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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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