(2016/09/06) The other pro-choice movement (Death with Dignity)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Edition #1041
Today we take a look at matters of life, death and the right to choose when to move from one to the other
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Other Pro-Choice Movement - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-29-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Machine - David Ari Leon
Ch. 4: Act 2: Death With Dignity Advocate Brittany Maynard Dies At 29 - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 11-04-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Chicago - Plusplus
Ch. 6: Act 3: How to Die in Oregon - Taking Control - SundanceNOW Doc Club - Air Date 10-30-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: The Smallest Piece - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 8: Act 4: Assisted Suicide - Harriet Scott's Story - Last Right Series - The National - Air Date 11-4-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: The Artifact & Living - Michael Andrews
Ch. 10: Act 5: Caller: My Father Committed Suicide after 30 Years of Pain... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-30-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Dawn Departure, Jefferson County - Black Prairie
Ch. 12: Act 6: Doctor Assisted Suicide Is Now Legal In California - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 10-11-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Take Five - Dave Brubeck
Ch. 14: Act 7: How to Die in Oregon - Goodbye Roger - SundanceNOW Doc Club - Air Date 10-30-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: End of the World - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 16: Act 8: Tell Your Legislators to Support Medical #AidinDying via @CompandChoices - Best of the Left Acitivsm
Ch. 17: Song 8: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 18: Act 9: @BCoombsLee: The Brittany Effect: Transforming the Death with Dignity Movement - TEDxMarin - Air Date 10-5-15
Voicemails
Ch. 19: What kind of system do we want to see? - Rick from Scranton, PA
Ch. 20: What to do after the election - Andrew In Forth Worth, TX
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments on the last thank yous before Climate Ride and the origin or today’s topic
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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EDUCATE YOURSELF
Hear stories from those directly impacted
Understanding Medical Aid in Dying (Compassion and Choices)
End of Life Care Commonly Used Terms (Compassion and Choices)
Medical Aid in Dying is Not Assisted Suicide (Compassion and Choices)
Being Mortal: Dr. Atul Gawande on How U.S. Healthcare Fails to Handle the End of Life (Democracy Now!)
Brittany Maynard's Legacy: One Year Later (Compassion and Choices)
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| 0:00.0 | Only one person's values and priorities really matter at the end of life. |
| 0:05.0 | The person who's dying. |
| 0:07.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:11.0 | To support the work we do, please visit the Contribute tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:15.0 | Now just a quick note that this episode deals very frankly and honestly with death. |
| 0:20.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast with clips today from the Tom Hartman program, The Young Turks. |
| 0:26.0 | A couple of clips from the documentary How to Die in Oregon, The National from the CBC, |
| 0:32.0 | and a TED Talk by the President of Compassion and Choices, Barbara Coombsley. |
| 0:45.0 | Barbara Coombs Lee is with us. She is an activist for the Compassion and Choices, |
| 0:52.0 | as the organization Compassion and AND Choices.org is the website. |
| 0:58.0 | This is not just about Brittany Maynard. |
| 1:03.0 | Maynard is the name of the young woman who is apparently going to take her life this weekend. |
| 1:08.0 | Barbara, welcome to the program. |
| 1:10.0 | Thank you, Tom. I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:12.0 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:13.0 | First of all, give us a snapshot of Brittany Maynard, |
| 1:17.0 | who she is, why she at the age of 29 is going to check out. |
| 1:22.0 | Brittany Maynard is a truly remarkable young woman. |
| 1:26.0 | I want to clarify first that she hasn't set a date in stone, |
| 1:31.0 | and she's made it clear that she wants to see how her illness progresses and how severe her symptoms are. |
| 1:36.0 | So if November 1st comes and she's feeling pretty good, that won't be the day that she dies. |
| 1:42.0 | But she does have the means to abbreviate her dying process. |
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