Edition #1041 Today we take a look at matters of life, death and the right to choose when to move from one to the other Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: The Other Pro-Choice Movement - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-29-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Machine - David Ari Leon Ch. 4: Act 2: Death With Dignity Advocate Brittany Maynard Dies At 29 - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 11-04-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Chicago - Plusplus Ch. 6: Act 3: How to Die in Oregon - Taking Control - SundanceNOW Doc Club - Air Date 10-30-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: The Smallest Piece - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin Ch. 8: Act 4: Assisted Suicide - Harriet Scott's Story - Last Right Series - The National - Air Date 11-4-13 Ch. 9: Song 4: The Artifact & Living - Michael Andrews Ch. 10: Act 5: Caller: My Father Committed Suicide after 30 Years of Pain... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-30-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: Dawn Departure, Jefferson County - Black Prairie Ch. 12: Act 6: Doctor Assisted Suicide Is Now Legal In California - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 10-11-15 Ch. 13: Song 6: Take Five - Dave Brubeck Ch. 14: Act 7: How to Die in Oregon - Goodbye Roger - SundanceNOW Doc Club - Air Date 10-30-14 Ch. 15: Song 7: End of the World - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin Ch. 16: Act 8: Tell Your Legislators to Support Medical #AidinDying via @CompandChoices - Best of the Left Acitivsm Ch. 17: Song 8: This Fickle World - Theo Bard Ch. 18: Act 9: @BCoombsLee: The Brittany Effect: Transforming the Death with Dignity Movement - TEDxMarin - Air Date 10-5-15 Voicemails Ch. 19: What kind of system do we want to see? - Rick from Scranton, PA Ch. 20: What to do after the election - Andrew In Forth Worth, TX Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 21: Final comments on the last thank yous before Climate Ride and the origin or today’s topic Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone TAKE ACTION Urge your legislators to support medical aid in dying  Find and become one of the volunteer advocates and educators near you Download the Compassion and Choices Legislative Guidebook to share with your representative EDUCATE YOURSELF Hear stories from those directly impacted Understanding Medical Aid in Dying (Compassion and Choices) End of Life Care Commonly Used Terms (Compassion and Choices) Medical Aid in Dying is Not Assisted Suicide (Compassion and Choices) Being Mortal: Dr. Atul Gawande on How U.S. Healthcare Fails to Handle the End of Life (Democracy Now!) Brittany Maynard's Legacy: One Year Later (Compassion and Choices) Written by Best of the Left Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman.  Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!