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Fri, 26 August 2016
Edition #1038 Today we take a look at a couple of the international trade deals currently in the works, why they’re bad and how to stop them Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Karen @HansenKuhn on the secret negotiations of the TTIP - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 5-6-16 Ch. 3: Song 1: North By North - Faded Paper Figures
Ch. 4: Act 2: New Study Confirms #TPP Will Kill #American Jobs! (Guest @WallachLori) - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 05-19-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: A Lot of Work to Do - Friendly People
Ch. 6: Act 3: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on why we need to stop the TPP - CREDO Action - Air Date 6-7-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: Count On Me - Bruno Mars
Ch. 8: Act 4: Hillary Clinton Disavows the TPP Now and Forever - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 08-13-16 Ch. 9: Song 4: Gone - Jack Johnson
Ch. 10: Act 5: What the fight against the TPP can learn from the movement against TTIP - Act Out! (@ActOutonOccupy) - Air Date 5-13-16 Ch. 11: Song 5: Protest Song - Anti-Flag
Ch. 12: Act 6: Stop Toxic Trade Deals - NationalSierraClub - Air Date 6-27-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Victory - Trampled by Turtles
Ch. 14: Act 7: Why Did Clinton Just Tap a Pro-TPP, Pro-KXL, Pro-Fracking Politician to Head Her Transition Team? - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 08-17-16 Ch. 15: Song 7: Fake Empire - The National
Ch. 16: Act 8: Trans-Pacific Partnership EXPLAINED! - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 08-04-16
Ch. 17: Final comments on how to fight the TPP during the lame duck session Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!
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Fri, 29 July 2016
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Fri, 24 June 2016
Edition #1024 Today we take a look primarily at the case of Brock Turner’s triple-felony sexual assault conviction, the pitifully short sentence he received and what all of it says about how our society deals with rape and sexual assault Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Stanford Rapist Barely Punished - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-07-16 Ch. 3: Song 1: Benefit Of The Doubt - Amy Annelle
Ch. 4: Act 2: As 13M People Read Stanford Victim's Letter, Advocates See "Watershed" Moment in Fight Against Rape - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 06-09-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: I Think I Broke Something - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 6: Act 3: Sheriff: Rape Kits Unnecessary Since Most Rape Accusations Are False - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 03-17-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: Sheriff - Oliver Onions
Ch. 8: Act 4: RAPIST Brock Turner's PATHETIC Letter To Judge Released - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-10-16 Ch. 9: Song 4: Empathy - Chasing Kings
Ch. 10: Act 5: The terrible, enabling parents of a rapist - @CitizenRadio - Air Date 6-13-16 Ch. 11: Song 5: Flurry - The OO-Ray
Ch. 12: Act 6: Meet the Law Professor Leading a Bid to Recall the Judge Who Sentenced Stanford Rapist to 6 Months - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 06-08-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Equal Justice - TTwyce
Ch. 14: Act 7: Help Get a Recall of Rape Apologist Judge Aaron Persky on the Ballot in CA via RecallAaronPersky.com - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 16: Act 8: Action (Spoken Word on Disrupting Rape Culture) - Guante - Air Date: 12-7-12
Voicemails Ch. 17: An explanation of toxic masculinity - Glory from Orlando Ch. 18: Recognizing toxic masculinity in my own life - Trent from Salt Lake City, Utah Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 19: Final comments on how to maintain your mental health while following politics Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
TAKE ACTION Visit RecallAaronPersky.com to volunteer, donate or sing up for updates to support the effort to get a recall of Persky on the ballot in California. On social media, follow @RecallPersky - the official Twitter account of the campaign - and RT. Use the hashtag #RecallPersky when voicing your support. Sign the Change.org petition that demands Stanford University publicly apologize to the survivor of Turner's sexual assault, offer to pay for her counseling and other supportive services, increase resources for sexual assault prevention on campus, increase counseling resources for all survivors, and administer a national survey about sexual violence occurring in fraternities. Read and share the powerful words the survivor read to her assailant. Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman.
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!
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Tue, 3 May 2016
Edition #1011
Today we take a look at the struggle between those intent on
selling doubt about climate science in order to stretch fossil fuel
profits as far as they’ll go and those standing up to them in the
most direct way possible
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Fri, 29 April 2016
Edition #1010
Today we take a look at the way our current low-tax structure
ends up redistributing the burden of funding society to those least
able to pay for it while widening the already staggeringly-large
wealth gap.
