(2014/01/21) We just earned a D grade (Reproductive Rights) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
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Edition #791
We just earned a D grade
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Anti-abortion Ohio legislator never thought about women - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 9-8-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: I don't think about it - Emily Osment
Ch. 4: Act 2: Michigan women stare down rape insurance - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 12-12-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Get up and go - Broadcast 2000
Ch. 6: Act 3: Anti-Abortion Judge: Drive Faster If The Clinic Is Far Away - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-12-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Help - Howie Day
Ch. 8: Act 4: Republican: Forcing Women to Have Babies Will Create Jobs! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-16-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Keep then down - The Young Sinclairs
Ch. 10: Act 5: Could 2014 See Abortion Restriction Rollback? - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 01-03-2014
Ch. 11: Song 5: One million miles - J. Ralph
Ch. 12: Act 6: Shrinking Government to fit in a Vagina - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-30-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: A theme for bizarre behavior - Clifton's Ford
Ch. 14: Act 7: After Tiller: Abortions No One Wants to Talk About - @grittv with Laura Flanders - Air Date: 11-5-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Touch of grey - Grateful Dead
Ch. 16: Act 8: Documentary on Choice: After Tiller - @BestoftheLeft Activism - Air Date: 1-21-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 18: Act 9: Supreme Court Considers Legality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-16-14
Ch. 19: Song 9: Double standard - Mustang Sally
Ch. 20: Act 10: NARAL President Ilyse Hogue Discusses Who Decides? - @ilyseh on MSNBC - Air Date: 1-14-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Thoughts on race vs class - Erin from Philadelphia
Ch. 22: Getting our minds wrapped around class-divided neighborhoods - Tate from Prince George's County, MD
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 23: Final comments on the complicated interplay of factors surrounding race, class and divided neighborhoods
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM: "After Tiller”
After Tiller (FB page/screening schedule)
After Tiller UK iTunes rental
Sources/further reading:
Crow After Roe by Jessica Mason Pieklo & Robin Marty
NARAL Report Card on Reproductive Healthcare Access for states/US, 2013
Guttmacher Institute statistics on abortion providers
Roe v. Wade (1973) via PBS.org
Clinic Buffer Zones, Think Progress
Supreme Court Revisits Abortion Clinic Rules by Irin Carmon
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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