Today, among other things, we take a look at how and why we need to fundamentally change the way we think about human’s relationship to the environment.
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: These 5 steps can help you through tough discussions. Let's use climate change as an example. - @BBCRadio4 Friday Night Comedy - Air Date: 04-14-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Put It to the Test - They Might Be Giants
00:07:28 Ch. 4: Act 2: Paid shills free to write in the media - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 4-24-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Follow The Money - Zounds
00:10:38 Ch. 6: Act 3: Education Doesn’t Matter: Republicans Still Don’t Believe In Climate Change - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-30-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: I believe in that - Chip Taylor
00:16:46 Ch. 8: Act 4: 5 Ways To Actually Do Something About Climate Change - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 03-31-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: We Demand Change - Tristan James
00:22:53 Ch. 10: Act 5: Economic actions against the fossil fuel industry - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-16-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Apartheid - Junior Murvin
00:26:46 Ch. 12: Act 6: As GOP Candidates Question Climate Change, Texas & Oklahoma Hit by Devastating Floods Killing 23 - @democracynow - Air Date: 5-29-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Flood - Jars of Clay
00:34:14 Ch. 14: Act 7: Reporting on the weather in the context of climate change - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 5-1-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs
00:36:46 Ch. 16: Act 8: California Oil Pipeline Spill Could Kill Many Animals - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 05-27-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: The Big Oil Spill - Houndmouth
00:41:02 Ch. 18: Act 9: Tar Sands Resistance March #stoptarsands — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard
00:43:22 Ch. 20: Act 10: Robert Jay Lifton on How Climate Change Joins Nuclear War in Threatening Human Survival - @democracynow - Air Date: 5-7-15
Voicemails
00:56:28 Ch. 21: Human nature and our changing communities - Charlie From Cincinnati
00:58:32 Ch. 22: Fundamental problems underpinning education problems - Sally from San Francisco
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:02:50 Ch. 23: Final comments on the fundamental tenets of progressivism and TV's LOST
Closing Music: LOST Theme - Life & Death
Activism: Keystone XL
Update!
"Obama Just Vetoed The Keystone XL Pipeline. Now What?” by Emily Atkin at ThinkProgress Climate: final say for approving the Keystone XL permit remains with the State Department
Follow-up/new Action!
JOIN/RSVP: Tarsands Resistance March, June 6th
Let the president know you oppose approval of KXL through WhiteHouse.Gov/contact and @WhiteHouse on Twitter
Sources/further reading:
"Dozens of Canada's tar sands projects on hold as prices fall, analysis shows” at The Guardian
"The Keystone Pipeline Just Lost Big in a Shocking Canadian Election” at Mother Jones
"The Keystone XL Pipeline: What Do You Really Know? You’ve probably read a lot about it. Now take this quiz and find out what you remember.” at The Wall Street Journal
"TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline Network Under Investigation by Federal Regulators” via DeSmog Blog
"Grass-Roots Push in the Plains to Block the Keystone Pipeline’s Path” at The New York Times
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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I grew up very close with a friend whose mother public school teacher, and also the special education coordinating director, or some other such title. I remember these very same points being made in a more or less general sense, but to have them coalesce in such a manner, awesomeness.
Kudos J!