Fri, 29 June 2018
Air Date: 6/29/2018 Today we take a look at the multi-pronged campaign to prevent as many people from voting as possible and what we can do about it Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Karen Hobert Flynn on Census & Citizenship - CounterSpin - Air Date 3-30-18
Ch. 3: The case for automatic voter registration - Sunday Civics - Air Date 1-22-18
Ch. 4: Black Representation in North Carolina - The Gerrymandering Project - Air Date 12-14-17
Ch. 6: Build the Blue Wave: Confirm, Prepare & GOTV for Midterms 2018 - Best of the Left Activism
VOICEMAILS Ch. 7: Tree Votes For The Axe - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 8: Final comments on the danger of gerrymandering and the value of voting
TAKE ACTION 5 Steps & Resources to Build the “Blue Wave” for Midterms 2018: 1. CONFIRM VOTER REGISTRATION: rockthevote.org“Voter Registration Lookup Tool” 2. LEARN/SHARE VOTER ID LAWS: VoteRiders.orgState Voter ID Law Info Cards 3. LEARN/SHARE CUTOFF DATES/DEADLINES: rockthevote.orgState Information 4. HELP OTHERS register, check registration, learn dates. Share information in person and on social media! 5. JOIN A LOCAL REGISTRATION/GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT: Rock The Vote | NextGen America | ACLU(& check local chapters) | NAACP | NARAL | League of Women Voters | Let America Vote Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
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Tue, 26 June 2018
Air Date: 6/26/2018 Today we take a look at the misguided transformation of our thinking about health care that causes us to accept the idea of it being a market-based commodity, who continues to support this idea and why it continues to make suckers of us all Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 2: Why Democrats Resist Medicare For All - @TZHRJ - Air Date 03-12-18
Ch. 5: Join Your Local Single-Payer Advocacy Group via @HCNow - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 7: Final comments on why single-payer health care is good for gender equality
TAKE ACTION Find & Join your Local Single-Payer Advocacy Group via Healthcare NOW CALL/WRITE/TWEET your members of Congress to push them to publicly support the Medicare for All Act before the Midterms: FOR READING/SHARING The Midterm Elections and Medicare For All(Healthcare NOW!) Is Medicare-for-all a winning message for midterm elections? DSCC chairman weighs in(CBS) Why So Many Democrats Are Embracing Single-Payer Health Care(The Atlantic) "Medicare for All" is a winner in Democratic primaries(Axios) Single-Payer Health Care Is The Key To Democratic Victory In 2018(WBUR) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
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Fri, 22 June 2018
Air Date: 7/21/2017 Today we look at the technology that massively influences how we spend our time and hear lots of advice on how we can begin to take back control Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: The Panda is Dancing - @TimeWellSpentio - Air Date 11-28-16 Ch. 3: Song 1: N/A Ch. 4: Act 2: Tim Wu on The Attention Merchants - The Zero Hour w: @RJEskow - Air Date 4-29-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: One-Armed Bandit - The Viscounts Ch. 6: Act 3: What If Technology Were Conscious Of Your Time? - @TimeWellSpentio - Air Date 11-22-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: N/A Ch. 8: Act 4: What If Technology Were Designed For Human Values? - @TimeWellSpentio - Air Date 11-22-16 Ch. 9: Song 4: Forever On Your Team - Frida Selander Ch. 10: Act 5: Does Technology Actually Make Life Easier, or Just More Hectic? - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 05-08-17 Ch. 11: Song 5: Spider-Man (Live) - Ramones Ch. 12: Act 6: Tristan Harris: How better tech could protect us from distraction - @TEDTalks - Air Date 6-14-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Time Well Spent - Tom Felton Ch. 14: Act 7: Laura Vanderkam - How to gain control of your free time - @TEDTalks - Air Date 2-7-2017 Ch. 15: Song 7: Time In a Bottle - Jim Croce Ch. 16: Act 8: Yuval Noah Harari - Think Again @bigthink - Air Date 2-25-17 Ch. 17: Song 8: We're Simple Minds - Club 8 Ch. 18: Act 9: Someday - The Minimalists - Air Date 3-29-17 Ch. 19: Final comments on my personal slate of apps, settings and strategies to keep my digital life under control 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
