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Edition #321 Take 30,000 troops and call me in the morning Act 1: Misleading polling on support for war - Counterspin Act 2: I dare you not to notice - Le Show Act 3: Special comment on war escalation - Countdown Act 4: Afghanistan handed over to robots - The Onion Act 5: Why escalation is not the answer - Thom Hartmann Act 6: Obama unclear on chain of command - Colbert Report Act 7: Cheney cries treason - Countdown Act 8: War presidents - Rachel Maddow Act 9: 30,000 - Daily Show Act 10: Feingold & BBC on the Afghanistan war - Young Turks Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: 30,000 extended video - Daily Show Music: Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar 99 Red Balloons - Nena Listen to your heart - Roxette Mr. Roboto - Styx War - Vince DiCola Heat of the moment - Asia Notorious - Duran Duran I'm gonna be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers Break it down again - Tears for fears Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #320 Winter Holiday Extravaganza Act 1: Atheist summer camp - The Young Turks Act 2: God To Postpone Apocalypse - The Onion Act 3: Adam and Eve Part 1 - This American Life Act 4: Robert Wright on the three major religions - Colbert Report Act 5: Adam and Eve Part 2 - This American Life Act 6: Richard Dawkins new book - Thom Hartmann Act 7: Bucket Of Rags This Year's Must-Have Christmas Item - The Onion Act 8: Schaeffer on hateful talk against Obama - Rachel Maddow Act 9: Offending people talking about religion - The Young Turks Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Kirk Cameron's Plot Against "Origin of Species" - The Young Turks Music: Hello Mother, Hello Father - Alan Sherman Nutcracker: Act 2: Chinese Tea - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 2: Waltz of the Flowers - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 1: Overture - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 1: March - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 2: The Merlitons - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 2: Trepak - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #319 1st world party, 3rd world clean up Act 1: Aziz Ansari on Copenhagen - It's getting ha in here Act 2: Gore urges Obama to take lead on climate - NPR Act 3: Al Gore - Daily Show Act 4: Gore the wonky bore - Counterspin Act 5: The Story of Cap and Trade - Annie Leonard Act 6: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 7: DOT to add walking lanes to highways - The Onion Act 8: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 9: News of the warm - Le Show Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Act Now - Green.tv Music: Hold my hand - Hootie and the blowfish Change your mind - Sister Hazel If we make it through December - Merle Haggard Cloud Nine - Ben Howard Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen Classical Gas - Mason Williams Walk beside me - Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #318 Disaster Economics Act 1: Obama caving in to Wall St again - The Young Turks Act 2: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 1 - This American Life Act 3: Water balloon attacks hurting bottom line - The Onion Act 4: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 2 - This American Life Act 5: Joining the tea-baggers - Thom Hartmann Act 6: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 7: US-owned GM produces the Pelosi-Boehner - The Onion Act 8: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 9: Government by organized money - Thom Hartmann Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Biden on the economic recovery - Daily Show Music: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou & Mariam The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) - Cyrille Verdeaux Smokescreen - Flying Blind Under the milky way - Seven Nations You're the best - Joe Esposito All For Swinging You Around - The New Pornographers Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #317 Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious Act 1: From here to neutrality - Daily Show Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act - Young Turks Act 3: The end of prohibition - Slate Act 4: Don't ask, don't tell - Colbert Report Act 5: Texas bans marriage - Young Turks Act 6: Texas bans marriage - Wait wait don't tell me Act 7: Mormon trespassing - Colbert Report Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays - Young Turks Act 9: Gaywatch - Peter Vadala & William Phillips - Daily Show Act 10: Skeletons in the closet - Colbert Report Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Can't get queer from here - Daily Show Music: Here comes my baby - Cat Stevens Your ex-lover is dead - Stars Change is gonna come - Ben Sollee What went wrong - Blink 182 It's a mistake - Men at work Miss Misery - Elliott Smith Steal my kisses - Ben Harper Build me up buttercup - The Foundations Tuesday's gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #316 Join the war on Fox News today Act 1: Glenn Beck tragically not a victim of anything - The Onion Act 2: Bush Sr. calls Maddow and Olberman Sick Puppies - The Young Turks Act 3: Dobbs steps down - Wait wait don't tell me Act 4: MSNBC in the crossfire - Rachel Maddow Act 5: Lou Dobbs goes Rogue - Daily Show Act 6: Murdoch fosters racist work environment - Countdown Act 7: Hannity apologizes to Jon - Daily Show Act 8: Cenk goes off on Morning Joe - The Young Turks Act 9: Untruth vs. Power - Daily Show Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Hannity misleadingly uses Glenn Beck's rally video Music: Out of my mind - James Blunt Gone daddy gone - Violent Femmes Ne Me Quitte Pas - Regina Spektor I'll meet you there - Owl City Habla Me - Gipsy Kings Working class hero - Exit Clov Overkill - Colin Hay Celebration guns - Stars Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #315 Big bill bothers bought off blowhards Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare - Counterspin Act 2: Bill big, bill bad - Daily Show Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics - The Young Turks Act 4: Fire hot - The Onion Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling - Wait wait don't tell me Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape - The Young Turks Act 9: Whisconsin city is the best place to die - NPR Act 10: Preggers can't be choosers - Daily Show Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform - Rachel Maddow Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform - The Young Turks Music: Tax man - The Beatles Naive - The Kooks Fearless - VNV Nation World on Fire - Sarah McLachlan In a big country - Big Country Winter song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson Brain stew - Green Day So fast, so numb - R.E.M. I know I know I know - Tegan and Sara Different people - No doubt Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #314 Pride, greed, vanity and gluttony Act 1: Really Goldman Sachs?! - SNL Act 2: Spitzer on the financial bailout - Rachel Maddow Act 3: MSNBC Ratigan bashes corporate communists - The Young Turks Act 4: The root of the problem is campaign finance - Thom Hartmann Act 5: Global economy faces danger from below - The Onion Act 6: Terror-industrial complex - Countdown Act 7: How Dems are protecting capitalism - The Young Turks Act 8: Organizing the tea parties - Thom Hartmann Act 9: Goldman Sachs doing God's work - Colbert Report Act 10: Child labor endorsing, pro-slavery freaks - Rachel Maddow Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: The history of boom and bust cycles in US economics - ThomHartmann Music: Kick drum heart - The Avett Brothers Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists 99 Red Balloons - Nena Deep water - Pansy Division Ready For The Good Times - Shakira Goodbye stranger - Supertramp Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt and Kim Take five - Dave Brubeck Gold dust woman - Hole Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #313 Recruiting disciples through fear and coupons Act 1: Catholic lifeboat - Colbert Report Act 2: Hell House - This American Life Act 3: God checks in to the Mayo Clinic - The Onion Act 4: The Republican Apocalypse Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 5: Catholics recruiting new members - Daily Show Act 6: The Republican Apocalypse Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 7: Catholic blow out sale - Le Show Act 8: Pat Robertson fighting against hate crime laws - The Young Turks Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Supreme court takes on religion - Colbert Report Music: God - The Dodos Friend of the devil - Counting Crows Like a prayer - Madonna Major Tom - Peter Schilling You know my name - The