(2013/09/12) More stupid, racist policies (Drug War)

Edition #754

More stupid, racist policies

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Racist War On Weed - New ACLU Report - The Young Turks - Air Date: 06-05-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Jim Crow - John Mellencamp

Ch. 4: Act 2: Police Spend Millions Of Hours Arresting People For Low-Level Marijuana Possession - Lee Camp - Air Date: 3-26-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Arrested - the Villains Trust

Ch. 6: Act 3: Smiling And Other Reasons Not To Legalize Marijuana - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 7-6-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Killing for love - José González

Ch. 8: Act 4: Helen Redmond: End Drug War in Afghanistan - GRITtv - Air Date: 8-6-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: All the same - Sick Puppies

Ch. 10: Act 5: Trendsetter? Uruguay Votes to Legalize Marijuana - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-03-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Failure by design - Brand New

Ch. 12: Act 6: Hooray for Eric Holder! - The Progressive - Air Date: 8-12-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Thank you too! - My Morning Jacket

Ch. 14: Act 7: Mandatory Minimum Sentences to End for Many Drug Offenders - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 08-17-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Political prisoners - The Undercover Hippy

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Times They Are A Changin' - Rachel Maddow - Air Date- 08-28-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: Looking at the paradigm of racism - Prof. Rambo(?) from Georgia

Ch. 18: Thoughts on fast food wages - Jeff from Cleveland, OH

Ch. 19: Attending an LGBTQ rally in Berlin - Cat from Berlin, Germany

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 20: Final comments on your privilege as a bank error

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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