Edition #730

Positive ideas and protests for change

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: It's Not Your Fault - Lee Camp - Air Date: 04-16-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Don't blame yourself - Sixpence None the Richer

Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Wireless Is a Utility, Not a Luxury (with Susan Crawford) - Majority Report - Air Date: 03-28-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: The internet is for porn - Rick Lyon & Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Ch. 6: Act 3: Time to Break Up the Telecom Industry - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 03-13-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: In the beginning - K'naan

Ch. 8: Act 4: Democracy In The Workplace - Moyers And Company - Air Date 3-22-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Take 'Em Down - Dropkick Murphys

Ch. 10: Act 5: OUR Walmart - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 11: Song 5: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 12: Act 6: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p1 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 14: Act 7: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p2 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Talented tailor - Laura Hocking

Ch. 16: Act 8: Federal Judge Rules Against Unpaid Internships - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 6-13-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Self-fulfilling prophecy - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Ch. 18: Act 9: Wow! MD Goes Holistic: Replaces GDP w/ GDI - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-20-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: My wealth comes to me - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore

Ch. 20: Act 10: Protestors Put the Pressure on the Brazilian Government - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-19-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 20: Racial inequity is a fact, not a belief - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Ch. 20: The merits of the lack of nuance in constitutional arguments - Nathan from Vancouver, WA

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Ch. 20: Final comments on the value of stripping away peripheral ideas to get to the foundation of your beliefs

Activism:

Join the fight to raise the American standard of living! 

OURWalmart: 

https://www.facebook.com/OURWMT 

Making Change at Wal-Mart: 

http://makingchangeatwalmart.org & 

https://www.facebook.com/MakingChangeWMT 

Information for this segment can be found at:

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-employees-pay  http://robertreich.tumblr.com/post/36219730368

http://jobs.stateuniversity.com/pages/16/American-Workplace-SHIFT-SERVICE-ECONOMY.html

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Edition #729

Bad ideas and fundamental flaws

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Republicans Want to Yank Food Stamps from the Hungry - The Progressive - Air Date: 5-16-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Food glorious food - The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Ch. 4: Act 2: The Sequester Creates New Problems Without Fixing the Old Ones - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 05-24-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Problems - The Everly Brothers

Ch. 6: Act 3: Consumer's Demands Are A Myth - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-24-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: New clothes - Pat McCurdy

Ch. 8: Act 4: Markets Make Us Less Moral - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-30-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Moral of the story - Watsky

Ch. 10: Act 5: Capitalism Has Hit The Fan - Moyers And Company - Air Date 3-22-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Burden - Face to Face

Ch. 12: Act 6: The Most Dangerous Conversation In The World? - Lee Camp - Air Date: 05-27-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Peacocks - The Mountain Goats

Ch. 14: Act 7: Economic News Good... For Some - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-31-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Razorwire - Chris Priest

Ch. 16: Act 8: IMF: Whoops! Our Bad. Austerity Doesn't Work - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Hard to say I'm sorry - Chicago

Ch. 18: Act 9: The Reaganomics Doctrine of Privatized Government - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-13-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Mic (Military Industrial Complex) - Inna Sense

Ch. 20: Act 10: Washington Tells Wall Street...Have At It Hoss!!! - The Young Turks - Air Date: 05-25-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Thoughts on the rebutted callers - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 22: Rebutting the offensive question about being offended by "the truth" - Anonymous

Ch. 23: White privilege is self-hate - Robert In Richmond, VA

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Ch. 24: Final comments on a white privilege 101 refresher

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Edition #728.5

History Lesson

Ch. 1: Special Episode Introduction

Ch. 2: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell - Elliott Smith

Ch. 3: Act 1: Origin of Philosophy - Rachel Maddow

Ch. 4: Song 1: Wise Up - Aimee Mann

Ch. 5: Act 2: Initiation - Thom Hartmann

Ch. 6: Song 2: Revolution - The Beatles

Ch. 7: Act 3: The Minority Report - Rachel Maddow

Ch. 8: Song 3: Civil War - Guns N' Roses

Ch. 9: Act 4: The Signers - Thom Hartmann

Ch. 10: Song 4: Rockin' In the Free World - Neil Young

Ch. 11: Act 5: Opportunity Lost - Rachel Maddow

Ch. 12: Song 5: Let's Impeach the President - Neil Young

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Ch. 13: Final comments asking what a plan to fix executive branch overreach might look like

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Edition #728

The creation of whiteness and its consequences

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Who's Saying 1 In 1000 Is Successful - CounterSpin - Air Date 3-1-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: 10 Frisk Commandments (Remix) [feat. Jasiri X, Elon James White & Willie Evans Jr.] - This Week in Blackness

Ch. 4: Act 2: Stop-And-Frisks Designed to 'Strike Fear' in Minorities? - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-03-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Protect and Serve - Stiff Little Fingers

Ch. 6: Act 3: Stopping Stop and Frisk - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 7: Song 3: I Didn't Fuck It Up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 8: Act 4: Being Racist And Not Knowing It - Citizen Radio - Air Date 3-11-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: A post-racial America - Wade Waters