Beatles Natural Blues - Moby I'm free - Soup Dragons Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #312 Ancient sunlight vs fresh sunlight Act 1: The true cost of fossil fuels - Thom Hartmann Act 2: Inhofe headed to Copenhagen - Ring of Fire Act 3: Colin Beavan is No Impact Man - Colbert Report Act 4: Rob Dunbar on ocean temps - Found Object Films Act 5: Giant greenhouse blamed for climate change - The Onion Act 6: Climate deniers - Ring of Fire Act 7: Oil industry employees rally - Rachel Maddow Act 8: News of the warm - Le Show Act 9: Shia Agassi on fresh sun power - Found Object Films Act 10: Steven Levitt on economics of geo-engineering - Daily Show Act 11: The arguement for switching to natural gas - Ring of Fire Act 12: News of the warm - Le Show Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Dems shooting themselves in the foot on carbon legislation Music: Catalog and Classify - Mark Robinson Knock yourself out - Jon Brion This is the day - The The Kyoko's House - Philip Glass Solsbury hill - Peter Gabriel One million miles - J Ralph M79 - Vampire Weekend What I'm looking for - Brendan Benson Close your eyes - Young Love Hey ya - Obadiah Parker Keepsake - State Radio Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #311 Unexpected leadership, totally expected treachery Act 1: Nancy Peloci, you'll burn in hell for this - Wait Wait don't tell me Act 2: Rebranding health reform - Countdown Act 3: Franken kicks conservative ass - The Young Turks Act 4: Much to commend, much to condemn - The Progressive Act 5: Health care systems comparison - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Even Republican voters favor public option - Ring of Fire Act 7: The Word, You-Genics - Colbert Report Act 8: Discussing healthcare working through congress - Mother Jones Act 9: Stupid GOP don't have plan for health reform - The Young Turks Act 10: Healthcare fight within and without political parties - It's all politics Act 11: Lieberman to join filibuster against health reform - Rachel Maddow Act 12: Joe Lieberman is a true independent - Colbert Report iPhone/iPod Touch App Bonus Content: Public Option Limited - Daily Show Music: He got game - Public Enemy Close to me - The Get Up Kids The wrestler - Bruce Springsteen Who'll stop the rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time - Fanfarlo Classical gas - Vanessa Mae Oh my god - Ida Maria White Blank Page - Mumford & Sons Kelsey - Metro Station Don't let me down - The Stereophinics Look what you've done - JET Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #310 The war on Fox Act 1: The GOP colicky babies - Ring of Fire Act 2: CNN leaves it there - Daily Show Act 3: Fox News is not like the others - Rachel Maddow Act 4: How Murdoch brought the Fox model to the US - Thom Hartmann Act 5: Bend it like Beck - Colbert Report Act 6: The war on FOX - Counterspin Act 7: Media and power - Thom Hartmann Act 8: Evidence of Fox collusion with GOP - The Young Turks Music: Camera one - Josh Joplin Group I've seen better days - Everclear The boy in the bubble - Paul Simon Nothing Compares 2 U - Sineade O'Connor Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal Let go - Frou Frou Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny - The Young Turks Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform - Bill Moyers Journal Act 3: Medicare Part E - Thom Hartmann Act 4: Healthcare, now what - This American Life Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented - Rachel Maddow Act 6: The history of our healthcare system - This American Life Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs - The Young Turks Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign - Rachel Maddow Music: Curl up and die - Relient K Who will buy - Oliver Soundtrack Fake Empire - The National Doctor my eyes - Jackson 5 I go to extremes - Billy Joel Remember Jonathan - Cyrille Verdeaux Stop crying your heart out - Oasis Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #308 Still legally treated as second-class citizens Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1 Act 2: When the time is right - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights - Colbert Report Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT - Rachel Maddow Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2 Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT - Countdown Act 7: The gay after tomorrow - Daily Show Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally - Mother Jones Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. - Daily Show Act 10: Dan Choi: Don't Tell, Martha! - The Moth Podcast Music: I was married - Tegan and Sara Right now - Van Halen Leader - Burning Spear What have I done to deserve this - Pet Shop Boys Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen Don't ask me why - Billy Joel Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou & Mariam Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #307 Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? - Wait wait don't tell me! Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby - Countdown Act 3: The majority leader of the senate - It's all politics Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform - The Young Turks Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 - Countdown Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe's vote - Daily Show Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 - Countdown Music: Tell me tell me - Burning spear Sunday bloody Sunday - U2 Because the night - 10,000 maniacs The world is new - Save Farris Ill with want - The Avett Brothers I think we're alone now - Tiffany Soft serve - Soul Coughing Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #306 Decomcracy for sale Act 1: Supreme Court on the verge of humanizing corporations - Colbert Report Act 2: Looking forward on changing our economics - Bill Maher Act 3: Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court - Colbert Report Act 4: Obama is letting the banks off the hook - The Young Turks Act 5: Thousands of unemployed robots join the military - The Onion Act 6: Wall streeters weigh life after 'giant pool of money' - NPR Act 7: Krugman on Palin and economics - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Dow rallies after chimpanzee rings opening bell - The Onion Act 9: Big money vs. the people - The Young Turks Music: Different People - No Doubt Bleeding me - Metalica And it spread - The Avett Brothers Love you till the end - The Pogues Give it up - The Goodmen Nothing Is Good Enough - Amiee Mann American Pie - Don McLean Ring my bell - Anita Ward Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate Edition #305 Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest - Ring of Fire Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls - Daily Show Act 3: The fake cost of Obama's energy policy - Counterspin Act 4: News of the warm - Le Show Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year - Ring of Fire Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars - Colbert Report Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm - Counterspin Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops - The Onion Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby - Ring of Fire Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt - The Young Turks Music: Why does the sun shine? - They might be giants Hey ya! - Outkast Tell me a lie - Griffin House Scenic world - Beirut Carefree - The Refreshments Why does the sun really shine? - They might be giants Fluffy little clouds - The Orb Con Cassidy's and Neil Gow's Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney's Reel - Alton Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #304 Yeah, when it fits, we call you racist Act 1: The conservative media's attack cycle - On the Media Act 2: Comparing corruption of ACORN to Blackwater - Rachel Maddow Act 3: The Word: Blackwashing - Colbert Report Act 4: Covering the right-wing crazies in the media - Counterspin Act 5: Pat Buchanan defends Hitler - The Young Turks Act 6: The 'Full Ginsburg' - Daily Show Act 7: Wingnut watch - Mother Jones Podcast Act 8: Discussing the recent Glenn Beck chatter - Ring of Fire Act 9: Target America - Daily Show Music: Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar Chicago X 12 - Rogue Wave Paint it black - Vanessa Carlton Love you 'till the end - The Pogues Mad World - Tears for Fears Not crying - Flight of the Conchords Still crazy after all these years - Paul Simon Burnout - Green Day Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #303 As the chips begin to fall Act 1: Healthcare polling - Counterspin Act 2: GOP are a bunch of neanderthals - The Young Turks Act 3: Wendel Potter on healthcare - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Congress