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Edition #560

Year of the uprising

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11

Song 1: The persuaded - Faded Paper Figures

Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 2: God be with you - The Cranberries

Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 3: Liquid Sun - The Beginning (A New Hope) - DJ Keoki

Act 4: Obama - Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal - Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 4: Don't believe the hype - Public Enemy

Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity - J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 5: 2 atoms in a molecule - Noah and the Whale

Act 6: Infectious Global Protests - The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 6: Together we fight alone - Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11

Song 7: You gotta be - Desree

Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power - Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11

Song 8: Messages - Xavier Rudd

Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC "One United" speech - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11

Voicemails:

NPR and the GOP debates - Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida

Complement for the War on Christmas episode - Doug in Chicagoland

Thoughts on Mumia from the policeman who initiated the original discussion on the topic - Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida

A call for more African American voices on the show - Jacoby from Hawaii

Thoughts on the future of the Occupy movement - Vicki from Oregon

Asking for updates on the congressional candidate in Texas - Big fan of the show

Update on US House Candidate in Texas - www.brianingram.org - Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters - Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11

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Edition #559

Our annual collective waste of time

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Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O'Reilly's Response - Young Turks Air Date: 2010

Song 1: Have I got a present for you - Toby Keith

Act 2: Sam wont cut and run from the war on Christmas - Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years

Song 2: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams

Act 3: Fox News Gets Trigger-Happy in the War on Christmas - Media Matters Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 3: Rockin' around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

Act 4: War on Xmas - Santa under attack - Countdown Air Date: 12-13-10

Song 4: The holidays are here and we're still at war - Brett Dennen

Act 5: The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude - Colbert Report Air Date: 2010

Song 5: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? - Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson

Act 6: The ACLU of Tenn. Accused of Terrorism - The Progressive Air Date: 2010

Song 6: Lord's bright blessing - Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

Act 7: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition - Media Matters Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 7: Whoville welcomes Christmas - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Act 8: Glenn Beck's story of the three wise men - Le Show Air Date: 2010

Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist - Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years

Song 9: Sleigh ride - Amy Grant

Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? - Media Matters Air Date: 2010

Song 10: Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Andy Williams

Act 11: Church and State During the Holidays - The Progressive Air Date: 12-13-11

Song 11: There are much worse things to believe in - Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson

Act 12: Scrooge was not the hero of 'A Christmas Carol' - Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11

Song 12: Walking in the air - The Snowman

Act 13: War on Christmas: Part 4 - Media Matters Air Date: 2010

Song 13: Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat - Colbert Report Air Date: 2010

Final comments on a song correction and how people's tribal instincts can result in resentment

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Edition #558

The establishment vs the rabble at the gate

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Act 1: The Country Really Needs Newt Gingrich! - Wait wait Don't Tell Me Air Date: 12-10-11

Song 1: Cheating - Jettingham

Act 2: Ron Paul Crushes Gingrich In New Ad - Young Turks

Song 2: A long December - The Counting Crows

Act 3: NY Times: Gingrich "smartest man in the room" - Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 3: The idiots are taking over - NOFX

Act 4: A political Buddy for the people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-14-11

Song 4: We could be friends - Freelance Whales

Act 5: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenk's crush on Ron Paul? - Young Turks

Song 5: I'm into something good - The Bird and the Bee

Act 6: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates  - On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 6: If we make it through December - Merle Haggard

Act 7: The "big stick" of people power - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 7: Sticks and stone - Jónsi

Act 8: GOP debates Foreign Policy - Counterspin - Air Date: 12-08-11

Song 8: No questions asked - Fleetwood Mac

Act 9: Private RNC call on Obama attack plan leaked - Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 9: You're not going anywhere - Brad Sucks

Act 10: Jim Hightower on Ending Corporate Personhood Election Influence - David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 10: Move this - Technotronic

Act 11: 'NYT' article should have read, 'Republicans say voter fraud is a huge issue, but it turns out they're lying' - Young Turks

Song 11: Gerudo Valley - Nintendo

Act 12: A Great Week in the Campaign Against Corporate Personhood - The Progressive Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 12: Vagabond - Beirut

Act 13: It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 13: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Act 14: Sen. Bernie Sanders calls Citizens United 'a blow to democracy' - Countdown Air Date: 12-9-11

Voicemails:

Rocky Anderson has formed the Justice Party to run for president - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final comments on how to avoid joining a cult or defending the indefensible

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Execute Drug Users? - Newt Gingrich - Young Turks

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Edition #557

Why we're winning

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Act 1: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money - Majority Report Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 1: Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Act 2: If cops use force then your speech wasn't free (to say the least) - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 2: Paranoia - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 3: Good cop, bad cop and O'Reilly declares the Occupation dead - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 3: John Lennon - Arkells

Act 4: Occupying our homes - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 4: House of the rising sun - Bob Dylan

Act 5: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks

Song 5: Wild world - Cat Stevens

Act 6: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 6: Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Act 7: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect  - Lee Camp Air Date 12-5-11

Voicemails:

Retail manager's story of holiday hiring - Casey from Michigan

Direct message to Dave (Godless) Kinser - Chris the Carpenter

Asking that more women's voices be promoted on the show - April from Toronto

Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident - Dave from Olympia, WA

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Final comments on this show being the answer to the question of the point of Occupy Wall St

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Michael Moore connects the federal government to raids - Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11

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Edition #556

Keeping Wall St Occupied 

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Act 1: We are the 0.99 Percent - David Feldman Air Date: 11-18-11

Song 1: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Einar Steen-Nokleberg

Act 2: Anatomy of an Occupy Wall Street Smear - Majority Report Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 2: Susan - The Exit

Act 3: OWS Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 1 - Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11

Act 4: OWS Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 2 - Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11

Song 4: Candle in the wind (Ben's Song) - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 5: Occupy Wall Street Divided - Daily Show Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 5: Class Warfare - Chris Priest

Act 6: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election? Glenn Greenwald Interview - David Pakman Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 6: Anti-Hu - Pinback

Act 7: Whom Do They Represent? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Cotton Eyed Joe - Asleep At the Wheel

Act 8: Keep Wall Street Occupied (Part 1) - Ransackedroom on YouTube

Song 8: Lost in the post - The Wombats

Act 9: U.S. Citizens Form Massive Special Disinterest Group - The Onion

Song 9: Don't vote - Cass McCombs

Act 10: Iraq vet Scott Olsen on what he hopes the movement will achieve - Countdown Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 10: Bloodstream - Stateless

Act 11: UC Davis Pepper-Spraying Cop John Pike Anti-Gay Slur Lawsuit - David Pakman Air Date: 11-28-11

Song 11: Sociopath - Anya Marina

Act 12: Walker's War on Free Speech - The Progressive Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 12: Heat of the moment - Asia

Act 13: Occupy Wall Street  Leaked Memo, Banks Plan Attack - Young Turks Air Date: 11-21-11

Voicemails:

Looking for more info on Brian from TX - Josh from Dallas, TX

Follow up info in his run for congress in Texas - Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

Thoughts on tackling the casually pepper spraying cop - Ron from outside Philly

Occupying America: The Rest of Us - New project from the producer of the Watch it Burn podcast - Dave Kinser

Link to Dave's project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/279525328/occupying-america-the-rest-of-us?ref=city

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Voicemail Music: 

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Final Comments on Dave Kinser, his old podcast and his new project

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Elderly Occupier Pepper Sprayed - Colbert Report

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Edition #555

Go to the mat for liberty or to 3rd base with the TSA

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Act 1: The FBI's Next Generation Identification - The Progressive Air date: 7-18-11

Song 1: The Day The Violence Died (Medley) - The Simpsons

Act 2: UK Man Arrested For Planning Water Fight Via Mobile Phone - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 2: Having a good time - Theo Bard

Act 3: American Wrongful Convictions Part 1 - Truthdig

Song 3: Swing low sweet chariot - The Persuasions

Act 4: Landmark Civil Rights Act Made Racism Slightly Less Overt - The Onion

Song 4: Harriet Tubman - John McCutcheon

Act 5: American Wrongful Convictions Part 2 - Truthdig

Song 5: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson

Act 6: A Courageous Governor on the Death Penalty - The Progressive Air Date: 11-25-11

Song 6: Thanksgiving - George Winston

Act 7: Innocent Man Spends 25 Years In Prison For Wife's Murder - Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11

