25: Song 12: N/A


Ch. 26: Act 13: Interview with Joe Wilson after Libby verdict - Countdown - Aired on BotL 4-17-07

Ch. 27: Song 13: Everybody's Gone To War - Nerina Pallot


Ch. 28: Act 14: We need to torture Alberto Gonzales - Colbert Report - Aired on BotL 4-29-07

Ch. 29: Song 14: N/A


Ch. 30: Act 15: Saying goodbye to Alberto Gonzales - The Young Turks - Aired on BotL 9-12-07

Ch. 31: Song 15: The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan


Ch. 32: Act 16: McKibben at Step it Up 07 Part 1 - CCAN - Aired on BotL 4-20-07

Ch. 33: Song 16: The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan


Ch. 34: Act 17: McKibben at Step it Up 07 Part 2 - CCAN - Aired on BotL 4-20-07

Ch. 35: Song 17: Living planet - Emma’s Revolution


Ch. 36: Act 18: Jerry Falwell dies - Democracy Now - Aired on BotL 6-7-07

Ch. 37: Song 18: N/A


Ch. 38: Act 19: Introduction to Obama - The world tonight - Aired on BotL 5-7-07

Ch. 39: Song 19: Dreamtime - Uberzone


Ch. 40: Act 20: Hillary votes for war - The Young Turks - Aired on BotL 10-02-07


Voicemails

Ch. 41: Call in from Chris the Carpenter and Parker - Cape Cod, MA

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 42: Final comments on the time I quit the show and the community kept it going

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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