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Tue, 26 April 2016
Edition #1009
Today we take a look at the disgustingly undemocratic efforts
being waged to minimize the number of people who vote in our
elections.
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Fri, 22 April 2016
Edition #1008
Today we take a look at the continued fight against the corrupting effects of money in politics including this month’s record-breaking civil disobedience protests at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC
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Direct download: 1008_Democracy_Sprung_Money_in_Politics.mp3
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Tue, 19 April 2016
Edition #1007
Today we take a look at how racism and economics combine to form a self-reinforcing legacy of unfair housing policies and practices that benefit the wealthy and disadvantage the poor
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Tue, 12 April 2016
Edition #1006
Today we take a look at the last several decades of the conservative movement and the Republican party, where they came from and how we got to where we are.
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Fri, 8 April 2016
Edition #1005
Today we take a look at some of the various responses to the recent bombing in Brussels, Belgium. Unsurprisingly, politicians who traditionally thrive on fear-mongering are encouraging us to be afraid, just as the terrorists would hope.
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Tue, 5 April 2016
Edition #1004
Today we take a look at the hate-mongering conservative, fright fest issue du jour, trans people being allowed to use public restrooms without harassment. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate and ignorance, fear and hatred lead to voting for Republicans. That’s been their strategy for decades: exploiting fear of black people, brown people, drugs, gay people and now trans people.They’re always wrong about what they fear but that’s never stopped them before and it isn’t stopping them now.
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Fri, 1 April 2016
Edition #1003
Today we take a look at the raging battle for the soul of the new economy. The age of working at the factory for decades before retiring with a pension and gold watch is well behind us but what’s coming next? A world where everyone is completely on their own, scraping together work one gig at a time? Or an economy of worker-owners who are compensated fully for their labor and have a voice in the direction of their companies?
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Tue, 29 March 2016
Edition #1002
Today we take a look at the power of the Supreme Court, the importance of getting the right people on the bench and the unfortunate reality that Merrick Garland is not someone that progressives should be supporting
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Fri, 25 March 2016
Edition #1001
Today we examine how the climate denial industry works and look forward to the positive trends in renewable energy
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Direct download: 1001_Climate_To_Air_3_25_16.mp3
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Tue, 22 March 2016
Edition #1000
Today we mark our 1000th episode by looking back to the way things were 10 years ago when this show launched. Come with me to a time when The Young Turks hadn’t taken over YouTube, Rachel Maddow didn’t have a show on MSNBC and Al Franken wasn’t yet a Senator
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:02:54 Ch. 2: Act 1: TYT video streaming launch party while CNN makes new hires - The Young Turks
00:06:19 Ch. 3: Act 2: Bin Laden resurfaces and MSNBC calls him a Democrat - Rachel Maddow Show
00:12:30 Ch. 4: Act 3: Speaking with Helen Thomas on the state of the media - Mother Jones Radio
00:16:56 Ch. 5: Act 4: John Boehner running for speaker - Rachel Maddow
00:19:26 Ch. 6: Act 5: John Conyers on Bush wiretapping program - Thom Hartmann
00:24:45 Ch. 7: Act 6: Rage over cartoons perplexes Denmark - The Young Turks
00:30:28 Ch. 8: Act 7: Rob Corddry on Cheney shooting his friend in the face - The Daily Show
00:34:09 Ch. 9: Act 8: Harry Whittington Apologizes for Getting Shot in the Face by Dick Cheney
00:37:23 Ch. 10: Act 9: This happens all the time and by the way, it's incredibly traumatic - Al Franken Show
00:42:48 Ch. 11: Act 10: Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath - Mother Jones Radio
00:50:13 Ch. 12: Act 11: O'Connor Decries Republican Attacks on Courts - NPR Morning Edition
00:54:23 Ch. 13: Act 12: Sandra Day O'Connor and avoiding these beginnings - The Young Turks
00:59:21 Ch. 14: Act 13: Tom Delay steps down from congress - Rachel Maddow Show
01:02:51 Ch. 15: Act 14: A reminder of all the things terrible about Tom Delay - The Young Turks
01:11:34 Ch. 16: Act 15: Hate Mail from the left - Al Franken Show
01:13:50 Ch. 17: Act 16: I'm the decider - The Young Turks
01:17:26 Ch. 18: Act 17: The Chief Executive's Role - The President's Weekly Radio Address
01:21:22 Ch. 18: Act 18: Highlights from Colbert's White House Correspondents Dinner Speech with David Bender - Rachel Maddow
01:31:22 Ch. 18: Act 19: Supercut of Colbert at the White House Correspondence Dinner
Voicemails
01:36:36 Ch. 19: 1000 Episodes - Lee Camp
01:37:05 Ch. 20: 1000 Episodes - David Pakman
