Fri, 28 June 2019
Air Date: 6/28/2019 Today we take a look at the ways that extreme inequality and many of the worst instincts and repercussions of capitalism are being upheld and perpetuated by our culture of philanthropy. It turns out that what we see as the rich giving back is really more of a purchase on their part, a purchase of our acceptance of inequality and the right of the wealthy to rule Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Episode Sponsors: MOVAGlobes.com/BEST(Coupon Code: BEST for 10% off) Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Gilded Rage - Future Perfect - Air Date 5-21-19 To put our new age of extreme inequality in perspective, we look back at Andrew Carnegie, who gave America a huge number of libraries so they’d forgive him for his brutal steel mills. We ask: Is the same thing happening in 2019? Ch. 2: Anand Giridharadas: Winners take all Part 1 - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 9-27-18 Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, on the win-win business- and plutocrat-friendly philanthropy of today’s nouveau riche. Ch. 3: Rob Reich: Is big philanthropy destroying democracy? - Tiny Spark - Air Date 11-7-18 Stanford professor Rob Reich’s new book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better investigates how charity can undermine democratic values and explores the ways federal policies help to facilitate greater inequality. Ch. 4: Could billionaires solve global poverty? - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-25-19 Time editor at large, Anand Giridharadas, discusses whether billionaires can put an end to global poverty if they had the will to do so, and talks about his recent book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Ch. 5: Rob Reich on whether philanthropy is bad for democracy - Rationally Speaking - Air Date 11-12-18 This episode features political scientist Rob Reich, author of "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy, and How it Can Do Better". Does it deserve to be tax-deductible? And do philanthropists have too much power in society? Ch. 6: Anand Giridharadas: Winners take all Part 2 - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 9-27-18 Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, on the win-win business- and plutocrat-friendly philanthropy of today’s nouveau riche. VOICEMAILS Ch. 7: Inequality is the #1 issue - James from Sacramento, CA FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 8: Final comments on covering inequality and presenting a bonus clip on two manifestations of racism BONUS CLIP: Myths of the ruling class with Anand Giridharadas - Why is this happening? - Air Date 10-8-18 MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Tue, 25 June 2019
Air Date: 6/25/2019
Episode Sponsors: Bombas.com/BEST | Madison-Reed.com(Coupon Code: LEFT) Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: How philanthropy captures social movements - Tiny Spark - Air Date 3-21-19 Megan Ming Francis explains how philanthropists—even well-intentioned ones—can “capture” the social movements they fund and, in doing so, steer grassroots organizations and activists away from their original missions. Toxic Avenger extraordinaire, Walter Hang, joins us to talk about how they outlawed fracking in New York State and why Big Green groups have failed to stop Donald Trump’s anti-environment agenda Ch. 3: How Nonprofits Made the LGBT Movement Straight with Myrl Beam - Tiny Spark - Air Date 10-11-18 Myrl Beam started to notice the ways big philanthropy, corporate sponsors, and wealthy donors stymied the LGBTQ movement from his own experiences working in nonprofits. Ch. 4: Anand Giridharadas: Winners take all - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 9-27-18 Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All, on the win-win business- and plutocrat-friendly philanthropy of today’s nouveau riche. Stanford professor Rob Reich’s new book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better investigates how charity can undermine democratic values and explores the ways federal policies help to facilitate greater inequality. Dana Kawaoka-Chen partners and guides philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world. She is a co-author of “The Choir Book: A Framework for Social Justice Philanthropy” Ch. 7: Fragility, frustration and funding - Tiny Spark - Air Date 2-7-19 Whether vocally critiquing the sector on his blog Nonprofit AF, or working to develop leaders of color at his nonprofit in Seattle, Vu Le’s frustrations fuel his drive to make the industry do better. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: A reading and watching list for you - V from Central New York FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the Prisoner's Dilemma of fighting for just causes MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Fri, 21 June 2019
