Best of the Left Podcast

Thu, 31 July 2014

(2014/07/31) Refugees at the border (Immigration)

Edition #847

Refugees at the border

Today we take a look at how our arguments over immigration policy is causing emotional flare ups around what should be an uncomplicated issue of a rich, developed nation offering help to refugees fleeing violence in their countries of origin.

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Top 6 Ways Corporations Are Bringing The Battlefield Home...And Making A Killing - @BraveNewFound - Air Date: 01-06-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Comes and Goes (In Waves) - Three Flights from Alto Nido

Ch. 4: Act 2: Obama Tackles Immigration Reform, Republicans Disagree - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-07-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Off a Cliff - Gestalt

Ch. 6: Act 3: Behind the border crisis - @onthemedia - Air Date: 7-11-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Rescue Jah Children - Police & Thieves (Remastered)

Ch. 8: Act 4: This Is Humane?: Lawmakers Push for "HUMANE" Act to Potentially Send Kids to Die - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-15-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Shame - Emotionalism (Bonus Track Version)

Ch. 10: Act 5: Sarah Palin: Impeach Obama for Following George W. Bush's Law - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-10-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: The Smallest Piece - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)

Ch. 12: Act 6: Brit Hume Bursts The Fox News Bubble Over The National Guard At The Border - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 07-14-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: The Smallest Piece - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)

Ch. 14: Act 7: They're Not "Illegal" Immigrants, They're Refugees - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-15-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Escape - Light (Bonus Track Version)

Ch. 16: Act 8: Don't Mention Why The Kids Are On Our Borders - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 7-11-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Keepsake - Peace Between Nations

Ch. 18: Act 9: When Children Are the Enemy - Mumia Abu-Jamal - Air Date: 7-15-14

Ch. 19: Song 9: Cruel World - African Elephants

Ch. 20: Act 10: This Is What Refugee Immigrants Crossing the U.S. Border Are Fleeing - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-17-14

Ch. 21: Song 10: Heartless - The Best of Aldo Nova

Ch. 22: Act 11: Support @SavetheChildren’s Border Crisis Effort - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 23: Song 11: Right to Complain - Backatown (Bonus Track Version)

Ch. 24: Act 12: Jose Antonio Vargas, Proud American - @Truthdig - Air Date 7-18-14

Ch. 25: Song 12: Proud to Be an American - Side Street Ramblers - Masterworks Series Volume 2

Ch. 26: Act 13: Fox News Scoffs At Heart-Wrenching 911 Calls Of Immigrants Dying - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-24-14

Voicemails

Ch. 21: Torn apart by looking at both sides - Nathan from Boca Raton, FL

Ch. 22: Why I support Palestine - Sarah from Boston

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 23: Final comments on David Pakman's response to the last episode's final comments

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Take Action:

TEXT “AID” to Save the Children at 20222 to donate $10

Read and watch stories from those crossing the boarder at: Save the Children’s “U.S. Border Crisis” page.

Learn exactly where your support is going at: U.S. Border Crisis: 'Save the Children’ Meeting Immediate Needs of Children

Sources/further reading:

Read and watch stories from those crossing the boarder at: Save the Children’s “U.S. Border Crisis” page.

"Border children need immediate cooperation" via Save the Children at USA Today

"To Address Honduran Refugee Crisis at the Border, US Should Stop Financing Repression in Honduras” by Laura Raymond at Truthout

"This Is What an Overcrowded Holding Center for Migrant Children Looks Like” by Steven Hsieh at The Nation

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Mon, 28 July 2014

(2014/07/28) The Israeli incursion into Gaza (Special Event)

Edition #846

The Israeli incursion into Gaza

Today we take an overview of the current conflict between Israel and Gaza. There are war crimes on both sides but a large asymmetry of power

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: If You Care About Israel, End the Occupation NOW - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-08-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Machine - Contre jour (Original Soundtrack)

Ch. 4: Act 2: Netanyahu Accidentally Poses A Devastating Thought Experiment, Death Toll Rises - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-15-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Welcome to the Black Parade - Strung Out - The String Quartet Tribute to Alternative Rock Hits, Vol. 3

Ch. 6: Act 3: Israel & Palestine Not Close to Peace - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-16-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) - One Offs... Remixes & B Sides

Ch. 8: Act 4: Let Me Take a Selfie?: Israelis Call for Ethnic Cleansing via Selfie - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-16-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Legions (War) - One Cello x 16: Natoma

