Edition #821

The arc of history and the stumbles along the way

 

Today we examine the old and new ways of looking at the LGBTQ community. We've come a long ways but we're still falling short of the mark.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Pat Robertson: Christians Are Oppressed Because We Can't Stone Gays - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-27-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: King of sorrow - Sade

Ch. 4: Act 2: How A Stone And The Woman Holding It Made A Bigot Back Down - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-21-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Throwing stones - Shout Out Louds

Ch. 6: Act 3: Study Shows Homophobia To BW Unhealthy - @gibblertron Throwing Shade - Air Date 3-12-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Killing yourself - Brian McSweeney

Ch. 8: Act 4: The Tipping Point On Public Discussion Of Marriage Equality - @fakedansavage - Air Date 4-8-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: I'm coming out - Diana Ross

Ch. 10: Act 5: Can the Damage in Uganda be Undone? - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 03-18-2014

Ch. 11: Song 5: Raining men - Donna Summers

Ch. 12: Act 6: The Ali Forney Story - thefriendsproject - Air Date: 12-1-10

Ch. 13: Song 6: Gone to sleep - Moby

Ch. 14: Act 7: Ali Forney Center for LGBTQ Youth via @AliForneyCenter - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 15: Song 7: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 16: Act 8: Panti's Noble Call at the Abbey Theatre - Air Date: 02-12-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: Thoughts on the rolls of sex in societies - Nathan from Vancouver, WA

Ch. 18: Biological sex binary is a myth, apology to Matt from MI - Sonya from Minnesota

Ch. 19: Thoughts on labels - Chris from Colorado Springs

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 20: Final comments on Stonewall Uprising at the wave of history

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

The Ali Forney Center

 

Sources/further reading:

"Seeking Shelter: The Experiences and Unmet Needs of LGBT Homeless Youth” via Center for American Progress

"Homeless Youth in Focus” via Von Diaz at Colorlines

"Why Homelessness Is A Major LGBT Issue” via Scott Keyes at Think Progress

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Edition #820

More misplaced incentive structures

 

Today we look at what happens when you add a profit motive to the education system. You may be surprised to learn that some people are more interested in profit than education.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Privatization Kills Education: Ask Chicago Parents Why - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-03-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Union town - Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman

Ch. 4: Act 2: Diane Ravitch: Public Schools for Sale? (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date 3-28-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Profit - The Mammals

Ch. 6: Act 3: Common Core's One-Sided View - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 3-21-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: How loud your heart gets - Lucius

Ch. 8: Act 4: Diane Ravitch: Public Schools for Sale? (Part 2) - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date 3-28-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Democracy - Leonard Cohen

Ch. 10: Act 5: Yes 4 Elkhart via @YES4Elkhart - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 12: Act 6: The Public School Vs. Charter School Battle (Part 1 ) - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 3-24-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: On our way - The Royal Concept

Ch. 14: Act 7: Study: Charter Schools NOT Performing Better Than Traditional Public Schools in Chicago - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-22-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Public School Vs. Charter School Battle (Part 2 ) - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 3-24-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: The importance of prisoner rehabilitation - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 18: Race vs. class - Daniel from Houston

Ch. 19: Trying to understand the lived experience of others - Jason from Iowa

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 20: Final comments on asking oppressed people to be your educator

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Yes 4 Elkhart referendum

Yes 4 Elkhart on Facebook

 

Sources/further reading:

"Walton Foundation’s pours $164 million in 2013 education grants. Who won?” via The Washington Post

"What Made the Chicago Teachers' Strike a Success? Their Commitment to the Community” interview with Micah Uetricht at AlterNet

"Hundreds of parents band together to oppose charter school expansion" via The Boston Globe

"Pence, Ritz at odds over new education agency”

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

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Edition #819

Incentives have consequences

 