Air Date: 6/21/2019 Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Episode Sponsors: MOVAGlobes.com/best(Coupon Code: BEST) Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD-FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES The Washington Post conducts a flawed survey resulting in a misleading conclusion that most native peoples don't consider Redskins to be an offensive term Racist representation of native peoples in sports and culture supports the anti-native sentiment that drives the MMIWG epidemic Ch. 3: A Native perspective for museums - Native America Calling - Air Date 4-9-19 Native peoples have had their stories told form them by white people for centuries, working in museums and cultural centers create the opportunities to tell their own stories W Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu step in a pile of native cultural appropriation and then slowly, messily wade their way out of it Discussing cultural appropriation in many forms including the legal trademarking of one of the terms most central to native Hawaiian culture, Aloha Ch. 6: 'Reel' Indians and the invention of Hollywood Indian English - Backstory - Air Date 11-22-14 A history lesson on the Hollywood creation of all of the stereotypes we reflexively think of when we think about how native peoples speak Ch. 7: On Native American Loss and Triumph - On the Media - Air Date 10-5-18 David Treuer discusses the means by which Indians have been fighting for social and political change for centuries. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Changed my mind in favor of impeachment - Nick from California FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the Canadian TV show “First Contact” and what it teaches us about how people do and don’t change their mind EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE Native American imagery is all around us, while the people are often forgotten(National Geographic) The Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Epidemic Is Inseparable From Native Appropriation(Bustle) ‘It’s called a genocide’: Gavin Newsom apologizes to California’s Native Americans(San Francisco Chronicle) MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Tue, 18 June 2019
Air Date: 6/18/2019 Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Episode Sponsors: Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Here is What We're Fighting For: The Story of Stonewall - Mother Jones - Air Date 6-5-19 Stonewall riots started as a party. Don't forget Marcia Johnson. Remember that the fighters at Stonewall were very diverse. Ch. 2: Black Trans Women are Being Murdered - The Breakdown with Shaun King - Air Date 5-21-19 Hate against black trans lives is being normalized, and it's leading to their deaths. Put a stop to the hate, reexamine your views. Ch. 3: Imara Jones, Transgender Narratives are Expansive - The Laura Flanders Show - Air Date 9-26-18 As more trans people come out and more education about trans lives enters the culture, the more of a backlash there is. The patriarchy and right wing are resisting transgender lives existing with all their binary strength. Ch. 4: Deaths of Trans Asylum Seeker with Isa Noyola - Democracy Now - Air Date 6-5-19 ICE and the Trump administration are murdering migrants, including transgender people. These people are attempting to escape violence from their homelands and finding death in ICE detention centers. Ch. 5: Undocumented and LGBTQ with Jennicet Gutierrez - Latino Rebels Radio - Air Date 5-19-19 White LGBTQ communities are usually wealthy, Brown and Latino LGBTQ communities have to fight harder just to stay alive, and white LGBTQ communities don't really care. Ch. 6: LGBTQ in the Old West - BackStory - Air Date 12-7-18 Gender and sexuality of the old west ran the full spectrum, with many people finding acceptance. More strict gender and sexuality roles formed at the end of the 19th century. Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, filled with courageous stories, inspiring triumphs -- and a fight for civil rights that's been raging for a long time. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Reparations need to be a worldwide project in response to colonialism - Dario from Anchorage, AK Ch. 9: Personal experience of anti-native racism - Dario from Anchorage, AK Ch. 10: Will impeachment lead back to business as usual? - Brandon from Chicago FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on various theories of changes from Congress to the presidency EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE Trans people face ‘epidemic of violence,’ American Medical Association warns(Pink News) Tips for Allies of Transgender People(GLADD) Supporting the Transgender People in Your Life: A Guide to Being a Good Ally(National Center for Transgender Equality) We asked 14 trans activists how cis people can be better allies in 2018(The Independent) Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People(National Center for Transgender Equality) Thread by Sam Dylan Finch (@samdylanfinch) on Transphobia & Healthcare Discrimination in Trans Community(Let's Queer Things Up) These Are the Trans People Killed in 2019(The Advocate, *Note*: Only those publicly reported) Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Fri, 14 June 2019
