(2013/09/27) The sickness in our society (Gun Control)
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🗓️ 27 September 2013
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Summary
Edition #758
The sickness in our society
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: More Guns Means More killings - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-17-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance
Ch. 4: Act 2: Ed Schultz Blames 'Grand Theft Auto' for Mass Shootings - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 09-18-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Little lion man - Vitamin String Quartet
Ch. 6: Act 3: Media Figures Say Guns Don't Kill People, Video Games Kill People - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 09-17-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Little lion man - Vitamin String Quartet
Ch. 8: Act 4: Idiots Blame Grand Theft Auto V For Mass Shootings - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-19-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Be here now - Mason Jennings
Ch. 10: Act 5: Rachel Maddow Takes Us Through 50 Years Of Mass Shootings. The Trend She Uncovers Is Devastating - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 09-19-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: This is how we live - The Summer Set
Ch. 12: Act 6: DC Trauma Doc: Please Put me out of Work! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-18-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Ch. 14: Act 7: Gun violence in Chicago and lack of public outrage - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 09-23-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Bang bang you're dead - Hannah Georgas
Ch. 16: Act 8: Combating Gun Violence With Common Sense - UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 17: Song 8: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman
Ch. 18: Act 9: Big Gun Cartel: Why Gun Control Legislation Does Not Pass Congress (with Cliff Schecter) - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-24-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: Thoughts on the drug war and our rights - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 20: An endorsement of taking street drugs out of the gutter - Elaine in New York
Ch. 21: Thoughts on getting from here to there - Mike From Washington
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final comments on getting back from Climate Ride just in time to head off to Running for Answer to support the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
Activism:
http://gunvictimsaction.org
http://www.thenationalcouncil.org
Information for this segment can be found at:
h/t Cliff Schecter http://cliffschecter.com
http://cliffschecter.com/gun-owners-vs-nra-leadership/
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176343/thinking-conservative-part-one-mass-shootings-and-gun-control
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/us-usa-chicago-shooting-idUSBRE98J03Q20130920
http://www.motherjones.com/special-reports/2012/12/guns-in-america-mass-shootings
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/washington-navy-yard-mass-shooting-data
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/09/18/fbi-chicago-passes-new-york-as-murder-capital-of-u-s/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/preventing-gun-violence
Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: https://www.facebook.com/KatieGoodmansUnFItUp
Katie Goodman, creator: http://katiegoodman.com
Katie Klabusich, activism director: http://katiespeak.com
Produced by:
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details visit the membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast with clips today from the Tom Hartman |
| 0:13.0 | program, The David Pakman Show, The Media Matters Minute, The Young Turks, The Rachel Maddo |
| 0:17.1 | Show, Citizen Radio, Activism from the Unfucked Up Project, and The Majority Report. |
| 0:22.1 | And a note that this episode contains nuance and suggests that you hold two ideas in your |
| 0:26.2 | head at the same time. |
| 0:27.9 | So break yourself. |
| 0:30.1 | The largest gun study ever says, as to a quote, Zach Bocamp over think progress, more guns |
| 0:36.7 | more murder. |
| 0:39.2 | I live just a few blocks, literally. |
| 0:42.9 | I mean, you know, we live in the public marina down here in Washington, D.C., and the |
| 0:48.8 | next big marina down or the next big place where Boats tie up down the river is the |
| 0:55.2 | Navy Art. |
| 0:57.0 | We're a shooter where the history of mental illness kills 12 innocent people. |
| 1:03.2 | Basically a couple of good guys with guns to quote Wayne Little Peter. |
| 1:08.4 | Police officers and security guards in this case fired back. |
| 1:11.4 | One was murdered, the other ended up in the hospital. |
| 1:14.4 | Despite having sought psychiatric help a little over a month ago, which raises this whole |
| 1:18.7 | other set of questions that we've talked about in the past with a couple of different |
| 1:23.7 | psychiatrists about whether people who are taking SSRI drugs like the serotonin reuptake |
| 1:30.2 | inhibitor anti-depressant drugs might be, we know that they're at a higher risk for |
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