Today we look at the rotten underbelly of our 'corrections' system, who it victimizes and who it profits.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Kids for Cash - Official Trailer - kidsforcashthemovie - Air Date: 03-10-14

Ch. 3: Act 2: Documentary Exposes Corrupt "Kids For Cash" Judge In Pennsylvania - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-03-14

Ch. 4: Song 2: We're All in the Same Gang (feat. West Coast Rap All Stars) - West Coast Livin'

Ch. 5: Act 3: We're Being Robbed But The People Doing It Will Never Go To Prison - @bravenewfilms - Air Date: 11-05-13

Ch. 6: Song 3: Resurrection (space club mix) - PPK

Ch. 7: Act 4: Michelle Alexander: Locked Out of America - @billmoyersHQ - Air Date 12-20-13

Ch. 8: Song 4: Sweet dreams - The Eurythmics

Ch. 9: Act 5: Annual NYC Inmate Cost Higher Than 4 Years at Harvard - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 10-05-13

Ch. 10: Song 5: Circles - Soul Coughing

Ch. 11: Act 6: How Yoga Can Help In California's Overcrowded Prisons - TIME - Air Date: 12-19-13

Ch. 12: Song 6: Amends - Peasant

Ch. 13: Act 7: Unfree in America - Mumia Abu-Jamal - Air Date: 2-4-14

Ch. 14: Song 7: We never change - Coldplay

Ch. 15: Act 8: All out for CA prisoner hunger strike 2013 - CA Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity - Air Date: 07-08-13

Ch. 16: Song 8: My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup

Ch. 17: Act 9: Solitary Confinement - Marc Kilstein for @citizenradio - Air Date: 09-18-13

Ch. 18: Song 9: Creature fear - Bon Iver

Ch. 19: Act 10: Campaign to End Solitary Confinement via @Illinois_CAT - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 20: Song 10: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 21: Act 11: Man Facing Execution Pens Chilling Letter Full Of Truths You Can't Deny - The Young Turks - Air Date: 03-08-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 22: Responding on self-identity - Katie from Philadelphia

Ch. 23: The importance of accuracy in labels - Grace from North Carolina

Ch. 24: The history of and thoughts on the word 'queer' - David in Los Angeles

Ch. 25: Men, stop calling yourselves women - Morgan from Chicago

Ch. 26: Re: Respectability Politics: Exactly, amen - Elka from Fort Wayne, IN

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 27: Final comments on recent bonus content and membership

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

End Solitary Confinement In Illinois petition from CREDO and hard copy petition from Illinois CAT.

Printable info flier to circulate.

 

Sources/further reading:

"I-CAT is Launching a Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons”

"Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison” via Truthout

“Essential Prison Industrial Complex Reading List” from Prison Culture a blog everyone should read and a vital follow on Twitter.

"Chicago City Council Resolution to Make the City 'Torture Free’” via Illinois CAT

"Incarcerated Workers Launch Nonviolent Work Strike Against "New Jim Crow" Across Alabama Prisons” from Truthout

"Tennessee bill to bring back electric chair headed to governor”

"A Prisoner Says Farewell to Solitary Confinement – Writing by Lee Savage” via Prison Culture

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Edition #818

Burn it to the ground

 

Today we attempt to watch the watchers and see if there's anything to be done about them.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Drones, metadata, and Dirty Wars - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-10-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Little Talks - Of monsters and men

Ch. 4: Act 2: Is It Time for a New Church Committee? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel

Ch. 6: Act 3: No Escaping Dragnet Nation (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date 3-14-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Hide the truth - Chronicle

Ch. 8: Act 4: Significant NSA Change Proposed By Obama - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-26-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Heroic fanfare - United States Army Band and Chorus

Ch. 10: Act 5: USA Freedom Act via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 12: Act 6: Senate vs. CIA - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-12-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Gone Too Far (feat. Jack Bruce;2012 - Remaster) - Robin Trower

