(2013/03/21) Part 1: Out with the old Pope (Special Event)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 21 March 2013
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Edition #700
Part 1: Out with the old Pope
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns at Age 85 - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-12-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Surprise - Gnarls Barkley
Ch. 4: Act 2: Why is Pope Benedict Resigning? - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-12-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Mary Mary - Chumbawamba
Ch. 6: Act 3: Why Are They Still Catholic? - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 2-22-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Dou Way Robyn / Sancta Mater - Trio Mediaeval
Ch. 8: Act 4: Pope Benedict Sought Immunity for Sex Abuse Crimes Before Resigning - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-21-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Rapture - Laura Veirs
Ch. 10: Act 5: Vatican Shares Building With The Largest Gay Sauna - Young Turks - Air Date: 03-17-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: You've got to hide your love away - Eddie Vedder
Ch. 12: Act 6: Adult And Child Molesting Influences On The Popeless Situation - Dan Savage - Air Date 3-5-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Pope Song - Tim Minchin
Ch. 14: Act 7: The Holy See, A Vatican Of Change - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 3-1-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 14: Overtly recognizing privilege - Ryan in Indiana
Ch. 14: Appreciating the similarities between oppressed communities - Daniel from LA
Ch. 14: Comparing guns and drones - Rachel from Boston, Mass
Ch. 14: Let's think about why we should actually be proud of America - Amish from California
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Ch. 14: Final comments on drones and the human costs of war
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details, visit |
| 0:06.4 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Kupstay from the David Packman |
| 0:12.6 | show at the Young Turks, the Jimmy Dore show, and Dan Savage, and a quick note to warn |
| 0:17.2 | that this episode focuses on the Catholic Church and therefore contain profane and sexual |
| 0:21.9 | explicit discussions. |
| 0:30.0 | Pope Benedict has announced he is resigning. |
| 0:32.6 | This is the first papal resignation in about 600 years he is currently 85 years old. |
| 0:37.8 | His resignation letters set a few different things, including after having repeatedly examined |
| 0:41.7 | my conscience before God. |
| 0:43.4 | I have come to the certainty that my strength due to an advanced age are no longer suited |
| 0:48.1 | to an adequate exercise of the Petrine Ministry. |
| 0:52.6 | He then it was followed up with a very hastily arranged news conference where Vatican spokesman |
| 0:57.5 | Federico Lombardi said, the Pope did catch us a bit by surprise and we should have a new |
| 1:02.7 | Pope for Easter. |
| 1:04.6 | So I have a number of thoughts on this. |
| 1:08.0 | I understand the advanced age and that some say he is really deteriorated, but it's common |
| 1:14.7 | that Pope's advance an age and deteriorate, but that they stay until they pass away. |
| 1:20.9 | So what else may be going on here? |
| 1:23.0 | Let's just look at it at face value. |
| 1:25.3 | What better time to get out of there than in the midst of countless child pedophilia |
| 1:32.2 | cover-ups, less people considering themselves practicing Catholics, less weddings done |
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