Edition #794

Scientific literacy and how to get there

 

Today we hear what works and what doesn't when it comes to teaching kids in school. We also hear about the importance of scientific literacy and what's holding so many of us back from having it.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: TN Student Speaks Out About Common Core, Teacher Evaluations, and Educational Data - Ethan Young - Air Date: 11-7-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Mr. Roboto - Styx

Ch. 4: Act 2: Standardized Annual Testing Isn't Working - Schooled (from @slate) - Air Date 11-1-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Let's stick together - Wilbert Harrison

Ch. 6: Act 3: Crazy Stuff Kids Learn in Louisiana Schools - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-10-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Galileo - G.G. Allin

Ch. 8: Act 4: Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science, Religion and the Universe - @BillMoyers - Air Date 1-17-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Come undone - Duran Duran

Ch. 10: Act 5: National Science Foundation: Science Hard - @TheOnion

Ch. 11: Song 5: Too hard - J Mascis

Ch. 12: Act 6: Producing The Smartest Kids In The World - Schooled (from @slate) - Air Date 11-1-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Training montage from Rocky - Vince DiCola

Ch. 14: Act 7: Is Higher Education Even Worth It? | Defaults Skyrocket - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-06-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Opportunity - Pete Murray

Ch. 16: Act 8: Finding the money to fund higher education for all - @jimhightower - Air Date: 8-8-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Free Education (feat. Treez & Young DJ) - Jawaan Larue

Ch. 18: Act 9: Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science Literacy - @BillMoyers - Air Adate 1-24-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 19: Thoughts on 'queer' - David in Austin, TX

Ch. 20: Reproductive rights discussion needs more focus on personhood - Colin from Nebraska

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 21: Final comments on why 'reproductive rights' is about more than just abortion

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

Produced by:

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Edition #793

Our social safety sieve

Today we look at low-income individuals and the social programs that serve them to try to figure out once and for all if poor people are human or not and whether they should be helped or thrown to the wolves for our entertainment.

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: SNAP: Myths vs. Facts - @takepart TV - Air Date: 12-02-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Wax & wire - Loch Lomond

Ch. 4: Act 2: Defining Economic Problems In All The Wrong Places - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 12-27-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: I wish I knew - Years and Years

Ch. 6: Act 3: Fox News: Welfare for Me, Not For Thee! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 10-11-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Hell=Other People - Bettie Serveert

Ch. 8: Act 4: The coded-language demonization of social programs - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 1-13-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Minnie the moocher - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Ch. 10: Act 5: Congress Takes Another Vacation, the Jobless Starve! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran

Ch. 12: Act 6: Economist Richard Wolff: Does Government Healthcare & Welfare Hurt Economies? - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 11-13-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Capitalism - Yellow Umbrella

Ch. 14: Act 7: The GOPs poverty agenda - @allinwithchris - Air Date: 01-07-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Poverty - Bobby "Blue" Bland

Ch. 16: Act 8: Getting perspective from Europe on how screwed we are - @fakedansavage - Air Date: 8-20-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: No champagne socialist - Arkells

Ch. 18: Act 9: Demanding Tuition-Free Public College Education - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: A Tip For Christian Tippers - Real Time With @billmaher - Air Date 11-10-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Time for actions on the TPP - Jamie in Cincinnati

Ch. 22: Actual definitions vs popular usages - Krissy from Kansas

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 23: Final comments on systems, shifting baselines and the definitions of racism

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

ACTIVISM:

Make Public College Tuition Free, CREDO petition

Sources/further reading:

Tuition-Free Public Education Is Possible. Demand it. via Truthout

State by State: Student Loan Debt

Campaign for America's Future

Ny Sen. Gillibrand Pushes Student Loan Refinance

Time To Bring Bankruptcy Back for Student Loan Debt via Gawker

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by:

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Edition #792

Don't get down with TPP

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Corporations Determined To Rule The World - Disorderly Conduct (@Dis_Con) - Air Date 10-31-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Comin' back for more - Robert Crew

Ch. 4: Act 2: Chomsky on the Trans Pacific Partnership - @grittv - Air Date: 6-19-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Seen this before - Jason and the Punknecks

Ch. 6: Act 3: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): A Threat to Affordable Medicines for Millions - MSFCanada - Air Date: 5-16-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Protect & Serve - Stiff Little Fingers

Ch. 8: Act 4: New Corporate Powers In Secret Trade Deal - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-10-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Kill the poor - Dead Kennedys

Ch. 10: Act 5: WikiLeaks Leaks Controversial Secret Trans Pacific Partnership Documents - @dennistrainorjr - Air Date: 11-13-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Dawn departure, Jefferson County - Black Prairie