Ch. 10: Act 5: A Caged Population Treated Like Animals - @Truthdig - Air Date 7-18-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: Fade to Black - Inquisition Symphony

Ch. 12: Act 6: Lifting The Media Curtain, The Real Israeli Story - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 7-19-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Dreamtime - Faith In the Future

Ch. 14: Act 7: A Progressive Israeli On The Israel/Gaza Crisis - @democracynow - Air Date 7-22-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: PTF2012 (Instrumental) - VNV Nation

Ch. 16: Act 8: What Should Palestine Do? An MLK Quote Says It All - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-17-14

Ch. 17: Final comments on why Israel gets more focus than other humanitarian crises

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Fri, 25 July 2014

(2014/07/25) Another reason why we need single payer (Hobby Lobby)

Edition #845

Another reason why we need single payer

Today we take a look at the Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court. Just as with money in politics, I'm pretty sure they're just trying to make the status quo so outrageously bad that we have no choice but to fundamentally change the system

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: 8 Women Explain Why The Hobby Lobby Ruling Is Dead Wrong - Media Matters 4 America (@mmfa) - Air Date: 07-19-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Mothers of the Night - Last Night

Ch. 4: Act 2: Doing Away With Science - @TWiBnation - Air Date 6-30-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Me & God & Jesus - Put Your Faith In Me

Ch. 6: Act 3: Is the Supreme Court Out of Order? Part 1 - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 7-11-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: You Don't Scare Me - Chimney's Afire

Ch. 8: Act 4: Religious Freedom a Farce in Hobby Lobby Case - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-02-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Here's to Your Health - Here's to Your Health-Single

Ch. 10: Act 5: Hobby Lobby's Corporate Commandments - @markfiore Animation - Air Date: 07-07-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: All This and Heaven Too - Ceremonials

Ch. 12: Act 6: Is the Supreme Court Out of Order? Part 2 - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 7-11-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Strange But True - Moth-Balls The Best Of The First 25 Years

Ch. 14: Act 7: Hobby Lobby Against Abortion, Invests in 'Abortion Pill' Manufacturers - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 04-03-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Ignore the Ignorant - Ignore the Ignorant

Ch. 16: Act 8: Laura Ingraham's Dark Ages Diagnosis Of Birth Control Users - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-02-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Communist Friends - Junior

Ch. 18: Act 9: The Campaign to #StoppBoggs via @NARAL - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - The Poet

Ch. 20: Act 10: The Hobby Lobby Decision Already Getting Worse - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-09-14

Ch. 21: Song 10: Breathe Me - Breathe Me - Single

Ch. 22: Act 11: They Covered It Until Told They Had To - @TWiBnation - Air Date 7-7-14

Ch. 23: Final comments on the quiet before the storm

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Activism Update!

Judiciary Committee Postpones Boggs Vote

Original segment: "Stop The Michael Boggs Confirmation, BOTL activism”

But wait! Take action:

Say THANK YOU via NARAL’s Speaking Out Against Michael Boggs

SIGN to oppose the nomination

CALL & report how it went

Sources/additional glimmers of hope:

10 Reasons to #StopBoggs as told by Star Wars

"Sen. Richard Blumenthal Will Oppose Controversial Obama Nominee Michael Boggs”

”NARAL Pro-Choice America on Senator Chuck Schumer’s Statement To Oppose Michael Boggs”

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Tue, 22 July 2014

(2014/07/22) Fools and money (Conservatives)

Edition #844

Fools and money

Today we take a look at a few ways how and why conservatives are being systematically fooled to the benefit of the elite

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: The conservative con game - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 04-04-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: A Fool and His Money - Mosaic

Ch. 4: Act 2: The conservatives deep bench - @fakedansavage - Air Date 5-13-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: I ain't afraid - Robin Roberts

Ch. 6: Act 3: David Brooks, 'Democracy Is A Problem' - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-23-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: The Rabble and the Ruled - Patience and Perseverance

Ch. 8: Act 4: America's Poorest County Sadly Believe Republicans Fight For Them - @majorityfm - Air Date: 05-23-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who: Greatest Hits

Ch. 10: Act 5: Warning: Boehner at work! - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 7-21-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: While Rome Burns - Giggle (1995)

Ch. 12: Act 6: Can Scientists Be Trusted? Not According To The Tea Party - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-25-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Misinformation - Talk to Jah

Ch. 14: Act 7: Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'Cosmos' is Really Freaking Out Conservatives - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 05-28-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Resurrection (Space Club Mix) - Phonosynthesis (Includes Continuous Mix By DJ Irene)

