(2012/12/08) The Climate Part 2: The powers that should be (Climate)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 9 December 2012
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Edition #669
The Climate Part 2: The powers that should be
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Brainwashed Fox News Viewer: Shocking Climate Change Evidence Changed My Mind! - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-30-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Chasing ice - J. Ralph
Ch. 4: Act 2: Climate Change: Believing and Fixing the Problem - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-17-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Game of Thrones: Main Theme
Ch. 6: Act 3: Who could have foreseen Superstorm Sandy? Mike Tidwell did Part 1 - Radio Ecoshock - Air Date: 11-8-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Here we are - Patrick Park
Ch. 8: Act 4: How To Make Green Energy More Dangerous - Lee Camp - Air Date: 11-20-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Killing for love - José González
Ch. 10: Act 5: Who could have foreseen Superstorm Sandy? Mike Tidwell did Part 2 - Radio Ecoshock - Air Date: 11-8-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Can't ignore the train - 10,000 Maniacs
Ch. 12: Act 6: Naomi Klein On Climate Change - Moyers And Company - Air Date 11-16-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Youth of the nation - P.O.D.
Ch. 14: Act 7: Bill McKibben - Do the Math Tour - The UnderCurrent - Air Date 11-22-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Energy - The Apples In Stereo
Ch. 16: Act 8: Thom explains the Dust Bowl of the 1930s - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-19-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 17: Voting liberally, selflessly - George From South Florida
Ch. 18: Voting for the betterment of all - Mark From South Carolina
Ch. 19: Religion's impact on society's culture regarding sex - Dave from Olympia, WA
Ch. 20: Responding to Scott about space colonization - Daren from Georgia
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 21: Final Comments on gofossilfree.org, sharing the Do The Math NY Times article and more to come
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at bestableleft.com. |
| 0:08.5 | Now, look into the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with Cups Today from the |
| 0:12.0 | Majority Report, the Young Turks, Radio Ecoshock, Comedian Lee Camp, Moyers & Company, |
| 0:16.8 | The Undercurrent, and the Tom Hartman Program, and a note for our more sensitive listeners |
| 0:20.6 | that this episode contains elements of hope, so if as a liberal you're not used to that, |
| 0:25.1 | you may wish to brace yourself. |
| 0:30.0 | Last week we had Jeff Orlowski, who was the director producer of a film called Chasing |
| 0:36.5 | Ice, which I keep recommending to you. |
| 0:38.8 | If you're in DC or you're on the West Coast, we have a link on the blog to the site Chasing |
| 0:44.2 | Ice to find out when it's playing. |
| 0:47.2 | And you know, just to offer some shred of optimism on the global warming front, this is |
| 0:55.9 | a video that I just saw of a woman who had just seen Chasing Ice. |
| 1:02.6 | I don't know if she saw it in New York or in DC, she must have seen it just in the past |
| 1:07.3 | couple of days. |
| 1:08.8 | This is a video apparently shot a testimonial from this woman, which came out of the theater, |
| 1:13.9 | and it is extremely encouraging. |
| 1:16.8 | Like I say, you can listen to the whole Jeff Orlowski interview from last week on the show. |
| 1:22.8 | If you have a chance, go see the movie, but the movie, it's a beautiful movie and it's |
| 1:27.4 | obviously extremely powerful. |
| 1:29.1 | But listen to what this woman had to say, it is reason for optimism. |
| 1:33.8 | Let me just, let me see what I have to say that I watch Bill O'Reilly every day. |
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