Ch. 12: Act 6: Caller: How will TPP Effect our Sovereignty? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 11-16-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: The lion's roar - First Aid Kit

Ch. 14: Act 7: Trans-Pacific Partnership is Hugely Troubling - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: What we've got - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Ch. 16: Act 8: How To Kill TPP: Stop Fast Track - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Slow it down - Amy Macdonald

Ch. 18: Act 9: Expose the TPP - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: Leaked TPP Document Reveals No Regard for Environment in Trade Agreement - @therealnews - Air Date: 1-17-14

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Disappointed in two parts of the reproductive rights episode - Zach from San Francisco

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 22: Final comments finishing up my response to Zach about Thom Hartmann not actually body-shaming and thanking those who donated to my plunge

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Activism: Expose the TPP

Additional Activism:

Flush the TPP

Don't let congress fast-track the TPP - Electronic Frontier Foundation Petition

Write your representative to oppose fast-track trade authority - Public Citizen

Speak out against the TPP agreement - Electronic Frontier Foundation

Join Keith Ellison and DFA to help the TPP fast-track

Information for this segment can be found at:

What is the Trans Pacific Partnership? - Electronic Frontier Foundation

TPP: Job loss, lower wages and higher drug prices - Public Citizen

Who backs the TPP and a 'NAFTA on steroids'? A.L.E.C. - The Nation

h/t John Nichols

The top secret deal between 11 countries that will affect your life

h/t Lee Camp

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by:

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Edition #791

We just earned a D grade

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Anti-abortion Ohio legislator never thought about women - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 9-8-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: I don't think about it - Emily Osment

Ch. 4: Act 2: Michigan women stare down rape insurance - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 12-12-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Get up and go - Broadcast 2000

Ch. 6: Act 3: Anti-Abortion Judge: Drive Faster If The Clinic Is Far Away - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-12-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Help - Howie Day

Ch. 8: Act 4: Republican: Forcing Women to Have Babies Will Create Jobs! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Keep then down - The Young Sinclairs

Ch. 10: Act 5: Could 2014 See Abortion Restriction Rollback? - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 01-03-2014

Ch. 11: Song 5: One million miles - J. Ralph

Ch. 12: Act 6: Shrinking Government to fit in a Vagina - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-30-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: A theme for bizarre behavior - Clifton's Ford

Ch. 14: Act 7: After Tiller: Abortions No One Wants to Talk About - @grittv with Laura Flanders - Air Date: 11-5-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Touch of grey - Grateful Dead

Ch. 16: Act 8: Documentary on Choice: After Tiller - @BestoftheLeft Activism - Air Date: 1-21-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 18: Act 9: Supreme Court Considers Legality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-16-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Double standard - Mustang Sally

Ch. 20: Act 10: NARAL President Ilyse Hogue Discusses Who Decides? - @ilyseh on MSNBC - Air Date: 1-14-14

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: Thoughts on race vs class - Erin from Philadelphia

Ch. 22: Getting our minds wrapped around class-divided neighborhoods - Tate from Prince George's County, MD

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 23: Final comments on the complicated interplay of factors surrounding race, class and divided neighborhoods

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

ACTIVISM: "After Tiller”

After Tiller (FB page/screening schedule)

After Tiller UK iTunes rental

Sources/further reading:

Crow After Roe by Jessica Mason Pieklo & Robin Marty

NARAL Report Card on Reproductive Healthcare Access for states/US, 2013

Guttmacher Institute statistics on abortion providers

Roe v. Wade (1973) via PBS.org

Clinic Buffer Zones, Think Progress

Supreme Court Revisits Abortion Clinic Rules by Irin Carmon

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

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Edition #790

A smorgasbord of folly

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: One minute Middle East update - @MarkFiore - Air Date: 01-14-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Hard to explain - The Riptide Movement

Ch. 4: Act 2: Breakthrough with Iran! - @theprogressive - Air Date: 11-25-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Common sense - Justin Mcroberts

Ch. 6: Act 3: Politicians Against Peace In The Middle East - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-08-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Don't listen - Craig Carothers

Ch. 8: Act 4: The Shadowy Groups Still Trying to Take Us to War With Iran - @majorityfm - Air Date: 12-03-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Bury the past - Professional Victims

Ch. 10: Act 5: Is Congress Guilty of Torture? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-14-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Shaker Amer - PJ Harvey

Ch. 12: Act 6: When The Subject Is Drones, Surgical Doesn't Necessarily Mean Precise - @theharryshearer - Air Date 6-9-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Casualties of war - Rakim

Ch. 14: Act 7: Malala: Drones create more terorrists - @FAIRmediawatch -  Air Date: 10-18-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Hard to hear the truth - Nato Coles & The Blue Diamond Band