Ch. 14: Act 7: NSA Out Of Control - @dccommonsense - Air Date 3-23-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 15: Latest trans episode was truly enlightening - Jim from Kentucky

Ch. 16: Realizing how badly he'd misrepresented himself originally - Matt in Negaunee, Mi

Ch. 17: "Queer" shouldn't be reclaimed by the LGBT community - Tory from Altlanta, GA

Ch. 28: Thoughts on respectability politics - Prof. Rambo from Georgia

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 19: Final comments on respectability politics

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

USA Freedom Act via ACLU

USA Freedom Act via EFF

 

Sources/further reading:

Text of the USA Freedom Act via Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt)

"Lawmakers Need to Get Behind the USA Freedom Act” via FreePress.net

"Obama: US must 'win back the trust of ordinary citizens' over data collection” via The Guardian

"NSA critics express 'deep concern' over route change for House reform bill” via The Guardian

"What You Don't Know About The NSA Spying Program” Moment of Clarity video from Lee Camp

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

Produced by:

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Edition #779

Being of two minds

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Let us whisper of a dream - The Good Fight - Air Date 11-21-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Boulevard of broken dreams - Green Day

Ch. 4: Act 2: Obamacare is Kentucky's Success, A Big Danger For Mitch McConnell - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-25-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Behind the curtain - Dan Potthast

Ch. 6: Act 3: The Mess on Obama's Hands - Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 11-13-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Careless whisper - George Michael

Ch. 8: Act 4: Obamacare is Doomed by Its Internal Logic - Glen Ford - Air Date: 11-20-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Failure by design - Brand New

Ch. 10: Act 5: Comparing What To What - CounterSpin - Air Date 11-22-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Hurricane - The Scorpions

Ch. 12: Act 6: Obamacare Alternative? Republicans Don't Have One - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-04-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: From Finner - Of Monsters and Men

Ch. 14: Act 7: Republicans Have No Answers on Health Care - Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 11-15-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Soft serve - Soul Coughing

Ch. 16: Act 8: Single Payer Healthcare Would SAVE Money - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 10-07-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Flood - Jars of Clay

Ch. 18: Act 9: Medicare you can buy into - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 19: Song 9: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 20: Act 10: A Message for GOP Governors on Obamacare - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-26-13

Ch. 21: Song 10: Hard to say I'm sorry - Chicago

Ch. 22: Act 11: Better than it was, but still for-profit - Congressional Dish - Air Date: 10-12-13

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 23: How to debate myths - Dave from Olympia, WA

Ch. 24: The value and tactics of debating - Rationally Speaking - Air Date: 12-4-11

Ch. 25: Thoughts on the standard of tipping - Joe from Barcelona

 

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Voicemail Music: 

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Ch. 26: Final comments asking for thoughts on the episode on trans issues

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

Activism:

https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/588

http://grayson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/grayson-introduces-medicare-you-can-buy-into-act

http://www.contactingthecongress.org

 

Information for this segment can be found at:

https://www.healthcare.gov

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/02/20-4

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/03/medicaid-expansion-becomes-weapon-against-gop-governors/

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:1:./temp/~bd52e9::

 

Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: https://www.facebook.com/KatieGoodmansUnFItUp

Katie Goodman, creator: http://katiegoodman.com

Katie Klabusich, activism director: http://katiespeak.com

 

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Edition #773

Overthrowing Plutonomy

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Plutonomy - Common Sense with Dan Carlin - Air Date: 10-06-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Cosmic love - Florence + The Machine

Ch. 4: Act 2: There are others things Government needs to do - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 10-18-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Baltic Avenue - Chris Roth

Ch. 6: Act 3: Does 'Capitalism Good, Communism Bad' Even Mean Anything? - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 08-12-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Variety is the spice of life - Larry Clinton

Ch. 8: Act 4: Stop Treating Capitalists Like they are Gods! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 10-24-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Capitalism - Eastenders