and lobbyists out of the closet - Colbert Report Act 5: The nonsense healthcare debate - Mother Jones Act 6: Public option in danger in committee - Rachel Maddow Act 7: The profit of illness - Bill Maher Act 8: Howard Dean on the importance of choice - Rachel Maddow Act 9: Democratic Super Majority! - Daily Show Music: Let Go - Frou Frou Smile like you mean it - The Killers Dreamtime = Uberzone Take your mama out - Scissor Sisters Bouncing around the room - Phish I just died in your arms tonight - SuperTrack Hospital beds - Cold War Kids All American girl - Train Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #302 Moral Kombat Act 1: Naked hot tub religious mentoring - Le Show Act 2: God smites area man for disturbing Him - The Onion Act 3: How many women get hit on by their pastors? - The Young Turks Act 4: Putting pressure on bad religious ideas - Bill Maher Act 5: Moral Kombat - Daily Show Act 6: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 7: Benign growth removed from the Pope - The Onion Act 8: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 9: Is Obama the anti-Christ? - Rachel Maddow Act 10: War on Easter: Peeps display - Colbert Report Act 11: Pastor of "Islam is the Devil" - The Young Turks Music: Meet me by the water - Rachael Yamagata Whenever God Shines his Light - Van Morrison Candy Girl - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Crazy Faith - Alison Krauss & Union Station Malchik Gay - t.A.T.u. Losing my religion - R.E.M Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley God gave rock & roll to you - Kiss God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #301 Compromise catastrophe soaked in corporate cash Act 1: Baucus stands alone - Wait wait don't tell me! Act 2: Does the GOP care more about property than people? - The Young Turks Act 3: The terrible result of the Baucus compromise - Counterspin Act 4: Bill Clinton on healthcare reform - Daily Show Act 5: Health insurance whistle-blower - Bill Maher Act 6: Rick Sanchez investigates corruption in healthcare debate - CNN Act 7: Candidate Obama on healthcare negotiations - The Young Turks Act 8: Better know a lobby: Healthcare for America NOW - Colbert Report Act 9: GOP fear leads to victim-blame - Ring of Fire Act 10: Sen. Conrad outlines how weak he is - The Young Turks Music: Anthem, Pt 1 - Blink-182 Passing storm - Ottmar Liebert Good - Better Than Ezra I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds We're simple minds - Club 8 Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #300 Looks back, layoffs, tax cuts and stock drops Act 1: Laying off the robots - Wait wait don't tell me! Act 2: The Lehman shock - Slate.com Act 3: Champagne drained from corporate pool - The Onion Act 4: Consensus On Fixing Financial System Erodes - NPR Act 5: Krugman on the 'return of depression economics - Colbert Report Act 6: Hannity misleads on unemployment numbers - Counterspin Act 7: Discussing Lehman Bros and the economic politics - New Yorker Act 8: 1-year anniversary of Lehman Bros collapse - Daily Show Act 9: Deficits as the bogeyman - Counterspin Act 10: Area coach calls star athlete 'too big to fail' - The Onion Act 11: Bush vs. Clinton Do tax cuts work? - The Young Turks Act 12: Good news / bad news America's recession - Daily Show Music: Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 [Main Title] - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Never recover - The Cardigans Kyoko's House ("stage blood is not enough") - Philip Glass Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day Bury my with my car - Ben Sollee Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac Save me - Aimee Mann Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand archives Trouble me - 10,000 maniacs Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal Keepsake - State Radio Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #299 Tom Ridge's 'I-didn't-really-mean-it' tour Act 1: Torture reports show Dick Cheney was wrong - The Young Turks Act 2: UK mad at Cheney for preempting their police work - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Debate on prosecuting torture - The Young Turks Act 4: Changing up the terror alert system - Le Show Act 5: Tom Ridge would make same decision about Iraq - Rachel Maddow Act 6: John Dean on Tom Ridge's book and interview - Countdown Act 7: Tom Ridge's 'I-really-didn't-mean-it' tour - Le Show Act 8: Reflection on the Tom Ridge interview - Rachel Maddow Music: God? - The Dodos Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - The Smiths Hi - Psapp Warning sign - Coldplay Thank you - Dido I stand corrected - Vampire Weekend Take a chance - The Magic Numbers Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #298 In the wake of Obama's healthcare speech Act 1: Details still to be ironed out - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 2: Bernie Sanders on stopping the filibuster - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Pastor Incites gun-toting Obama protesters - The Young Turks Act 4: Checking some healthcare facts - Counterspin Act 5: Why there's no point in reading bills - On the Media Act 6: More fact-free arguments against healthcare - Rachel Maddow Act 7: Breaking down Obama's speech and the reaction to it - Ring of Fire Act 8: Healthcare lies believed shows poll - The Young Turks Act 9: Fixing healthcare by altering patient behavior - NPR Act 10: Having to explain how a healthcare system works - Counterspin Act 11: Talking about the lack of respect for the office of the President - It's all politics Music: Hands down - Dashboard Confessional Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk Don't look back in anger - Oasis Am I wrong - Love Spit Love The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend Shout - Tears for fears Make your own kind of music - Cass Elliot We can work it out - Heather Nova End it on this - No Doubt Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #297 Cheney's tortured facts and logic Act 1: Blackwater's corrupt crusade - Countdown Act 2: Cheney's interview prop with FOX - Le Show Act 3: Planet Cheney - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Reporting on the torture report - On the Media Act 5: Infotainment with a war criminal - Countdown Act 6: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 7: Is using a minotaur to gore detainees torture? - The Onion Act 8: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 2 - The Young Turks Music: Modern Crusaders - Enigma Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Pink Moon - Nick Drake Billy - James Blunt Where do I begin? - The Chemical Brothers Crazy Maze - Desree Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #296 Distasteful discord leaks onto the floor of the house Act 1: Sen. Coburn to weeping woman: Ask you're neighbor - The Young Turks Act 2: Appease the wrong people... - Countdown Act 3: Coverage of the healthcare debate - Counterspin Act 4: GOP confirms they're totally unwilling to be reasonable - Rachel Maddow Act 5: McCan't and McShouldn't - Slate.com Act 6: Conservatives don't use logic in making decisions - The Young Turks Act 7: Prepping for the healthcare speech - Le Show Act 8: "You're a liar!" shouted in joint session of congress - NPR's It's All Politics Act 9: Barbara Boxer on Obama's healthcare speech - Rachel Maddow Music: Live like you're dying - Lenka Middle Man - Jack Johnson Mrs. Robinson - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Golden Brown - The Stranglers Sleeping in - The Postal Service I second that emotion - Diana Ross & The Supremes The waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers One Million Miles - J. Ralph Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #295 Playing games with the climate and cheating Act 1: Coal industry mail fraud - Rachel Maddow Act 2: 'Astroturf' campaign fights climate bill - NPR Act 3: A look at post-Katrina New Orleans - Le Show Act 4: Surviving the storm: Voices from Katrina - NPR Act 5: Bill McKibben from 350.org - Colbert Report Act 6: News of the warm - Le Show Act 7: Denver's secret - Slate.com Act 8: Jellyfish may help keep planet cool - NPR Act 9: Face-lift: New 'Faces of coal' campaign - Rachel Maddow Music: Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers Unforgiven - Apocalyptica Help - Howie Day I will survive - Cake Favorite game - The Cardigans Beds are burning - Midnight Oil Blowing' in the wind - Bob Dylan Into the ocean - Blue October Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #294 The very long battle continues, now without our General Act 1: Betsy McCaughey pounded by Jon Stewart - Rachel Maddow Act 2: The history of pushing for universal healthcare - On the Media Act 3: The powerful vs. the powerless - The