This podcast is a beautifully executed compilation combining the absolute best in left-leaning political news, commentary and occasional comedy with great music to pull it all together. In each edition I choose a political theme and deliver a variety of stories and perspectives from an array of sources on that theme.
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Air Date: 11/25/2013
A look at what we need to remember to appreciate about the labor movement. Is the American Dream possible anymore as we seem to be racing to the bottom? What changes can we make to fight back?
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Is the American Dream a Reality? – David Pakman Show – Air Date: 10-02-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: You Are Dreaming - Our Ill Wills
Ch. 4: Act 2: Would You Like A Living Wage With That? | McDonald’s Employee Confronts CEO – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-11-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Welcome to the Machine - Wish You Were Here (Deluxe Experience Version) [Remastered]
Ch. 6: Act 3: A race to the bottom – Real Time With Bill Maher – Air Date: 10-25-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Lungs
Ch. 8: Act 4: Why are we subsidizing McDonald’s? – Jim Hightower – Air Date: 10-29-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Do You Believe In Magic? - Do You Believe In Magic
Ch. 10: Act 5: Time to do Away with Tipping? – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 08-16-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Document
Ch. 12: Act 6: Kathi Weeks: The American Work Ethic and Hours for What We Will – GRITtv – Air Date: 8-20-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Work - Uprising (Remastered)
Ch. 14: Act 7: Small Business Saturday – UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 15: Song 7: I Didn't F*uck It Up - I Didn't F*ck It up
Ch. 16: Act 8: Unlike Walmart, Trader Joe’s Profitable with Living Wage – David Pakman Show – Air Date: 08-24-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Revolution (Human Need Over Profit) - Tha People's Music
Ch. 18: Act 9: Is it Vampire Capitalism, or Something Else? – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 10-17-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: You're a Vampire - Something About a Dragon?
Ch. 20: Act 10: Walmart Holding Food Drive for the Poor: Their Own Underpaid Employees – Majority Report – Air Date: 11-19-13
Air Date: 07/11/2017
Today we look at many of our misconceptions of the nature of poverty, the interconnectedness of economics with all aspects of life and some suggestions on how to pursue justice
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Dividing the generations to distract from the class war - CounterSpin @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 1-8-16
Ch. 3: Song 1: Class-Warfare - Chris Priest
Ch. 4: Act 2: The frames through which we look at low-income aid programs - @offkiltershow - Air Date 6-9-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Call It Even - Scott Simons
Ch. 6: Act 3: Does prolonged exposure to poverty have a lasting effect on the brain? - The Inquiry - Air Date 5-25-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Sur Le Fil - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 8: Act 4: Everything is economic - The Other Washington from @civicskunkworks - Air Date 5-25-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Poverty (Single (Stereo)) - Bobby "Blue" Bland
Ch. 10: Act 5: Rutger Bregman: Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash - @TEDTalks - Air Date 6-13-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Protect & Serve - Stiff Little Fingers
Ch. 12: Act 6: Bryan Stevenson: the opposite of poverty is not wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 5-16-17
Ch. 13: Final comments asking the question of the age: What the f**k is wrong with economists?
