It’s Fan Week on BTR!

On today’s Third Eye Weekly, BTR’s Jordan Reisman joins us to talk about his new Discovery Corner podcast.

And later, we talk to Graham Putnam, creator of the viral video “Luke’s Change” — a Star Wars spoof on the “truther” movement that insists destroying the Death Star was an inside job.

Spoken word segments from this week’s podcast features audio of the Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor, courtesy of the Alliance for Justice.

Lastly, to find out more about the stories we discuss on today’s show, check out our Tumblr and Twitter accounts, as well as the following links …

This Week in Independent News:
“UN approves DR Congo ‘intervention brigade’” (Mar. 29, Al Jazeera)

“Removing military assets from Afghanistan to cost at least $5 billion” (Mar. 31, The Raw Story)

“US Steps up War on Syria: CIA is the Anchor of a Coordinated Secret Operation” ( Mar. 27, Centre for Research on Globalization)

“FBI: Expanding Internet Snooping Powers a ‘Top Priority'” (Mar. 28, Mashable)

“GE Failed to Adequately Warn about Dangers of its MRI Dye, Jury Finds” (Mar. 22, ProPublica)

“Critics slam Obama for ‘protecting’ Monsanto” (Mar. 28, CBS News)

“Monsanto Statement Regarding Farmer Assurance Provision in H.R. 933” (Mar. 28, Monsanto)

“Furor Growing Against Obama Over ‘Monsanto Protection Act'” (Mar. 27, International Business Times)

“‘Monsanto Protection Act’: Five Terrifying Things to Know About the HR 933 Provision” (Mar. 27, International Business Times)

“‘Monsanto Protection Act’ to be voted on by Congress” (Mar. 14, RT)

“Supreme Court sympathizes with Monsanto in seed patent case” (Feb. 19, RT)

“Tell President Obama to veto the Monsanto Protection Act!” (Food Democracy Now)

In Case You Missed It – The Week in Under-Reported News:

Putin defends raids on non governement organizations (Mar. 28, CBS News)

Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on NGOs is return to rule by fear (Mar. 27, The Guardian)

“BRICS nations discuss development bank” (Mar. 27, BBC)

“The BRICS Call for their own Development Bank” (Apr. 1, All Africa)

“AFP: UN arms treaty talks go down to the wire” (Mar. 27, AFP)

“U.N. Treaty to Control Arms Sales Hits Snag” (Mar. 28, New York Times)

“Iran, North Korea, Syria block U.N. arms trade treaty” (Mar. 28, Reuters)

“U.N. General Assembly to vote on draft arms trade treaty” (Apr. 1, Reuters)

“The Attack on Spamhaus and Other News You Need to Know” (Mashable, Mar. 28)

“How the Cyberattack on Spamhaus Unfolded” (Mar. 30, The New York Times)

“Sprint Nears a U.S. Deal to Restrict China Gear (Mar. 28, The New York Times)

“Sprint, Softbank vow not to use Huawei gear in Sprint’s network” (Mar. 28, CNET)

Arizona House committee advances discriminatory transgender bathroom bill (Mar. 29, Salon)

Without further ado …

The Playlist!

The Music!

Purling Hiss
(Official Water on Mars cover art)
April 4 – 285 Kent Ave – Brooklyn, NY
April 5 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
April 6 – Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD

Broken Social Scene
(Official You Forgot it in People cover art)
June 8 – Field Trip Music and Arts Festival – Toronto, Canada

Dump
(Official Superpowerless cover art)