Young Turks Act 4: The Republican death machine - Slate.com Act 5: Jonathan Cohn on healthcare - Colbert Report Act 6: A detailed look at the possible death of the public option - Rachel Maddow Act 7: Kennedy's lasting devotion to heathcare reform - NPR Act 8: The profit of providing bad health insurance - Countdown Music: Mr. Maker - The Kooks See you on the other side - Ozzy Osbourn You could be happy - Snow Patrol Unknown song :-( A million ways - OK Go Any way you want it - Journey Close Your Eyes - Young Love Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #293 For-profit journalism at some of it's worst Act 1: So you think you can douche - Daily Show Act 2: Fact-imparted miniverse on healthcare - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Poll bearers: cable news polls itself - Daily Show Act 4: Neal Boortz on human debris - The Young Turks Act 5: Fox News: The new liberals - Daily Show Act 6: Raising terror level to raise polling points - Rachel Maddow Act 7: CNN's just sayin' - Daily Show Act 8: Playing politics for terror - Countdown Music: Stand by me - Playing for change Across the universe - Rufus Wainright Crash - The Primitives Sorrow - Bad religion We like to party - The Venga Boys The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer What's the matter here? - 10,000 Maniacs Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #292 The opponents of healthcare are scarier than death panels Act 1: These guys are not on the level - The Young Turks Act 2: Sick for profit - Brave New Films Act 3: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 4: Debate on healthcare goes unexplained - Counterspin Act 5: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 6: Deep fear and anger over healthcare - The Young Turks Act 7: Heal or no heal, Montana townhall - Daily Show Act 8: Kill Grandma? Debunking health bill myths - NPR Act 9: Report from a remote access clinic in LA - Bill Maher Act 10: Fact-free, purely political healthcare debate - Rachel Maddow Music: Debate Exposes Doubt - Death Cab For Cutie Sing Theresa Says - Greg Laswell Call on me - Eric Prydz Break it down again - Tears for fears Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon Girl afraid - The Smiths Wanted - The Cranberries Don't let it bring you down - Annie Lennox & Steven Lipson Good - Better Than Ezra Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #291 Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear - Ring of Fire Act 2: Class of '43 - Daily Show Act 3: Bob Inglis - What are they afraid of? - The Young Turks Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution - Rachel Maddow Act 5: Cheney's assault on the rule of law - Countdown Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney - Ring of Fire Act 7: Continuing the details on warrant-less wiretapping - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Doctoring the torture program - The Young Turks Music: Green eyes - Coldplay I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - Morrissey Star wars remix - Happy Hardcore President of what? - Death Cab For Cutie Under the bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers Go ahead - Rilo Kiley Transit - Albert Hammond Jr. Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #290 The danger is not theoretical Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change - The Young Turks Act 3: Glenn Beck's operation - Daily Show Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare - Thom Hartmann Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare - Politico Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare - Colbert Report Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama's townhall - The Young Turks Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence - Countdown Music: Live and let die - Guns N' Roses A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend 99 red balloons - Nena Put me down - The Cranberries Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley Hurt so good - The Yellow Snow Company Take a chance on me - Abba Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #289 The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington Act 1: Gay demon on the loose - Colbert Report Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war - Countdown Act 3: A look inside of "C Street" Part 1 - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian - The Onion Act 5: A look inside of "C Street" Part 2 - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Satellite Sheiks - On the Media Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo - The Onion Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on "The Family" - Daily Show Act 9: A look inside of "C Street" Part 3 - Rachel Maddow Music: Mind Excursion - The trade winds A few honest words - Ben Sollee Auto-tune the news #5 - YouTube User schmoyoho Unhappy birthday - The Smiths God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance You sexy thang - Hot Chocolate Wild world - Cat Stevens Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #288 It's 7pm, do you know where you grandparents are? Act 1: Healthrasier - Daily Show Act 2: GOP on the wrong side of history - Bill Maher Act 3: Healthcare Pap Attack - Ring of Fire Act 4: Obama strikes back, is it enough? - The Young Turks Act 5: Master Rebators: The Crank Cycle - Daily Show Act 6: Manufactured riots - Rachel Maddow Act 7: Hostile groups at townhalls - NPR Act 8: Heathcare reform is the matrix - Colbert Report Act 9: Debunking the fears of healthcare - Countdown Act 10: Obama must pass a healthcare bill - Daily Show Act 11: Covering the confusion about healthcare - Counterspin Act 12: Violence, eugenics and heathcare - Rachel Maddow Music: Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids Live Like You're Dying - Lenka Oxford comma - Vampire Weekend Gone going - Black Eyed Peas Live forever - Oasis Lights out - Santigold I'm no superman - Laslo Bane Beloved - VNV Nation Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Secret Agent Ending - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren The Importance of Being Idle - Kaiser Chiefs Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #287 Cap'n Trade to the rescue! (If only!) Act 1: News of the warm - Le Show Act 2: Scientists debate geoengieneering - NPR Act 3: Steven Chu - Daily Show Act 4: About climate change: Never mind - Slate.com Act 5: The Word: Ban de Soleil - Colbert Report Act 6: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 7: Meat shelf breaks free of Iowa - The Onion Act 8: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 9: Captain Trade! - Daily Show Music: July July - The Decemberists Sky - Sonique Stuck in the middle with you - Three Dog Night Better off alone - Alice Deejay The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend Dreaming of you - The Coral Just a ride - Jem Auto-tune the news #6 - YouTube user schmoyoho Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #286 You know, Napoleon wasn't exactly French either Act 1: Obama's Waterloo - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare - Rachel Maddow Act 3: News and notes on healthcare - Counterspin Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare - On the Media Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision - This American Life Act 6: Dems can't get their act together - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare - Daily Show Act 8: Special comment on healthcare - Countdown Music: Waterloo - Abba Can't help falling in love - UB40 Take a chance - The Magic Numbers Naked as we came - Iron & Wine Oh my God - Ida Maria Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult If I ever feel better - Phoenix Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #285 Illegal programs past and future Act 1: Only in New York! - Daily Show Act 2: Discussing the Cheney-ordered CIA program - Ring of Fire Act 3: Peter Phillips on ignoring autopsy reports - FORA.tv Act 4: Discussing what to do with acquitted detainees - Le Show Act 5: Obama's constitution speech(s) - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Darius Rejali on authorizing torture - FORA.tv Act 7: Comparing Iranian images to US torture photos - Counterspin Act 8: The heartbreaking story in Iran continues - The Young Turks Act 9: Hard Corps - Daily Show Music: Ottoman - Vampire Weekend Opportunity - Pete Murray I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab For Cutie Change your mind - The Killers Two of us - Aimee Man, Micheal Penn I Know I Know I Know - Tegan and Sara These days - Nico Struggle - Ringside Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #284 Some fundamentals going wrong Act 1: Cheney Predactied - Daily Show Act 2: John Hodgman on Obama vs Bush Act 3: Obama continues secrecy