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Right's Climate Change Intellectuals - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 5-23-14

Voicemails

Ch. 17: A student debt story - Jamie from Philadelphia, PA

Ch. 18: How education dollars are spent - John From Davis, CA

Ch. 19: Everybody read history and have your kids read history - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

Ch. 20: The government can do when they prioritize - Marcus from Austin, TX

Ch. 21: The importance of personal LGBTQ stories - Zach from San Francisco

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 22: Final comments on the pile of work I found waiting for me when I got home

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Fri, 18 July 2014

(2013/07/19) How we treat those we are responsible for (Prison Nation) (Repodcast)

Edition #737

How we treat those we are responsible for

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The Aryan Brotherhood's 'Jihadist' Murder Streak in the U.S. - The Young Turks - Air Date: 04-03-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Sail - AWOL Nation

Ch. 4: Act 2: What to Think of Whenever You Hear "The Worst of the Worst" - Black Agenda Report - Air Date: 6-12-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Ch. 6: Act 3: Caller: Prisons Should Not be Privatized! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-13-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Clint Eastwood - The Gorillaz

Ch. 8: Act 4: Judge Sentenced for Selling Kids to Prisons - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-25-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Life in prison - Mitchell

Ch. 10: Act 5: Philadelphia 'Can't Afford' Schools, Buys $400 Million Prison - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-15-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Opportunity - Pete Murray

Ch. 12: Act 6: Private Prisons: The Evil Side of Reaganomics - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-22-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Evil is alive and well - Jakob Dylan

Ch. 14: Act 7: Barbaric Sterilizations in California - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 7-9-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: 21st Century - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ch. 16: Act 8: Forced Sterilization Of Women In American Prisons - Young Turks - Air Date: 07-13-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: The Undesirables - Lawrence Arabia

Ch. 18: Act 9: Texas County Sued for Running 'Rape Camp' at Jail - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 06-23-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Nothing else matters - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Ch. 20: Act 10: Solitary Watch - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 21: Song 10: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 22: Act 11: Pelican Bay prisoners' hunger strike - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 07-11-13

Ch. 23: Song 11: Chain gang - Sam Cooke

Ch. 24: Act 12: Tens of Thousands of California Inmates Join Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers - Black Agenda Report - Air Date: 7-10-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 25: Rape jokes are not off limits - Peter from Chicago, IL

Leave a message at 202-999-3991

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 26: Final comments on rape jokes

Lindy West's articles:

How to Make a Rape Joke - http://jezebel.com/5925186/how-to-make-a-rape-joke

If Comedy Has No Lady Problem, Why Am I Getting So Many Rape Threats? - http://jezebel.com/if-comedy-has-no-lady-problem-why-am-i-getting-so-many-511214385

Activism:

http://solitarywatch.com/action/

Information for this segment can be found at:

READ:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/solitary-confinement-shane-bauer

WATCH: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/video-shane-bauer-solitary

STATE MAPS: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/map-solitary-confinement-states

In depth critique of US prison system: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik

Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unfuck-It-Up/196389490396988

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

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

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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Mon, 14 July 2014

(2014/07/14) All but the rich agree we need change (Wealth Divide)

Edition #843

All but the rich agree we need change

Today we take a look at the facts and the folly of the vast and growing wealth gap in the US. The good news is that everyone agrees we should take action to fix the problem, we just need to teach everyone it's a problem first. Weird, eh?

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech

Ch. 3: Song 1: Window - In a Safe Place

Ch. 4: Act 2: Fighting for the Four Freedoms with Harvey J. Kaye - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 4-11-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Monday - I Heart Huckabees (Original Soundtrack) [Soundtrack from the Motion Picture]

Ch. 6: Act 3: Media Twisting And Ignoring Polls That Show Popularity Of 'Inequality' Theme - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-7-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: We Want a Rock - Flood

Ch. 8: Act 4: Republicans & Democrats Completely Agree on This ONE Issue - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-23-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: What Are Their Names - If I Could Only Remember My Name

Ch. 10: Act 5: JP Morgan and the income inequality problem - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-24-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: RazorWire - Chris Priest

Ch. 12: Act 6: American? You Might Move To Canada After Watching This - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 04-23-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Oligarchy - Punkgrass for the People

Ch. 14: Act 7: USA: Bad Jobs Country - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 4-30-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Revolution (Human Need Over Profit) - Tha People's Music

