Act Out! podcast

This week, it’s our anniversary!!! -

And we’re celebrating with a look back and an inspiring look forwards. We’re raising a our firsts, our voices and indeed, a glass in the name of creative activism past and present, and the continued fight for freedom and justice.

Here’s to acting out - then and now.

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http://bit.ly/ActOutIntro

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This week: grab your calendars and let's head to the front lines where we're talking everything from women's rights to Saudi ties to spring break.

And in a special extended interview, we bring you the Bank Whistleblowers Group who has a plan to unfuck our economy – based on years of experience going up against the largest financial institutions in the country. But first, I'm tired.

If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us create it! A coffee a month, an anonymous mask a month - help us keep acting out! 

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reproductiverights.org/codepink.org/2016saudisummitcovepointspringbreak.orghttp://bit.ly/BankWhistleblowershttp://bit.ly/BWU60dayplanpatreon.com/actout

This week: get online to break free & get the scoop on worldwide actions happening offline,

Valentine's Day might be over but Beyond Extreme Energy wants you to keep spreading some love,

fuck mincing words on the TPP,

Plastic Jesus wants you to question your beliefs and

do you vote with your brain or your genitals?

But first, an ode – to every woman.

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breakfree2016.org/this-is-how-we-break-free/

beyondextremeenergy.org/

fuckthetpp.com

plasticjesus.net

patreon.com/actout

This week – activists targeted for fighting the system - the good, bad and ugly of activism. 

As we recognize the need to recognize our own and each other's health and wellness, hear the tale of two activists who are neither broken nor stopping.

And lastly but most of the budget – our military.

But first, I am a hypocrite. 

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This week – we passed the 5 year anniversary of Tahrir square but do we even know or care what's happening there now? Do we see the parallels between what's happening here and what's happened there?

We speak with an Egyptian activist who risks her freedom in order to set the record straight on the past and the present.

Next up, this is the week to stand strong on the front lines against the complete corporate takeover and finally,

this low life scum is not something you can see, taste or have probably even heard of. But it's poisoning more than half our country – here's what you can do about it.

But first, allow me to not be polite, but poetic.

If you enjoy the show, please consider helping us create it! A coffee a month, an anonymous mask a month - help us keep acting out! 

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inalllanguages.blogspot.com/

flushthetpp.org/actions/

cleanupthemines.org

defendblackhills.org

patreon.com/actout

This week – Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen's energy program is gonna give you all the nasty details on the methane leak in California – the backstory, present putrid mess and what's next.

Also, some silver lining stories PLUS next week is an important week of action all across the US, so mark your calendars.

But first, let's start off with a contemplative musing –--- how do you remember?

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flushthetpp.org/actions/

standuptooil.org/

citizen.org/

wearecovepoint.org/

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This week, we have a special podcast lined up! It's a longer edition as we have the regular audio from the show PLUS a special addendum featuring Eleanor's recent interview on KPFK Los Angeles. There she discusses her politics, poetry & performs a few spoken word pieces. We'll get to that after the regularly scheduled podcast :)

...which includes: a post-SOTU look-back because, you know, hindsight is 20/20 and President Obama is full of shit. Next, stop paying attention - to the presidential election. Consider this a mini-rehab. Finally Mark Pershin talks climate change at the dinner table. But first, Deeds Not Words. 

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veteransforpeace.org

codepink.org

knowdrones.com

worldcantwait.net

vcnv.org

ewg.org/meateatersguide

lessmeatlessheat.org

This week:--- 'tis better to give than to receive – but who are you giving to and who's really receiving the gift? With the help of non-profit employee and activist, Anna Kaminski, we dive into the non-profit industry and peek behind that shiny charity veneer.

Next up, from coast to coast, let's talk the fossil fuel industry – fracking, oil trains, export terminals oh my. Activists are making gains but they need your help in taking this fight up to the next level.

But first, you have to lose it – a paradigm lost.

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This week on the front lines, the US Trade Rep's office wants your opinion on something and lawmakers in California might be up for a makeover. Next up, a website developer pushes for you to get offline, activists uncover the food industry's push to serve up a buffet table of low life scum and finally, we can adapt, but should we? But first, love and peace in the deep end.

Note: there's a short slideshow this week with anti-TPP memes so be sure to go to occupy.com/actout to see the full episode and grab those memes to post and share!

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For those of you who follow the TV show, you know that we didn't have a show this week. But I just couldn't let January 1st pass without a podcast so here, in lieu of the audio from the video show, are the words you missed. 

A few select spoken word pieces that came before we started doing the podcast in week 23. 

I name the episode that they're taken from so you can easily head to our YouTube page or our spoken word archive to see them in video form. 

Here, I performed them live, one take, on a shitty mic in my living room - you know, guerilla style creative activism :)

Here's to a 2016 filled with creativity, activism and inspiration. 

Thanks for listening and keep acting out!