2015 Exclusion Day Special- Tidings of Comfort and (Mandatory) Joy

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Our Fair City

Warning: Content Marked Explicit.

Published on Dec 21st at 5:26pm

Every year, the Loyal Policies of HartLife celebrate Exclusion Day: the day the glorious founders of the Company sealed the tower away from the cold, Wolves, and dangers of the Outside, protecting their Policies from here to eternity. By Excluding the outside world, Loyal Policies would never be exposed to dangers like Free Thought, New Ideas, or Innovation. This musical episode was recorded live at iO Chicago with Improvised Star Trek on December 18, 2015. We'd like to make a special note here: this Holiday season, the themes of exclusion, refugees, and societal control through xenophobia are everywhere in the news. We'd like to take the opportunity to raise awareness for several great organizations that are working to provide opportunities and help for refugees in American and around the world. Here in Chicago, we'd recommend supporting RefugeeOne, which you can learn more about at refugeeone.org--they're a great organization dedicated to creating opportunities for refugees fleeing war, terror, and persecution to build new lives of safety, dignity, and self-reliance.  Globally, Doctors without Borders is a fantastic organization, helping people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care. You can find their organization online at doctorswithoutborders.org.  Finally, we recommend supporting the TransLatin@ Coalition, whose mission is to advocate for the specific needs of Trans Latin@ immigrants who reside in the US and plan advocacy strategies that would improve their quality of life. Support them and learn more at http://www.translatinacoalition.org. The Narrator— Abby Doud Exclusion Day, Exclusion Day!— Marsha Harman Loamy the One-Armed FeMole— Stephen Poon You're a Weird One, Mr. Snidge— Jeffrey Gardner Baby it's Mold Outside— Betsey Palmer and Marsha Harman Guitar— Stephen Poon Written by Clayton Faits, Makena Levine, and David Rheinstrom. Directed by Betsey Palmer. Episode art by Sebastian Orr Photography. Produced by Clayton Faits. Recording Engineering by Mel Ruder, and Clayton Faits. A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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