Mother Jones
Behind the Scenes With CDZA
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- Behind the Scenes With CDZA
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- What happens when highly trained musicians and actors do Broadway and pop culture with a meta twist?
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- Director Josh Fox Explains "Gasland Part II"
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read more of Mother Jones' interview with Gasland & Gasland Part II director Josh Fox at http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/fracking-empire-strikes-back-hbo%E2%80%99s-gasland-sequel
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- "Gasland" Director Josh Fox Responds to Obama's Climate Speech
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read more of Mother Jones' interview with Gasland & Gasland Part II director Josh Fox at http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/fracking-empire-strikes-back-hbo%E2%80%99s-gasland-sequel
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- California's First Post-Prop 8 & DOMA Wedding
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- 5:40
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- On June 28, 2013 at San Francisco's City Hall, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier become the first same-sex couple in California to legally marry following a major Supreme Court decision earlier this week that effectively overturned California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The wedding was officiated by California's Attorney General Kamal Harris. Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/i-now-pronounce-you-spouses-life
Produced by Brett Brownell
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- San Francisco Celebrates Prop 8 & DOMA Decisions
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds gathered at San Francisco's City Hall this morning to witness announcements of the Supreme Court's historic rulings which overturned California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/supreme-court-doma-prop-8-rulings
Produced by Brett Brownell
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- Trader Joe's Food Smackdown
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Which Trader Joe's foods are the healthiest? Mother Jones' Kiera Butler puts them to the test. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/which-trader-joes-foods-are-healthiest
Music: "In Fielder" by Miro' Belle"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Miro_Belle/Kiss_This_Vol_0/01_Mir_Belle_-_In_Fielder
Reporter & chef: Kiera Butler
Produced & edited by Brett Brownell
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- Welcome to Mother Jones Video
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel for award-winning in-depth investigative reporting, game-changing breaking news, and innovative coverage across politics, the environment, health, human rights, culture, and more...
Music: "Trees Don't Sleep" by Zachary Cale, Mighty Moon & Ethan Schmid
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Zac...
Produced & edited by Brett Brownell
Visit http://www.motherjones.com for more.
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- Tony Davis' Confession - From The Atavist's "Stray Bullet"
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Tony Davis was 18 when he took another boy's life in a drive-by shooting. Now he's a middle-aged man worthy of redemption. Read an excerpt courtesy of The Atavist here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/atavist-stray-bullet-gary-rivlin-drive-by-tony-davis
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- “Build Parties”: It’s Shockingly Easy to Build an Untraceable Gun
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Reporter Bryan Schatz went inside a "build party" where anyone can make a rifle that no cop will ever know about. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/ak-47-semi-automatic-rifle-building-party
Produced & edited by Brett Brownell
Music:
Sarah Schachner "Black and Blue"
Leon Ayers, Jr. "Uncertain Days"
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- How Long Until Computers Have the Same Power As the Human Brain?
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/ZUcc3c Lake Michigan's volume (in fluid ounces) is about the same as our brain's capacity (in calculations per second). Computing power doubles every 18 months. At that rate, you see very little progress for a long time—and suddenly you're finished.
Illustration by: Chris Philpot
Animation by: Brett Brownell
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- Indigent Defense, 50 Years After Gideon v. Wainwright
- Runtime
- 9:52
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Fifty years after the Supreme Court's Gideon vs. Wainwright ruling, many legal advocates contend that the justice system is still failing the poor. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/public-defenders-gideon-charts
Produced & Edited by Brett Brownell
Reported by Hannah Levintova
Charts by Jaeah Lee
Music: Waylon Thorton "Southern Born"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Waylon_Thornton/Pale_Jewel/Southern_Born_master2
Photos: Josh Blackman, The Harlan Institute
Supreme Court Audio: The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent
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- These Social Sites Leave Kids Vulnerable to Hackers
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Shutterfly and other social sites leave your kids vulnerable to hackers. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/security-lapse-leaves-hundreds-thousands-kids-personal-information-unprotected
Produced by Brett Brownell
Reported by Dana Liebelson
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- Ghosts of the Asylums
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Jeremy Harris (http://www.jeremyharris.com) collects photographs and artifacts from deep inside abandoned mental illness hospitals. His work is featured in Mother Jones' cover story:
"Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin." by Mac McClelland http://t.co/QkNktdUaQs
Produced by Brett Brownell & Sky Dylan-Robbins
Camera by Sky Dylan-Robbins & Jason Bergman
Edited by Brett Brownell
Music:
Human Factor "Researching the Dead"
Justin Marcellus "Stay Hidden"
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- Frank Luntz on Rush Limbaugh
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Frank Luntz, the media-friendly Republican consultant, told a group of college students this week that Rush Limbaugh and right-wing talk radio are "problematic" for the GOP. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/frank-luntz-rush-limbaugh-problematic-secret-tape
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- Kris Kobach Still Believes in Self-Deportation
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The author of harsh anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Alabama didn't back down at Monday's Senate immigration hearings.
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- VIDEO: Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss?
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Imbalances in the microbial community in your intestines may lead to metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes. What does science say about how to reset our bodies?