Air Date: 6/14/2019 Episode Sponsors: MOVAGlobes.com/Best(Coupon Code: BEST) | Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: 40 Acres and A Mule, Today with Brian Balogh and William Darity - BackStory - Air Date 5-24-19 The racial wealth gap is real, and it's large. Reconstruction after the Civil War took some good steps, but all that work was undone. Don't believe the myth that the black community doesn't have wealth because of their own problems. After the Emancipation Proclamation, Slave Owners received reparations - creating a narrative that legitimized slavery and enforced poor race relations, essentially canceling the debt our nation owed black lives. Open a congressional committee on reparations, and recognize we need massive progressive policy AND reparations. Stop blaming black lives for their place in the world. Callie House launched the first widespread reparations movement, despite concentrated attacks from the Federal Government to stop her. Ch. 5: Renewed Reparations Conversations with Neil, Natalia and Niki - Past Present - Air Date 4-9-19 Support for reparations is growing. Ta-Nehisi Coates sparked the fire. Wealth has been denied to black lives for centuries, and we need widespread policies and radical change to enact proper reparations work. Bernie has an amazing imagination and pushes the Overton Window to the left on every issue - except reparations and black lives. The establishment is using this to hurt Bernie's campaign, despite also not caring about black people. Ch. 7: Radical Case for Reparations with Glen Ford - This Is Hell - Air Date 4-25-19 Reparations are: Acknowledgement of injustices on the parts of the perpetrators. Restitution for the effects of injustices. Mutual recognition of the part of the victimized communities and perpetrator that the debt is paid. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Focus on rape ban exceptions is useless - Heather from Texas Ch. 9: Trump and the long line of bad presidents - Brandon from Chicago FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on the life vs legal personhood distinction and how impeachment could usher out the era of impunity we’ve been living in for decades. EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits The Case for Reparations(The New Yorker) The Case for Reparations(Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 2014) What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019(The New York Times) Long Before Redlining: Racial Disparities in Homeownership Need Intentional Policies(Shelterforce) After Redlining - Part 2(Shelterforce) What We Get Wrong About the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap(Social Equity, Duke University, 2018) 1.5 Million Missing Black Men(NY Times, 2015) How a ‘segregation tax’ is costing black American homeowners $156 billion(Curbed) Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Tue, 11 June 2019
Air Date: 6/11/2019
Episode Sponsors: Madison-Reed.com(Promo Code: LEFT) Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES There’s a pattern to the Republicans’ selective concern about increasing the deficit, and it all depends on who holds the power. When you look at the behavior of people in politics, they don’t really care about the national debt as much as they like to ta Is government debt real? Is anything real? Professor Stephanie Kelton gives Nick and Goldy a master class on the hottest idea in economics right now: Modern Monetary Theory. Ch. 3: Why should we care about deficits? Part 2 - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 2-20-19 Stony Brook University’s Stephanie Kelton, an influential proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, and Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s chief economist, discuss whether we should worry about government deficits and if so, when? Stephanie Kelton is here to break it all down - the national deficit, the nature of money itself, federal spending, and why it’s time to stop comparing it to a household budget. Ch. 5: Why should we care about deficits? Part 3 - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 2-20-19 Stony Brook University’s Stephanie Kelton, an influential proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, and Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s chief economist, discuss whether we should worry about government deficits and if so, when? Prof Richard Wolff warns about the asymmetric politics of increasing and decreasing government spending Stephanie Kelton is here to break it all down - the national deficit, the nature of money itself, federal spending, and why it’s time to stop comparing it to a household budget. Ch. 8: Dealing with the politics of managing Modern Monetary Theory - Planet Money - Airdate 9-26-18 We must take the fingerprints of Congress off the economy in order to manage inflation concerns. Discussing the conclusions to be drawn from the case for Modern Monetary Theory made by Stephanie Kelton VOICEMAILS Ch. 10: Impeachment would be symbolic - Jesse from Boston Ch. 11: Impeach but keep trump - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 12: Making the case for impeachment - Todd from Utah FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 12: Final comments summing up my major takeaways from researching MMT that I think we should all keep in mind MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Fri, 7 June 2019
