What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

Activist Cinema Episode 6 - What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) is a documentary that follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on their North American tour in the month leading up to Christmas 2005.  As we head into the capitalist orgy of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, this film works as a great antidote to the consumer frenzy that is about to be unleashed.  Also, it is available free on YouTube (as of this posting).  Rev. Billy and Nehemiah are both currently (11.24.13) facing a year in prison.  Please follow this link to sign a petition for their charges to be dropped. [Click to Listen]

Activist Music - Hip Hop

As a tangent series to the Activist Cinema episodes we've been doing for a few months, here is short playlist of fantastic Activist Music - The Hip Hop Edition.

Introduction - Boots Riley (The Coup)
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
LMFAO - Shots
The Coup - Laugh, Love, Fuck
Tha Truth - Power to the People
Dead Prez - Police State
Immortal Technique - Rich Man's World
Street Sweeper Social Club - Fight Smash Win

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Kill Your TV

On the heels of our 5 part series on the Corporate Media, we tryout the Zen TV Experiment.  Instead of passively watching TV, try this:
-Watch 15 minutes of a scripted sitcom without the sound.
-Watch 15 minutes of a news program without the sound.
-Watch the TV for 30 minutes while it is turned off.
It only takes 1 hour and we promise, it will be a more memorable 1 hour than anything on the TV you would normally be watching.  The places your mind will go and the thoughts you will come up with in that 30 minute period may just surprise you. [Click to Listen]

Corporate Media (Part 5)

We have come to the end (for now) of our Corporate Media series.  On this episode we take a look at several examples of the corporate/government hijacking of the public airwaves that have been exposed.  After that...the numbers don't lie!  Alternative media outlets are growing in numbers and listeners.  We examine the Pew Research Centers 2013 State of the Media report and the many reasons it gives us to celebrate.  Mainly the low, low, low viewership of the Corporate Media's flagship "news programs". [Click to Listen]