Ch. 10: Act 5: How racism went to Harvard...and then to Heritage - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 05-24-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Indefensible - My Dad Is Dead

Ch. 12: Act 6: White Privilege, Black Privilege - This Week in Blackness - Air Date 4-29-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Suspicious - Ivy

Ch. 14: Act 7: The Failed--and Racist--War on Pot - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-5-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: War - Edwin Starr

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Creation of Whiteness - Tim Wise

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: Addressing the religious and business sides of saving agriculture - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 18: Edited voicemail made called sound jack-assy - Steve from Richmond VA

Ch. 19: That race thing was awesome - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 20: Rejecting the 1% doctrine - Nathan from Vancouver, WA

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Ch. 21: Final comments on white shame, David Pakman's fundraising campaign, taking an episode off for Netroots and a reminder about the new member's-only bonus content

Link to song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdn3O6aaMNc

Facebook page, UnFuck It Up: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unfuck-It-Up/196389490396988 

KatieG’s website: http://katiegoodman.com 

KatieK’s website: http://katiespeak.com 

Justice Dept: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/13/us-usa-newyork-stopandfrisk-idUSBRE95C15X20130613 

iPhone app: http://www.nyclu.org/news/nyclu-unveils-stop-and-frisk-watch-app-iphones 

Petitions:

http://www.change.org/petitions/nypd-stop-stop-and-frisk 

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-stop-and-frisk-2 

http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/end-stop-and-frisk-nyc/ 

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Edition #727

Part 2: Shooting the messenger

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The Courage of Edward Snowden - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-10-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe it or not) - Joey Scarbury

Ch. 4: Act 2: Courage Is Contagious - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 06-11-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears

Ch. 6: Act 3: Edward Snowden: Hero? Traitor? Does It Matter? - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-11-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ch. 8: Act 4: The Establishment Strikes Back - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-11-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Wait up (Boots of Danger) - Tokyo Police Club

Ch. 10: Act 5: The TRUTH About Edward Snowden - Lee Camp - Air Date: 06-12-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan

Ch. 12: Act 6: Smearing Snowden and Greenwald - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-12-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Shoot the messenger - Barbara Bernstein

Ch. 14: Act 7: Edward Snowden: The Emperor Has No Clothes - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-12-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Warning - Green Day

Ch. 16: Act 8: Stop Watching Us: A Letter to Congress - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 17: Song 8: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 18: Act 9: Rand Paul To Fight NSA In Supreme Court - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-11-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 19: What's offensive about aborted fetuses? - Jeff from New York

Ch. 20: Comparing Ag-Gag laws with NSA spying - Simon from New Zealand

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Ch. 21: Final comments on what's wrong with pictures of aborted fetuses at pro-life rallies and what the difference is between agricultural whistle blowers and government spying programs

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Edition #726

Part 1: The scandal of continuity

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Big Brother Ups Its Game With Prism - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 06-06-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: I'm shadowing you - Brossom Dearie

Ch. 4: Act 2: Feingold Predicted This Spying - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-7-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Stop spying - The Grouch

Ch. 6: Act 3: The State of Our Surveillance State - On the Media - Air Date: 6-7-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: My conversation - The Uniques

Ch. 8: Act 4: Do Politicians All Agree Wiretapping Is In the Peoples Interest? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Let's stick together - Wilbert Harrison

Ch. 10: Act 5: It's important to be consistent on civil liberties - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 6-10-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Nobody does it better - Carly Simon

Ch. 12: Act 6: Rep. Clyburn: Putting Obama First – Civil Liberties, Peace, Justice and Reality Last - Black Agenda Report - Air Date: 6-12-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Looking at the sun - Gramercy Arms

Ch. 14: Act 7: How PRISM Easily Gives Your Private Data Over to Big Brother - The Young Turks - Air Date: 06-08-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Wax & Wire - Loch Lomond

Ch. 16: Act 8: How Biden used to talk about NSA spying - Le Show - Air Date: 6-9-13

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Final comments on Tim Wise's 'White Like Me' cultural comparison

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Edition #725

The week of scandals

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Obama Finally Responds to Faux Benghazi Outrage - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-14-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Scenic world - Beirut

Ch. 4: Act 2: IRS Scandal Answer: Make 501(C)(4)s Obsolete! - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-16-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: What are their names - David Crosby

Ch. 6: Act 3: Addressing The Presidential Scandals - le Show - Air Date - 5-19-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Don't look back in anger - Oasis

Ch. 8: Act 4: War on Leaks? Government Secretly Grabs AP Phone Records - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-14-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Come as you are - The Bird and The Bee

Ch. 10: Act 5: What's the DOJ Looking For In Those AP Phone Records? - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-14-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Tomorrow - The Dodos

Ch. 12: Act 6: Republicans Caught Editing Benghazi Emails - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-20-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Serfs are on their way - Billy Reid