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Recommended Reading/Sharing:
Why do we think poor people are poor because of their own bad choices? (Outclassed, The Guardian)
45 million Americans rely on food stamps. Trump wants to gut the program. (Vox)
The Problem Isn’t Food Stamps, It’s Poverty (Editorial Board, New York Times)
What Works to Reduce Poverty (Center of Budget and Policy Priorities)
Trump’s Budget Cuts Deeply Into Medicaid and Anti-Poverty Efforts (New York Times)
Welfare programs shown to reduce poverty in America (The Guardian, 2014)
Curated by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Air Date: 07/07/2017
Today we look at gender dysphoria, transitioning, de-transitioning and the various perspectives on these phenomena
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Norman Spack How I help transgender teens become who they want to be - @TEDTalks - Air Date 4-16-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Luriana Lurilee - Ben McElroy
Ch. 4: Act 2: Julia Serano on Transfeminism, Gender, Biology, and Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive - Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino - Air Date 7-17-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Body Was Made - Ezra Furman
Ch. 6: Act 3: The eager child: informed consent and watchful waiting - @TransAdvocate - Air Date 1-9-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Rain Begins To Fall (instrumental) - Silence Is Sexy
Ch. 8: Act 4: A look at one person's experience with detransitioning - Love and Radio - Air Date 2-27-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Take Me There instrumental 03-12 - Silence Is Sexy
Ch. 10: Act 5: #DearBetsy: Enforce Title IX to Protect Students via @TransEquality - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 12: Act 6: There is no universal experience of women - #PoliticallyReactive with @wkamaubell and @harikondabolu - Air Date 6-22-17
Ch. 13: Final comments on how to normalize positivity, support and nuance in the discussion of gender dysphoria
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Tell the Dept. of Ed that Title IX must be Federally enforced with #DearBetsy
Learn more about the impacts of the Title IX guideline roll backs with National Center for Transgender Equality’s School Action Center
EDUCATE YOURSELF
The Simple, Self-Evident Truths Of Transgender Kids, Equality And Title IX (Huffington Post)
Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students (Washington Post)
The Trump administration is systematically dismantling Title IX (Think Progress)
Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearings Spark Title IX Concerns (Teen Vogue)
DeVos says it’s ‘premature’ to commit to following Title IX guidance on campus sexual assault (Think Progress)
Parents of Transgender Kids Meet With Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (NBC News)
Trump administration withdraws federal protections for transgender students (CNN)
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Air Date: 07/04/2017
Today we take a look at the history and present state of corruption in America, both for the special case of Donald Trump and the system-wide corruption we almost take for granted
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: America's Lost Anti-Corruption History - On the Media - Air Date 3-3-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Corruption - Jah Cure
Ch. 4: Act 2: Zephyr Teachout explains the emoluments clause - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 6-13-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Follow the Rule - Johnny Ace & The Beale Streeters
Ch. 6: Act 3: Study Says Buying A Congress Member’s Vote Is Cheaper Than You Think - @RingOfFireRadio - Air Date: 05-06-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Corruption - Iggy Pop
Ch. 8: Act 4: How the game gets rigged - Ideas - Air Date 4-20-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Les monstres - David Ari Leon
Ch. 10: Act 5: Rick Hasen on dealing with Citizen's United - The Bernie Sanders Show - Air Date 5-24-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Strong Animals - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 12: Act 6: NO MORE WAITING Wolf-PAC.com | Election Day Coverage 2016 - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-09-16
Ch. 13: Song 6: Nothing Left to Lose - Mat Kearney
Ch. 14: Act 7: How to Fix America's Corrupt Political System - Represent.Us - Air Date: 4-19-16
Ch. 16: Act 8: Fight Corruption to Save America via @JusticeDems @WolfPAChq @RepresentDotUs - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard
Ch. 18: Act 9: Zephyr Teachout on the split in our language about corruption - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 6-13-17
Voicemails
Ch. 19: Chastity belts and anti-police violence wallets are how capitalism responds to injustice - Eli from Northern California
Ch. 20: Comparing Christian and Islamic terror - Mark from Santa Barbara
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments explaining terrorism and why some extremists do while others do not
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Replace corporate-backed Democrats with Justice Democrats
Help pass local Anti-Corruption legislation with Represent.Us
Help pass the Free and Fair Elections Constitutional amendment with Wolf-PAC
EDUCATE YOURSELF
The Logical Path to End Corruption (Wolf-PAC)
South Dakota GOP uses 'emergency' rules to repeal anti-corruption law (CNN)
