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Consumer Responsibility: Bangladesh, Texas and Workplace Safety

May 11, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 1

This hour, Angie is joined by Kate Sheppard, Josh Eidelson and Richard Greenwald for a panel discussion on the recent tragedies in Bangladesh and Texas. They discuss parallels between the Triangle fire of 1911 and the factory collapse in Bangladesh, how moving factories overseas is connected to workplace regulations in the US, the responsibility consumers have to make retailers change their ways and whether it's possible to bring production back to the US.

Plus, our demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff) shares the story of two brothers who escaped a fringe religion, a convervative group's call to impeach Obama for wrecking the (record high) stock market and the NRA's great idea for indoor fun for kids.

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Teens flee polygamist sect of Mormon Church, learn what the president & saltwater are, women aren't subservient "poisonous snakes"

Impeach Obama for "wrecking the stock market"?...as Dow hits record high

NRA children's magazine says you should build shooting ranges inside your house!

Free2Work App

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The Book of Woe

May 11, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 2

The American Psychiatric Association is putting out a 5th edition of the controversial DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) soon, which will include 10 times the number of disorders of the original. This hour, Angie talks to Gary Greenberg, author of "The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry" about the submission process for the newest DSM, its ties to insurance companies and how it can be harmful to those who are given medications using its diagnosis.

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"Nothing means yes but an enthusiastic hell yeah!"

May 4, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 2

The term is used often, but what is rape culture? This hour, Angie is joined by Chloe Angyal, editor at Feministing, and Donna L. Potts, professor at Kansas State University and chair of the Assembly of State Conferences for the American Association of University Professors, to discuss what rape culture is, what and who we should be teaching about sex and consent, if institutions do enough to help victims and whether we can change our culture.

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For a Victim of Rape, Silence is No Benefit

Pandora's Project

AAUP Statement on Sexual Assault

'What the Hell!': Steubenvill High School Football Coach Gets a Two-Year Contract Extension

Don't Be That Guy

 

 

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E. Coli, Pesticides, Food Inspectors, oh my!

May 4, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 1

This hour, Angie is joined by author and blogger Jill Richardson and food poisoning attorney Bill Marler to talk about resilient pesticides, how close food inspection organizations are to pesticide companies (and whether that makes them as effectual as they should be) and who is benefiting from the new Ag-Gag laws.

Plus, Angie's demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff) stops by to tell Angie about the perfect baby shower gift, Mark Sanford's new gig as posterboy for an online dating site and obstructionism confirmed by a member of the GOP.

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Baby's First Gun: "My 4 1/2 year old daughter thought the 'pink one' was far superior..."

Online dating, extramarital affairs website features Mark Sanford as poster boy

Gun bill failed because GOP "did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done."

Imported Mexican Cucumbers Likely Source of Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak

Will Monsanto Ties Influence Nutritionists' Stance on GMOs?

Environmental Working Group

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Money Out, People In: Publicly Funded Elections

April 27, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 1

What would it take to get money out of politics? And what would elections funded by the public look like? This week, Angie is joined in studio by Lee Fang of The Nation for a panel with Adam Smith of The Public Campaign and Brendan Fischer of the Center for Media and Democracy to discuss the potential sale of the Tribune to the Koch brothers, how far money can go in an election and why disclosure needs to be brought back into politics.

And Buttercup (GottaLaff) tells Angie about three unfortunate cases of Republicans trying to better their image with outreach and failing miserably.

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Rep. Stacey Campfield mocks Sen. Feinstein, gun safety efforts, Boston Marathon tragedy with pressure cooker joke

New Mexico GOP official to 19-year-old labor advocate: "Nice hat Working America chick but damn you are a radical bitch."

Founder of anti-immigrant group mocks day laborers: "I'm available! I'm cheeap!"

