Edition #815
Past and future destruction
 
Today we look at the past and future destruction caused by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions as well as our lackluster attempt to equip ourselves with a climate-friendly, terrorism-resistant electrical grid.
 
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 
Ch. 2: Act 1: The IPCC's new report - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-3-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Spite - Vandaveer
Ch. 4: Act 2: China Builds Largest Solar Plant in World While US Falls Behind - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-30-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Sickening - Ken Mickey
Ch. 6: Act 3: C'mon America...Let's Keep the Lights on - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-14-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: I've got no strings - Gipsy Kings
Ch. 8: Act 4: The disinformation of Fox News - @greennewsreport - Air Date: 4-1-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Disinformation - Aaron Courtland
Ch. 10: Act 5: Exxon CEO Sues to Stop Fracking Near His Home - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-26-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: The most beautiful place in the world - Mary Anne Hitt
Ch. 12: Act 6: Greenpeace Co-Founder Loses It Talking Climate Change on Twitter - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-08-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Science is real - They Might be Giants
Ch. 14: Act 7: Environmental Destruction, When Will It End? - @greennewsreort - Air Date 3-25-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: You're a disaster - Dragonette
Ch. 16: Act 8: How Much Oil Really Spilled? - @onthemedia - Air Date: 3-28-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Murky Water - The Autumn Isles
Ch. 18: Act 9: Protect the Arctic via- @sierraclub - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 20: Act 10: Global Water Shortages Pose Threat of Terror & War - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-16-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: Till your well runs dry - Peter Tosh
Ch. 22: Act 11: The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-09-13
 
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Ask men about why their reproductive rights are off limits - Chris from Colorado Springs
Ch. 24: Thoughts on queerness from a newly-out gender-non-conforming listener - Chris from Rhode Island
Ch. 25: Response to PBS segment from media episode - Zach from San Francisco
 
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Voicemail Music: 
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
 
Ch. 26: Final comments with This Week in Blackness on taking funding from the KKK
 
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
 
ACTIVISM:
Protect the Arctic from an oil spill disaster! via The Sierra Club
 
Sources/further reading:
"Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Lingers on Alaska Beaches” from National Geographic
"Exxon Spill – 25 Years of Tears" by Shannyn Moore
 
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
 
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