Edition #1009

Today we take a look at the disgustingly undemocratic efforts
being waged to minimize the number of people who vote in our
elections. 

 

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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the
Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: This AMAZING Fact Proves Why American Democracy Is
Totally Broken - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-06-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Makes No Sense - The rainmakers

Ch. 4: Act 2: Is the Electoral Collage broken? - @DecodeDC - Air
Date 11-5-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: N/A

Ch. 6: Act 3: Republicans Are Ready To Steal The 2016 Election –
Time To Protect The Vote w/ @AriBerman - Majority Report
(@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 02-13-16
Ch. 7: Song 3: Crucify - Tori Amos

Ch. 8: Act 4: Bernie Sanders Has Been Cheated Out Of Thousands Of
Votes - @RedactedTonight w: @LeeCamp - Air Date 4-2-16
Ch. 9: Song 4: Proud to Be an American - Side Street
Ramblers

Ch. 10: Act 5: Republicans tell the Truth About Voter Suppression!
- @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 04-07-16
Ch. 11: Song 5: Vote - Jefferson Coker

Ch. 12: Act 6: Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised from
Primaries Thanks to State's Restrictive Voting Laws - @DemocracyNow
- Air Date: 04-19-16
Ch. 13: Song 6: We can’t stop - Scott Bradlee & Postmodern
Jukebox

Ch. 14: Act 7: Demand Modernized Elections
and Restore the VRA via @BrennanCenter - Best of the Left Activism
- 4:26:16, 11.50 AM
Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard

Ch. 16: Act 8: A former Republican final had enough of
disenfranchising voters - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date
4-7-16

Voicemails
Ch. 21: Concern over violence in bathrooms - Paula from Los
Angeles
Ch. 22: Gender-segregated bathrooms are silly - Megan from
Baltimore
Ch. 22: The problem of civil rights incrementalism - Erin
from Philadelphia
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 23: Final comments rebutting a
half-reasonable claim that we shouldn't worry about money in
politics
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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