Song 7: Big mistake - Tim Fite

Act 8: Rape Blocks - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 8: A beautiful world - Tim Myers

Act 9: ACLU Obama Continues Bush Abuses - Young Turks Air Date: 7-9-11

Song 9: Leader - Burning Spear

Act 10: Less Free, More Lawless after 9/11 - The Progressive Air Date: 9-12-11

Song 10: Fight back - Garnett Silk

Act 11: This Weak In National Cecowardty - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11

Song 11: Naked and famous - The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Act 12: TSA Adult Diaper Controversy - Young Turks Air Date: 6-27-11

Song 12: I wish I knew - Years and Years

Act 13: Excuse Us While We Fondle Your Privacy - Lee Camp

Voicemails:

Standing with the Occupiers - Brandon from Fort Worth, TX

Thoughts on the removal of Occupy LA - Todd from LA

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Final comments on how the Occupy Movement can be like the Industrial Revolution

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Buildings You Are Not Allowed to Photograph - David Pakman Air Date: 6-20-11

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Edition #554

The meaning of life

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Act 1: Right Wing Wants to Occupy Your Womb in Mississippi - Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 1: Living in America - James Brown

Act 2: Should Women Flaunt It at Work for Fun - Profit - David Pakman Air Date: 8-30-11

Song 2: Parade - Pretty Girls Make Graves

Act 3: Mississippi's Repressive Initiative 26 - The Progressive Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 3: Girls - The Beastie Boys

Act 4: Lactate Intolerance - Daily Show Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 4: Suffer - Stretford End

Act 5: Mississippi Personhood Crazy Implications - Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 5: Complicated - Avril Lavigne

Act 6: NYC Mandating Sex Ed For Students - Young Turks

Song 6: Loser like me - Glee Cast

Act 7: Rise In Teen Sexual Activity Comes As Surprise To Area Teen - The Onion

Song 7: The way I feel is sexual - Amber

Act 8: Let Mississippi be the Petri dish for Right Wing Craziness - Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 8: Animal - Miike Snow

Act 9: Gloria Steinem - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 9: Pretty - The Cranberries

Act 10: Mississippi Votes No on Radical Anti-Choice Contraception Personhood Amendment - David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11

Song 10: Fantasy - Anya Marina

Act 11: Area Kindergartner Tackles The Shit Out Of Dream Girl - The Onion

Song 11: As long as the grass grows - Randy Wood

Act 12: Satan Wins in Mississippi Personhood Vote - Majority Report Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 12: Stop breaking down - The White Stripes

Act 13: Pregnancy Centers Lying to Women, Tell Jewish Women She Needs to Convert - David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on police actions during crowd control - Policeman Jeff from Florida

It's the politicians job to fix the problems - Alex from Texas

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Final Comments on how the Occupy Movement is headed towards a horizon rather than a point

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The Word - Shock The Vote GOP - Youth Vote - Colbert Report

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Edition #553

Our entire elections process is an art project

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Act 1: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren: You're a Socialist Whore - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 1: PTF2012 - VNV Nation

Act 2: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe - Media Matters Air Date: 11-10-11

Act 3: Super Pac Advertising - On the Media

Song 3: Get up and go - Broadcast 2000

Act 4: Declare independence from corporate power! - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 4: Monday - Jon Brion

Act 5: Herman Cain is a performance art project - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 5: Wait till you see my smile - Alicia Keys

Act 6: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture - Young Turks Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 6: Painted by numbers - The Sounds

Act 7: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid - David Pakman Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Higher and higher - Alice Deejay

Act 8: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads - Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 8: White rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Act 9: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-22-11

Voicemails:

Egyptian blogger arrested for inciting religious violence - Dennis from the UK

Thoughts on social media to help spread the show - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final Comments on monthly dinner and a movie in Chicago and the need for a web developer for paid gig

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Oops, Rick Perry! - Wait Wait Air Date: 11-13-11

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Edition #552

Pepper spray is a weapon, not a seasoning

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Act 1: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 1: Nothing else matters - Apocalyptica

Act 2: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street - Media Matters Air Date: 11-16-11

Act 3: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 3: Librarian - My Morning Jacket

Act 4: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC - Counterspin Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 4: We are the champions - Queen

Act 5: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 5: Razor Wire - Chris Priest

Act 6: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range - David Pakman Air Date 11-21-11

Song 6: Uncommon Courtesy - Hugo

Act 7: You Can't Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Reinventing Kevin Bacon - Al Baker & The Dole Queue

Act 8: The pepper spray cop - Le Show Air Date: 11-27-11

Act 9: Protests now and from the past 50 years - Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 9: Protest song - Anti-Flag

Act 10: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 10: We shall overcome - Pete Seeger

Act 11: Pepper Spray is not a food product - Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 11-22-11

Voicemails:

Use screenshots in chapter markers for visual elements - Nick from Santa Clara, CA

Donate to National Lawyers Guild Occupy legal defense fund at www.NLG.org/occupy - Stacy from San Francisco Bay Area

Who's really the radicals? - Alex from Texas

Support the occupiers however you can - Bill From Lubbock, TX

Thoughts on Occupy and cuts to social programs - Ronald from Baltimore

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Final comments on www.occupythemovie.net and David Pakman's campaign to get on Current.tv

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We are all Scott Olsen - short film - Occupy the Movie

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Edition #551

The police are the 99 percent too

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Act 1: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 1: You can go your own way - The Cranberries

Act 2: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 2: We are the many - Makana

Act 3: Don't just salute veterans, rally with them - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 3: Veterans - The Clips

Act 4: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps - Lee Camp Air Date 11-14-11

Song 4: Clowns (Can you see me now) - t.A.T.u.

Act 5: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street - The Progressive Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 5: Stop the madness - Marty Dread

Act 6: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 6: This fickle world - Theo Bard

Act 7: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 7: Shake it out - Florence + The Machine

Act 8: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion

Song 8: Seasons in the sun - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 9: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a "Which Side Are You On" Moment - The Progressive Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 9: All you fascists - Billy Bragg & Wilco

Act 10: Keith's Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg - Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 10: So I need you - 3 Doors Down

Act 11: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed - The Bugle Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 11: A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee

Act 12: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State - Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11

Voicemails:

A new take on the Occupation - Lea from Boulder, CO

A call for cops to call in with their thoughts on the police at Occupy protests - Max from Davis, CA

Agreeing with Mumia on the media's willful ignorance on the Occupation - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Call to action: general strike in Davis on November 28, 2011 - Max from Davis, CA

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Final comments asking for calls from police officers regarding Occupy Wall St

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Bloomberg Forever - short film - Occupy The Movie

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Edition #550

Advocating for selfish altruism

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Act 1: Wall Street wankers according to an Irishman abroad - TheDadgadman on YouTube

Song 1: The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan

Act 2: Obama Moves Left For 2012 Election - Jimmy Dore 9-19-11

Song 2: I'm Free - The Soup Dragons

Act 3: Republican Businessman Suggest $3 Minimum Wage - David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 3: Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants

Act 4: The 1 percent didn't give workers weekends and child labor laws - Majority Report Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 4: Working Class Hero - Exit Clov

Act 5: Taco Bell Employee Somehow Dressed Down By Manager - The Onion

Song 5: So low - Self

Act 6: Why GDP Is Like GPA - NPR Air Date: 10-29-11

Song 6: World go 'round - No Doubt

Act 7: The disuniting of America - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-10-11

Song 7: The Bare Necessities - Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris

Act 8: Bloomberg's Don't Blame the Banks Lie Debunked - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 8: Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) - Travie McCoy

Act 9: Legalized Corruption of Government Exposed by Abramoff - Young Turks Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 9: Bling (Confessions of a king) - The Killers

Act 10: Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates - The Onion

Song 10: Slave song - Sade

Act 11: The Managers Of Money - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-13-11

Song 11: Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand Archives

Act 12: On Capitol Hill, Rand's 'Atlas' Can't Be Shrugged Off - NPR Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 12: Evil is alive and well - Jakob Dylan

Act 13: Pawning the Libertarians again - Majority Report Air Date: 9-16-11

Song 13: Selfish - This Providence

Act 14: Bank of America CEO  Thank Us - Young Turks Air Date 10-30-11

Voicemails:

Responding regarding the Fairness Doctrine - Todd from LA

Thanks for elements of non-violence - Eric

Thoughts on medicare and student loans - Earland from Indiana

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on advocating for selfish altruism

