(2015/02/03) Living like the world is ending (Climate) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

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Edition #895


Today we check in with our crumbling ecological system and the fastest-growing movement of it’s kind that’s facing off against the fossil fuel companies

 

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Show Notes


Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill


Ch. 2: Act 1: The Children’s Climate Crusade - @billmoyersHQ and Company - Air Date: 1-1-15


Ch. 3: Song 1: The Sea Is Rising - Flying Colours




Ch. 4: Act 2: Climate change undermines all conservative principles - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 1-7-15


Ch. 5: Song 2: "The Day the World Came Together" - @350.org




Ch. 6: Act 3: Reporting on the hottest years on record - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 1-23-15


Ch. 7: Song 3: Banking On a Myth - The Mysterious Production of Eggs




Ch. 8: Act 4: 2014 Hottest Year Since Records Began, Earth Officially Melting - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 01-17-15


Ch. 9: Song 4: Spring Came, Rain Fell - Spring Came, Rain Fell




Ch. 10: Act 5: The economic consequinces of the drop in price for oil - Economic Update with @profwolff - Air Date: 12-22-14


Ch. 11: Song 5: A System - Inside Open Wide




Ch. 12: Act 6: Global Divestment Day is February 13, 2015 - @350.org


Ch. 13: Song 6: Something Good Can Work - Tourist History




Ch. 14: Act 7: Global Divestment Day via @350 - Best of the Left Activism


Ch. 15: Song 7: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard




Ch. 16: Act 8: CFC Keynote - Jay O'Hara: Living like the world is ending - @marioninstitute - Air Date: 11-5-14




Voicemails


Ch. 18: A cop talks about how and why they shoot - Geoff from Florida


Ch. 19: The theory of "thugs" is flawed - Ruben from San Jose


Ch. 20: Thoughts on Ghostbusters and the wage gap - Jill from San Francisco


Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics




Ch. 21: Final comments on why women are crappy at negotiating their salaries


Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone




Activism: Global Divestment Day via @350


Take Action:


JOIN with 350.org for Global Divestment Day February 13th


Additional Activism/Resources:


Add your name to @NRDC’s letter: “Tell President Obama You Stand Behind His Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline!”


Sources/further reading:


"US House passes Keystone pipeline bill” at AlJazeera


"Senate Passes Keystone Bill” by Alex Rogers at Time.com


"White House Confirms Obama Will Veto TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline” by Carol Linnitt at DesmogBlog


"The New School Submits Bold Plan to Tackle Climate Change” at The New School


"Pope Francis plants a flag in the ground on climate change” by Dr. John Abraham at The Guardian


Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich




Produced by Jay! Tomlinson


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