around Cheney - Countdown Act 4: Secret CIA/Cheney program uncovered - Rachel Maddow Act 5: Off the record with Obama's administration - On the Media Act 6: Obama Pwns himself on signing statements - The Young Turks Act 7: Criticism for inactivity on liberal issues - Real Time with Bill Maher Act 8: Secrecy in government argued for - Counterspin Act 9: More critique of Obama and Dems for weakness - The Young Turks Music: Grapevine Fires - Death Cab For Cutie Up against the wall - Peter Bjorn & John The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows - Brand New Believe - Cher West Coast - Coconut Records I go blind - Hootie And The Blowfish Change your mind - Sister Hazel Nap hangs up the phone - John Swihart Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #283 Your money or your health - Sounds like a robbery Act 1: Quizzed on healthcare - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 2: Bernie Sanders on the Dems and healthcare - Countdown Act 3: Glenn Beck loses his mind over healthcare - The Young Turks Act 4: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 1 - Daily Show Act 5: Message strategy meeting - HAARM.org Act 6: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 2 - Daily Show Act 7: Obama strikes back, is it enough? - The Young Turks Act 8: Your money or your health - Slate.com Act 9: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform - The Young Turks Music: Bushfire - Midnight Oil All will be well - The Gabe Dixon Band Call me - Blondie No easy way out - Robert Tepper Some girls are bigger than others - The Smiths Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional Finish Line - Fanfarlo Title And Registration - Death Cab For Cutie Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #282 Too racist to judge, not racist enough to be a Republican Act 1: Confirmation in 60 seconds - Slate.com Act 2: Reviewing the confirmation hearings - On the Media Act 3: Live coverage of hearings - Le Show Act 4: Graham and Buchanan on Sotomayor - The Young Turks Act 5: White men can't judge - Daily Show Act 6: GOP's most ironic argument against Sotomayor - Rachel Maddow Act 7: Did conservatives give more straightforward answers? - The Young Turks Act 8: Lot's o' splainin' to do! - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Act 9: Pat Buchanan can't hide his racism - The Young Turks Music: Auto-tune the news #4 - YouTube L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold The end is not near - Band of Horses San Antonio, TX - Frank Black & The Catholics Don't dream it's over - Sixpence None The Richer Young Hearts - Rod Stewart Baby please don't go - Van Morrison Secret heart - Feist Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #281 Institutional bias and general stupidity Act 1: Fox & Friends' Lingerie Football romp - Daily Show Act 2: 50/50, the MSM mantra - The Young Turks Act 3: The Stephen Colbert study analyzed further - On the Media Act 4: "I" on news - Daily Show Act 5: The Iranian question Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 6: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Counterspin Act 7: The Iranian question Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 8: The ambush interview - On the Media Act 9: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Daily Show Music: M79 - Vampire Weekend Either way - Wilco Too much information - Duran Duran We like to party - Venga Boys Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer Kyoto's House - Philip Glass No questions asked = Fleetwood Mac Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #280 Reaping the results of corruption and greed Act 1: F#@ked or Fixed - Economic Crisis - Daily Show Act 2: Regulating AIG - Who fell asleep on the job? - NPR Act 3: Phantom Wealth - Thom Hartmann Act 4: Peter Shiff on the economy - Daily Show Act 5: Stuff the bankers, starve the kids - The Young Turks Act 6: Recession forces U.S. to dip into Guam - The Onion Act 7: Crazy Eddie's house sale - Slate Magazine - Slate Act 8: Justin Fox on the economy - Daily Show Act 9: Using psychology to save you from yourself - NPR Music: Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Cake Here it goes again - Ok Go Phantom of the opera - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes I stand corrected - Vampire Weekend Let go - Frou Frou We didn't start the fire - Billy Joel Crazy Maze - Desree Take a chance - The Magic Numbers Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #279 Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Act 1: The rise of right-wing extremism - Ring of Fire Act 2: Fox News helped kill George Tiller - Countdown Act 3: Right-wing hate speech Part 1 - Rhandi Rhodes Act 4: Military propaganda in the media - Counterspin Act 5: Right-wing hate speech Part 2 - Rhandi Rhodes Act 6: Conservatives spurring violence Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 7: Michael Savage banned from UK - Ring of Fire Act 8: Conservatives spurring violence Part 2 - The Young Turks Music: My favorite game - The Cardigans Safety dance - Men Without Hats Once around the block - Badly Drawn Boy Happy - Sister Hazel Nothing Compares to You - Shinade O'Connor Good people - Jack Johnson This Is The Day - The The Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #278 Exorcising an electrical impulse Act 1: Religious jihad on George Tiller - Countdown Act 2: Threatdown on Christianity - Colbert Report Act 3: Are spiritual encounters all in your head? - NPR Act 4: Faith in God subjected to harsh questioning - The Onion Act 5: Not a uniquely Christian nation - Ring of Fire Act 6: Biblical traditional marriage - Betty Bowers Act 7: God unveils new species to replace humans - The Onion Act 8: Undercover at Liberty University - NPR Act 9: Confessions of an alien hunter - Colbert Report Act 10: Exorcism of a gay demon - The Young Turks Music: Steal my kisses - Ben Harper Runaway train - Soul Asylum One million miles - J. Ralph Santus II - Libera Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley Full force gale - Van Morrison Another love song - Finniston I would walk 500 miles - The Proclaimers Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel Burning love - Elvis Presley Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #277 The war of words over torture Act 1: Jesse Ventura on The View - The Young Turks Act 2: Dick Cheney blaming 9/11 on Dick Clark - Daily Show Act 3: Jesse Ventura on torture with Hannity - The Young Turks Act 4: There are 355 terrorists in the US already - Slate.com Act 5: Dealing with the facts of torture - Rachel Maddow Act 6: New documents from the CIA on torture - The Young Turks Act 7: You don't ask what's legal, you ask what works - Countdown Music: Under the milky way tonight - Seven Nations Ready For The Good Times - Shakira The man in me - Bob Dylan Sowing the seeds of love - Tears for Fears Bend - Ben Sollee Monkey Island Theme Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #276 Mighty struggle for reasonable health care Act 1: Obama pushing for the public option - The Young Turks Act 2: Discussion on why we need health care reform - Bill Maher Act 3: Polls show 3/4 of Americans want a public option - Countdown Act 4: Howard Dean on the public option for health care - The Young Turks Act 5: The trails of paying for health care in a recession - NPR Act 6: Heal or No Heal - Daily Show Act 7: New polls show overwhelming support for public health care - The Young Turks Music: L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold Fix you - Coldplay Blue - Eiffel 65 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M Planting seeds - Ten Story Relapse Headlock - Imogen Heap Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #275 The Iranian "Election" Act 1: Today in Iran: an election that can't possibly be right - Daily Show Act 2: Introduction to the dispute - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Journalism in Iran Act 4: Iran-like tyranny against the GOP - Daily Show Act 5: Obama fights off right-wing critics - Rachel Maddow Act 6: "Up to here" with Al Gore - Le Show Act 7: GOP civil war over the Iran elections - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Discussion on the Iran Election - Bill Maher Music: The world at large - Modest Mouse Girl afraid - The Smiths I Was a Kaleidoscope - Death Cab for Cutie The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel Help = Howie Day Stolen - Dashboard Confessional Civil War - Guns N' Roses Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #274 Supreme Court debate starts nasty, gets worse Act 1: P.R. Move - Daily Show Act 2: The Politics industry of the Supreme Court - On the Media Act 3: Supreme Court Executioner to retire - The Onion Act 4: Conservatives unhinged - The Young Turks Act 