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Republicans say tax the bottom 50 percent more - Young Turks

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Edition #549

Beyond the water's edge

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Act 1: Investigate Alleged U.S. War Crime in Iraq - The Progressive Air Date: 9-1-11

Song 1: One Million Miles - J Ralph

Act 2: What Do Peanuts Have To Do With Terrorism - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-11-11

Song 2: Peanut Butter - The Marathons

Act 3: Obama Continues No-Bid Contracts For Wars - Young Turks Air Date: 9-6-11

Song 3: A girl, a boy, and a graveyard - Jeremy Messersmith

Act 4: Anecdotal Iraqi Opinion Propaganda - Counterspin Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 4: One day - Matisyahu

Act 5: Robin Wright - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11

Song 5: Rock the Casbah - The Clash

Act 6: NBC news links Occupy to Afghan War - Counterspin

Song 6: The holidays are here (and we're still at war) - Brett Dennen

Act 7: 6 Dead In West Point Panty Raid - The Onion

Song 7: Oops and move on - Henery Philips

Act 8: Al Qaeda Vs Ahmadinejad - Young Turks Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 8: If I ever feel better - Phoenix

Act 9: Who Benefits from the Far-Fetched Plot? - The Progressive Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 9: Ruby Soho - Rancid

Act 10: Ali Soufan - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-19-11

Song 10: Hotel California - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 11: Richard Engel on Iraq War - Counterspin

Song 11: I believe in that - Chip Taylor

Act 12: Obama's Welcome News on Iraq - The Progressive Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 12: WMD - Blow Up Hollywood

Act 13: Tough Enough - Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 13: Cobrastyle - Robyn

Act 14: American Bases in Iraq - Common Sense with Dan Carlin

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on David Pakman, two straight men and an improvised nature documentary

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Democracy on the Lurch - Daily Show Air Date: 9-29-11

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Edition #548

20 acts in 60 minutes

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Act 1: 101-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen - Colbert Report

Song 1: Baby - Kevin "KO" Olusola

Act 2: Hate Group Pushes "Anchor Baby" Myth on Fox News - Media Matters

Act 3: Women Giving Birth Shackled By Police - Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 3: Unhappy birthday - The Smiths

Act 4: End the Secure Communities Program Now - The Progressive

Song 4: One - Apocalyptica

Act 5: Fox (hearts) Latinos...not really - Media Matters

Act 6: Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish - The Onion

Song 6: Think (Freedom) - Aretha Franklin

Act 7: Distorting the idea of "anchor babies" - Counterspin

Song 7: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen

Act 8: Fox News' Immigration Language: "Illegals" and "Anchor Babies" - Media Matters

Act 9: Undocumented Immigrant Goes Public- Young Turks Air Date: 6-22-11

Song 9: All for you - Sister Hazel

Act 10: Rep. Mo Brooks Wants to End Immigration -  Jimmy Dore Air Date: 7-14-11

Song 10: Dog days are over - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 11: Lou Dobbs Can't Take a Joke - Media Matters

Act 12: How to hate "illegals" and have them too - Jim Hightower

Song 12: Walk a mile - Holly Golightly

Act 13: Rick Perry Retreats From Immigrant Tuition - Young Turks

Song 13: Mustache - FunkeyMonkeys

Act 14: Mexting - The Onion

Song 14: Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Act 15: Meet Doc Thompson: Immigration Policy Extraordinaire - Media Matters Air Date: 7/1/11

Act 16: Some Latinos See Obama 'Betrayal' On Immigration - NPR Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 16: Disappointment - The Cranberries

Act 17: U.S. Government Is a Home-Wrecker on Immigration - The Progressive Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 17: Break up the family - Morrissey

Act 18: Farmer Struggles To Hire Americans - Young Turks

Song 18: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann

Act 19: How Fox News Uses Anti-Immigrant Buzz Words - Media Matters Air Date: 8-22-11

Act 20: Alabama's Migrant Workers - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-26-11

Voicemails:

The GOP candidates don't care about us - Louis from Texas

Burn episodes to CD to spread the word! - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine - Joseph from Palo Alto, CA

We need some black perspective - EJ From Lyons, NY

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on burning CDs of the show and  how this episode got it's name

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Aliens Vs Senator - Daily Show Air Date: 6-22-11

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Edition #547

Then they fight you (Occupy Wall St Part 6)

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Act 1: The Top 1% Vs YOU - Young Turks Air Date 10-31-11

Song 1: Give a damn - Spanky & Our Gang

Act 2: Occupy Wall Street Says "Stop, Thief!" - The Progressive Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 2: Stop thief - Fabian

Act 3: What's in a name at Occupy Wall St? - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-31-11

Song 3: Liberty Square - UDORA

Act 4: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street - Majority Report Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 4: Out of my mind - James Blunt

Act 5: The general strike in Oakland - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 5: If it weren't for the union - Robin Roberts

Act 6: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United - The Progressive Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 6: Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner

Act 7: The dignity of the Occupation and the coverage of it - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 7: Dignified and old - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

Act 8: Occupation teach-ins on environmental issues - Green News Report Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 8: Return to sender - Elvis Presley

Act 9: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers - The Onion

Song 9: Night of the dancing flame - Róisín Murphy

Act 10: Who Are The 1 Percent? - Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 10: What are their names - David Crosby

Act 11: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question - Counterspin Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 11: The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 12: What Do They Want? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-6-11

Song 12: Too much information - Duran Duran

Act 13: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet - Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 13: Still fighting it - Ben Folds

Act 14: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police - Countdown Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 14: Sorrow - Bad Religion

Act 15: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Don't Have Free Speech - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-31-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the occupartion in Oakland - Max from Davis, CA

Call for a mass Occupy event in the spring - Daniel from Chicago, IL

Thoughts on what non-violence means - D from Chicago

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the fundamental appeal of the occupation

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must repent or resign - Countdown

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Edition #546

The world is, in fact, watching and taking part

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Act 1: Thanks for Nothin' - Mark Fiore Air Date 10-27-11

Song 1: Looking through you - The Wallflowers

Act 2: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation - Counterspin Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 2: Down the line - José González

Act 3: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 1 - Majority Report 10-25-11

Song 3: Generation - Emerson Hart

Act 4: Why Don't The Occupy Protesters Stop Whining, Just Work Hard - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 4: Have you had enough? - Rickie Lee Jones & The Squirrel Nut Zippers

Act 5: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 2 - Majority Report 10-25-11

Song 5: I can help - Billy Swan

Act 6: Comparing the Occupation to the Bonus Army encampment - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 6: Down the drain - Will Dailey

Act 7: Protest update and thoughts on tear gas - The Bugle Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 7: Touch of grey - Grateful Dead

Act 8: Poll Americans Distrust Government - Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 8: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Act 9: Missing Howard Zinn, Oracle of OWS - The Progressive Air Date: 10-31-11

Song 9: Back to life - Soul II Soul

Act 10: Shockupy Wall Street Fad - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 10: Ave Maria (Pavarotti / O'Riordan) - The Cranberries

Act 11: The world is, in fact, watching the Oakland Occupation - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 10-27-11

Voicemails:

Call to action: go visit an occupation and bring food and water - Todd from LA

Disappointment in election results and education system in Colorado - Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado

Request for a union episode - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Occupy protests hitting on emotions and logic to take down the system - John from Tulsa, OK

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on the irrelevance of other news

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Parks & Demostrations - Oakland Riot - Daily Show Air Date: 10-26-11

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Edition #545

Excessive inequality

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Act 1: CEO's are to Pedophiles as Corporate Greed is to Touching Children - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 1: Turn this boat around - Matt & Kim

Act 2: Economic Inequality on the News - Counterspin Air Date: 9-30-11

Song 2: The importance of being idle - Oasis

Act 3: GE CEO: Root For Corporations! - Young Turks

Song 3: Our town - The Adjusters

Act 4: CEO's Marital Duties Outsourced To Mexican Groundskeeper - The Onion

Song 4: I think we're alone now - Tiffany

Act 5: Avoiding Last Place: Some Things We Don't Outgrow - NPR

Song 5: Left behind - VNV Nation

Act 6: Pro-corporate coverage of trade deals - Counterspin

Song 6: The mosquito song - Born Loser and the Hangers On

Act 7: Obama, Dems, Cave to Corporate Power on Free Trade Deals - The Progressive Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 7: Looking at the sun - Gramercy Arms