Read the full story by Moises Velasquez-Manoff on MotherJones.com:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/gut-microbiome-bacteria-weight-loss
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- Breakfast Smackdown
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Mother Jones senior editor Kiera Butler asks: Just how healthy are breakfast convenience foods? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/quaker-apple-walnut-oatmeal-has-more-sugar-smores-pop-tart
Produced by Brett Brownell & Kiera Butler
Music by:
Miró Belle "In Fielder"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Miro_Belle/Kiss_This_Vol_0/01_Mir_Belle_-_In_Fielder
Blue Ducks "Four, Floss, Five, Six"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Ducks/Six/02_Four_Floss_Five_Six
Nicholas Pesci "Feeling Quirky" (Courtesy of Audiosocket)
Travis Geer "The Price of Glory" (Courtesy of Audiosocket)
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- Uber Drivers Strike and Protest
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- On March 22, Limounion of San Francisco held a protest and strike outside the headquarters of Uber, an app that allows passengers to request private drivers using their smartphones. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/taxi-ride-sharing-uber-sidecar-lyft-cpuc-hearing
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- Sen. Mitch McConnell Campaign Headquarters Recording
- Runtime
- 11:45
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Oppo research meeting against Ashley Judd. Recorded February 2, 2013 in Louisville, KY. Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- McConnell Headquarters - Anesthesia
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Sen. McConnell Headquarters - God
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Sen. McConnell Headquarters - Wedding
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Sen. McConnell Headquarters - Christianity
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- McConnell Headquarters - Cereal
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Sen. McConnell Headquarters - Unbalanced
- Runtime
- 0:14
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Sen. McConnell Headquarters - Whac-a-Mole
- Runtime
- 0:11
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-senate
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- Inside The Archives of America's Greatest Folklorist
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Alan Lomax's office is moving across town—but not everything can make it.
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- How Fracking Causes Earthquakes
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A visual rundown of how injection wells cause earthquakes. Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/03/does-fracking-cause-earthquakes-wastewater-dewatering
Illustration by Leanne Kroll
Animation by Brett Brownell
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- Mac & Cheese Smackdown
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Is there a healthier macaroni & cheese alternative to Kraft and Annie's? Mother Jones senior editor Kiera Butler cooks up some options. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/03/kraft-mac-cheese-dye-annies-cheez
Produced by Brett Brownell & Kiera Butler
Music by Miró Belle "In Fielder"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Miro_Belle/Kiss_This_Vol_0/01_Mir_Belle_-_In_Fielder
- Title
- Keeping Choice Alive at the State Level
- Runtime
- 31:06
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A Mother Jones Google+ Hangout with some of the people working on the front lines to "keep choice alive" at the state level. Read more here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/inside-mississippis-last-abortion-clinic
Joining the Hangout were:
Kate Sheppard: a Mother Jones staff reporter and author of "Inside Mississippi's Last Abortion Clinic."
Brett Brownell: Mother Jones multimedia producer.
Michelle Movahed: a staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights and lead counsel in the federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi's targeted regulations aimed at shuttering the state's last abortion clinic.
Nancy Kohsin-Kintigh: director of programs at the ACLU of Mississippi, she is working with the last abortion clinic on repeated legislative attacks, and coordinated efforts to defeat the state's personhood amendment in 2011.
Dr. Willie Parker: an ob-gyn currently providing services in Chicago, Montgom...
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- Texas Rallies to Keep Planned Parenthood Funded
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds gather at the south steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin to protest slashed funding for family planning. Read the full story: http://bit.ly/Z1EUwW
Produced by Jaeah Lee & Mimi Wong.
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- Title
- Inside Major League Baseball's Dominican Sweatshop System
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Teen shortstop Yewri Guillén died the day the Nationals were supposed to ship him to America. Has MLB learned from the tragedy? Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/baseball-dominican-system-yewri-guillen
Produced by Brett Brownell
Additional photos & video by Ian Gordon
Music by Dexter Britain: "The Time to Run (Finale)" & "Chasing Time"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain
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- Title
- The Great Florida Experiment
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- After two years of slash-and-burn government, the Sunshine State has buyer's remorse. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/florida-tea-party-backlash-rick-scott
Produced & Edited by Brett Brownell
Additional Research & Production by Sydney Brownstone
Music: "Sneeuwland" by Oskar Schuster
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Oskar_Schuster
- Title
- Five things your doctor should tell you, but won't
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Doctors are under increasing pressure -- from state legislatures, industry, and other groups -- to break the Hippocratic oath by withholding key pieces of information from their patients. Read the full story at Mother Jones.com: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/10/silent-treatment
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- Newtown Parents Speak Out
- Runtime
- 6:56
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/newtown-parents-testify A short compilation of testimony from a January 30 hearing at Newtown High School focusing on gun violence prevention and children's safety.
Produced by Mark Follman, Brett Brownell, Sydney Brownstone, and Maggie Severns.
Video footage courtesy of Connecticut Network; see the full hearing here:
http://ct-n.com/ondemand.asp?ID=8643
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- Title
- Letters to Newtown
- Runtime
- 4:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than a half million cards, letters, and drawings have been sent to the people of Newtown, Connecticut, from around the world.
