Today we look at the past and future destruction caused by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions as well as our lackluster attempt to equip ourselves with a climate-friendly, terrorism-resistant electrical grid.
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The IPCC's new report - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-3-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Spite - Dig Down Deep (Bonus Track Version)
Ch. 4: Act 2: China Builds Largest Solar Plant in World While US Falls Behind - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-30-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Sickening - Stand
Ch. 6: Act 3: C'mon America...Let's Keep the Lights on - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-14-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: I've Got No Strings - ¡Volare! - The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings
Ch. 8: Act 4: The disinformation of Fox News - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-1-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Disinformation - Disinformation - Single
Ch. 10: Act 5: Exxon CEO Sues to Stop Fracking Near His Home - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-26-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: The most beautiful place in the world - Mary Anne Hitt
Ch. 12: Act 6: Greenpeace Co-Founder Loses It Talking Climate Change on Twitter - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-08-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Science Is Real - Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Ch. 14: Act 7: Environmental Distruction, When Will It End? - @greennewsreort - Air Date 3-25-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: You're a Disaster - Fixin to Thrill
Ch. 16: Act 8: How Much Oil Really Spilled? - @onthemedia - Air Date: 3-28-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Murky Water - Wish Lists & Sunken Lands
Ch. 18: Act 9: Protect the Arctic via- @sierraclub - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 20: Act 10: Global Water Shortages Pose Threat of Terror & War - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-16-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: Till Your Well Runs Dry - Legalize It
Ch. 22: Act 11: The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-09-13
Voicemails
Ch. 23: Ask men about why their reproductive rights are off limits - Chris from Colorado Springs
Ch. 24: Thoughts on queerness from a newly-out gender-non-conforming listener - Chris from Rhode Island
Ch. 25: Response to PBS segment from media episode - Zach from San Francisco
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 26: Final comments with This Week in Blackness on taking funding from the KKK
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
ACTIVISM:
Protect the Arctic from an oil spill disaster! via The Sierra Club
Sources/further reading:
"Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Lingers on Alaska Beaches” from National Geographic
"Exxon Spill – 25 Years of Tears" by Shannyn Moore
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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