Ch. 16: Act 8: Malala Yousafzai Not Scared Of Taliban - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-15-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Courage - Authority Zero

Ch. 18: Act 9: NY Times blows Benghazi lies out of water - @allinwithchris - Air Date: 01-02-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Say goodbye - Ian Rhett

Ch. 20: Act 10: War no More: The Case for Abolition - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-16-13

Ch. 21: Song 10: War is over - David Rovics

Ch. 22: Act 11: 17% of Americans Support the Afghanistan War - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-02-14

Voicemails:

Ch. 23: The subtle assumptions of well-meaning white folks that perpetuate racism - Tate from Prince George's County, MD

Ch. 24: Fear of desperation, not of race - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 25: On the conversation of the definition of racism - Elka from Fort Wayne, IN

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 26: Final comments on being back in working order and an update on my Polar Bear Plunge

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

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Edition #456

A collection of embarrassments

Act 1: Kirk Cameron less crazy than CNN - Majority Report

Song 1: My brother the ape - They might be giants

Act 2: Bananas, the atheist's nightmare

Act 3: Michelle 'my butt' - Media Matters

Song 3: Solsbury hill - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 4: CNN becomes the news - Rachel Maddow

Song 4: Too bad - Nickelback

Act 5: Behind the scenes at Air America - Majority Report

Song 5: Hey ya - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Limbaugh is an American embarrassment - Media Matters

Act 7: The new McCarthyism - Thom Hartmann

Song 7: Stop the madness - Marty Dread

Act 8: Glenn Beck is deranged - Counterspin

Song 8: Wonderwall - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 9: Only called Obama racist once - Media Matters

Act 10: O'Reilly defends his Nazi analogies - Daily Show

Song 10: Call me - Blondie

Act 11: Fox News makes you less informed - Majority Report

Song 11: Honesty - Billy Joel

Act 12: Thank you Fox News - Media Matters

Song 12: I turn my camera on - Spoon

Act 13: Fox insider tells all - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Chuck in Salt Lake City on running a primary against Obama

Joyce from TN on gun control episode

Final comments responding to running a presidential primary candidate and a pro-gun listener email

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

The Best F#@king News Team Won't Stop Ever - Daily Show

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Edition #789

Republicans are people too

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Are Obama Haters Worse Than Bush Haters? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 12-17-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: One of Us - Chorus - The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride

Ch. 4: Act 2: Evil Incarnate, the end times and the Right - Real Time With @billmaher - Air Date: 10-11-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Evil is alive and well - Jakob Dylan

Ch. 6: Act 3: Re-writing History As To Tea Party's Origin - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 11-8-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Popular - Kristin Chenoweth (From Wicked)

Ch. 8: Act 4: Hayes, Piercing the Bubble - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date: 10-18-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Whatcha say - Jason Derulo

Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox News Host John Stossel: Don't Help the Homeless - @majorityfm - Air Date: 12-04-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Pavement artist - Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins)

Ch. 12: Act 6: The Elephant in the Elephant's Room - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 11-15-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: The price you pay - Bruce Springsteen

Ch. 14: Act 7: Depressed Republican Pollster Hides In His Mansion - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-07-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Making progress - Freedom's Progress

Ch. 16: Act 8: The GOP lashes out at losers, again - All in With @chrislhayes - Air Date: 12-13 -13

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: Details on the amorality of corporations and the immorality of governments - Gavin from Richmond, VA

Ch. 18: Tim Wise - The birth of the white race - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Ch. 19: On the fence about stop and frisk - Prof. Rambo from Georgia

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Ch. 20: Final comments on why Stop and Frisk is bad for two separate reasons

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

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Edition #788

Harassment in place of police work

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Stop-and-Frisk: The High School Senior - Change the NYPD - Air Date: 7-29-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Going home - Niklas Aman

Ch. 4: Act 2: What percentage of black people should we be afraid of? - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 7-27-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Stop and frisk - MC Grizzz and Akil b STRANGe

Ch. 6: Act 3: Less Guns, Less Crime, This Is Bad How? - CounterSpin - Air Date 11-22-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: 10 Frisk Commandments (Remix) [feat. Jasiri X, Elon James White & Willie Evans Jr.] - This Week in Blackness

Ch. 8: Act 4: Don Lemon Endorses State Sanctioned Harassment - This Week in Blackness - Air Date 11-5-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Stop and Frisk (The New Jim Crow) [feat. Paul Mabin] - Scientist & Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub

Ch. 10: Act 5: The Shocking Truth About Black People - Lee Camp - Air Date: 11-14-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Stop and firsk - Vex Davortex