Act 8: Day Job Officially Becomes Job - The Onion

Song 8: Don't hold me back - Alex Cornish

Act 9: Growth of the wealth divide - Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Solo, Solo Dire - Gipsy Kings

Act 10: Reason for Hope, and Reason for Concern, in New Poll - The Progressive Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 11: House of the rising sun - Bob Dylan

Act 12: Tea Party Nation Pledge and Spirit Airlines Ad Revenue - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-20-11

Song 12: Let's live for today - The Grass Roots

Act 13: The world without the sheriff of Wall St - Rachel Maddow

Song 13: Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Act 14: Top 1 percent Doubled Income In Last 30 Years - Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11

Voicemails:

Reaction to conversation with Jimmy Dore on Pat Robertson - Ken in Chicagoland

In reaction to Oakland police brutality against Occupy protests - Chris from Middletown, NY

Michael invents the tweet bomb - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments on how Michael didn't really invent the tweet bomb

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The Word - Bite The Hand That Feeds You - Colbert Report

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Edition #544

Well, that's settled then

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Act 1: Bobby Kennedy discusses the Public Trust Doctrine - Ring of Fire

Song 1: Clocks - Coldplay

Act 2: Dim bulbs in Congress - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-12-11

Song 2: Don't turn off the light - Enrique Iglesias

Act 3: Maggie Fox - The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann Air Date 09-13-11

Song 3: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Act 4: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here - Daily Show Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 4: Sunshine goodtime - Minnutes

Act 5: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it's a Conspiracy - Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11

Song 5: Find the river - R.E.M.

Act 6: Koch Bros study confirm climate change - Majority Report Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 6: You spin me right round - Dead or Alive

Act 7: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive - The Onion

Song 7: Driving sideways - Aimee Mann

Act 8: Dr. Doug Inkley - New Gulf spill report... Not the end of the story - Thom Hartman Air Date: 9-19-11

Song 8: Secrets - OneRepublic

Act 9: Supporting the EPA and the Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research - Green News Report Air Date: 10-25-11

Song 9: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance

Act 10: CO2 - They call it pollution, we call it life - Al Franken

Voicemails:

Thoughts on Jim Hightower's airport security comments - Michael From Benicia, CA

Debunking of voicemailer who decried Jim Hightower - Mara from Pittsburgh

Follow up on Jim Hightower scanner comments - Michael From Benicia, CA

Responding to Michael From Benicia on airport scanners - Mara from Pittsburgh

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments wondering if we'll hear back from Michael again

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Weathering Fights - Daily Show

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Edition #543

The peace process

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Act 1: Obama's Lofty Rhetoric - The Progressive

Song 1: You talk too much - Joe Jones

Act 2: Breakdown of Netanyahu's Appearance in US Congress - Young Turks Air Date: 5-24-11

Song 2: War - Edwin Starr

Act 3: Obama Israeli Palestinian Resolution Statement - Counterspin

Song 3: Ten thousand words - The Avett Brothers

Act 4: Obama Reiterates Comments On Israel's Borders - NPR

Song 4: Come undone - Duran Duran

Act 5: Mel Gibson Launches Rockets Into Israel - The Onion

Song 5: Rocketman - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 6: NY Times Subjectivity on Israel - Counterspin Air Date: 7-07-11

Song 6: Sweet lullaby - Deep Forest

Act 7: Losing Our Minds Over Israel - Young Turks

Song 7: Common sense - Justin Mcroberts

Act 8: Suspend U.S. Aid to Israel after Golan Heights Massacre - The Progressive

Song 8: Our hearts are wrong - Jessica Lea Mayfield

Act 9: Gaza Raids, Israeli and US Propaganda - Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11

Song 9: I go blind - Hootie And The Blowfish

Act 10: Palestine Appoints New Minister Of Rubble And Urban Development - The Onion

Song 10: Back on earth - Ozzy Osbourne

Act 11: Palestine At The U.N.: Nationhood - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-18-11

Song 11: Claire De Lune - Claude Debussy

Act 12: Fox: Obama Set Up UN Vote Just So He Can Veto It - Media Matters

Act 13: Palestine Asks UN for official State Status - The Bugle

Song 13: Run, Freedom Run - Urinetown

Act 14: Obama Wrong About Palestinian State - Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 14: These days - Luxury

Act 15: Palestinian Gambit UN efforts - Counterspin Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 15: Void of a legend - Antoniette Costa & Kevin "K.O." Olusola

Act 16: Obama's Shortsighted and Cowardly UN Speech - The Progressive Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 16: Between Love and Hate - The Strokes

Act 17: Netanyahu No Settlement Freeze - Young Turks Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 17: Sandstorm - Darude

Act 18: Palestinian prisoner hyper inflation - The Bugle

Voicemails:

Reaction to Troy Davis Death Penalty episode - Joseph from Palo Alto, CA

Arguing for anti-religion episodes - Daniel from CA

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on taking action and Wolf-PAC.com

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Obama Meets With Israeli PM Netanyahu - Young Turks

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Edition #542

Greed is no longer good

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Act 1: Occupy Wall Street Is A Thought Revolution - And It Won't Be Minimized - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 1: Bathroom girl - Air

Act 2: The Occupation - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 2: Late Afternoon (Live) - Theo Bard

Act 3: False reporting about Soros connection to Occupy Wall St - Counterspin

Song 3: Run Screaming (Live) - Stockdale and Shapiro

Act 4: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 4: The walls are coming down - Fanfarlo

Act 5: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement - Countdown Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 5: Cat faces - Ugly Casanova

Act 6: The Numbers Behind Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp Air Date 10-20-11

Song 6: Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Act 7: This Is the Movement We've Been Waiting For - The Progressive Air Date: 10-14-11

Song 7: I shall not be moved - Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band

Act 8: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St - Counterspin Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 8: Serre-moi - Tryö

Act 9: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign - Young Turks Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 9: Never again - Enter the Worship Circle

Act 10: Knee jerks defend Wall Street - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 10: United we stand - The Brotherhood of Man

Act 11: Tonight at Liberty Plaza  'The American People Agree with Us' - Michael Moore Air Date: 10-20-11

Song 11: Stand by me - Playing For Change

Act 12: Wall Street Is Dirtier Than Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 12: Clean up - Ari Herstand

Act 13: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges - Young Turks Air Date 10-17-11

Voicemails:

Write on your car to promote Occupy protests - Amy from Florida

Context for Ted's voicemail - Jay!

Call to action against Keystone XL pipeline in DC - Ted Glick from CCAN

Complaint about me quoting Steve Jobs - Ryan from New York

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on why it's OK to quote anyone and rethinking how to protest corporations

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Jean Ross - Nurses Offer Free Health Care to #OWS - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 10-20-11

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dition #541

Unite like an Egyptian

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Act 1: A Detailed Plan On How To Decrease Corporate Power - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 1: What we've got (Live) - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Act 2: News Coverage Numbers of the Occupy Protests vs Tea Party protests - On the Media

Song 2: Fake plastic trees - Radiohead

Act 3: Bill O'Reilly Rips Occupy Wall Street Protesters - Young Turks

Song 3: You can't always get what you want - Glee Cast

Act 4: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 1 - Planet Money

Song 4: Union strike song - Lisa Simpson

Act 5: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 2 - Planet Money

Song 5: Rinse me down - Bombay Bicycle Club

Act 6: President's Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face - The Onion

Song 6: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) - Outernational

Act 7: Chris Hedges speech at Occupy DC - Chris Hedges

Song 7: You're the best - Joe Esposito

Act 8: Are We The Modern Day Pompeii - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-02-11

Song 8: Golden slumbers - Ben Folds

Act 9: Then Meets Now - Mark Fiore Air Date 10-19-11

Voicemails:

Touting the human megaphone at 'occupy' protests - John from Tulsa, OK

Personal 'occupy' story from Phoenix, AZ and Sheriff Joe's jail - Kim from Phoenix, AZ

Encouragement for people to join their local 'occupy' protest - Alex from Richmond, VA

Call to occupy the media - Jake from NY Alt News

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on why I'm exactly as smart as Steve Jobs

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Al Sharpton - Daily Show - Air Date: 10-19-11

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Edition #540

Echoes of war

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Act 1: Don't Give the President More Warmaking Power - The Progressive Air Date: 9-16-11

Song 1: Heads will roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Act 2: Libya NYT Misinformation - Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11

