Fri, 3 August 2012
Edition #629 Cutting to the bone Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Is The U.S. Being Sold For Parts - Lee Camp - Air Date 5-18-12 Ch. 3: Song 1: Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers Ch. 4: Act 2: Broke Cities Sell Ad Space On Cop Cars, Schools, Manhole Covers... - Young Turks - Air Date: 07-04-12 Ch. 5: Song 2: Sell out - Reel Big Fish Ch. 6: Act 3: Fareed Zakaria giving bad economic advice for pay - CounterSpin - Air Date: 6-21-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: Heard 'Em Say (Featuring Adam Levine) - Kanye West Ch. 8: Act 4: Ron Paul On Social Security - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 6-22-12 Ch. 9: Song 4: Crazier than you - Krysta Rodriguez & Wesley Taylor Ch. 10: Act 5: "Libertarian" Ron Paul Exposes His True Self: a Corporate Feudalist - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-13-12 Ch. 11: Song 5: I'm looking through you - Steve Earle Ch. 12: Act 6: Tax The Rich or Cut Food Stamps? - Young Turks - Air Date: 07-14-12 Ch. 13: Song 6: Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck Ch. 14: Act 7: Pope Lays Off 20 Cardinals - The Onion Ch. 15: Song 7: Everloving - Moby Ch. 16: Act 8: Preferring Equal Attention To Equal Cuts - CounterSpin - Air Date 6-28-12 Ch. 17: Song 8: Everybody's gone to war - Nerina Pallot Ch. 18: Act 9: How A Single Olive Destroyed Common Decency - Lee Camp - Air Date 5-30-12 Ch. 19: Song 9: We set ourselves free - Club 8 Ch. 20: Act 10: Scranton, PA Lowers Firefighter, Police Salaries to Minimum Wage. Is Your City Next? - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-09-12 Ch. 21: Song 10: Minimum wage - They might be giants Ch. 22: Act 11: Deficitbots - Mark Firoe - Air Date 6-25-12 Ch. 23: Song 11: The killing moon - Echo & The Bunnymen Ch. 24: Act 12: Rant: How You Get Screwed By Fees & Fines - Young Turks - Air Date: 07-06-12 Voicemails: Ch. 25: Vote for third parties if you don't live in a swing state - Jeremy from Lynnwood, WA Ch. 26: Offended by talk about centrism - Steven from Washington State Ch. 27: Centrism is the answer - Jane from the south Ch. 28: Centrism is a myth - Rod from Bakersfield, CA Leave a message at 206-202-3410 Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 29: Final Comments on taking comfort in the inevitability of inequality 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! |