Today we take a look at the facts and the folly of the vast and growing wealth gap in the US. The good news is that everyone agrees we should take action to fix the problem, we just need to teach everyone it's a problem first. Weird, eh?
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech
Ch. 3: Song 1: Window - In a Safe Place
Ch. 4: Act 2: Fighting for the Four Freedoms with Harvey J. Kaye - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 4-11-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Monday - I Heart Huckabees (Original Soundtrack) [Soundtrack from the Motion Picture]
Ch. 6: Act 3: Media Twisting And Ignoring Polls That Show Popularity Of 'Inequality' Theme - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-7-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: We Want a Rock - Flood
Ch. 8: Act 4: Republicans & Democrats Completely Agree on This ONE Issue - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-23-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: What Are Their Names - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Ch. 10: Act 5: JP Morgan and the income inequality problem - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-24-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: RazorWire - Chris Priest
Ch. 12: Act 6: American? You Might Move To Canada After Watching This - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 04-23-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Oligarchy - Punkgrass for the People
Ch. 14: Act 7: USA: Bad Jobs Country - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 4-30-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Revolution (Human Need Over Profit) - Tha People's Music
Ch. 16: Act 8: Comfortably Stating The Dangers Of Populism - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-2-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Populism, Yea Yea - Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording)
Ch. 18: Act 9: Retirement Security For All via @SEIU - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 20: Act 10: Bill Moyers Essay: America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy - @BillMoyersHQ And Company - Air Date 4-18-14
Ch. 21: Bonus clip: This day in history - Bastille Day - John Mill
Ch. 22: Final comments on where to catch me at Netroots Nation
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
ACTIVISM:
Retirement Security For All via Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Expand Social Security petition
Sources/further reading:
State Report on Social Security via Social Security Works
Follow SEIU Retirement Security and Social Security Works
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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