Air Date: 5-19-2017
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Jeff Sessions Pushes New War on Drugs While Killing Obama-Era Police Reform Measures - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 04-11-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Cold Hearts / Closed Minds - Nanci Griffith
Ch. 4: Act 2: What Jeff Sessions means for the drug war - Fake the Nation - Air Date 4-20-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: High Demand - The Haymarket Squares
Ch. 6: Act 3: Jeff Sessions Demands "Strongest Possible Charges" For Drug Users - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-13-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: War On Drugs - Fifteen
Ch. 8: Act 4: Opiate Overdoses Drop in States with Legal Marijuana - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 04-08-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Needle in the Hay - Elliott Smith
Ch. 10: Act 5: Drug Addicts Should Be Treated Like Patients, Not Criminals - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 08-26-16
Ch. 11: Song 5: Winning the War On Drugs - Asylum Street Spankers
Ch. 12: Act 6: Call Congress to Support the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017 via @DrugPolicyOrg - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 14: Act 7: A Man Had Two Sons (One Was Addicted to Heroin) - Progressive Faith Sermons w/ @RevDrRay - Air Date 3-6-16
Voicemails
Ch. 15: The Democratic Party is there for the taking - Erica from Seattle, WA
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 16: Final comments on how to take over the Democratic Party
Bonus Clip: You Too can Take Over a Political Party! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-15-16
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Call your Reps and Senators and tell them to support the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017
Get involved with Drug Policy Alliance and follow them @DrugPolicyOrg
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Sessions Tells Prosecutors To Seek 'Most Serious' Charges, Stricter Sentences (NPR)
Senate Moves Forward with Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Jeff Sessions (Rolling Stone)
I prosecuted drug offenders in the ’80s. It was a disaster. Why is Sessions taking us back? (Vox)
Drug War Part 2: When the sequel is as bad as the original (The Hill, Opinion)
Report: Aide says Nixon's war on drugs targeted blacks, hippies (CNN, 2016)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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