(2013/05/31) Part 2: The mostly good news (LGBTQ Rights)

Edition #722

Part 2: The mostly good news

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Ex-Gay Leader Apologizes for Horrible Gay Conversion Therapy - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-27-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Be yourself - Audioslave

Ch. 4: Act 2: You're Better Than That And Have Meaning To Your Life - Dan Savage - Air Date 2-26-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Fix yourself - The Innocent Bystanders

Ch. 6: Act 3: Bravo, Jason Collins! - The Progressive - Air Date: 4-29-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Living a Lie (feat. James Mercer) - Aimee Mann

Ch. 8: Act 4: Reactions To Jason Collins Coming Out - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 4-30-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Le mystère de contre jour - David Ari Leon

Ch. 10: Act 5: Conservative Media Mock NBA's First Openly Gay Player Jason Collins - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 04-30-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Le mystère de contre jour - David Ari Leon

Ch. 12: Act 6: Why Are We Afraid of Homosexuals? - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 05-02-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Take a chance - The Magic Numbers

Ch. 14: Act 7: Howard Kurtz's Criticism Of Jason Collins - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 5-3-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: I just found out about love - Count Basie and His Orchestra & Diane Schuur

Ch. 16: Act 8: How to Be Gay in the NBA - On the Media - Air Date: 5-3-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Dodgers were in Brooklyn - The Great Divide

Ch. 18: Act 9: New England Has Solidly Legalized Marriage Equality - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 04-27-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Ch. 20: Act 10: The pace of change is staggering - Dan Savage - Air Date: 5-14-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: It's a choice to buy a gun, it's not a choice to go outside - Brian In Louisville, KY

Ch. 22: People are waiting to exploit problems for profit - Vicki from Oregon

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 23: Final comments on how you can help save podcasting!

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