What the Single-Payer Loss Reveals About the Role of Corporate Money in California Politics (In These Times)
House Bill Would Ax Election Panel, Bar Limits on Money in Politics (Bloomberg BNA)
Pro-Trump super PACs have already spent $1 million on Election 2020 (The Center for Public Integrity)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Air Date: 06/30/2017
Today we take a look at some of the problems with modern policing and how we got to now
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The evolution of law enforcement - Ideas - Air Date 6-15-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Hill Street Blues (Main Theme) - Knightsbridge
Ch. 4: Act 2: Positive proposals for police reform - @theLFshow w: @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 3-2-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Hide Your Tears - Daniel Licht
Ch. 6: Act 3: Questioning the purpose of police legitimacy - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 4-14-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: The Maelstrom - Jim Guthrie
Ch. 8: Act 4: The complications of the Castile case - Code Switch - Air Date 6-21-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
Ch. 10: Act 5: Police Violence Is NOT A Few Bad Apples, It's The ENTIRE Barrel - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-19-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley
Ch. 12: Act 6: @PrisonCulture on a holistic view of the problem with policing - @Intercepted w @JeremyScahill - Air Date 5-31-17
Voicemails
Ch. 13: Where the US got its wealth - Elaina from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ch. 14: Democratic Leftist - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 15: Dealing with Russia and the debate within the Democratic party - Ryan from Phoenix
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 16: Final comments on the individual vs the societal as seen through a new wallet
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Recommended Reading:
White People, the Philando Castile Acquittal Should Make You Mad as Hell (Zenobia Jeffries, Yes! Magazine)
Philando Castile and the Terror of an Ordinary Day (Elise C. Boddie, New York Times)
Rethinking Juneteenth in the Age of Black Lives Matter (Sarah Jaffe, Bill Moyers & Company)
The interconnected injustice of Philando, Charleena and Nabra (Preston Mitchum, The Grio)
We are losing the battle against police brutality in America (Shaun King, NY Daily News) *Warning: Autoplay video of police brutality at the top of this article*
Curated by Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Air Date: 06/27/2017
Today we take a look at the enormous amount of damage the latest version of the GOPs vision of health care would inflict on the nation and keep our eye on the ultimate goal of a Medicare-For-All system
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Sen. Ron Wyden on the Secret Republican Health Care Bill - On The Media - Air Date 6-16-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Ask - The Smiths
Ch. 4: Act 2: CBO reveals just how bad the senate bill is, confirms that everyone hates it - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 6-26-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Oligarch - Ephemerals
Ch. 6: Act 3: Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren Republicans Won't Make Healthcare Bill Public Because It's AWFUL - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 06-21-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Dawn Departure, Jefferson County - Black Prairie
Ch. 8: Act 4: The death spiral we're creating for Medicaid - Trumpcast from @Slate - Air Date 6-22-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: You're a Disaster - Dragonette
Ch. 10: Act 5: How we get from here to a single payer system - Start Making Sense from @TheNation - Air Date 6-21-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: See you in the light - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Ch. 12: Act 6: The AHCA Is Public, and Republicans Are Officially Out To Kill Us All - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 06-23-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 14: Act 7: Support Grows For Single-Payer Medicare-For-All Plan Instead of Massive Cuts to Healthcare - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 06-23-17
Ch. 15: Song 7: Keep On Moving Forward - Emma's Revolution
Ch. 16: Act 8: Time for Democratic Party leaders to get going – or go - Jim @HightowerNews - Air Date 6-20-17
Ch. 17: Song 8: Basique - Little People
Ch. 18: Act 9: STOP TRUMPCARE via @IndivisibleTeam and TrumpcareToolkit.org - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 20: Act 10: Mitch McConnell's unconscionable health care bill - Primary Concerns from @NewRepublic - Air Date 6-27-17
Ch. 21: Final comments on Bernie Bros and the movement to remove Nancy Pelosi
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Call & tweet at the 15 Senators most likely to vote against Trumpcare with Trumpcare Toolkit
Get info and call scripts on Trumpcare from Indivisible Guide's Stop Trumpcare Toolkit
Find a Town Hall with TownHallProject.com
EDUCATE YOURSELF
CBO Analysis Endangers GOP Health-Care Bill (The Atlantic)
The Latest: 5th GOP senator opposes debate on health bill (MSN.com)
Senate GOP health-care bill's tax cuts would be a big boon for the rich, analysis says (CNBC)
The most devastating passage in the CBO’s report on the Senate health bill (Vox)