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Tue, 19 June 2018
Air Date: 6/19/2018 Today we take a look at where we are in the negotiation process with North Korea and how we got here Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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Ch. 2: Bruce Cummings on a chance for peace in Korea - Start Making Sense - Air Date 6-14-18
Ch. 4: Understanding the small print of the negotiations with North Korea - Thinking Cap - Air Date 6-13-18
VOICEMAILS Ch. 6: A call to action on family separation and detention - Nick from California
Ch. 7: Final comments on stopping dictatorships before they start
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Fri, 15 June 2018
Air Date: 6/15/2018 Today we take a look at the high toll Puerto Rico is paying, in both money and lives, for the triple disasters of colonialism, Hurricane Maria and disaster capitalism Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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Ch. 2: Colonialism during hurricane season - On the Media - 6-6-18
Ch. 5: Help Disaster Victims Resist Disaster Capitalism via @MutualAidRelief - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 6: Naomi Klein on Puerto Rico and Disaster Capitalism - Touré Show - Air Date 4-25-18
Ch. 9: Final comments on the lessons of Mister Rogers that we could use right now
TAKE ACTION Get involved with/support Mutual Aid Disaster Relief MARD Skillshare Trainings(Links for request forms are at the bottom of the blog post) Read more about MARD ongoing work in Puerto Rico FOR FURTHER READING/SHARING FEMA Blamed Delays In Puerto Rico On Maria; Agency Records Tell Another Story(NPR/Frontline) About a quarter of Puerto Rico’s schools are shutting down. Here’s a look inside one.(Vox) "Justice was served": Judge halts school closures in Puerto Rico(CBS) New bill pushes for commission to investigate federal response to Puerto Rico hurricanes(NBC) At Issue In Florida Senate Campaign: Who's Fighting For Puerto Rico?(NPR) Hurricane Maria Casts Shadow Over Puerto Rican Parade(NY Times) Puerto Rico's Push For Food Independence Intertwined With Statehood Debate(NPR) The Shame in Puerto Rico(NY Times) Fighting for Those Who Can No Longer Speak(SocialistWorker.org) Resisting Disaster Capitalists and Building Solidarity in Puerto Rico(Grassroots International) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
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Tue, 12 June 2018
Air Date: 6/12/2018 Today we take a look at the absolute horror show that is the US immigration system. Understanding that it was bad before but has been revved up to literally inhumane as our government makes a concerted effort to dehumanize asylum seekers on the run for their lives. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: To Trump, Americans "Have Kids," But Immigrants "Breed" - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 04-24-18
Ch. 2: Stories of our abusive treatment of immigrants - Off Kilter - Air Date 6-1-18
Ch. 4: How I.C.E. Propaganda Makes Its Way Into the News - On The Media - 2-16-18
Ch. 5: The Obama administration laid the groundwork for immigrant abuses - Intercepted - Air Date 5-30-18
Ch. 6: Kade Crockforde on how real sanctuary means ending mass policing - The Dig - Air Date 3-26-18
Ch. 8: The immigration detention machine - In the Thick - Air Date 6-6-18
VOICEMAILS Ch. 10: The unsurprisingly badly constructed argument of Confederacy defenders - Dave from Olympia, WA
Ch. 11: Final comments on the need to deal with cognitive dissonance in order to support conservative ideas while not feeling like the bad guy
TAKE ACTION Get involved with familiesbelongtogether.org & follow @womenbelong Tell Congress to #AbolishICE & pass: Help Separated Families Act of 2018 Give to organizations like: The Young Center for Immigrant Rights Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) FOR READING/SHARING Democrats are trying to stop Trump from separating families at the border(Vox) Rep. Pramila Jayapal—‘They Could Hear Their Children Screaming for Them in the Next Room’(The Nation) Keep Families Together Act(Feinstein.senate.gov) Feinstein bill would prohibit family separations at US-Mexico border (ThinkProgress) Sessions Says Domestic and Gang Violence Are Not Grounds for Asylum (NY Times) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