Song 2: Banking on a myth - Andrew Bird

Act 3: Drone Strike in Yemen Al Queda Americans - On the Media

Song 3: Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries

Act 4: Libya's vs US culpability on terrorist acts - Counterspin Air Date: 9-01-11

Song 4: I won't share you - The Smiths

Act 5: Not Cheering Obama's Rub Out of Al-Awlaki - The Progressive Air Date: 9-30-11

Song 5: Animal - Neon Trees

Act 6: Ron Paul Right About Terrorism Al Qaeda - Young Turks Air Date: 9-14-11

Song 6: Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend and lover

Act 7: Area Neighbors Protest Tree-House Acquisition of M-80 Technology - The Onion

Song 7: We car work it out - The Beatles

Act 8: American Prisoners Released in Iran - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 8: Under my skin - Jukebox The Ghost

Act 9: Searching for the Truth - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 9: Truth - Vaughan Penn

Act 10: The Afghan War, a Ten-Year Toll - The Progressive Air Date: 10-6-11

Song 10: This is not the end - The Bravery

Act 11: Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War - NPR Air Date: 10-6-11

Song 11: War - Goldfinger

Act 12: Jose Padilla Sentencing - Counterspin Air Date: 9-23-11

Song 12: Timeless - Kate Havnevik

Act 13: U.S. Leaves a Trail of Torture - The Progressive Air Date: 10-11-11

Song 13: Loose ends - Imogen Heap

Act 14: Radicalism against Iraqi's - Majority Report Air Date: 9-12-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on using anti-religious clips on the show - Zach from Detroit

Thoughts on genetically modified food and family farms - Len from St. Paul, Minnesota

Call to action - Keystone XL tarsands pipeline - Perry from Green County, IN

Acceptable use of Abu-Jamal - Policeman Jeff from Florida

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the US ending the war in Iraq

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Declaration of Thingamajig - Mark Fiore Air Date: 7-01-11

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Edition #539

We are the other 99 percent (Occupy Wall St Part 2)

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Act 1: Police Are On The Wrong Side At The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 1: All these things that I've done - The Killers

Act 2: Romney Would Complain About Class Warfare - The Progressive Air Date: 10-5-11

Song 2: Revolution - Grandaddy

Act 3: The Screaming Majority song on Occupy Wall St - Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 3: Up nights - Amsterband

Act 4: The TRUTH About The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 4: Free to decide - The Cranberries

Act 5: Panic of the plutocrats - Green News Report Air Date: 10-11-11

Song 5: Take 'em down - Dropkick Murphys

Act 6: CNNs Erin Burnett informs viewers about protesters - Counterspin Air Date: 10-06-11

Song 6: I'm a worried man - Willie Nelson & Toots Hibbert

Act 7: Erin Burnett's horrible Occupy Wall St report - Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 7: We're simple minds - Club 8

Act 8: Occupy DC Event 'Infiltrated' By Conservative from American Spectator - Young Turks Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 8: Solidarity forever - Pete Seeger

Act 9: Purge the agitators at Occupy Wall St - David Feldman Show Air Date: 10-9-11

Song 9: The world has turned and left me here - Weezer

Act 10: How staying peaceful means we will win - Citizen Radio Air Date: 10-11-11

Voicemails:

Talk about cutting teachers salaries - Mark From Salisbury, MD

Call to action: Support Occupy Baltimore action - Kevin from Timonium, MD

Thank you to 'Occupy' protesters - Matt in Redding, PA

Thanks for Lee Camp! - Vicki from Oregon

Time to look for solidarity with real tea partiers - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on converting a death penalty advocate

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Police misconduct on Wall St. - David Feldman Show Air Date: 9-27-11

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Edition #538

The 99 Percent Wakes Up (Occupy Wall St Part 1)

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Act 1: Congrats to Wall St. Protesters - The Progressive Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 1: Hi - Psapp

Act 2: Irony of Police Attacks on Protestors - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 2: Pumped up kicks - Foster the people

Act 3: World Economy Going to Hell - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 3: Eleanor Rigby (Strings only) - The Beatles

Act 4: Fox News Gives Wall Street Protesters the "Fair & Balanced" Treatment - Media Matters Air Date: 10-3-11

Act 5: Keith Olbermann reads first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street - Countdown

Song 5: The times they are a changing - Bob Dylan

Act 6: Protesting is a Privilege? - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 6: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Act 7: Fox Host: Tea Party was Organic, Occupy Wall Street is Not - Media Matters Air Date: 10-5-11

Act 8: Michael Moore: We oppose the way our economy is structured - Countdown

Voicemails:

Call to action: Come to Occupy Wall St of join at occupytogether.org - Curtis from Baltimore

Having just come from Occupy Wall St. - Jake from NY Alt News

The Death Penalty goes against the teachings of the bible - Todd from Washington State

The Rhetoric of Aggitation and Control for Occupy Wall St. protesters - Sherise from NY

Just attended the Occupy Blacksburg rally in Virginia - Pamela from Virginia

Why aren't liberals pointing out the failure of capitalism to solve our problems? - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Voicemail Music: 

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Final Comments on the podcast awards

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Edition #537

Embarrassing pack of losers

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Act 1: You could still be brighter than the president - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: You're the one that I want - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 2: Can Republicans Ever Appeal to Young People - David Pakman Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 2: Put it to the test - They might be giants

Act 3: The Enronization of presidential politics - Jim Hightower Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 3: Drop dead blues - Anya Marina

Act 4: Rick Perry Ripped By Fox News Hosts - Young Turks Air Date: 9-26-11

Song 4: To build a home - The Cinematic Orchestra

Act 5: Rick Perry isn't a *cheap* whore - Majority Report

Song 5: Lights out - Santigold

Act 6: Manipulating employment numbers in Texas - Counterspin

Song 6: Cowboy - Anya Marina

Act 7: Putting their thumb of the electoral scale - Rachel Maddow

Song 7: Neopolitan Dreams - Lisa Mitchell

Act 8: Campaign Obama Calls Out GOP - Young Turks

Song 8: Wax & Wire - Loch Lomond

Act 9: Mitt, Prick and Whatshername - The Screaming Majority

Song 9: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Piano) - Yann Tiersen

Act 10: Not Trying to Compare You to Hitler, But... - Media Matters Air Date: 9-28-11

Act 11: Obama 'Stop Complaining' Ripped By CBC's Waters - Young Turks

Song 11: All for swinging you around - The New Pornographers

Act 12: Can Republicans Ever Appeal to Young People - David Pakman Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 12: L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah & The Whale 

Act 13: My Calm, Collected Assessment of The GOP Field - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-19-2011

Voicemails:

Jobs not cuts event call to action - Katie from Chicago

Thoughts on freedom from worry and transportation - Vicki from Oregon

Thoughts on Jim Hightower's airport security comments - Michael From Benicia, CA

Positive reaction to my Pat Robertson commentary - Sean from Chico, CA

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Final comments responding to all of the voicemails

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Michele Bachmann Dangerous Food - Young Turks

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Edition #536

Give me an actual number

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Act 1: Examining the death penalty in the run up to Troy Davis execution - Rachel Maddow

Song 1: Free Troy Davis - The Last Internationale

Act 2: Troy Davis Execution - Young Turks

Song 2: The Hurricane - Bob Dylan

Act 3: The morning after Troy Davis execution - Majority Report

Song 3: Certain death - Brad Sucks

Act 4: Mercy in Short Supply for Troy Davis - The Progressive

Song 4: Mercy - OneRepublic

Act 5: Dave Zirin on the questions he can't unask - Citizen Radio

Song 5: Death penalty - Eight Dayz

Act 6: Troy Davis: Movement Lessons - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 6: Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song) - Steve Earle

Act 7: Barry Scheck - Troy Davis case - Thom Hartmann  Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 7: Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen

Act 8: Death Penalty Hypocrisy, Troy Davis   Samuel David Crowe  - David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 8: Death Penalty - Surrogate

Act 9: Interview with an executioner - Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Great beyond - Aimee Mann

Act 10: Give me an actual number - Matthew Filipowicz Show

Voicemails:

Outraged by Troy Davis execution - Ves from North Dakota

Outraged by right wing reaction to Troy Davis execution - Ves from North Dakota

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Final comments on why the death penalty is fun

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California Ending Death Penalty  - Liberal Viewer Air Date 09-12-11

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Edition #535

You are what and how you eat

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Act 1: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback - NPR Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 1: Baby Elephant Walk - Lawrence Welk

Act 2: Obesity Rates up 90 percent in 17 States since 1995 - David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11

Song 2: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths

Act 3: Gordita Supreme Court - Colbert Report

Song 3: Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Act 4: McDonald's Stock Tumbles As Consumers Turn To Food - The Onion

Song 4: Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran

Act 5: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback - NPR Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 5: Back to one - O.A.R.

