28: Cory Booker and Rand Paul: partners on crime
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Release Date: 07/16/2014
Update: The Good Fight is on hold
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
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Sen. Gillibrand, sexual assault, and the fight to fix military justice (Rerun from #5)
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Women and men who serve in uniform often face an enemy within their own ranks: sexual assault. In this story, newly remastered from The Good Fight's 5th episode in December 2013, we tell the story of survivor Trina McDonald as she went from enlistee to victim to survivor to fearless advocate, and how she joined forces with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to take on the system that had failed her.
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44: How Al Franken beat Comcast and saved the Internet
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
One monopoly to rule them all: Comcast's attempt to gobble up Time Warner threatened the very Internet as we know it. But one senator fought back.
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43: Using the ocean without using it up
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Marine biologist Ayana Johnson has a plan to bring back the fish, one island at a time. To do it, she'll have to drink a lot of beer.
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42: Coal, you're going to lose. You too, ALEC.
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Spring is finally here. Daffodils dancing int he breeze, pollen collecting on car roofs, and the symphony of coughs filling the air. It's not just allergies that are making it hard to breathe. It's also coal. Ending coal fired power is the best weapon against the US's asthma epidemic. Host Ben Wikler checks in With Mary Anne Hitt, the Director of the Sierra Club's beyond Coal Campaign, about her recent victories. And Nick Rathod brings Ben up to speed ont he progress of the young but mighty State Innovation Exchange, Progressive's best weapon against the evil ALEC. Here comes the sun!
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41: We're back! Had a baby. Got Kickstarted. And talked to three heroes.
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
So much glory: Kickstarter triumph, new baby, and encore visits from three beloved guests. Sister Simone gets back on the nun bus; Shannon Watts faces down the NRA; and Garlin Gilchrist makes us all want to move to Detroit.
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40: Why #BlackLivesMatter
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Co-founder Alicia Garza shares the story of how #BlackLivesMatter began—and how it became the rallying cry for a movement, ignited by tragedy, that is fighting for survival. http://tgf.fm/40 And back the show by Feb 5 here: http://tgf.fm/ks
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VIDEO: Kickstarter for Good Fight, Year Two. Featuring Al Franken.
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Want more Good Fight magic in the world? We're running a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000 for our second year of shows, and we're already halfway there—but if we don't raise $50,000 more in the next seven days, it all disappears. ...
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39: ALEC: Match.com for evil
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
For decades, corporations have found Republicans ready to do their bidding thanks to a shadowy outfit known as ALEC. But Nick Rathod, a preacher's son, has a plan to fight back. http://tgf.fm/39
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38: How the kid with two moms saved the Boy Scouts
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler
Zach Wahls, as a teenage Eagle Scout, gave a speech that changed the nation. If you ever clicked the headline "Two lesbians had a baby, and this is what they got," that speech was what you got—a speech that shifted the way millions of people thought about marriage equality. But as it turned out, that speech was just his warm-up act. On the latest Good Fight, Zach Wahls tell his extraordinary story—a tale of family, growing up, and a David-and-Goliath struggle to rescue the soul of a great American institution.
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