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Sun, 10 June 2018
Air Date: 7/28/2017 Today we look at the woeful state of the Democratic Party and the strategy to bring them back from the brink Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Visit: https://www.patreon.com/BestOfTheLeft Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 3: Song 1: The Perfect Space - The Avett Brothers Ch. 4: Act 2: David Sirota Discusses the Role of Journalism In the Trump Resistance - @TheRealNews - Air Date 6-16-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: Failure - Kings of Convenience Ch. 6: Act 3: Bill Curry on how and why the Democratic party lost its way - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 6-3-17 Ch. 7: Song 3: Changes - Langhorne Slim & The Law Ch. 8: Act 4: Naomi Klein on why No is not enough - Start Making Sense from @TheNation - Air Date 6-28-17 Ch. 9: Song 4: Rome Wasn't Built In a Day - Morcheeba Ch. 10: Act 5: Tom Ferguson on why establishment Democrats are vulnerable - Jacobin Radio (@jacobinmag) - Air Date 7-11-17 Voicemails Ch. 11: Reaction to 1119 on Poverty - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 12: Follow-up on de-transitioning article - Rachel from Seattle Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 13: Final comments on how conservatives have come full circle on their understanding of LGBTQ people and ended up right where they started 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
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Tue, 5 June 2018
Air Date: 6/5/2018 Today we take a look at some of the adversity facing disabled people from labor rights to health care accessibility to incarceration Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Episode Sponsors:The Brave Podcast| Simple Contacts
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SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Bottom Dollars Trailer - Rooted in Rights (@rootedinrights)
Ch. 3: Why Are People With Disabilities Still Invisible in the Workplace? - Big Think - Air Date 7-31-15
Ch. 4: The intersection of incarceration and disability - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 9-16-16
Ch. 7: Civil disobedience by people with disabilities #ADAPTandRESIST - @offkiltershow - Air Date 6-30-17
VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Disappointed that Russia episode didn't debunk Russiagate - Christopher from Greensburg, PA
Ch. 9: Final comments on how to argue effectively
TAKE ACTION: Call Congress: Tell Congress to Support the DIA! Learn More About the Disability Integration Act Get involved with ADAPT & follow @NationalADAPT Help Sway Congress: Call for Stories: Snapshots of Our Lives Spread the word on social media with #DIAToday FOR READING/SHARING: ADAPT activists put their bodies on the line to gain support for Disability Integration Act (ThinkProgress) Disability Activists Fight for the Right to Live in Their Communities (Rewire News) VIDEO: Disability Rights Activist Changes Senator's Mind(Now This) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
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Fri, 1 June 2018
Air Date: 6/1/2018 Today we take a rare sojourn into the world of Trump's seemingly endless corruption in business and life with a focus on his long history with Russia. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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SHOW NOTES 1:03 Ch. 1: Trump and Russia from 30,000 feet - Who. What. Why. - Air Date 12-15-17
11:00 Ch. 2: Sarah Kendzior on the Oligarch Envy Haunting President Trump - The Breach - Air Date 11-28-17
20:10 Ch. 3: Trump, Russia and 'Alternative Financing' - Trump Inc. - Air Date 2-21-18
33:45 Ch. 4: Taking a charitable and uncharitable look at Trump and Russia - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 1-8-18
47:26 Ch. 5: Rating the Trump-Russia angles - Trumpcast - Air Date 3-16-18
VOICEMAILS 1:02:08 Ch. 6: We never broke the spell of white supremacy the way Germany did - Bill from St. Petersburg, FL 1:03:46 Ch. 7: The Democrats need a multi-decade strategy - V from Central New York
1:08:57 Ch. 8: Final comments on the through-line from Trump’s corrupt history to his latest corruption news
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