(2014/06/18) One year after Snowden (NSA Spying)
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Edition #837
One year after Snowden
Today we look at where we are, in the wake of the Snowden revelations from one year ago, and where we may be heading with our relationship to the concept of privacy
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: What was Snowden's crime? - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date: 6-6-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: The Traitor - White Water, White Bloom
Ch. 4: Act 2: Brian Williams interviews Edward Snowden - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date: 5-30-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: T-Shirt Weather - Banter - A Candle Records Collection
Ch. 6: Act 3: Glenn Greenwald on the Surveillance State - @CBCRadioQ - Air Date: 5-2-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Burn It Down - Dancing In The Streets
Ch. 8: Act 4: How The Government Can Destroy Your Reputation (Report) - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-04-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Big Brother (1999 Remaster) - Diamond Dogs
Ch. 10: Act 5: Intelligence community directive 119 - @onthemedia - Air Date: 6-13-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Secret - Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge
Ch. 12: Act 6: Reject Secret FBI Backdoors in Your Communications via @EFF
Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 14: Act 7: The declining treatment of the fourth amendment - @dccommonsense - Air Date: 5-8-14
Voicemails
Ch. 15: In response to animal agriculture and climate change - Vicki from Oregon
Ch. 16: Melding the good guy with the nice guy - Chrissie from Kansas
Ch. 17: It's a weak argument to say that marijuana is harmless - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 18: Final comments on arguing marijuana legalization
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
ACTIVISM:
Tell The White House You Oppose The FBI’s Secret New Internet Surveillance Law via The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Sources/further reading:
"Should U.S. Hackers Fix Cybersecurity Holes or Exploit Them?” by Bruce Schneier at The Atlantic
"Don’t Listen to Google and Facebook: The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership Is Still Going Strong” by Bruce Schneier at The Atlantic
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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