(2014/05/19) Bad in principle and in practice (Death Penalty) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2014-05-19T23:00
Edition #828
Bad in principle and in practice
Today we look at what benefits there are in having a death penalty (none) and which elements of it are fundamentally unjust (all)
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: If The Victim Is White, Death Penalty MUCH More Likely - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-23-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Death penalty - Surrogate
Ch. 4: Act 2: If You Support the Death Penalty, You're Probably White - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 04-01-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Fight to Win (feat. Cee Lo Green) - Goodie Mob
Ch. 6: Act 3: Execution In Oklahoma - @MumiaAbuJamal - Air Date: 5-5-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: American way - Little River Band
Ch. 8: Act 4: Texas to try secret lethal drug in execution - Rachel @Maddow - Air Date: 5-12-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Close these curtains - Yoko Duo
Ch. 10: Act 5: Judgement On The Secret Cocktail - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-9-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: What are we doing here? - Tom Schreck
Ch. 12: Act 6: Court blocks Texas from killing prisoner - Rachel @maddow - Air Date 5-13-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Death penalty - Eight Dayz
Ch. 14: Act 7: Shocking Percentage Of Death Row Inmates Are Innocent - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-03-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Can't hide from the truth - The Hot 8 Brass Band
Ch. 16: Act 8: Fixing the death row system via @innocence - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 18: Act 9: Support for Death Penalty Lowest in 40 Years - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 10-31-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee
Ch. 20: Act 10: Rick Perry Killed an Innocent Man - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-12-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Historical context of respectability politics - ? from Pittsburgh, PA
Ch. 22: Respectability politics = victim blaming - Sonya from Minnesota
Ch. 23: Jeff from theliberalcurmudgeon.com on how and why to support Best of the Left - Jeff from New York
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 24: Final comments on the next bonus episode on the concepts of self and free will
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
What Can I Do? from The Innocence Project
Sources/further reading:
"How Oklahoma's GOP Governor Turned a Heinous Killer Into a Death-Penalty Martyr” by Stephanie Mencimer at Mother Jones
VIDEO: "Execution Chaos: Witness Recounts Botched Killing That Caused Oklahoma Prisoner's Fatal Heart Attack” via Democracy Now!
"Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends controversial execution” by Meredith Clark via MSNBC
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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