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- Google Earth Reveals Devastation Caused by Marijuana Growers
- Runtime
- 3:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/02/google-earth-tour-humboldt-county-goes-pot Environmental sociologist Anthony Silvaggio narrates a flyover of the devastation wrought by industrial scale pot growers.
Silvaggio's original video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMpu0kbsV7w
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- Title
- Lindsey Graham thinks the AR-15 will replace cops
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/WxPFd5 During today's Senate judiciary committee hearing on gun violence, Graham asserted that semi-automatic weapons could be a valuable tool in the event that one's neighborhood were taken over by "marauding gangs" after a natural disaster.
Video via C-Span: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310644-1
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- Is PTSD Contagious? A discussion about the story "Hearts and Minds"
- Runtime
- 31:55
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A Google Hangout discussion about Mother Jones' feature story from the January/February 2013's issue. Read the full article here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/ptsd-epidemic-military-vets-families
Joining the Hangout were writer Mac McClelland, Family of a Vet founder Brannan Vines, caregiver of a combat veteran Kateri Peterson, and Mother Jones multimedia producer Brett Brownell.
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- Title
- How Hollywood Made the Gunmakers' Day
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- For the last three decades the gun industry and Hollywood have had a symbiotic relationship, with on-screen gun appearances fueling sales off-screen. Read the full story at: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/nra-hollywood-guns-movies-glock-clint-eastwood
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- Title
- 2 Minutes with David Corn: The Fiscal Cliff Deal
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn says that when it comes to the fiscal cliff stalemate, we haven't seen anything yet: Just wait for the debt ceiling battle. Read the full article here: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/01/video-gop-out-blood-after-fiscal-cliff-deal
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- An Interview with Traci Des Jardins
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A classically trained French chef on rethinking leftovers, the beauty of small fish, and what to drink over the holidays. Read the full story at http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/top-chef-traci-des-jardins-tedx-jardiniere-holidays
Music: "Bughici—Suite for Violin, Dance 6" by the Advent Chamber Orchestra: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra/
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- Title
- A Momentous 2012 for Mother Jones
- Runtime
- 4:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Music (Creative Commons License)
• Slate Shirt - "Computer" http://www.slateshirt.com
• Dexter Britain - "Train" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/
• Jenifer Avila - "El Tranvia" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jenifer_Avila/
- Title
- Barackalypse Now!
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Humans have been preparing for the worst for millennia, but modern Americans have turned it into an art form. Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy visits the Self Reliance Expo in Mesa, Arizona. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/barackalypse-now
Music:
Jackson F. Smith - "Cantina Rag" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith
Steve Gunn - "Trouba" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Gunn
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- Title
- Dr. Strangeloaf: A Survival-Food Taste Test
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The selection of survival food has expanded with every end-times scare, from Y2K to 2012. Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy samples some of the finest options. Read the full story at http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/prepper-food-candwich-taste-test
Music:
Daniel Veesey - "Beethoven's Sonata No. 11 in B Flat Major"
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Veesey/
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- Title
- White House Attracts Gun Reform Advocates
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- A group of gun violence prevention advocates happend to be visiting Washington, D.C. the morning of the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting and decided to organize a vigil in front of the White House. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/watch-white-house-attracts-gun-law-reform-advocates
Produced by Brett Brownell & Dana Liebelson
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- Title
- Mother Jones' Mass Shooting Research
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- We've spent much of 2012 researching American gun violence dating back 30 years. Our stories and research cover a variety of angles, which are highlighted in this video. Read the full story at http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/watch-share-mother-jones-research-mass-shootings-america
Photo Credits:
© Shannon Hicks/Newtown Bee/ZUMAPRESS.com
© Michael Mcandrews/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com
© Cloe Poisson/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com
© John Woike/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com
Music Credit:
"Divider" by Chris Zabriskie
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie
- Title
- Locals Remember "Classy" Nancy Lanza, Mother of the Alleged Shooter
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Nancy Lanza, mother of alleged Newtown, Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza, was one of My Place's most popular regulars. Read the full story at: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/12/nancy-lanza-mother-shooter-newtown
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- Title
- WATCH: "It's Too Easy To Get a Gun": Voices From the Newtown Vigil
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Less than twelve hours after a gunman took the lives of 20 schoolchildren in the tiny, picturesque community of Newtown, Conn., locals gathered outside a Methodist Church for a healing vigil. Nearly all were in shock, hardly able to articulate their bewilderment. But many were in agreement on one point: lax gun laws were partly to blame.
- Title
- A Top AIG Exec Raps About Being Bailed Out
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- At a 2010 party in New York City, CEO of AIG Global Real Estate Robert Gifford rapped, to the tune of Jay-Z, about his days at AIG (which are still ongoing) and groused about having to deal with the government. Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/aig-rap-gifford-bailout
He describes his his lifestyle, which doesn't sound too bad: "Later it Karaoke, drinkin' soju till I'm smoked...Crusin' to Tokyo, Hong Kong. It's a blast." He adds, "Check out my threads, dawg, I'm Gucci, my junk real good. Check out my bling-bling, so iced out, so Hollywood."

