(2013/12/12) Nelson Mandela: Free at last
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🗓️ 13 December 2013
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Summary
Edition #781
Nelson Mandela: Free at last
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Nelson Mandela 1918-2013 - All in with Chris Hayes - Air Date: 12-5-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Ch. 4: Act 2: Nelson Mandela, Legendary Icon, Dead At 95 - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-06-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Apartheid - Peter Tosh
Ch. 6: Act 3: A Look Into the Life of Nelson Mandela - Rachel Maddow - Air Date- 12-05-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Mandela - Larose
Ch. 8: Act 4: Mandela's Legacy - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 12-6-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Mandela Day - Simple Minds
Ch. 10: Act 5: A thankeulogy for the 90-Year-Old Terrorist -The Bugle - Air Date 12-6-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Apartheid - Junior Murvin
Ch. 12: Act 6: Oprah Winfrey's 2000 Interview With Nelson Mandela
Ch. 13: Song 6: Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
Ch. 14: Act 7: Nelson Mandela Foundation - UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 15: Song 7: Mandela - Emile Kojidie
Ch. 16: Act 8: Rick Santorum: Fight Against Obamacare Like Nelson Mandela's Fight Against Apartheid - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-06-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Asimbonanga (Mandela) - Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Ch. 18: Act 9: The wrong side of history on apartheid - All in with Chris Hayes - Air Date: 12-6-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Tshotsholoza Mandela (Go Underground Mandela)
Ch. 20: Act 10: Altering Mandela Beyond Recognition - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 12-11-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Mandela (feat. Zivanai Masango) - Ande Marimba
Ch. 22: Act 11: Barack Obama's moving tribute to Nelson Mandela - Mandela Memorial Service - Air Date: 12-10-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Not there yet but I will be - Mike From Washington
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final comments on educating other and the disconnect of perceptions on the trans episode
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
Activism:
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: https://www.facebook.com/KatieGoodmansUnFItUp
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Katie Klabusich, activism director: http://katiespeak.com
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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 BestOfAleft.com and welcome to the award-winning BestOfAleft podcast |
| 0:11.2 | with clips today from all in with Chris Hayes, The Young Turks, The Rachel Maddo Show, The |
| 0:15.5 | Progressive Magazine, The Bugle, a 2000 interview from The Oprah Winfrey Show, activism from |
| 0:21.3 | The Unfucked Up Project, The Majority Report, and a speech by Barack Obama. |
| 0:29.3 | A moral titan, a hero for the ages, one of the greatest men of our time, is dead tonight. |
| 0:35.3 | Nelson Mandela passing away today at the age of 95. |
| 0:38.3 | Shortly after his death, South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation. |
| 0:52.3 | Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father. |
| 1:08.3 | South Africa and the world in mourning at this moment, world leaders expressing their condolences. |
| 1:13.3 | President Obama addressed us earlier this evening. |
| 1:17.3 | He achieved more than could be expected of any man. |
| 1:22.3 | Today is gone home, and we've lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly |
| 1:29.3 | good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. |
| 1:34.3 | I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela's life. |
| 1:40.3 | My very first political action, the first thing I ever did that involved an issue or a policy or |
| 1:49.3 | politics, was a protest against apartheid. |
| 1:54.3 | I would study his words and his writings. |
| 1:58.3 | The day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they're |
| 2:04.3 | guided by their hopes and not by their fears. |
| 2:07.3 | This was born in 1918 in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, one of 13 children, |
| 2:12.3 | and a family of a fairly high status clan. |
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