Ch. 10: Act 5: Chris Hedges on the Implications of the Corporate State's Hobbling of the Liberal Class - Economic Update - Air Date: 04-12-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Up against the wall - Peter Bjorn & John

Ch. 12: Act 6: Study: Socialism Makes People Happier - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-17-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Pursuit of happiness - Kid Cudi

Ch. 14: Act 7: The Worst Problem In America? | Poll Results - The Young Turks - Air Date: 10-21-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Time for action - Secret Affair

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Progressivism of Dr. Seuss - Moyers and Company - 10-25-13

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 17: How to improve education and support teachers - Sally from San Francisco

 

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Ch. 18: Final comments on teachers unions holding the line

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

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Edition #817

The power of words

 

Today we look at the words we use to talk about trans issues and realize the profound impact they have on how we see the issue. Plus there's some bathroom talk because that's the greatest threat to the freedom of cis idiots everywhere.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Being Transgender in America - @MHarrisPerry - Air Date: 4-15-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: See me, Feel Me - The Who

Ch. 4: Act 2: One Transgender Perspective - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date 4-22-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Pretzel Man - Harry Chapin

Ch. 6: Act 3: Gender and sex pairings are a construct - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date: 5-1-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Woman's bodies - Rebecca Riots

Ch. 8: Act 4: Transgender Language History - @transadvocate - Air Date: 2-14-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Power of words - iamuuri

Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox News' House Doctor Afraid Of Transgender Urination - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-20-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: One - Apocalyptica

Ch. 12: Act 6: Fox News Host Apologizes To The Intersex Community - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 03-03-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: One - Apocalyptica

Ch. 14: Act 7: Freedom Center for Social Justice via- @LGBTQLaw - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 15: Song 7: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 16: Act 8: Changes In DSM As Related To Trans Population - @transadvocate - Air Date 2-20-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Lola - The Kinks

Ch. 18: Act 9: Discussing the disappearance of gender identity disorder - @Rspodcast - Air Date 12-8-13

 

Ch. 19: Final comments on the power of words

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

Ch. 20: Post Script: Conclusion of the story of the man without words

 

ACTIVISM:

The Freedom Center for Social Justice

Transgender Faith and Action Network (Trans*FANN)

 

Sources/further reading:

Like Freedom Center For Social Justice LGBTQ Law Center on Facebook and Follow on Twitter

"CPCC Transgender Student Harassed, Suspended for Using Women's Bathroom"

"Actress Laverne Cox releases statement supporting transgender student Andraya Williams”

 

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

 

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Edition #816

Dog whistle politics

 

Today we look at how racism is strategically used to gain power for Republicans and funnel money to corporations. And here you thought it was just about keeping them away from the white women.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: Ian Haney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race Part 1 - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date: 2-28-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Corporate takeover - NerCity

Ch. 4: Act 2: The Costs of Racial Color Blindness - Harvard Business Review - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Black or white - Michael Jackson

Ch. 6: Act 3: Ian Haney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race Part 2 - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date: 2-28-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: People are people - Depeche Mode

Ch. 8: Act 4: The Difference Between Being the Majority & the Minority - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-15-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Racism - MYSTAFYA

Ch. 10: Act 5: Paul Ryan's 'Inner City' Remarks - Racist? No... A Republican? No Way! - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-15-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Say what you mean - Dojo Cuts

Ch. 12: Act 6: Paul Ryan's Economic Faux Losophy - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 3-25-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Pure imagination - Leslie Bricusse

Ch. 14: Act 7: Online debate sparked on race and poverty - @MHarrisPerry - Air Date: 4-6-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 15: How to replace coal as a baseline energy source - Perry from Green County, IN

Ch. 16: On self identification and appropriation - Tim from Oklahoma

Ch. 17: Asking for a response to a friends thoughts on gender - Robert from Los Angeles

 

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Ch. 18: Final comments responding to Robert's friend's bad argument