Ch. 14: Act 7: The IRS Branch Of Scandalgate - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 5-24-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Hurry up let's go - Shout Out Louds

Ch. 16: Act 8: Obama Won't Apologize for AP Scandal - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-17-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: See you in the light - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Ch. 18: Act 9: The Three-Headed Scandal Monster - On the Media - Air Date: 5-24-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: The third man Theme - Anton Karas

Ch. 20: Act 10: Full Scale Scandal Mode - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-24-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Thoughts on Wade's comments on homosexual marriage - Jill in California

Ch. 22: Responding about bacteria in turkey - Ian from Baltimore, MD

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Ch. 23: Final comments on the real scandal and an update of my poll about what people like about being their race

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Edition #724

Part 2: Who's behind our food

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Factory Farm Animal Abuse Video Ban Pushed by Lobbyists - Young Turks - Air Date: 03-19-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Future is now - Dune

Ch. 4: Act 2: Ag biz gags on its own gag law - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 5-9-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Choke - The Cardigans

Ch. 6: Act 3: Proposal: Make Undercover Livestock & Slaughterhouse Investigations Illegal - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-31-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Right to know - King Kerosene

Ch. 8: Act 4: Turning people who report corporate crime into criminals - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 5-16-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Who'll stop the rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Ch. 10: Act 5: Join the fight against Ag-Gag laws across the country - The UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 11: Song 5: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 12: Act 6: A Farmer Kills Himself Every 30 Minutes - You'll Never Guess Why - Lee Camp - Air Date: 01-31-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Trebuchet - Popple

Ch. 14: Act 7: Even Tea Partiers Oppose the Monsanto Act - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-04-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: On a neck, on a spit - Grizzly Bear

Ch. 16: Act 8: A Farmer Takes On the Monarchy of Monsanto - The Progressive - Air Date: 2-19-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Family farm - Chris Dorman

Ch. 18: Act 9: Monsanto is Taking Over Food - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-28-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Monsanto - The Peacemasons

Ch. 20: Act 10: Monsanto v. Mother Nature: Guess who's winning? - Jim HIghtower - Air Date: 2-14-13

Ch. 21: Song 10: Cooperation - Jim Valley

Ch. 22: Act 11: The Monsanto Protection Act's Bought Republican - The Young Turks - Air Date: 04-13-13

Ch. 23: Song 11: Cello Song (feat. Jose Gonzalez) - The Books

Ch. 24: Act 12: How Monsanto Gained Power Over All 3 Branches Of Government - Lee Camp - Air Date: 04-02-13

Ch. 25: Song 12: Solid ground - Dougie Maclean

Ch. 26: Act 13: March Against Monsanto in 436 Cities IGNORED by Corporate Media - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-29-13

Ch. 27: Song 13: Tim man - The Avett Brothers

Ch. 28: Act 14: Monsanto Wins Fight to Take Away State Food Labeling Rights - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-26-13

Ch. 29: Song 14: Where have all the flowers gone? - Peter, Paul & Mary

Ch. 30: Act 15: Monsanto's Wheat Problem - The Progressive - Air Date: 5-31-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 31: Bacteria is everywhere, that's why we cook our food - Daniel from North Carolina

Ch. 32: Conservative perspective on gay marriage - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

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Ch. 33: Final comments on why Wade isn't a bigot (congratulations) and I ask what you like about being the race you are

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Edition #723

Part 1: What's in our food

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Dairy Industry Petitioning to Hide Aspartame in Milk - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-17-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Pullin' punches - Arkells

Ch. 4: Act 2: All-Natural Food Preservative Causes All-Natural Cancer - The Onion

Ch. 5: Song 2: All Natural - Natural Vibrations

Ch. 6: Act 3: Ground Turkey Contaminated with Feces?? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 05-04-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Turkey in the straw - Fiddle Fiddle Fiddle

Ch. 8: Act 4: Ingredients In Processed Food To Avoid - Citizen Radio - Air Date 5-10-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Eat for two - 10,000 Maniacs

Ch. 10: Act 5: The Food Standards Agency is dropping the ball - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-07-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Trust in me - Etta James

Ch. 12: Act 6: Go Vegan, Save The Planet - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 01-17-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Sick as a dog - Brad Sucks

Ch. 14: Act 7: In battling corporate greed, tenacity matters - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 2-28-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Stick a little label on it - Wizz Jones

Ch. 16: Act 8: General Mills Pulls Nitroglycerin Chex From Store Shelves - The Onion

Ch. 17: Song 8: Cereal - The Verve Pipe

Ch. 18: Act 9: How Food Giants Are Hooking People - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-06-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard

Ch. 20: Act 10: How Corporations Create Animal Cruelty - Lee Camp - Air Date: 04-10-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Discussion Sam Seder's reaction to the Boston Bombings - Flavio from Orlando, FL

Ch. 22: Clarification on the previous message

Ch. 23: Agreeing with Wade on the prison system - Alyson from Erie, CO

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Ch. 24: Final comments on how I met Ira Glass and totally failed to mention podcasts or patents

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