5: Supreme Court Press - Colbert Report Act 6: Sotomayor shaped by her 'Nuyorican' roots - NPR Act 7: Some GOP fed up with childish attacks - Countdown Act 8: Discussing the nomination with Jeffery Toobin - Colbert Report Act 9: Originalism vs. ? - NPR Act 10: Three strikes on the Supreme Court Debate - Rachel Maddow Music: It's my life - No doubt I'm on fire - Bruce Springsteen Overkill - Colin Hay How - Cranberries Mexico - The Refreshments Suerte - Shakira You're wrong - NOFX Anthem, Pt.1 - Blink-182 Solid Ground - Dougie Maclean Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #273 Some steps on the road to progress (kind of) Act 1: Lou Dobbs on climate change - Countspin Act 2: News of the warm - Le Show Act 3: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 4: EPA Admin Lisa P Jackson interview - The Daily Show Act 5: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 6: Climate change legislation moving forward - Counterspin Act 7: Raising the CAFE standard - The Daily Show Act 8: News of the warm - Le Show Act 9: The ways that CO2 isn't harmful - Countdown Act 10: The toxcicity of coal ash - Ring of Fire Music: Ghosts - Fanfarlo Mother Nature's fault - Self Falling down - Oasis Little black backpack - Stroke 9 The letter - The Box Tops There is - Box Car Racer Concrete Box - Nada Surf Heat of the moment - Asia Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #272 In sickness and health and other rights denied Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC - The Daily Show Act 2: All aren't happy with health insureance for all - NPR Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare - The Daily Show Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us - On the Media Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress - Thom Hartman Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands - The Young Turks Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama - Mike Malloy Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business - The Daily Show Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo - Countdown Music: Drug Ballad - Eminem Luna - Smashing Pumpkins Cemetry Gates - The Smiths Only ones who know - Arctic Monkeys Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles I'm a pilot - Fanfarlo Think (Freedom) - Aretha Franklin Liquid Sun - DJ Keoki Another lesson in love - Danger Radio Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #271 The sometimes blinding stupidity of the GOP Act 1: GOP talking about secession again - The Young Turks Act 2: Meghan McCain on the GOP - Colbert Report Act 3: The "Democrat Socialist Party" - Countdown Act 4: Going back to the poisoned well Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 5: GOP using fear again (of course) - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Going back to the poisoned well Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 7: Stupidity in the GOP - Bill Maher Act 8: Gingrich explains the fear in the GOP - The Young Turks Act 9: GOP purging it's ranks - Countdown Music: How I feel around you - Violaine Go ahead - Rilo Kiley Solf serve - Soul Coughing Father and daughter - Paul Simon Sacris Solemnis - Libera From blown speakers - The New Pornographers American Music - Violent Femmes My little runaway - Del Shannon Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #270 The torture debate continues and then ends Act 1: Torture photos vs. Don't ask don't tell - The Daily Show Act 2: GOP going full blast fear - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Cheney's claims refuted by interrogator - Brave New Films Act 4: Cheney in the media on torture - Counterspin Act 5: Bob Graham interview on CIA briefings - The Colbert Report Act 6: Switching positions on torture - The Young Turks Act 7: Stupidly rationalizing torture - Countdown Act 8: Where to keep the terror suspects - The Daily Show Act 9: Timeline summery of torture memos and fallout - Rachel Maddow Act 10: Religious quotes on war memos - The Colbert Report Act 11: Mancow gets waterboarded - The Young Turks Act 12: The torture debate ends - Countdown Music: Breathe me - Sia Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult Sweetest thing - U2 We're simple minds - Club 8 Little lies - Fleetwood Mac Change your mind - Sister Hazel Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists I would die for you - Garbage The Argument - This bike is a pipe bomb Praise you - Fatboy Slim Close to me - The Cure Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #269 Denials debunked and truth spoken to power Act 1: PowerShift 09 Day 2 - PowerShift09.org Act 2: Obama from the climate change summit - This American Life Act 3: News of the warm Part 1 - Le Show Act 4: George Will denies climate change Part 1 - Counterspin Act 5: Van Jones speaking to congress Act 6: News of the warm Part 2 - Le Show Act 7: Richard Branson purchases north pole - The Onion Act 8: George Will denies climate change Part 2 - Counterspin Act 9: Joe Romm interview - On the Media Act 10: News of the warm Part 3 - Le Show Act 11: The grid may be smart but will it be green? - NPR Act 12: George will denies global warming Part 3 - Counterspin Music: Sunrise - Norah Jones Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen Cold as Ice - Foreigner Honesty - Billy Joel Goodbye blue sky - Pink Floyd Untitled - Zoe Keating Recycled Air - The Postal Service Major Tom - A Ha Information Travels Faster - Death Cab for Cutie Tell me a lie - Griffin House Radio - One Ring Zero Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #268 A showdown between pure evil and mostly not evil Act 1: Dueling ideologies: Obama v Cheney - The Daily Show Act 2: Going back on campaign promises - Le Show Act 3: Liz Cheney talks torture - The Young Turks Act 4: Cheney chooses Limbaugh over Powell - Rachel Maddow Act 5: Barack Knows Best - Le Show Act 6: Battle of the speeches - On the Media Act 7: Obama's speech and the essence of crime - The Young Turks Act 8: Special Comment on Cheney's Speech - Countdown Music: Duck and Run - 3 Doors Down Talk - Coldplay A lack of color - Death Cab for Cutie Hard to explain - The Strokes I'm looking through you - The Wallflowers Smile like you mean it - The Killers Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #267 Why and how banks are going down Act 1: American's having sex at home - The Onion Act 2: Credit card holders bill of rights - Colbert Report Act 3: How to take down a bank Part 1 - This American Life Act 4: Limbaugh's racist take on Obama's economic plan - Counterspin Act 5: Closing auto dealerships by mail - The Daily Show Act 6: How to take down a bank Part 2 - This American Life Act 7: 1/4 cent "soda tax" Act 8: Productivity up and wages down equals crash - Thom Hartmann Act 9: We all just bought a car company - The Daily Show Music: I want you to want me - Cheap Trick Killing for love - José González I shall not be moved - Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band About today - The National Bottle it up - Sara Bareilles Le Banquet - Yann Tiersen God - The Dodos Teenage dirtbag - Wheatus Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #266 Torture talk continues... and continues Act 1: GOP on not closing Gitmo - The Young Turks Act 2: Liz Cheney on torture - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Cheney throws Bush under the bus - The Daily Show Act 4: Lehey on prosecuting Bush criminals - Ring of Fire Act 5: 2 steps forward 1 step back - Countdown Act 6: Pelosi on CIA briefings on torture - The Daily Show Act 7: The suppression of the memo - Le Show Act 8: Jesse Ventura talks torture - The Young Turks Act 9: John Yoo hired by newspaper - Colbert Report Music: Любовь - Аддис Абеба She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks Failure By Design - Brand New The heart of life - John Mayer So long - Lodger This land is mine - Dido Mile End - Pulp Deep water - Pansy Division Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 265 The Religious RIght Is Down But They Still Love Torture Act 1: Bart Ehrman interview - Colbert Report Act 2: Dobson is down and out - The Young Turks Act 3: News from religiosity - Colbert Report Act 4: Bart Ehrman interview Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 5: 357 Maharishis missing - The Onion Act 6: Bart Ehrman interview Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 7: Trying to kill your father - This American Life Act 8: Jet briefly passes through heaven - The Onion Act 9: Evangelicals most in favor of torture - The Young Turks Music: To The End - Blur Take me down - Smashing Pumpkins Beautiful - Christina Aguilera Nantes - Beirut Making me nervous - Brad Sucks Oh well, OK - Elliott Smith Santus - Libera Angel of Harlem - U2 Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #264 