Plus messages from:
Eammon from La Habra, California
Nancy from San Francisco
Zach from Atlanta
Megan from Seattle
Josh from Lafayette, LA
Erin from Philadelphia
Tony from New Jersey
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:37:50 Ch. 21: Final comments on how I met David Pakman and thanks for the last 1000 episodes
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Fri, 18 March 2016
Edition #999
Today we again ring the fascism warning bell as we look at the continuing saga of the Donald Trump presidential campaign. And remember: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
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Tue, 15 March 2016
Edition #998
Today we look at a variety of problems plaguing our elections from gerrymandering to restrictive laws intended to make it difficult for people to vote to our aging and deeply problematic electronic voting machines
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Fri, 11 March 2016
Edition #997
Today we look at the arguments for and against unbreakable encryption for smartphones with specific focus on Apple’s current legal battle with the FBI
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Tue, 8 March 2016
Edition #978
Today we look at the shifting trends of how and why people work and what may happen when the robots take everyone’s jobs
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Fri, 4 March 2016
Edition #996
Today we look at the influence of dark money in politics generally as well as the moneyed interests that have been successfully working for decades to make the Democratic party more conservative
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Tue, 1 March 2016
Edition #995
Today we look at the legacy Antonin Scalia leaves behind, what this means for the Supreme Court going forward and how it’s all effecting the 2016 election
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Fri, 26 February 2016
Edition #994
Today we look at the narratives and stories that fill and influence our lives, whose stories get told and why and how that effects the way we see the world
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Tue, 23 February 2016
Edition #993
Today we look at the effects of the media companies shift from producing news content as a public service to ‘infotainment’ and where we’re headed in the world of vertical integration and threats to net neutrality
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Fri, 19 February 2016
Edition #992
Today we look at how corporations have worked diligently to maximize the profits of insurance and pharmaceutical companies at the expense of America’s general health and budget and then used those profits to buy politicians to ensure the system never changes
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Tue, 16 February 2016
Edition #991
Today we look at the influence of the food giants on what goes into our food supply, who’s allowed to inspect and regulate it, what our kids are taught about what’s healthy, the policies of international trade that lowers food safety standards and even how farmers raise their chickens
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Fri, 12 February 2016
Edition #990
Today we look at the intersection of market capitalism and our prison system where the private prison industry makes billions and lobbies for ever-harsher punishments to continually grow our prison population
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Tue, 9 February 2016
Edition #989
Today we look at the intersection of our educational system and the detrimental influence that money, austerity policies and the profit motive have on the education that our kids have access to
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Fri, 5 February 2016
Edition #988
Today we look at the intersection of the climate crisis with our current economic system including how monopolies, trade deals, market failures and the concept of “externalities” all work together to make climate change worse
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Tue, 2 February 2016
Edition #987
Today we look at the intersection and roots of systemic racism and institutional poverty in America and the ways in which each supports and bolsters the other
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Fri, 29 January 2016
Edition #985
Today we look at the case against extreme wealth inequality and not just from an economic justice perspective. Extreme wealth inequality leads to more social ills and destabilization than you probably ever guessed
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Tue, 26 January 2016
Edition #985
Today we look at the series of events and conservative policies that lead, predictably, to the public health crisis currently playing out in Flint, MI due to their contaminated water supply
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Fri, 22 January 2016
Edition #922
Today we take a hard look at modern-day civilization and culture and ponder what we could do to make things better
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Tue, 19 January 2016
Edition #984
Today we look at some of the downfalls of our current economic system, a few thoughts on what to do about it and what Bernie Sanders is doing to push this conversation forward
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