The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible (The Nation)
Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care (The Nation)
Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnell’s office (Salon)
Sean Spicer: America Either Passes GOP Plan or Adopts Single Payer (The Ring of Fire)
Opinion: The GOP says its healthcare bill will protect those with preexisting conditions. Um, no it won’t (LA Times)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Air Date: 06/23/2017
Today we take a look at the state of foreign affairs as Trump trips and stubbles his way through his learning curve
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Another foreign policy built by an administration of lies - Intercepted (@theintercept) - Air Date 3-1-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Misinformation - Silvanus
Ch. 4: Act 2: Could Trump's White House Bury or Even Destroy the Landmark 2014 Senate Report on CIA Torture? - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 06-05-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Wonderwall - Vitamin String Quartet
Ch. 6: Act 3: Pentagon Shocked Trump Told Philippines President Where US Nuclear Subs Are - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 05-25-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Secrets - OneRepublic
Ch. 8: Act 4: President Trump’s Odd Diplomatic Approach - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 06-08-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Blue Girl - A-Set
Ch. 10: Act 5: Chomsky: Like Obama, Trump Is Radically Increasing the Danger of Nuclear War - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 04-26-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Game Over - Plusplus
Ch. 12: Act 6: Trump Greenlights Bahrain Brutality - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-27-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: Sickening - Ken Mickey
Ch. 14: Act 7: London Terror: We Need to Talk About Saudi Arabia - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 06-05-17
Ch. 15: Song 7: Fearless (Acoustic Version) - For Today
Ch. 16: Act 8: Playing the Madman - On The Media - Air Date 4-21-17
Voicemails
Ch. 17: Millennial thoughts on Russia - Ariel from Memphis, TN
Ch. 18: Millennial thoughts on Russia - Megan from Seattle, WA
Ch. 19: Explaining how third parties have traditionally been formed - Will from Georgia
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 20: Final comments on why Clinton and Sanders supporters don’t understand each other
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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Air Date: 06/20/2017
Today we take a look at the legacy of conservative economics in Kansas, the new federal budget being pushed that would echo the Kansas disaster, deregulation that will cost citizens billions and the intellectual underpinning of modern conservative philosophy that is driving all this
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Conservatism is failing from Topeka to Tulsa to the River Thames - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 6-9-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Ch. 4: Act 2: A billionaire perspective on Trump's budget - The Other Washington - Air Date 6-1-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Ch. 6: Act 3: Republicans Repeal Disastrous Tax Cuts - @theyoungturks - Air Date 06-11-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Lesson Learned (feat. John Mayer) - Alicia Keys
Ch. 8: Act 4: Roll-Back of Financial Regulations Has Nothing to do with Complexity or Boosting the Economy - @TheRealNews - Air Date 6-13-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Ennio 08-08 - Silence Is Sexy
Ch. 10: Act 5: Stop Republicans from Deregulating Wall Street & #DefendCFPB via @RealBankReform - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 11: Song 5: This fickle world - Theo Bard
Ch. 12: Act 6: Nancy MacLean on the intellectual underpinning of a “mean” Republican Party - Who What Why - Air Date 6-16-17
Voicemails
Ch. 13: Russia - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 14: Interested in hearing about the Draft Bernie movement - Ahmed from the Bronx, NY
Ch. 15: A rumination on freedom of speech - Dave from Olympia, WA
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 16: Final comments in response to Nathan from Vancouver, WA on free speech
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Hold Congress accountable for the "Financial CHOICE Act" (H.R. 10) via Americans for Financial Reform
Explore Americans for Financial Reform's website
Follow Americans for Financial Reform on Twitter @RealBankReform
Engage with the campaign through the hashtags #WrongCHOICEAct and #DefendCFPB
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Letter to Congress: Oppose H.R. 10 – The Wall Street’s CHOICE Act Would Devastate Financial Regulation (Americans for Financial Reform)
What They Want to Hide Tells You Who They Are (Bill Moyers)
Trump Administration Says Financial Watchdog Agency Should Be Defanged (New York Times)
The Choice Act is Not a Community Banking Bill (American Banker, Op-ed)
Bill to Erase Some Dodd-Frank Banking Rules Passes in House (New York Times)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
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Edition #1112
Today we take a high-level look at the Trump/Russia controversy and examine how we should and shouldn’t be reacting to it.