Ch. 16: Act 8: Comfortably Stating The Dangers Of Populism - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-2-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Populism, Yea Yea - Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording)

Ch. 18: Act 9: Retirement Security For All via @SEIU - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - The Poet

Ch. 20: Act 10: Bill Moyers Essay: America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 4-18-14

Ch. 21: Bonus clip: This day in history - Bastille Day - John Mill

Ch. 22: Final comments on where to catch me at Netroots Nation

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

ACTIVISM:

Retirement Security For All via Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Expand Social Security petition

Tell your story

Sources/further reading:

State Report on Social Security via Social Security Works

Follow SEIU Retirement Security and Social Security Works

Social Security Basic Facts

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Thu, 10 July 2014

(2013/07/25) Cause and effect (Foreign Policy) (Repodcast)

Edition #739

Cause and effect

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

Ch. 2: Act 1: The New Iraq and Rumsfeld's Rules - le Show - Air Date 5-19-13

Ch. 3: Act 2: Honor And Duty According To Dick Cheney - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 5-17-13

Ch. 4: Song 2: The world I know - Collective Soul

Ch. 5: Act 3: Withdrawing From War Without Lessons Learned - Common Sense - Air Date 5-29-13

Ch. 6: Song 3: Vultures of culture - Nahko and Medicine for the People

Ch. 7: Act 4: JFK Peace Speech: The Anti-George Bush - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 07-04-13

Ch. 8: Song 4: Let's begin - Margaret Whiting

Ch. 9: Act 5: Obama's 'Hidden Hand' Approach Debunked - CounterSpin - Air Date 7-19-13

Ch. 10: Song 5: This war - Ophelia of the Spirits

Ch. 11: Act 6: Pathology of privilege in foreign policy - Tim Wise

Voicemails:

Ch. 12: Clarifications on rape culture and rape jokes - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 13: Thoughts on the Zimmerman trial - Aaron from Kansas

Leave a message at 202-999-3991

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 14: Final comments reading a perspective from a 'white hispanic' listener

Closing Music:

Here We Are - Patrick Park

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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Sun, 6 July 2014

(2014/07/06) The education industry (Education)

Edition #842

The education industry

Today we take a look at couple of ways smart job-creators have come up with to make people pay for portions of our education system that should either not exist or be free, thereby creating wealth for themselves and a few jobs to boot. They must have gone to college to be smart enough to come up with that plan.

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: The war on common core - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 05-08-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: The Secret Agent: The Secret Agent Ending - Philip Glass: Glass Reflections

Ch. 4: Act 2: Republican: Common Core is a Plot to Turn Kids Gay! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 05-20-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Shame - Emotionalism (Bonus Track Version)

Ch. 6: Act 3: This Test Is Not For Non-English Speakers - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 5-2-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: Classroom - East Coast Teen Party - Volume 7

Ch. 8: Act 4: Students Now Indentured to the Banksters - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 05-24-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Free College - Pie in the Sky

Ch. 10: Act 5: Senator Warren Fights For Students, Knowing She'll Fail - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-10-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: We Are the Champions - Queen: Greatest Hits

Ch. 12: Act 6: Student Debt PayBack Cap via @WhiteHouse - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - The Poet

Ch. 14: Act 7: Time for a Student Loan Debt Jubilee! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 06-04-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Free Education (feat. Treez & Young DJ) - Unconditional

Ch. 16: Act 8: Graduating? The Class of 2014 is Screwed - @majorityfm - Air Date: 05-24-14

Voicemails

Ch. 21: Summer hours should be summer weeks - Dan in Sheffield Lake

Ch. 22: Don't read history, work on the future - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 23: Final comment on the importance of synthesizing historical information to help create the future

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Activism Update!

”Obama Announces New Executive Orders to Reduce Student Debt” via In the Capital

ACTIVISM:

"How to Contact All the Senators Who Voted Against Student Debt Relief Legislation” via In the Capital

Find out how much the Congress cost you — then tweet it at them.

Track legislative efforts at Higher Ed Not Debt.

Sources/additional glimmers of hope:

"The 37 Senators Who Voted for Millionaires Over Students” via Campaign For America’s Future at Truthout

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Wed, 2 July 2014

(2014/07/02) Hope dies last (Climate)

Edition #841

Hope dies last

Today we hear about climate progress from Obama and climate denial from bought-off Republicans, we clarify how to talk about it and what we're actually trying to save and maintain hope in the face of daunting odds