Ch. 12: Act 6: Michelle Alexander: Locked Out of America - Moyers And Company - Air Date: 12-20-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: It's the same old song - The Four Tops

Ch. 14: Act 7: Divest From Private Prisons - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 15: Song 7: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 16: Act 8: Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult - The Onion - Air Date: 01-24-11

Ch. 17: Song 8: Law and order - The International TV Orchestra

Ch. 18: Act 9: Law Professor Jodi Armour on poverty in the discussion of black crime - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 12-19-13

Ch. 19: Final comments on the definition of 'racism'

Voicemails:

Ch. 20: Defining racism - Elka from Fort Wayne, IN

Ch. 22: Bonus clip: Prejudice Is Not Racism - Radio Dispatch - Air Date 12-12-13

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Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

ACTIVISM:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/privateprison_divestment/?source=coc_website

Sources/further reading:

http://dreamdefenders.org/whoisysi/

https://www.tarbellnyc.com/discon/8

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/sweatshops/news/11147

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-school-to-prison-pipeline-a-nationwide-problem-for-equal-rights-20131107 h/t Molly Knefel https://twitter.com/mollyknefel

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Edition #787

Good news, bad news for paranoia sufferers

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Demand a Digital Bill of Rights - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 12-10-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Count on Me - Bruno Mars

Ch. 4: Act 2: If you're not doing anything wrong, what are you worried about? - Dan Carlin - Air Date: 1-1-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Slash and burn - James Lanman and The Good Hurt

Ch. 6: Act 3: Battle over Snowden on CNN between Greenwald and Toobin - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-18-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: 99 Red Balloons - Nena

Ch. 8: Act 4: The NSA gets a report card - On the Media - Air Date: 12-20-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: See what you want - The Futureheads

Ch. 10: Act 5: Researcher Proves NSA Can Identify Most Individuals from Phone Records - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 01-02-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Ch. 12: Act 6: Is Your Webcam Off? Not If The FBI Is Watching - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-20-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Gaze into your eyes - Above the Golden State

Ch. 14: Act 7: Why we need the Electronic Frontier Foundation - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 16: Act 8: A look at the NSA-related legal decisions coming down - Dan Carlin - Air Date: 1-1-14

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: Proud of the pope for focus on the poor - Ken from Illinois

Ch. 18: The Catholic Church knows what it's doing - Zach from San Francisco

Ch. 19: Suggesting an inconsistency in corporate amorality discussion - Dave from Olympia, WA

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 20: Final comments on where governments derive their capacity for morality

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Activism:

https://www.eff.org/action

https://eff.org/r.k1o5 

https://eff.org/r.cf6t

https://eff.org/r.74ju

Information for this segment can be found at:

https://www.eff.org

https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/is-the-nsa-spying-on-congress

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/04/nsa-spying-bernie-sanders-members-congress

http://youtu.be/bZ3W4z4q8U4 

h/t https://twitter.com/dennistrainorjr & https://twitter.com/JoelPNortham 

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Edition #786

Following the money, the gas and a table

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Climate Change is a Thing and the Science Behind it is Real - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 10-29-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: I didn't see it coming - Belle and Sebastian

Ch. 4: Act 2: The Lesson of the Typhoon - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 11-11-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Flood - Jars of Clay

Ch. 6: Act 3: The growing threat of water insecurity, and the opportunistic mineral exploitation of the arctic - Living on Earth - Air Date: 11-01-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Listen - Theo Bard

Ch. 8: Act 4: This Wooden Table Will Change The Way You View The World - Lee Camp - Air Date: 11-26-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Power to the people - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

Ch. 10: Act 5: Cap And Trade - Carbon Offset - Carbon Footprint - Climate Change - Carbon Scam - Pollution Scam - brainphreak - Air Date: 1-2-10

Ch. 11: Song 5: Something good can work - Two Door Cinema Club

Ch. 12: Act 6: Who Funds Climate Change Deniers? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-24-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Planet Earth - Steve Eschleman

Ch. 14: Act 7: De-Smog Blog - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 16: Act 8: Why do we Have Electric Power Plants? - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-01-13

Ch. 23: Final comments on the life cycle of fracked gas, the polar bear plunge and how to get a promotional video made for your business

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Activism:

http://www.desmogblog.com 

Information for this segment can be found at:

https://twitter.com/DeSmogBlog

https://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog

http://leecamp.net/podcast-275-steve-horn-talks-with-me-about-how-the-keystone-pipeline-is-already-carrying-oil-and-more/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/new-york-fracking-ban

http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/12/federal-pipeline-safety-agency-offers-keystone-xl-south-half-green-light

http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/20/u-s-congressmen-refuse-address-keystone-xl-southern-half-spill-concerns

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