Today we take a look at the seedy underbelly of the industry that creates all of those wonderful, life-saving drugs that sit at the crossroads of western medicine and western capitalism.
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare - EscapeFireMovie - Air Date: 07-12-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Mothers of the Night - Last Night
Ch. 4: Act 2: Who are the REAL Obamacare Hypocrites? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-07-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Margaret On the Guillotine - Viva Hate
Ch. 6: Act 3: This Is Why Healthcare Costs So Much - @majorityfm - Air Date: 12-11-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Snake Oil - Right Away People - Live, Vol. 2
Ch. 8: Act 4: Major Pharm Company To End Payments To Doctors - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-21-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: First Patient - From the Philip Glass Recording Archive, Vol. IV: Neverwas
Ch. 10: Act 5: Map Shows Damage Caused by Anti-Vaccine Movement - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-29-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Bad Idea - Bad Idea
Ch. 12: Act 6: Stand Up For Mental Health - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 14: Act 7: Big Pharma CEO: Our Medicine is for Rich People, Not Indians - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-29-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Two Points for Honesty - Lost and Gone Forever
Ch. 16: Act 8: New Once-A-Month Vitamin Presents Choking Hazard - @TheOnion
Ch. 17: Song 8: Choke - Run
Ch. 18: Act 9: Hepatitis C Cure Discovered - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-06-14
Voicemails
Ch. 19: Personhood is not the central principle in abortion debate - Mara from Pittsburgh
Ch. 20: Science as the deciding factor - Dirk from Madison, WI
Ch. 21: Rebuttal to bodily autonomy - Anonymous
Ch. 22: Comparing the ideas of obligation vs bodily autonomy - Mara from Pittsburgh
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 23: Final comments on why bodily autonomy is the primary consideration and personhood is secondary
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
ACTIVISM:
Stand Up For Mental Health Campaign
Additional Activism/Resources:
National Alliance of Mental Illness
h/t Feminista Jones
Sources/further reading:
"When ‘Positivity' Goes Wrong: Please Stop Shaming People For Being Sad”
by Pia Glen
"USDA Announces Support for Mental Health Facilities in Rural Areas"
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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