Thu, 29 July 2010
Edition #390 Reverse Robin Hood Republicans
Act 1: GOP on raising retirement age, cut benefits - Young Turks Song 1: Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Act 2: Barney Frank on financial reform - Chris Priest Song 2: Lawless Flawless - Chris Priest Act 3: GOP plan for the deficit - Rachel Maddow Song 3: If you close the door - Adam Bork Act 4: The Magnetar Trade story Part 1 - Pro Publica Song 4: One - Apocalyptica Act 5: Largest ever tax hike - Media Matters Minute Song 5: One - Apocalyptica Act 6: The Magnetar Trade story Part 2 - Pro Publica Song 6: Wild world - Cat Stevens Act 7: Unemployed are lazy drug addicts - Young Turks Song 7: The sound of settling - Death Cab For Cutie Act 8: Military spending - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Economic Fun Fair - Mark Fiore
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Tue, 27 July 2010
Edition #389 Religious Justice League
Act 1: Banning haircuts - Wait wait don't tell me Song 1: Painted by numbers - The Sounds Act 2: Political fashion news - The Bugle Song 2: Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation Act 3: Pope whipped himself - Young Turks Song 3: Hey, Soul Sister - Train Act 4: Bible more violent than Quran - NPR Song 4: Monster Hospital - Metric Act 5: God cites 'moving in mysterious ways' - The Onion Song 5: Master Plan - My Morning Jacket Act 6: News of the godly Part 1 - Le Show Song 6: (Why Is Your) Heaven So Small - Susan Werner Act 7: Stephen Prothero on the 8 religions - Colbert Report Song 7: Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam - Nirvana Act 8: Study says abstinence-only works - Young Turks Song 8: Boasdicea - Enya Act 9: Heaven to return 3.6 billion souls for rejudging - The Onion Song 9: Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses Act 10: News of the godly Part 2 - Le Show Song 9: Kids - MGMT Act 10: Glenn Beck, Ignore Jesus, be selfish - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Modest-Con 2010 - Colbert Report
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Sat, 24 July 2010
Edition #388 Torture is Un-American so we don't call it that
Act 1: Blame - Daily Show Song 1: Blame it on the Tetons - Modest Mouse Act 2: Harvard's study on torture - Young Turks Song 2: Where does the good go - Tegan and Sara Act 3: Yahweh or no way - Glenn Beck's MLK rally - Colbert Report Song 3: High - James Blunt Act 4: New ruling on media profanity - Wait wait don't tell me Song 4: Escucha Me - Gipsy Kings Act 5: Father Guido Sarducci on Prophet Glenn Beck - Colbert Report Song 5: Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs Act 6: Torture in the media - On the Media Song 6: Tell me a lie - Griffin House Act 7: People don't like facts or failing - Citizen Radio Song 7: Pony - Erin McCarley Act 8: Rush Limbaugh kids should dumpsterdive - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Media Fail On McChrystal Resignation - Young Turks
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Wed, 21 July 2010
Edition #387 The state of the empire
Act 1: McChrystal article by Michael Hastings - Colbert Report Song 1: The moment I said it - Imogen Heap Act 2: Gaps in Afghan government - Rachel Maddow Song 2: Out of our hands - Ikon Act 3: UK investigating war crimes - Citizen Radio Song 3: All American Girl - Train Act 4: Judge sides with detainee in Guantanamo - The Progressive Song 4: Shuffle your feet - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Act 5: Counter insurgency interview with General - Rachel Maddow Song 5: Eve of destruction - Barry McGuire Act 6: Odd couple Frank and Paul on military spending - NPR Song 6: No need to argue - The Cranberries Act 7: Obama authorizes assassinations on US citizens - Young Turks Song 7: The perfect space - The Avett Brothers Act 8: Afghanistan commentary - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Petraeus takes over with same strategy - Rachel Maddow
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Sun, 18 July 2010
Edition #386 Thank you BP
