Wed, 17 October 2012
Edition #654 The ick-factor on display Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Explosive Employment - Mark Fiore's Animation - Air Date: 09-20-12 Ch. 3: Song 1: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance Ch. 4: Act 2: US Suffers for Romney Failure to Engage Obama on Drones - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 9-25-12 Ch. 5: Song 2: If not now, when? - Anchor & Braille Ch. 6: Act 3: One third of Pussy Riot freed - The Bugle - Air Date 10-14-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: Put your records on - Corinne Bailey Rae Ch. 8: Act 4: Freedom for one third of Pussy Riot - Amnesty International - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 9: Song 4: A girl, a boy, and a graveyard - Jeremy Messersmith Ch. 10: Act 5: Afghanistan Withdrawal May Come Sooner Than Expected - NATO SG - The Young Turks - Air Date: 10-02-12 Ch. 11: Song 5: Spectrum - Florence and The Machine Ch. 12: Act 6: End the Afghan War Now! - The Progressive - Air Date: 10-8-12 Ch. 13: Song 6: Goodbye stranger - Supertramp Ch. 14: Act 7: Taliban Targets 14 Year Old Girl - The Bugle - Air Date 10-14-12 Ch. 15: Song 7: Impossible - Shout Out Louds Ch. 16: Act 8: War Dead - Humanity Vs. Incidents - CounterSpin - Air Date 10-5-12 Ch. 17: Song 8: Imagine that - Katie Todd Band Ch. 18: Act 9: Waterboarding USA - le Show - Air Date 10-14-12 Ch. 19: Act 10: GOP Good at Exploiting Security for Politics - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 10-10-12 Nominate us for this award: http://stitcher.promotw.com (News & Politics) Activism links: AmnestyUSA.org/get-involved/take-action-now Contact Lauren or submit activism opportunities: Lauren [at] BestoftheLeft [dot] com Voicemails: Ch. 20: Pining for a more reasonable discussion with conservatives - Colin from Cleveland, OH Ch. 21: Stimulating the economy with legalization - Victor from Poughkeepsie, New York Leave a message at 206-202-3410 Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 22: Final comments on nothing at all Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes! |