Best of the Left Podcast
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(2013/06/18) The creation of whiteness and it's...
Edition #728 The creation of whiteness and it's consequences Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Who's Saying 1 In 1000 Is Successful - CounterSpin - Air Date 3-1-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: 10 Frisk Commandments (Remix) [feat. Jasiri X, Elon James White & Willie Evans Jr.] - This Week in Blackness Ch. 4: Act 2: Stop-And-Frisks Designed to 'Strike Fear' in Minorities? - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-03-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: Protect and Serve - Stiff Little Fingers Ch. 6: Act 3:...
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(2013/06/15) Part 2: Shooting the messenger (Civil...
Edition #727 Part 2: Shooting the messenger Sign the letter against spying! https://optin.stopwatching.us Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: The Courage of Edward Snowden - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-10-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe it or not) - Joey Scarbury Ch. 4: Act 2: Courage Is Contagious - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 06-11-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears Ch. 6: Act 3: Edward Snowden:...
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(2013/06/12) Part 1: The scandal of continuity (Civil...
Edition #726 Part 1: The scandal of continuity Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Big Brother Ups Its Game With Prism - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 06-06-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: I'm shadowing you - Brossom Dearie Ch. 4: Act 2: Feingold Predicted This Spying - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-7-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: Stop spying - The Grouch Ch. 6: Act 3: The State of Our Surveillance State - On the Media - Air Date: 6-7-13 Ch. 7: Song 3: My conversation - The Uniques Ch. 8:...
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(2013/06/09) The week of scandals (AP, IRS, Benghazi)
Edition #725 The week of scandals Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Obama Finally Responds to Faux Benghazi Outrage - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-14-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: Scenic world - Beirut Ch. 4: Act 2: IRS Scandal Answer: Make 501(C)(4)s Obsolete! - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-16-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: What are their names - David Crosby Ch. 6: Act 3: Addressing The Presidential Scandals - le Show - Air Date - 5-19-13 Ch. 7: Song 3: Don't look back in anger -...
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(2013/06/06) Part 2: Who's behind our food (Food)
Edition #724 Part 2: Who's behind our food Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Factory Farm Animal Abuse Video Ban Pushed by Lobbyists - Young Turks - Air Date: 03-19-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: Future is now - Dune Ch. 4: Act 2: Ag biz gags on its own gag law - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 5-9-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: Choke - The Cardigans Ch. 6: Act 3: Proposal: Make Undercover Livestock & Slaughterhouse Investigations Illegal - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-31-13 Ch. 7: Song...
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(2013/06/03) Part 1: What's in our food (Food)
Edition #723 Part 1: What's in our food Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Dairy Industry Petitioning to Hide Aspartame in Milk - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-17-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: Pullin' punches - Arkells Ch. 4: Act 2: All-Natural Food Preservative Causes All-Natural Cancer - The Onion Ch. 5: Song 2: All Natural - Natural Vibrations Ch. 6: Act 3: Ground Turkey Contaminated with Feces?? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 05-04-13 Ch. 7: Song 3: Turkey in the...
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(2013/05/31) Part 2: The mostly good news (LGBTQ Rights)
Edition #722 Part 2: The mostly good news Support EFF's plan to help save podcasting! Visit: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/help-save-podcasting Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Ex-Gay Leader Apologizes for Horrible Gay Conversion Therapy - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-27-13 Ch. 3: Song 1: Be yourself - Audioslave Ch. 4: Act 2: You're Better Than That And Have Meaning To Your Life - Dan Savage - Air Date 2-26-13 Ch. 5: Song 2: Fix yourself - The...
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This podcast is a beautifully executed compilation combining the absolute best in left-leaning political news, commentary and occasional comedy with great music to pull it all together.Sources for this compilation show include Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show from MSNBC. NPR shows such as It's All Politics, On the Media & Radiolab from WNYC, This American Life & Wait wait don't tell me! from WBEZ, Fresh Air, All things considered, and just the NPR Story of the Day.