Act 1: Endless bummers - Daily Show Song 1: My name is Jonas - Weezer Act 2: Shep Smith slams Fox News defending BP - Young Turks Song 2: Real world - Matchbox Twenty Act 3: ThreatDown - Dawn - Colbert Report Song 3: Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix) - The Orb Act 4: BP CEO acts like Star Trek character - Young Turks Song 4: House of the Rising Sun - The Animals Act 5: BP's PR campaign - Jimmy Dore Show Song 5: Sinnerman (The Thomas Crown Affair) - Nina Simone Act 6: BP's criminal negligence - The Progressive Song 6: Politic Amagni (La Politique, C'est Pas Bon) - Amadou & Mariam Act 7: Carl Safina on oil regulation - Colbert Report Song 7: Soft serve - Soul Coughing Act 8: Extreme energy - Slate.com Song 8: I go to extremes - Billy Joel Act 9: Josh Fox talks about toxic materials - Daily Show Song 9: Classical gas - Mason Williams Act 10: Entire oil rig searches for pizza cutter - The Onion Song 10: Cuts like a knife - Soft Act 11: Oil invested judge OKs offshore drilling - Young Turks Song 11: Stop the madness - Marty Dread Act 12: Lube Job - Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Obamas BP Oil Spill Speech - Colbert Report
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Thu, 15 July 2010
Edition #385 A flawed and broken paradigm
Act 1: Pros and cons of financial reform bill - Young Turks Song 1: Satellite - Guster Act 2: Estate tax discussion - Bill Maher Song 2: I Want to Protect You - Eels Act 3: Reinstate the estate tax - The Progressive Song 3: Celebration guns - Stars Act 4: Working on cutting social security - Counterspin Song 4: Noctuary - Bonobo Act 5: Canadian banks vs US Banks - Young Turks Song 5: Spare change - Matt and Kim Act 6: Social security broke - That's Bullshit - Sam Seder Song 6: 1234 - Feist Act 7: Rich vs the middle class - Young Turks Song 7: Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers Act 8: America's got nothing - Daily Show Song 8: Built for this - Ben Sollee Act 9: Obama needs to change budget dialogue - The Progressive Song 9: Blessed - Brett Dennen Act 10: Unemployment benefits with Paul Krugman - Colbert Report Song 10: Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran Act 11: GOP on the deficit - Rachel Maddow Song 11: Believe - The Bravery Act 12: Conservatives don't understand - Jimmy Dore
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Holier Than Dow - Daily Show
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Tue, 13 July 2010
Edition #384 Kagan's vapid and hollow confirmation
Act 1: Kagan on Supreme Court confirmations - Wait wait don't tell me Song 1: Play the game - Shout Out Louds Act 2: Too many Jews - Le Show Song 2: Fade to black - Apocalyptica Act 3: Like a lady - Media Matters Act 4: Gen. Boykin vs. Kagan - Rachel Maddow Song 4: Ready or not - The Fugees Act 5: Franken on the importance of SCOTUS - Young Turks Song 5: See you in the light - Michael Franti And Spearhead Act 6: Kagan confirmation process - It's all politics Song 6: Keep on moving forward - Emma's Revolution Act 7: Thurgood Marshall case histories - Thom Hartmann Song 7: Powerless - The Salads Act 8: Kagan in a turban - Rachel Maddow Song 8: Will you remember - The Cranberries Act 9: Terrible confirmation process - Citizen Radio Song 9: Carolina Dreams - Heroes and Villains Act 10: More of less free - Young Turks Song 10: I'm free - The Soup Dragons Act 11: Release the Kagan - Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Supreme Court Justice Sweetness - Colbert Report
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Sat, 10 July 2010
Edition #383 A celebration of science
Act 1: NUMMI is reborn for electric cars - NPR Song 1: Electric car - They might be giants Act 2: News of the warm 1 - Le Show Song 2: Warning sign - Coldplay Act 3: Bill McKibben Interview Part 1 - The Progressive Song 3: Fake Empire - The National Act 4: Climate change vs. Biblical Armageddon - The Onion Song 4: The end's not near - Band of Horses Act 5: Bill McKibben Interview Part 2 - The Progressive Song 5: Big black nothing - Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band Act 6: How to draw attention to climate rallies - Counterspin Song 6: Starsign - Apoptygma Berzerk Act 7: Bill McKibben Interview Part 3 - The Progressive Song 7: Drive - R.E.M. Act 8: Denying science - Ring of Fire Song 8: Science is real - They might be giants Act 9: News of the warm 2 - Le Show Song 9: Polar bear - The Quiet Two Act 10: What the fuck is wrong with you people - Bill Maher