Reacting to the Torture Expose Act 1: An Iraq War Retrospective - Rachel Maddow Act 2: O'Reilly claims torture is popular - CounterSpin Act 3: Destroying the memo - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Military psychologists unrepentant - NPR Act 5: Wrong reporting on torture - CounterSpin Act 6: Cheney and Condi defending torture - Rachel Maddow Act 7: We're all torturers now - Slate.com Music: Masters of war - Bob Dylan Hurt so good - The Yellow Snow Company True Affection - The Blow Lost! - Coldplay Elevator love letter - Stars I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart - The Eels Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #263 Headed for the cliff with pizza in hand Act 1: Conservatives don't get Colbert - Countdown Act 2: Fox News deep in projection - The Young TUrks Act 3: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans - Bill Maher Act 4: Stunned McCain Supporter - The Onion Act 5: Swine Flu stokes racism - Countdown Act 6: The hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and Fox News - The Young Turks Act 7: Pizza Party - Slate.com Act 8: Republicans blocking unnammed nominees already - Countdown Act 9: Rebranding the party with a pizza party - The Daily Show Act 10: Discussing the fate of the Republican Party - The Young Turks Music: Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) - t.A.T.u. Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths Ain't No Reason - Brett Dennen Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold You were the last high - The Dandy Warhols Veterans - The Clips Messages - Xavier Rudd Can't stop loving you - Van Halen Take a chance on me - Abba Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 262 The Big Torture Show Act 1: Bowing to the King - Colbert Report Act 2: Disambiguating the reports - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Declassifying torture memos - On the Media Act 4: Introduction to SERE - Rachel Maddow Act 5: Torture debate on Newshour - CounterSpin Act 6: Bush denounces war criminals - Countdown Act 7: Shep Smith goes to far - Colbert Report Act 8: Possible procecutions for the CIA - Rachel Maddow Act 9: Obama speaks from the CIA - Countdown Act 10: Turning a blind eye to torture - Wait Wait Act 11: Notes on sleep deprivation - Rachel Maddow Act 12: How many times does it take? - CounterSpin Act 13: DIck Cheney runs on fear - Rachel Maddow Music: Steal my kisses - Ben Harper I can see clearly now - Jimmy Cliff Debate exposes doubt - Death Cab For Cutie Take me out - Franz Ferdinand One - Apocalyptica Auto-tune the news #1 - Schmoyoho on YouTube In a big country - Dashboard Confessional Keep it clean - Scott West And Sex On Sunday Some might say - Oasis I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light - Brand New My favorite game - The Cardigans Sleeping in - The Postal Service It's not impossible - Ben Sollee Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 261 Love is in the air, let's shoot it down Act 1: Same-sex marriage in Iowa - Rachel Maddow Act 2: Gay Marriage in Vermont - The Daily Show Act 3: Newspapers influencing marriage debate - On the Media Act 4: Getting government out of the marriage business - Colbert Report Act 5: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 6: Phone call to the 14th century - Kasper Houser Comedy Troupe Act 7: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 8: Anti-same-sex-marriage ad - Colbert Report Act 9: Anti-same-sex marriage 2M4M - Rachel Maddow Act 10: 2M4M 4 Ever! - AndyCobbonUTube Music: My Love - The Bird and the Bee You can't hurry love - Phil Collins Another love song - Finniston What is love? - Haddaway Love will come through - Travis Accidentially in love - The Counting Crows Love will tear us apart - Joy Division Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend All my love - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 260 Worked up, angry and totally misdirected Act 1: Cutting the defense budget - The Daily Show Act 2: Republican fake outrage - The Young Turks Act 3: Cutting the defense budget - The Colbert Report Act 4: AIG looking to rebrand - LeShow Act 5: Tea party at The Alamo - The Clolbert Report Act 6: Conservatives about teabagging - Rachel Maddow Act 7: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties - On the Media Act 8: The other meaning of 'teabagging' - The Colbert Report Act 9: Hardball debating economic systems Music: You're the best around - Joe Esposito Crash - The Primitives Welcome to the machine - Pink Floyd My name is Jonas - Weezer It's my party - Lesley Gore Tea for two - Mambo All-Stars New shoes - Paolo Nutini You sexy thing - Hot Chocolate Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #259 A discussion of the state of our culture (with swears) Act 1: Fox viewers to be institusionalized? - Ring of Fire Act 2: Hannity hosts a discussion on how best to overthrow the US Gov. - CounterSpin Act 3: The effect of a high tech culture Part 1 - On the Media Act 4: "Happy Spring Holiday" - The Onion Act 5: The effect of a high tech culture Part 2 - On the Media Act 6: Glenn Beck and the 9/12 Project - Colbert Report Act 7: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 8: Limbaugh is stupid, hateful and racist - CounterSpin Act 9: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 10: Glenn Beck compares US to Nazi Germany - CounterSpin Act 11: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 3 - The Young Turks Music: Crazy Maze - Desree War - Vince DiCola Eclipse - Apoptygma Berzerk Spring Came, Rain Fell - Club 8 Humans being - Van Halen Good people - Jack Johnson Goodnight and go - Imogen Heap Your racist friend - They might be giants Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers It's not possible - Ben Sollee Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban - Wait Wait Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 - Democracy NOW! Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question - The Young Turks Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 - Democracy NOW! Act 5: NSA spying on Americans - ABC News Act 6: State senator on 'The Gay' - The Young Turks Act 7: Let them into the house - Slate.com Music: Your love is lifting me higher - Jackie Wilson Army Corps of Architects - Death Cab For Cutie Skilly Widden - Cantiga No Bravery - James Blunt Needle in the Hay - Elliott Smith Fuck you - Lily Allen Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 257 Money, power, politics and jokes Act 1: Controversy in Obama's budget - CounterSpin Act 2: NY/DC circle of power - The Young Turks Act 3: Class war in the budget - CounterSpin Act 4: Interview with Mike Davis - Bill Moyers Journal Act 5: Fort Knox liquidates for $85 - The Onion Act 6: Rhetoric about "socialism" just partisan poppycock - Bill Moyers Journal Act 7: Repatriation taxes Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 8: 'We are all socialists now' - CounterSpin Act 9: Repatriation taxes Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 10: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 11: U.S. Economy gunned down - The Onion Act 12: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 2 - Ring of Fire Music: Come on-a my house - Rosemary Clooney A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee My Love - The Bird and the Bee Breathe me - Sia Cobrastyle - Robyn Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I/II - Yo-Yo Ma Running scared - Roy Orbison The Secret Agent Ending - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren How I feel around you - Violaine Pease of mind - Finniston The Arguement - This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Act 1: The Madoff Decade - The Young Turks Act 2: Congress establishes new department - The Onion Act 3: They're just not that into you - Rachel Maddow Act 4: The new guy at the commerce department - The Young Turks Act 5: Snakes to receive government stimulous - The Onion Act 6: Marginal tax rates explained - Joe Lyles Act 7: Work created by the government isn't really work - The Young Turks Act 8: Looking at the record of CNBC - The Daily Show Act 9: Audio of bankers discussing post-bailout bonuses - The Young Turks Act 10: Correcting the record on Jim Cramer - The Daily Show Music: You've Got Everything Now - The Smiths Runaway Train - Soul Asylum Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie Your woman - White Town In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel Goodbye stranger - Supertramp Naive - The Kooks Banditos - The Refreshments Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Act 1: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 1 - Meet the Bloggers Act 2: Eco-friendly Hummers - The Onion Act 3: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 