Air Date: 2–20-2018
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 2: Act 1: The corporate slight-of-hand in the wake of the New Deal - Economic Update with Prof. Richard D. Wolff - Air Date: 08-31-2017
Ch. 3: Song 1: Gondola Blue - Towboat
Ch. 4: Act 2: Sweden Got More Socialist, Economy Now BOOMING - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-15-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Wingspan - Bayou Birds
Ch. 6: Act 3: People in Denmark Are Much Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why. - The Nation - Air Date 7-17-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: N/A
Ch. 8: Act 4: Using economic crisis to roll back the gains for works made after the last crisis - Economic Update - Air Date 7-7-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Contrarian - Sketchbook
Ch. 11: Song 5: Surly Bonds - Aeronaut
Ch. 12: Act 6: #HandsOff: Reject Trump’s Morally Bankrupt Budget via @amprog @CoalitiononHN @CenterOnBudget @SSWorks
Ch. 13: Song 6: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 14: Act 7: The Two Santa Claus Theory: Republican Strategy to Dismantle the Social Safety Net - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 1-31-18
Ch. 15: Final comments on the tipping point in the Democratic party that portends hope for the future
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Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Tell Congress to keep #HandsOff necessary government programs by calling, and emailing via the Coalition on Human Needs action page
Check out and share the Center for American Progress Budget Fact Sheets
Check out and share reports from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Get involved with the Coalition for Human Needs & Social Security Works
EDUCATE YOURSELF
President's Budget Would Cut Food Assistance for Millions and Radically Restructure SNAP (CBPP)
Policy Basics: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (CBPP)
Fact Sheet: How Trump's 2019 Budget Hurts Older Americans (Center for American Progress)
Trump's 2019 Budget: what he cuts, how much he cuts, and why it matters (Vox)
“America’s Harvest Box” Captures the Trumpian Attitude Toward Poverty (The New Yorker)
A Bad Budget for America's Place in the World (Center for American Progress)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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