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Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: What a migrant crisis looks like - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date 8-28-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Ennio - Silence Is Sexy
00:04:00 Ch. 4: Act 2: Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch on Refugee Crisis - @democracynow - Air Date: 08-31-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Gangs - dustmotes
00:10:20 Ch. 6: Act 3: Leadership lacking as refugees flee to Europe and crisis grows - Rachel @Maddow - Air Date 9-2-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Broken boiler - Plusplus
00:17:41 Ch. 8: Act 4: Billionaire Offers To Buy Island For Syrian Refugees - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 09-05-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Clangour And Flutes (Live @ KEXP) - Sindri Már Sigfússon
00:26:08 Ch. 10: Act 5: A Deeper Understanding of Europe's Migration Crisis - @onthemedia - Air Date: 9-11-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: I Can Help (Exciting Live Performances) - Billy Swan
00:35:22 Ch. 12: Act 6: Help My People, Let More War Refugees Settle Here: A Syrian American’s Message to Washington - @democracynow - Air Date: 09-09-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: No-End Ave - Jahzzar
00:40:31 Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama turns to refugee crisis after Iran nuclear deal victory - Rachel @Maddow - Air Date: 9-10-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Black Eyed Susan - Podington Bear
00:42:51 Ch. 16: Act 8: Why isn't the U.S. taking in more refugees? - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date 9-2-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: Cetology - Ben McElroy
00:45:15 Ch. 18: Act 9: #AmericaWelcomes #SyrianRefugees via @MoveOn & @thenation - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: This fickle world - Theo Bard
00:48:22 Ch. 20: Act 10: Cold-Blooded Fox News Demonizes Syrian Refugees - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 09-12-15
Voicemails
00:57:40 Ch. 21: Thoughts on the history of economic populism - V from Western New York
01:01:28 Ch. 22: Thoughts on the use of public and urban space - Ryan from Pheonix
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:05:59 Ch. 23: Final comments on how bad policies begin to sink into our collective psyche
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: #AmericaWelcomes #SyrianRefugees via @MoveOn & @thenation
Take Action:
SIGN: Urge the U.S. government to accept more Syrian refugees via MoveOn.org & The Nation
Add your photo to the #AmericaWelcomes campaign on IG & Twitter through MoveOn.org
Sources/further reading:
“Tell the United States to Accept More Refugees and Asylum-Seekers From Syria” via The Nation
"Syrian Refugees: All You Need to Know” via Newsweek
"Turkey Has Spent Nearly $8 Billion Caring For 2.2 Million Syrian Refugees” via Huffington Post
“Syria’s War: Refugee Crisis” — full coverage from AlJazeera America
"Federal Spending: Where Does the Money Go” via the National Priorities Project
"Germany's economy will grow faster because of the million refugees it is helping, study finds” via The Independent
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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