Air Date: 6/7/2019
Episode Sponsors: Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Paul Waldman looks at the climates of Clinton's impeachment and the possibility of Trumps. The split between the GOP and Democrats on government is a beast that keeps the process from working. Steyer believes the tactics that worked in 1970 against Nixon will work today. He supports Pelosi because "she changes with the times". Ch. 3: Impeachment Looms with Mehdi Hasan Part 1 - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-24-19 A Republican congressman is calling for Trump's impeachment and we need to remember that there is a cost of NOT impeaching. Ch. 4: Congress' Duty - Stay Tuned with Preet - Air Date 5-23-19 It's Congress' duty to impeach - if you view what the president did as wrong, then you must use your power to stop them. Ch. 5: Democrats Skirmish Over Impeachment with Michael Scherer - Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 5-22-19 If we focus on impeachment, could the Democrats lose the House again? Ch. 6: Impeachment Looms with Mehdi Hasan Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 5-24-19 Pelosi is ridiculous, and she wants Trumps closest friends and family to have an intervention with him in lieu of impeachment. She's pivoting to protect her political assets. Heather Digby Parton, a contributor for Salon, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder, to talk about Nancy Pelosi slowly coming around to the idea of impeaching Trump. Ch. 8: Push For Impeachment with Congressmember Al Green - Democracy Now - Air Date 5-22-19 We can work together and find common ground with politicians, but we still need to be able to impeach them. There's enough information to impeach Trump now, let him play his victim game. Ch. 9: The Case for and against Impeachment - Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan - Air Date 5-2-19 Mehdi discusses Trump and impeachment and knows we didn't need the Mueller report to start impeachment. VOICEMAILS Ch. 10: Coathangers on STOP signs - Dylan from Toronto Ch. 11: Easy way to call congress, Life is more than women's bodies - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 12: Peaches have pits, the dangers of impeachment - Alan from Connecticut FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 13: Final comments asking you if you have changed your mind about impeachment or not and why Saturday, June 15th: MoveOn.org's “Impeach Trump: Act to Defend Democracy” Rallies MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Tue, 4 June 2019
Air Date: 6/4/2019
Episode Sponsors: Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES A brief history of what led to this report and the media's response. Ch. 2: Mueller Report Confirms Almost Everything Was True - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 4-22-19 The Mueller report confirms almost every major investigative media story from the last 2 years, despite continued claims from Donald Trump and his cronies that reporting was fake news and the report totally exonerates him Ch. 3: Mueller Investigation Report, Part 8: The GRU - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 5-14-19 Part 8 covers pages 36 to 38 and the GRU, the Russian equivalent of the CIA. The Mueller report proves lies, collusion and obstruction abound. Trump is just lying his way through this scandal like everything else he does. Ch. 5: The Day After Mueller with Naomi Klein - Intercepted - Air Date 3-27-19 Cable news and real journalism don't have anything to do with each other. If cable news stayed out of "RussiaGate" then impeachment would have already been started. The media has mishandled the Trump admin - to trumps favor. Comparing the Mueller investigation with previous reports include the Starr report and the Iran Contra investigation Ch. 7: Trump's obstruction of justice explained - Criminal Injustice with David Harris - Air Date 4-23-19 Trump has been intentionally obstructing justice. Mueller has laid out the case. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Framing the 2020 election - Conner from Worcester, MA Ch. 9: Is Bernie too negative? - Alan from Connecticut FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments announcing the upcoming episode on the movement for impeachment MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
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Fri, 31 May 2019
Air Date: 5/31/2019 Today we take a look at the renewed energy in the anti-choice movement in the wake of the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. We have entered a new phase, having transitioned from the "chipping away" phase to the "full frontal assault" phase. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
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