Air Date: 2–27-2018
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 3: Song 1: Quaver - Codebreaker
Ch. 4: Act 2: The impressive response from students of Stoneman Douglas High School - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 2-22-18
Ch. 5: Song 2: Lahaina - Cloud Harbor
Ch. 6: Act 3: The Last School Shooting - On the Media - Air Date 2-23-18
Ch. 7: Song 3: The Envelope - Aeronaut
Ch. 8: Act 4: The history and present of youth leadership in protest - #SundayCivics - Air Date 2-25-18
Ch. 9: Song 4: Minutes - Pacha Faro
Ch. 10: Act 5: Mary Beth Tinker on the power of youth protest - Trumpcast - Air Date 2-23-18
Ch. 11: Song 5: Gullwing Sailor - Migration
Ch. 12: Act 6: Stand with the Students to Demand Real Gun Regulation: Call. March. Boycott. Vote. via @AMarch4OurLives #NeverAgain
Ch. 13: Song 6: When in the West - Landsman Duets
Ch. 14: Act 7: The next crop of leaders standing up to injustice - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 2-22-18
Voicemails
Ch. 15: There was a lack of nuance in the Israel and Palestine episodes - Jeff T from New York
Ch. 16: Sharing some insights from a fearful, gun-owning couple - Steve from Tampa, FL
Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
Ch. 17: Final comments on what news I remember from high school and some critical thinking homework in response to the voicemails
Help fight climate change! Donate to Jay's Climate Ride fundraiser!
Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
#NeverAgain: Take part in the March for Our Lives in DC, or find one near you, on Saturday, March 24th
Donate to support the organizing efforts for the marches nationwide
Encourage young people to pre-register & register to vote before the midterm elections. #VoteforOurLives
Call and write your members of congress about gun control and VOTE!
Boycott and pressure banks & companies with ties to the NRA and gun and ammunition producers.
Other ways you can help: Donate to the Parkland Victims Fund, the MSD Benefit Concert, and/or the Journalism Program at MSD
EDUCATE YOURSELF
The Parkland Students Aren't Going Away (The Atlantic)
How the Survivors of Parkland Began the Never Again Movement (The New Yorker)
Students Who Lived Through Florida Shooting Turn Rage Into Activism (NPR)
Key Gun Violence Statistics (The Brady Campaign)
Florida shooting leads some Republicans to say it's time for Congress to do more than talk (USA Today)
The NRA is being supported by these companies (Think Progress)
Companies are cutting ties with the NRA after the Parkland mass shooting (Vox)
These are the banks financing the assault weapons industry (Think Progress)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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