(2014/11/21) The fight has only just begun (Money in politics)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 November 2014
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Edition #878
Today we take a look at how the fight against money in politics is going in the wake of the 2014 election and where it’s going looking forward
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics Part 1 - @billmoyersHQ - Air Date: 11-14-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Fearless (Acoustic Version) - For today
Ch. 4: Act 2: Corrupt Congressman Threatens Critics With More Corruption - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-22-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Don't Believe a Word - Realistic
Ch. 6: Act 3: The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics Part 2 - @billmoyersHQ - Air Date: 11-14-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Gimme Hope Jo'anna - The Very Best of Eddy Grant - Road to Reparation
Ch. 8: Act 4: Princeton Study: US is No Longer an Actual Democracy - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 11-16-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Oligarchy - Punkgrass for the People
Ch. 10: Act 5: What $10 Million buys you in politics Part 1 - @teamgoodfight - Air Date: 11-17-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Confrontation - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)
Ch. 12: Act 6: Our democracy has been hijacked by the billionaires? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 11-03-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Buy My Vote - Righteous Ruckus
Ch. 14: Act 7: What $10 Million buys you in politics Part 2 - @teamgoodfight - Air Date: 11-17-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Nothing Else Matters - Inquisition Symphony
Ch. 16: Act 8: The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics Part 3 - @billmoyersHQ - Air Date: 11-14-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) - Eyes On Fire - EP
Ch. 18: Act 9: The Quiet Movement That’s Saving Democracy Is About To Explode - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-13-14
Voicemails
Ch. 20: Comparing hyper-strict charter schools with boot camp - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX
Ch. 21: Keeping minorities in school alive and employable - Ryan from Phoenix
Ch. 22: GOP is getting paid well to not understand climate change - Erin from Philadelphia
Ch. 23: Response to harassment video and William J Jackson - David From Albuquerque, NM
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 24: Final comments with a call to send a thank-you note to the staff at Mayday PAC at info@mayday.us
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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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 BestOfTheLifetime.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLifetime podcast with Clubs Today. |
| 0:12.4 | From Moyers & Company, the Young Turks, the David Pakman Show, the Good Fight, and the |
| 0:16.5 | Tom Horton program. |
| 0:18.0 | And if you can make it through all of the bad news, I promise there is some inspiring |
| 0:22.0 | news at the end, so stick around for that. |
| 0:30.0 | What happens when two college professors leave the theories of the classroom behind for |
| 0:35.1 | the real world of bare-knuckle politics? |
| 0:38.0 | Well, they learn a lesson the hard way. |
| 0:40.6 | Just ask Zeffer Teach Out in Larry Lessig. |
| 0:43.9 | Each is an outstanding scholar. |
| 0:45.6 | She teaches constitutional and property law at Fordham Law School here in New York, and |
| 0:50.2 | recently published this highly acclaimed book Corruption in America, from Benjamin Franklin's |
| 0:55.2 | Snuff Box to Citizens United. |
| 0:58.0 | Larry Lessig teaches law at Harvard and directs that university's Edmund J. Sapphire Center |
| 1:02.8 | for Ethics. |
| 1:04.4 | Both champion-free and fair competition in our economy and our elections. |
| 1:09.1 | Zeffer Teach Out ran for governor of New York in the Democratic primary against incumbent |
| 1:13.6 | and friend of Wall Street Andrew Cuomo. |
| 1:16.4 | My name is Zeffer Teach Out. |
| 1:17.4 | I'm running in the Democratic primary for the governor of the state of New York. |
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