Act 6: The Invisible Food Crisis - Slate Magazine

Song 6: Folding chair - Regina Spektor

Act 7: Hog Executed Farmland Style - The Onion

Song 7: Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

Act 8: Monsanto - Snarkipedia - Air Date: 6-11-11

Song 8: Planting seeds - Ten Story Relapse

Act 9: Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-03-11

Song 9: Don't stop believing - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 10: Watching Fox News is Bad for Your Health - Media Matters Air Date: 9-26-11

Song 10: Held - Smog

Act 11: Legislation criminalizing investigative food Journalism - On the Media

Song 11: Like humans do - David Byrne

Act 12: Suing FDA to stop antibiotics in animal feed - Green News Report

Song 12: Catch my disease - Ben Lee

Act 13: Lobbyists Gets Candy On Food Pyramid - The Onion

Song 13: Baba O'Riley - The Who

Act 14: Is factory farming manufacturing superbugs - and endangering us all? - Johann Hari

Voicemails:

Detailed dissection of food choice arguments - Mara from Pittsburgh

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments wrapping up the show

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New Psychedelic Weight Loss Drug Transforms Food Into Monstrous Hallucinations - The Onion

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Edition #534

As the class war rages

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Act 1: Italy downgraded by S and P rating agency - BBC News Quiz

Song 1: Leap - The Cave Singers

Act 2: Numbers 'N' Stuff - Mark Fiore Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 2: Alright - Huey Lewis And The News

Act 3: World economics in "the danger zone" - The Bugle

Song 3: Deep in the sweetwater - Rasputina

Act 4: Solutions To America's Finanacial Worries - WWIII - Colbert Report

Song 4: This war - Ophelia of the Spirits

Act 5: Obama Advisers Exposed In New Book - Young Turks

Song 5: Evil eyes - Theo Bard

Act 6: Poverty Stats Are an Indictment - The Progressive Air Date: 9-14-11

Song 6: The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 7: 40% of Single Mothers Living in Poverty - David Pakman Air Date: 9-20-11

Song 7: Girls - Walter Meego

Act 8: Poverty stats, especially regarding women and children - Majority Report

Song 8: Hide your tears - Daniel Licht

Act 9: Fox News Host: Gutting Poverty Programs Actually "Brings Down the Poverty Rate" - Media Matters Air Date: 9-20-11

Act 10: Media debunks an Obama speech on economics he didn't give - Counterspin

Song 10: Baby, it's fact - Hellogoodbye

Act 11: Class Warfare Is a Lie - Young Turk Air Date: 9-19-11

Song 11: Nearly lost you - Screaming Trees

Act 12: Class Warfare? Give Me a Break! - The Progressive Air Date: 9-20-11

Song 12: Dark flute - Jim Guthrie

Act 13: Limbaugh Revisits "Poor Aren't Really Poor" Argument - Media Matters Air Date: 9-14-11

Act 14: Fund War, Cut Social Security & Medicare - Young Turks

Song 14: Maggie - Rod Steward

Act 15: This is not class warfare, it's math - Jimmy Reefercake

Song 15: Your ex-lover is dead - Stars

Act 16: Economics populism popular with Americans - Rachel Maddow

Voicemails:

Call to action to Occupy Wall Street - Max from Davis, CA

Update on Occupy Wall Street movement - Jake from NY Alt News

Mumia Abu-Jamal should be allowed to speak regardless of his history - Anonymous

Will my membership renew automatically? - Shane from Chicago

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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments asking about Mumia Abu-Jamal commenting on the death penalty

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Govt Wastes Money On Private Contractors - Young Turks

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Edition #533

The Jobs Plan

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Act 1: Barack Obamas Jobs Speech - Colbert Report

Song 1: That's what's wrong - Good Old War

Act 2: New Jobs Plan = Unpaid Workers (Georgia Work$) - Young Turks Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 2: Out of my mind - James Blunt

Act 3: GOP Doesn't Care About Jobs, Jim DeMint Doesn't Like Speeches - David Pakman Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 3: So long - Lodger

Act 4: Jimmy Reefercake on the jobs plan - Majority Report

Song 4: Dance with me - Orleans

Act 5: Cantor Pans Obama Jobs Plan- Young Turks Air Date: 9-12-11

Song 5: The contract - Robin Roberts

Act 6: Clipgate - Colbert Report

Song 6: Breakaway - The Clips

Act 7: Obama Jobs Speech Confirms Political System is Totally Useless - David Pakman Air Date: 9-13-11

Song 7: Back to one - O.A.R.

Act 8: Who's Weighing Tax On Rich? Congress' Millionaires - NPR Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 8: The thought gives me the creeps - Hellogoodbye

Act 9: GOP Screw Jobs To Hurt Obama In 2012- Young Turks Air Date: 9-12-11

Song 9: Julie-O - Michael G. Ronstadt

Act 10: Bill O'Reilly Threatens to Quit - Media Matters Air Date: 9-20-11

Act 11: Money Brawl - Daily Show

Act 12: Money Brawl - The Extinction Of Subway, Bill O'Reilly, & The Super Rich - Daily Show

Song 12: Angel - Sarah McLachlan

Act 13: Why Jobs Bill Ain't Enough - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-18-11

Song 13: Broken (feat. Amy Lee) - Seether

Act 14: Obama Admin Steps To Pay For Jobs Plan - Young Turks Air Date: 9-12-11

Final comments on why I eagerly give away my freedom

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The Other American Jobs Act - Colbert Report

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Edition #532

In need of a new paradigm

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Act 1: Are College Students Now ONLY Taught How To F**K The Little Guy - Lee Camp Air Date: 6-20-11

Song 1: Pride (In the name of love) - U2

Act 2: Heaping of scorn on teachers - Counterspin

Song 2: Honest man - Escape Directors

Act 3: Teachers: On The Frontlines Of Class War - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 7-08-11

Song 3: I gave you all - Mumford and Sons

Act 4: Unbelievably Cool Group From High School Still Unbelievably Cool - The Onion

Song 4: How it ends - Devotchka

Act 5: States budgeting for ignorance - Jim Hightower

Song 5: Ignore the ignorant - The Cribs

Act 6: Man Volunteers For $800,000 Pay Cut To Help Students - Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11

Song 6: Gonna fly now - The Rocky Orchestra

Act 7: School Board Votes To Allow Teasing Of Area Sixth-Grader - The Onion

Song 7: Kids - MGMT

Act 8: Making Scholastic Inc. shape up - Jim Hightower Air Date: 9-2-11

Song 8: A little piece - The Jezabels

Act 9: Tha Gretest Challenje Faceng The Unitid Stayts - Lee Camp - Air Date: 6-29-11

Song 9: New slang - The Shins

Act 10: Spelling-Bee Winner Fails To Spell Way Out Of Schoolyard Beating - The Onion

Song 10: Me and Julio down by the school yard - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 11: High expectations lead to better results in education - Young Turks Air Date: 7-25-11

Song 11: Expectations - Belle and Sebastian

Act 12: Are Our Schools Crushing Creativity -  Lee Camp Air Date: 7-06-11

Song 12: Vincent - Don McLean

Act 13: Changing Education Paradigms - Sir Ken Robinson

Voicemails:

Tar sands action campaign call to action - Andrew from Brooklyn, NY

Thoughts on how inflation is actually calculated - Alex from Redding PA

Thoughts on kids being used for politics - Keith from Chicago

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments on why Pat Robertson is right

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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - Sir Ken Robinson

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Edition #531

Join a Moving Planet Event on Sept 24 at Moving-Planet.org

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Act 1: Obama continues Bush terrible standard of air quality - Ring of Fire

Song 1: Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap

Act 2: Coverage of Obama's EPA announcement on ground-level smog - Counterspin

Song 2: Turn up the sun - Oasis

Act 3: Joe Romm says Obama's hold on smog reform worse than Bush - Countdown

Song 3: Total eclipse of the heart - Nikki French

Act 4: Obama Screws Environment With Smog - Young Turks Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 4: Show me what I'm looking for - Carolina Liar