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: The Quest For Arctic Riches - Colbert Report
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Wed, 7 July 2010
Edition #382 Obama and GOP speak on oil spill
Act 1: Day 58, Obama's speech - Daily Show Song 1: Friend of the Devil - Counting Crows Act 2: President's weekly address - Le Show Song 2: Angry - Matchbox Twenty Act 3: LA Senator wants more oil drilling - Young Turks Song 3: Mushaboom - Feist Act 4: More moronic GOP reactions - Daily Show Song 4: The Wind - Cat Stevens Act 5: Leaving for a yacht race - Wait wait don't tell me Song 5: Skinny Love - Bon Iver Act 6: Oil execs know nothing about spills - Rachel Maddow Song 6: Aegean Wave - Suzanne Ciani Act 7: Oil regulation corruption - Le Show Song 7: Failure by design - Brand New Act 8: Of oil, energy and filibusters - Bill Maher Song 8: Never Before - Zhang Yun Jing Act 9: Oil spill not an environmental disaster - Young Turks Song 9: When it all goes wrong again - Everclear Act 10: International oil market - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Tip/Wag at Marshall Islands - Colbert Report
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Sun, 4 July 2010
Edition #381 Wars, Crimes and War Crimes
Act 1: Back in Black - Mark Fiore Song 1: Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin Act 2: Bush admits to war crimes - Countdown Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote Act 3: Water-boarding is a no-brainer - Bill Maher Song 3: Monster - The Automatic Automatic Act 4: Water-boarding USA - Le Show Song 4: Water-boarding USA - Harry Shearer Act 5: Respect my authoritah - Daily Show Song 5: Mount Doom (feat. Renée Fleming) - Howard Shore Act 6: Following the constitution or not - Jimmy Dore Song 6: California - Phantom Planet Act 7: Sy Hersh story on battlefield executions - Young Turks Song 7: You Got to Get Out of There - Dave Cross Act 8: Comparing the Bush and Obama policies - Bill Maher Song 8: Kyoko's House ("stage blood is not enough") - Philip Glass Act 9: U.S. Airliner Sajacked - The Onion Song 9: Wheel of fortune - Kay Starr Act 10: Interview with Republican on Miranda Rights - Jimmy Dore Song 10: 1901 - Phoenix Act 11: Clusterfuck to the war house - Korea and Middle East - Daily Show Song 11: The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil Act 12: Killing Number 3 - On the Media Song 12: Feet to the fire - the hereafter Act 13: Obama's Bush-like war comments - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Afghanistan Stability Chart - Daily Show
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Thu, 1 July 2010
Edition #380 Oil Apologies
Act 1: Trust me - Mark Fiore Song 1: Happy to be stuck with you - Huey Lewis and the News Act 2: We care about the small people - Wait wait don't tell me Song 2: Always mean it - Emilyn Brodsky Act 3: Oil apologies - Le Show Song 3: Small People - Harry Shearer Act 4: Oil companies lie about spill severity - On the Media Song 4: Chicago - Escape Directors Act 5: BP and the oil spill - The NOW show Song 5: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica Act 6: Defending BP - Media Matters Act 7: Jobs lost in murderous, hateful industries - Bill Maher Song 7: Working class hero - Green Day Act 8: BP stock sinks - Colbert Report Song 8: All in - Better than Ezra Act 9: Chairman Barton - It's all politics Song 9: Sorry, blame it on me - Akon Act 10: GOP glass jaw - Rachel Maddow Song 10: Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?) - Sahara Hotnights Act 11: An energy-independent future - Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Put the Cursed Monkey Paw Down - Colbert Report
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