(2014/02/14) Rise of the gatekeepers (Net Neutrality) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2014-02-14T23:01:57
Edition #799
Rise of the gatekeepers
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Why This Ruling On Net Neutrality Is A Disaster - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-15-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Bad news - Kanye West
Ch. 4: Act 2: Net Neutrality and you - @onthemedia - Air Date: 1-17-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Made to suffer - Speedsters and Dopers
Ch. 6: Act 3: What Does Net Neutrality Ruling Mean for You? - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-27-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: The perfect space - The Avett Brothers
Ch. 8: Act 4: Is Net Neutrality Dead? Can Netflix Save it? Can We? - @amazingatheist - Air Date: 2-6-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: The secret agent - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
Ch. 10: Act 5: Net Neutrality: Why Should You be Concerned? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-15-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Coming to terms - Carolina Liar
Ch. 12: Act 6: FreePress.net fights against media monopolies - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 14: Act 7: The Digital Gatekeepers Don't Need No Stinkin' Net Neutrality - @dccommonsense - Air Date 1-20-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 15: Anti-abortion politics rooted in discipline and punishment - Emma from Texas
Ch. 16: Anti-abortion stance is authoritarian stance - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 17: We need to look at political and social policy perspective of decriminalization - Elka from Fort Wayne, IN
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 18: Final comments on why liberals need to create shame around the ethics of doing illegal drugs - an email from listen Javier
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Petition to Stop the Time Warner/Comcast Merger
Additional Activism
Save The Internet Action Page
Sources/further reading:
"Comcast takeover of Time Warner Cable to reshape U.S. pay TV” via Reuters by Liana B. Baker
What Needs To Be Done To Save Net Neutrality, Tim Karr of Free Press on The Matthew Filipowicz Show
"How Netflix and Google Could Lead the Fight For Net Neutrality”
”Federal Court Guts Net Neutrality Rules"
”Merging Cable Giants is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’" from John Nichols at The Nation Magazine
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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