2 - Meet the Bloggers Act 4: Remaking an edge city - NPR Act 5: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 3 - Meet the Bloggers Act 6: Global warming irreversable for 1000 years - Ring of Fire Act 7: Power Shift Speakers Act 8: Measuring the national carbon footprint - Slate Music: Knock on wood - Amy Stewart When you were young - The Killers Can't Get Enough Of You Baby - Smashmouth Don't dream it's over - Sixpence None The Richer Where is my mind - The Pixies July, July! - The Decemberists Won't Back Down - Tom Petty This Episode Produced By: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 254 Missing: Stable economic system, if found please contact owner Act 1: Executive pay out of control - The Young Turks Act 2: Unemployed without benefits - NPR Act 3: Keynsian Economics Part 1 - This American Life Act 4: AT&T lays off 30,000 automated operators - The Onion Act 5: Keynsian Economics Part 2 - This American Life Act 6: Recorded CEO conference call Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 7: CEO lays off 5,000 workers to impress girlfriend - The Onion Act 8: Recorded CEO conference call Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 9: These people are thieves - Maron vs. Seder Act 10: Enough carrots, time to use the stick - The Young Turks Music: Daylight robbery - Imogen Heap On the turning away - Pink Floyd The artifact & Living - Michael Andrews Go ahead - Rilo Kiley Slipping away - Michael Andrews Notorious - Duran Duran Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab For Cutie The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan Clean and sober - Anya Marina Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition # 253 The Laws of the Universe Act 1: Bill Maher on The View - The Young Turks Act 2: Faith-based TV repair - The Onion Act 3: Speech excerpt - Alan Watts Act 4: Hooligan transforms into a goat - The Young Turks Act 5: Doubting Hell - This American Life Act 6: God returns from vacation - The Onion Act 7: Pope declares holy war - The Young Turks Act 8: The laws of the universe - Radio Lab Music: Senegal Fast Food - Amadou & Mariam Fix You - Coldplay Whenever God shines his light - Van Morrison Good King Joy - Trans-Siberian Orchestra Stairway to Heaven - Apocalyptica The heart of life - John Mayer What I'm looking for - Brendan Benson Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #252 Notes on the Barackalipse Act 1: Obama from his first climate conference - This American Life Act 2: Mission Accomplished - Slate.com Act 3: After 10 years of Bush - Wait Wait Act 4: The Obama effect - Radio Lab Act 5: Little Obama celebration in Wyoming - NPR Act 6: Notes on the Barackalipse - Wait Wait Act 7: Republicans shower praise on Bush - The Young Turks Act 8: In Bush's wake, a new political landscape - NPR Act 9: New administration staff training - Wait Wait Music: Thanksgiving - George Winston The world is new - Save Farris Leaving on a jet plane - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Piano Piano - Luis Bacalov See you on the other side - Ozzy Osbourne Learning to fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Hunk of burning love - Elvis Presley Ballad of a comeback kid - The New Pornographers Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and and comments at www.PodcastAlley.com and Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #251 From various points of view Act 1: The Michael Savage Story Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 2: ACLU Defends Neo-Nazis - The Onion Act 3: The Michael Savage Story Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 4: Affable anti-semite on the Jews - The Onion Act 5: The Michael Savage Story Part 3 - The Young Turks Act 6: Glenn Beck on the hatred from the left - CounterSpin Act 7: Our job is to push back - Conceptual Gorilla Act 8: New media with the new administration - The Daily Show Act 9: Journalists declare victory in Iraq - CounterSpin Act 10: Clinton's impeachment press conference - This American Life Act 11: The new host of Meet the Press - CounterSpin Act 12: Fox 'News' on the new administration - The Daily Show Act 13: Corporate media on race relations - CounterSpin Act 14: O'Reilly and Rove on Obama's torture policy - The Young Turks Music: Unknown Grerman marching song I'm a loser - The Beatles Crazy - Seal House of the rising sun - The Animals Everyday I love you less and less - Kaiser Chiefs Blue bird tattoo - Circe Link Fat lip - Sum 41 Good day Sunshine - The Beatles Everybody's Fool - Evanescence Good people - Jack Johnson Dreams - Gabrielle Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #250 The End of an Error Act 1: The real history of the Bush administration - Countdown Act 2: Bush working on his legacy - Ring of Fire Act 3: Cheney's confession - The Young Turks Act 4: *Rebroadcast* The highlight of his presidency - Wait Wait Act 5: Cheney's historic outgoing quotes - The Young Turks Act 6: Cheney giving advice to incoming staff - Wait Wait Act 7: *Rebroadcast* Cheney shoots friend in the face - The Al Franken Show Act 8: The day that defined a presidency - NPR Act 9: Bush's final acts - Ring of Fire Act 10: The shoe throwing incident - Wait Wait Act 11: Bush's reaction to the shoe - The Young Turks Music: Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse So jealous - Sarah and Tegan Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley Mission Accomplished - Al Franken Show I predict a riot - Kaiser Chiefs In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry Catelog & Classify - Mark Robinson End it on this - No Doubt Ain't that a kick in the head - Dean Martin Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at HippieSympathizer@gmail.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Edition #249 Building out of a hole Act 1: The green collar economy - Democaracy NOW! Act 2: The Blue Green Alliance Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 3: Alternative fuel SUV - The Onion Act 4: The Blue Green Alliance Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 5: News of the warm - LeShow Act 6: Can cities save the planet? - Slate.com Music: Directions - Josh Rouse Working class hero - Exit Clov Still Life - Men at work She moves - Stigmata 100 years - Five for fighting This Episode Produced By: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Act 1: Destructive myth about Big 3 autoworkers - CounterSpin Act 2: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 1 - Democracy NOW! Act 3: Reclaiming Detroit - NPR Act 4: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 2 - Democracy NOW! Act 5: Minds in the toilet - Slate.com Act 6: Activist clamor for White House organic garden - NPR Act 7: Robots, not roads - Slate.com Act 8: 50 cent gax tax proposal - Car Talk Music: Starting now - Ingrid Michaelson Only ones who know - Arctic Monkeys Friends and family - Trik Turner I just want you - Ozzy Osbourn Eclipse - Apoptygma Berzerk Move you - Anya Marina Just a ride - Jem Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at HippieSympathizer@gmail.com Leave us comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Act 1: On religion and Rick Warren - Maron v. Seder Act 2: Part 1 Interview with Richard Cizik - Fresh Air Act 3: Jesus returns for holiday shopping pep-talk - The Onion Act 4: Part 2 Interview with Richard Cizik - Fresh Air Act 5: Richard Cizik fired - The Young Turks Act 6: Nursing grudges - Slate.com Act 7: Christian loan shark prays for strength - The Onion Act 8: The 7th Commandment - This American Life Act 9: New living goddess appointed - The Young Turks Music: Leader of the band - Dan Fogelberg Heaven - Los Lonely Boys Santus II - Libera That's just the way it is - Bruce Hornsby Like a prayer - Madonna Heaven knows I'm miserable now - The Smiths Heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle Kyoko's House - Philip Glass Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at HippieSympathizer@gmail.com Leave us comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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Act 1: Paul Reikoff on Rick Warren - Rachel Maddow Act 2: Claim of Privilage - Thom Hartmann Act 3: The Mormons funding Prop 8 - The Young Turks Act 4: Alabama super-illegalizes gay marriage - The Onion Act 5: Tolerance lowers risk for gay kids - NPR Act 6: O'Reilly and Gingrich on Prop 8 - The Young Turks Music: Big Jumps - Emiliana Torrini Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni Love, Save the Empty - Erin McCarley Come As You Are - The Bird and the Bee Love Will Tear Us Apart - Nouvelle Vague Produced by: Julia! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Leave us comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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