Act 5: Secret Koch Bros tapes and Perry continues to deny climate change - Green News Report Air Date: 9-8-11

Song 5: Soy - Gipsy Kings

Act 6: Interview with Daniel Yergin - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 6: Put your records on (Acoustic) - Corinne Bailey Rae

Act 7: Climate change is dull - Harry Mason

Song 7: World on Fire - Sarah McLachlan

Act 8: Sen. Bernie Sanders against building Tar Sands oil Pipeline - Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 8: There's something wrong - Brad Sucks

Act 9: Protesting Obama to Stop Keystone Corrosive Oil Pipeline in Alberta's tar sands - Majority Report Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 9: Excuse me Mr. - No Doubt

Act 10: 250 arrested at Keystone XL protest - Green News Report Air Date: 8-25-11

Song 10: The lucky one - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Act 11: For Protesters, Keystone Pipeline Is Line In Tar Sand - NPR Air Date: 9-2-11

Song 11: Free to decide - The Cranberries

Act 12: Obama about to approve Keystone XL pipeline - Green News Report Air Date: 9-11-11

Song 12: Moving Planet - September 24th, 2011: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels - 350.org

Act 13: Discussing the Keystone XL pipeline after 1000+ protester arrests - Ring of Fire

Final comments on Sept 24 Moving Planet day of action

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Edition #530

Send in the clowns

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Act 1: Perry was getting picked on - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Defying Gravity - Glee Cast

Act 2: Republican Audience = Death Panel - The Progressive Air Date: 9-13-11

Song 2: Death to Everyone (Bonus Track) - Jim Guthrie

Act 3: Oh My God Rick Perry Is Going to Be Our Next President - Second Installment - Daily Show Air Date: 9-08-11

Song 3: Little Lion Man - Piano Tribute Players

Act 4: Experts Agree: It's NOT a Ponzi Scheme - Media Matters Air Date: 9-8-11

Song 4: Little Lion Man - Piano Tribute Players

Act 5: Best GOP Candidate Huntsman Can't Win; GOP Debate in 45 Seconds Hilarious - David Pakman Air Date: 9-13-11

Song 5: Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time - Fanfarlo

Act 6: Republicans all agree during debate while all being wrong - Rachel Maddow

Song 6: Mad world - Gary Jules

Act 7: Republican Presidential Debate Media Coverage - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-08-11

Song 7: Who will buy? - Oliver Twist

Act 8: Fossil fuel industry got their money's worth during GOP debate - Green News Report

Song 8: Demon host - Timber Timbre

Act 9: The clown cars talks about what they'd bring to the White House - Majority Report

Song 9: Send in the clowns - The Simpsons

Act 10: Absurd obsession with Palin's non-candidacy - Counterspin

Song 10: Good people - Jack Johnson

Act 11: Ari Berman breaks down the 'GOP War on Voting' - Countdown

Song 11: Fast Eddie - Outernational

Act 12: An insiders account of the GOP official strategy - Citizen Radio

Song 12: Green eyes - Coldplay

Act 13: Obama caves on EPA standards and leaves a voicemail - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 13: Complicated - Avril Lavigne

Act 14: Poll Obama Could Lose To Bachmann Perry Romney or Ron Paul - Young Turks Air Date: 8-24-11

Voicemails:

Frustration with civil servants supporting conservatives - Louis from Texas

Thoughts on boycotting gas stations - Patrick from Tequesta, Florida

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments teasing my story of driving reminding me that I hate freedom

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Edition #529

Going soft

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Act 1: Fox Thinks Obama Was President 2000-2009 - David Pakman Air Date: 8-23-11

Song 1: Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Act 2: Fox News Admits Bias To Attack Media Matters - Liberal Viewer Air Date 7-07-11

Song 2: Forever Young (Techno remix) - Alphaville

Act 3: Interview with Common - Daily Show

Song 3: Take a look around - Limp Bizkit

Act 4: Brett Baier, Fox's "Straight News" Anchor - Media Matters Air Date: 9-13-11

Act 5: Fox News Anchors Can't Follow Spongebob, Claim It's Liberal Indoctrination - David Pakman Air Date: 8-09-11

Song 5: Classical gas - Mason Williams

Act 6: Hannity school of right-wing journalism - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 6: The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan

Act 7: Cenk Rips CNN Obama Analysis By Fareed Zakaria - Young Turks Air Date 8-15-11

Song 7: Love you madly - Cake

Act 8: Misrepresenting the fairness doctrine - Counterspin

Song 8: A whiter shade - Procol Harum

Act 9: Anderson Cooper's Kryptonite - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 9: Sous Le Dome Epais - Aura

Act 10: Big-time corporate synergy for football season - Counterspin

Song 10: Play the game - Shout Out Louds

Act 11: Planned Parenthood Firebombed, Media Says NOTHING - Right Wing Terrorism - David Pakman Air Date: 8-05-11

Song 11: Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

Act 12: Television Will Be The End Of Us - Lee Camp Air Date: 7-11-11

Song 12: Throwing stones - Shout Out Louds

Act 13: Bill O'Reilly Asked Cops To Investigate Wife's Boyfriend - Young Turks

Song 13: Feet to the fire - the hereafter

Act 14: Softballing Cheney - Counterspin

Song 14: North by North - Faded Paper Figures

Act 15: The Humanization Of Dick Cheney - Daily Show

Voicemails:

Don't make the mistake of believing that you can't be wrong - Noah from Ashland, Ohio

The psychology of last place - Sean from Portland, OR

Policeman Jeff is back - Policeman Jeff from Florida

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments welcoming back Policeman Jeff

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Edition #528

At least the war on the middle class is going well

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Act 1: Warren Buffett  Stop Coddling the Rich, Raise Their Taxes - David Pakman Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 1: The great estates - Freelance Whales

Act 2: Coverage of Buffet's call for higher taxes - Counterspin

Song 2: Give a little bit - Supertramp

Act 3: Warren Buffett a Socialist according to Fox News - Young Turks

Song 3: Melt with you - Modern English

Act 4: The Defeat of Liberalism By Money - The Progressive Air Date: 8-5-11

Song 4: Love will come through - Travis

Act 5: The Truth About The London Riots & Chile Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 5: The killing moon - Echo & The Bunnymen

Act 6: Job Creators  Give Me A Break - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-23-11

Song 6: Beyond the sea - Bobby Darin

Act 7: Poor People Living Well, At Fault For Recession - Jimmy Dore on TYT

Song 7: Wake up - Arcade Fire

Act 8: Pirate Written Up For Dress-Code Violation - The Onion

Song 8: Come sail away - Styx

Act 9: Republican Economic Arsonists - The Progressive Air Date: 8-9-11

Song 9: Beds are burning - Midnight Oil

Act 10: Goldman Sachs CEO Hires Lawyer - Young Turks Air Date: 8-24-11

Song 10: If you've got trouble - The Beatles

Act 11: Challenging the claims of the "Texas miracle" - Counterspin

Song 11: Cattle call - Don Edwards

Act 12: FDR on Labor Day - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 12: We were there - Robin Roberts

Act 13: Clueless support of proposed trade deals - Counterspin

Song 13: Diamond (Remix) - Klint

Act 14: Abandoned Mall Retains Eerie Vestiges Of Fun Shopping Atmosphere - The Onion

Song 14: Empty - The Cranberries

Act 15: Obama's jobs speech/pre-game show - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 15: Turn out the light - Nelly Furtado

Act 16: Obama's Affirmative Case for Government - The Progressive Air Date: 9-9-11

Song 16: Solid Action - The Wes Hollywood Show

Act 17: Wrong-headed anger over unequal benefits - Jimmy Dore Show

Voicemails:

Request for show on immigration - Carlos From Chicagoland

Documentaries to recommend - Earl from Nashville, TN

Show from the 11th is super fantastic - Jonathan from Portland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on my super-creepy email to a progressive Christian and a rule about not scripting submissions for inclusion on the show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Paybacks a Bitch & New Jersey Gets Downgraded - Daily Show Air Date: 8-18-11

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Edition #527

To both mock and defend

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Act 1: Kentucky Gives Bible Theme Park 75% Tax Break - David Pakman Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 1: Genesis - VNV Nation

