Best of the Left Podcast : (2015/02/03) Living like the world is ending (Climate)

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(2015/02/03) Living like the world is ending (Climate)

Edition #895

Today we check in with our crumbling ecological system and the fastest-growing movement of it’s kind that’s facing off against the fossil fuel companies
 
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Show Notes

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The Children’s Climate Crusade - @billmoyersHQ and Company - Air Date: 1-1-15

Ch. 3: Song 1: The Sea Is Rising - Flying Colours


Ch. 4: Act 2: Climate change undermines all conservative principles - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 1-7-15

Ch. 5: Song 2: "The Day the World Came Together" - @350.org


Ch. 6: Act 3: Reporting on the hottest years on record - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 1-23-15

Ch. 7: Song 3: Banking On a Myth - The Mysterious Production of Eggs


Ch. 8: Act 4: 2014 Hottest Year Since Records Began, Earth Officially Melting - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 01-17-15

Ch. 9: Song 4: Spring Came, Rain Fell - Spring Came, Rain Fell


Ch. 10: Act 5: The economic consequinces of the drop in price for oil - Economic Update with @profwolff - Air Date: 12-22-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: A System - Inside Open Wide


Ch. 12: Act 6: Global Divestment Day is February 13, 2015 - @350.org

Ch. 13: Song 6: Something Good Can Work - Tourist History


Ch. 14: Act 7: Global Divestment Day via @350 - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 15: Song 7: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard


Ch. 16: Act 8: CFC Keynote - Jay O'Hara: Living like the world is ending - @marioninstitute - Air Date: 11-5-14


Voicemails

Ch. 18: A cop talks about how and why they shoot - Geoff from Florida

Ch. 19: The theory of "thugs" is flawed - Ruben from San Jose

Ch. 20: Thoughts on Ghostbusters and the wage gap - Jill from San Francisco

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 21: Final comments on why women are crappy at negotiating their salaries

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


Activism: Global Divestment Day via @350

Take Action:

JOIN with 350.org for Global Divestment Day February 13th

Additional Activism/Resources:

Add your name to @NRDC’s letter: “Tell President Obama You Stand Behind His Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline!”

Sources/further reading:

"US House passes Keystone pipeline bill” at AlJazeera

"Senate Passes Keystone Bill” by Alex Rogers at Time.com

"White House Confirms Obama Will Veto TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline” by Carol Linnitt at DesmogBlog

"The New School Submits Bold Plan to Tackle Climate Change” at The New School

"Pope Francis plants a flag in the ground on climate change” by Dr. John Abraham at The Guardian

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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