The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right

Texts from Hillary

ALEC exposed

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"LSD Found Me": The Life and Times of Albert Hofmann

April 20, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 2

Albert Hofmann called LSD his "problem child," but what do you know about LSD and the circumstances under which it was created? This hour, Angie is joined in studio by Lucius Werthmüller and Dieter Hagenbach, authors of Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and his Discovery of LSD to learn about who Albert Hofmann was, consciousness expansion, why LSD's popularity among social movements of the 60's and 70's affected its perception and legality and how Timothy Leary figures into the story.

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What is Appropriate National Press Coverage of a Local Violent Crime?

April 20, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 1

This hour, Angie explores the trial of Kermit Gosnell. She is joined by Jodi Jacobson, editor-in-chief of RH Reality Check, Carole Joffe, professor at UCSF and journalist and professor Cynthia Gorney for a panel discussion about what the Gosnell trial means for the abortion debate as a whole, whether this case merits the coverage that it's getting, what a "partial birth abortion" actually is and who the women are that seek abortions from clinics like Gosnell's.

And In Deep's demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff) stops in to tell Angie about Howard Dean's criticism of President Obama's budget proposal, how the US's inability to control guns is keeping foreign students away and Michele Bachmann's campaign fund woes.

 

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"If this passed I would have to reevaluate if I belong in the Democratic Party"

Because of guns, foreign students "think they're not safe in the United States and so they don't come."

Former Michele Bachmann chief of staff to break silence on "alleged" violations, improper payment

A Heartbreaking Choice

Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Cost of Fanaticism on Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us

Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars

The Baby Butcher: Pro-choice absolutism and the grisly abortion scandal in Philadelphia

Late Abortion: The New Clash in the Choice Wars

Media Silence on Gosnell? Let's Talk About the Women of Color Without Decent Health Care

Why Did They Seek Abortions There? How Abortion Bans Threaten Women's Lives

14 Theories forWhy Kermit Gosnell's Case Didn't Get More Media Attention

Learning the Right Lessons From the Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Disaster

Exploding the Claims of 'Liberal Media' Cover-up in the Dr.Kermit Gosnell Case

 

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D.C. on TV

April 13, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 1

This hour, Angie is joined by The New Yorker's television critic Emily Nussbaum, to explore the depiction of Washington and politics on tv, whether accuracy is important and which shows have the strongest political messages. Then Mary Elizabeth Williams and Angie discuss the reaction to the death of Margaret Thatcher and how much is too much when expressing feelings about a person's death.

And Angie's demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff) stops by to tell us about an Oklahoma republican who calls education "irrelevant", another Oklahoma republican who claims that Newtown families are speaking out because Obama told them to and a hospital in Missouri that protects patients from their loved ones.

 

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Shark Week: "House of Cards," "Scandal," and the Political Game

Thatcher, Warren Haters: Don't Cheer for Death

Sen. James Inhofe to Newtown families: Gun debate has nothing to do with you

How's that reachy-outy, makeovery, reinventiony thing workin' for ya, GOP?

Gay man forcibly removed from Missouri hospital for refusing to leave sick husband's side

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This Week's Stories Out of D.C. Analyzed

April 13, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 2

Angie spends this hour with Dave Johnson and Richard Eskow (both from The Campaign for America's Future) in a panel discussion on gun control, deficit hysteria, the recent settlements for those who were illegally foreclosed upon and whether or not they believe politicans make moves based on what the people want.

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The Breakdown

 

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"Starting small, building big": Mobilizing Against the Right

April 6, 2013
In Deep with Angie Coiro
Hour 2

This hour, Angie is joined by guests to discuss some of the latest legislation proposed by the GOP at the local and state level and how it's being countered. First, Chris Fitzsimon, director of NC Policy Watch joins Angie to give an update on North Carolina's recent newsmaking legislation and to explain how fringe parties are taking over the Republican party and what the people are doing about it. Zack Pohl, executive director of Progress Michigan, describes the importance of union presence in progressive matters in Michigan and tells Angie what the best way of getting the progressive message out is. Then, Bob Borosage, founder and president of the Institute for America's Future, explains why the Republican party is unified, shares why it's important for citizens to show their representatives that they're active and how to do so and expresses the need for a strategy to bring hope to citizens.

 

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The Wrecking Ball Keeps Pounding

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