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Manchurian candidate or useful idiot? - Intercepted (@theintercept) - Air Date 3-1-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Дискотека Авария - Малинки (feat. Ж. Фриске)
Ch. 4: Act 2: A theory on how Trump got involved politically with Russia - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 6-6-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: 007 (From "From Russia With Love") - The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Ch. 6: Act 3: Chomsky With U.S. History of Overthrowing Govts, Outrage over Russian Hacking Claims is Laughable - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 04-04-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Blue Girl - A-Set
Ch. 8: Act 4: James Comey: 'No Doubt' Russia Interfered in 2016 Election, 'No Doubt' Russian Govt. Was Fully Aware - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 06-09-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Nothing Is Good Enough (Instrumental) - Aimee Mann
Ch. 10: Act 5: Why Liberals are Falling for Fake News About Russia - On the Media - Air Date 6-2-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) - Joe Tex
Ch. 12: Act 6: Legitimate concerns about Russia shouldn't lead to mass hysteria - The Zero Hour w: @RJEskow - Air Date 6-3-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: The Bathtub (feat. The Lost Bayou Ramblers) - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 14: Act 7: Is It a Mistake Focusing So Much Attention on Russia? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 03-05-17
Ch. 15: Song 7: People, Turn Around - Delta Spirit
Ch. 16: Act 8: Masha Gessen on how the left has fallen into a Russia conspiracy sphere - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 6-6-17
Ch. 17: Song 8: Hide the Truth - Chronicle
Ch. 18: Act 9: Yes, The Russia Scandal Is Actually A Scandal - @theyoungturks - Air Date 05-13-17
Voicemails
Ch. 19: Explaining how campaigning on progressive ideas leads to victory - Steven from the People's Caliphate of Birmingham, UK
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 20: Final comments asking for thoughts on the state of the left
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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Edition #1111
Today we take a look at the ways America is being left behind by the rest of the world in the future of energy production thanks to the climate denialism of the Republican party.
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Donald Trump announces our pull-out from Paris agreement - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 6-1-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Alone Too Long - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Ch. 4: Act 2: Protesters Take to Streets in NYC, Enraged by Trump's Decision to Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 06-02-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Paris - Dido
Ch. 6: Act 3: An official rebuttal to the false claim being made about the satellite temperature data - Quirks and Quarks - Air Date 6-2-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Doing Business - The Rorschach Garden
Ch. 8: Act 4: Richard Branson on Trump’s coal plans ‘I can’t think of anything more stupid’ - Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart - Air Date 5-2-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Sunshine Goodtime - Minnutes
Ch. 10: Act 5: Paris Agreement - @LastWeekTonight with @iamjohnoliver - Air Date 06-05-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Backwards Blues - Adia Victoria
Ch. 12: Act 6: The world response to the US announcing that we will leave the Paris agreement - @GreenNewsReport - Air Date 6-8-17
Voicemails
Ch. 13: Tentatively excited about cap and dividend - Nick from California
Ch. 14: In defense of free speech - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 15: Final comments on conservatives explaining how conservatives think
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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