Body of War-Phil Donahue & Ellen Spiro - $15 & a Union – The Good Germans
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The December 11, 2014 edition of Tell Somebody starts out with a short interview with a fast food worker who participated in the Stand Up KC strike on December 4. The main segment of the show is a re-airing of a February, 2008 with filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue about their film Body of War, a documentary about Kansas City Iraq war veteran Tomas Young and the October, 2002 “debate” leading up to the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.    The show ends with a commentary called The Good Germans, originally aired in March 2003, one day before the launch of Shock and Awe.    Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.   You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store  or other podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to [email protected].  Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow.  “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook: www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow
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