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

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Edition #815

Past and future destruction

 

Today we look at the past and future destruction caused by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions as well as our lackluster attempt to equip ourselves with a climate-friendly, terrorism-resistant electrical grid.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The IPCC's new report - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-3-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Spite - Vandaveer

Ch. 4: Act 2: China Builds Largest Solar Plant in World While US Falls Behind - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-30-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Sickening - Ken Mickey

Ch. 6: Act 3: C'mon America...Let's Keep the Lights on - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-14-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: I've got no strings - Gipsy Kings

Ch. 8: Act 4: The disinformation of Fox News - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-1-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Disinformation - Aaron Courtland

Ch. 10: Act 5: Exxon CEO Sues to Stop Fracking Near His Home - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-26-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: The most beautiful place in the world - Mary Anne Hitt

Ch. 12: Act 6: Greenpeace Co-Founder Loses It Talking Climate Change on Twitter - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-08-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Science is real - They Might be Giants

Ch. 14: Act 7: Environmental Destruction, When Will It End? - @greennewsreort - Air Date 3-25-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: You're a disaster - Dragonette

Ch. 16: Act 8: How Much Oil Really Spilled? - @onthemedia - Air Date: 3-28-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Murky Water - The Autumn Isles

Ch. 18: Act 9: Protect the Arctic via- @sierraclub - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan

Ch. 20: Act 10: Global Water Shortages Pose Threat of Terror & War - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-16-14

Ch. 21: Song 10: Till your well runs dry - Peter Tosh

Ch. 22: Act 11: The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-09-13

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 23: Ask men about why their reproductive rights are off limits - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 24: Thoughts on queerness from a newly-out gender-non-conforming listener - Chris from Rhode Island

Ch. 25: Response to PBS segment from media episode - Zach from San Francisco

 

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Ch. 26: Final comments with This Week in Blackness on taking funding from the KKK

 

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

ACTIVISM:

Protect the Arctic from an oil spill disaster! via The Sierra Club

 

Sources/further reading:

"Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Lingers on Alaska Beaches” from National Geographic

"Exxon Spill – 25 Years of Tears" by Shannyn Moore

 

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Edition #814

No corporate news is good news

 

Today we take a look at the various ways the corporate media regularly embarrasses itself while in search of ratings from ever-more narrow slivers of potential viewers.

 

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The plane is not in a black hole - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 03-20-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Bedtime stories - Chris Reed

Ch. 4: Act 2: Keeping Conspiracies Secret And Speculation In The News - @jimmy_dore  Show - Air Date: 3-21-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Empty - The Cranberries

Ch. 6: Act 3: Fox Host Explains Missing Flight with Finding Noah's Ark - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-24-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Flat Earth Society - Bad Religion

Ch. 8: Act 4: News, No Experts, Just Diversity Of Speculation - le Show (@theharryshearer) - Air Date 3-23-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Good people - Jack Johnson

Ch. 10: Act 5: PBS Gets On Its Knees For Billionaires | Integrity Is Dead - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-14-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Ch. 12: Act 6: CNBC: Climate Change is Witchcraft! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-05-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra

Ch. 14: Act 7: NBC's MTP Debates Climate Change, Truth vs. Nonsense - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-21-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Nonsense - Komeda

Ch. 16: Act 8: You Can Now Drive Across The US For Free, Mainstream Media Ignores It - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 03-11-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Electric car - They Might be Giants

Ch. 18: Act 9: Laughably Biased or Fair & Balanced Climate Change Debate? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-18-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: S.O.S. - The Suicide Machines

Ch. 20: Act 10: Climate Change, The Media Is The Message - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 3-21-14

 

Voicemails:

Ch. 21: The problem with the media's coverage of climate change - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 22: The queer experience - Sonya from Minnesota

 

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Ch. 23: Final comments on conservatives believing in free lunches

 

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Here We Are - Patrick Park

 

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