Act 2: Teachers Can Mock Creationism - Young Turks  Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 2: Do you believe in magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful

Act 3: Paleontology Class Winces Whenever Fundamentalist Kid Raises Hand - The Onion

Song 3: I Am a Paleontologist - They Might Be Giants & Danny Weinkauf

Act 4: Atheists Have Best Sex Lives, Mormons Most Guilty About Sex: Dr Darrel Ray - David Pakman

Song 4: Early in the morning - Peter, Paul And Mary

Act 5: Christianity vs Atheism  - Johann Hari

Song 5: Rejoice - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 6: Priest Will Prove He's Not Gay By - Young Turks

Song 6: Halo - Beyoncé

Act 7: Things Get Uglier At Fox News - Media Matters

Song 7: Attendite - Libera

Act 8: A Ramadan Story Of Two Faiths Bound In Friendship - NPR Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 8: Hello bonjour - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 9: Yet ANOTHER Isolated Domestic Terror Incident, GOP Obsessed with American Muslims - David Pakman Air Date: 3-15-11

Song 9: I ain't afraid - Robin Roberts

Act 10: Priest Will Prove He's Not Gay - Young Turks

Song 10: Different names for the same thing - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 11: God Recalls Tracheas Of Millions Of Indonesians - The Onion

Song 11: Ebudae - Enya

Act 12: Park51 Center Would "Train the Same Kind of Terrorists That Caused" 9/11 - Media Matters Air Date: 9-1-11

Song 12: Ebudae - Enya

Act 13: Is Christian Jihad Coming to US  Around the World - David Pakman Air Date: 7-27-11

Song 13: Sometime around midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event

Act 14: $40 Million Spent To Spread Islamophobia - Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 - Jake from NY Alt News

Call to action for Troy Davis on death row - Carlos From Chicagoland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on how I address religion on the show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

I ain't afraid - Robin Roberts

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Edition #526

Perry, Bachman and Obama

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Act 1: Romney 2012 - Corporations are People - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 1: You've got a friend - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 2: Rick Perry Scariest 2012 Presidential Candidate Nuts, But Could Win - David Pakman Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 2: Wait Up (Boots Of Danger) -Tokyo Police Club

Act 3: The Lone Star State Beginnings Of Rick Perry - NPR Air Date: 8-13-11

Song 3: Sowing the Seeds of Love (iTunes Originals Version) - Tears for Fears

Act 4: Rick Perry, Thug - The Progressive Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 4: Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian

Act 5: Indecision 2012 - The Media Runs To Paul Ryan - Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 5: Fluffy Little Clouds - The Orb

Act 6: "Gov. Supercuts" for president? - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-15-11

Song 6: Untitled - Zoe Keating

Act 7: Is Fox News in Love with Rick Perry? - Media Matters Air Date: 8-16-11

Act 8: Perry Makes Texas-Size Waves In Presidential Race - NPR Air Date: 8-20-11

Song 8: Only ones who know - Arctic Monkeys

Act 9: Welfare Queen Michele Bachmann Exposed By Tax Return - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 9: 1901 - Phoenix

Act 10: Michele Bachmann Implies Slavery Positive Thing, Proud of Anti-Gay Therapy - David Pakman Air Date 7-27-11

Song 10: Go Sadness - Shout Out Louds

Act 11: A lying hypocrite for president - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-30-11

Song 11: She moves in her own way - The Kooks

Act 12: GOP unveil strategy for 2012 - The Onion

Act 13: Republican Flat-Earthers - The Progressive Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 13: Julie-O - Kevin "KO" Olusola

Act 14: Right Wing Media Attack Secret Service to Malign Obama - Media Matters Air Date: 8-18-11

Act 15: Rep Waters To Black Voters Unleash Us On President Obama - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 15: Wait so long - Trampled by Turtles

Act 16: Obama has a dream Part 1 - Devid Feldman Air Date: 8-26-11

Song 16: Yes we can, but - Harry Shearer

Act 17: Obama has a dream Part 2 - Devid Feldman Air Date: 8-26-11

Song 17: At last - Etta James

Act 18: Obama Discouraging Latino Voter - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Voicemails:

Disappointment in Obama and suggesting a write-in campaign - Rochelle from TX

Thoughts on gun control from a deputy - Wes from North Dakota

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments asking for submissions of commentaries for possible inclusion on the show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Indecision 2012 - Black Clouds & Red Herrings - Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11

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Edition #525

World of Class Warfare 

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Act 1: Warren Buffett vs Wealthy Conservatives - Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 1: Class Warfare - Chris Priest

Act 2: Donald Trump Slams Oil Subsidies Because Of Warren Buffet - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 2: The persuaded - Faded Paper Figures

Act 3: The Poors Free Ride Is Over - Daily Show - Air Date: 08-18-11

Song 3: Karma Police - Radiohead

Act 4: What 'Jobs' Really Means - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 4: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 5: After Cheering for Default, Fox Host Laments S&P Downgrade - Media Matters Air Date: 8-8-11

Act 6: Matt Taibbi - Is the SEC covering up Wall Street crimes - Thom Hartman Air Date: 8-19-11

Song 6: Don't look back in anger - Oasis

Act 7: Obama Admin Blocks Bank Investigations - Young Turks Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 7: Damn it feels good to be a gangsta - Geto Boys

Act 8: Michigan locals fight for democracy - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-29-11

Song 8: Kodachrome - Paul Simon

Act 9: VP Of Making Your Job Harder Given Raise - The Onion

Song 9: Working class hero - Exit Clov

Act 10: Obama's FDR Moment - Slate Magazine

Song 10: Goodnight and go - Imogen Heap

Act 11: Who's King? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 8-28-11

Song 11: Fade to Black - Apocalyptica

Act 12: Bill O'Reilly Think He Knows Economics Better Than Economists - Media Matters Air Date: 8-23-11

Act 13: Mad Scientist's Plot Thwarted By Budget Cuts - The Onion

Song 13: The Shag-Adelic Austin Powers Score Medley - George Clinton

Act 14: ALEC's legislative bawdy house - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-31-11

Song 14: Curl up and die - Relient K

Act 15: Stealing Water From Children And Other Good Business Practices - Lee Camp Air Date 07-20-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on campaign finance reform - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Personal attacks don't have a place in rational discourse - Nick from Santa Clara, CA

Thoughts on how boycotts can be effective + info on bone marrow registry - Cody from Washington

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on donateyouraccount.com and BotL memberships

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Debtmageddon - Mark Fiore Air Date: 8-10-11

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Edition #524

Fighting to avoid game over

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Act 1: Sen. Bernie Sanders against building Tar Sands oil Pipeline - Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 1: Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Act 2: Exxon Montana Oil Spill Lies - Young Turks Air Date: 7-06-11

Song 2: 350.org Because the world needs to know - 350.org

Act 3: Protesting Obama to Stop Keystone Oil Pipeline in Alberta's tar sands - Majority Report Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 3: A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee

Act 4: Activist McKibben: Tar Sands pipeline is climate game over - Countdown

Song 4: Show me something new - Shout Out Louds

Act 5: Global Warming Denyers, RicK Perry's 'Climate Gate' - Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11

Song 5: Soft serve - Soul Coughing

Act 6: Fox Rips Huntsman On Global Warming - Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11

Song 6: Turn back time - Freedom Call

Act 7: Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System - The Onion

Act 8: Conservatives Avoid Global Warming Talk During Heat Wave - David Pakman Air Date: 7-27-11

Song 8: Little furnace - Jim Guthrie

Act 9: Fox Anchor's Global Warming Question Leaves Bill Nye Speechless - Media Matters Air Date: 7-28-11

Song 9: Science is real - Theyu might be giants

Act 10: Heatsteria - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-09-11

Song 10: Under the sea - Samuel E. Wright

Act 11: Thom Hartmann talks about Al Gore's Rolling Stone article - Thom Hartmann

Song 11: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Orchestre) - Yann Tiersen

Act 12: Fox News Declares War on SpongeBob SquarePants - Media Matters Air Date: 8-4-11

Act 13: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it's a Conspiracy - Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11

Song 13: Kilimanjaro - Emma's Revolution

Act 14: Miners Trapped In Life-Threatening Mining Jobs - The Onion Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 14: BotL Promo (Instrumental) - Chris Priest

Act 15: Limbaugh: Air Conditioning Tricks People Into Believing in Global Warming - Media Matters Air Date: 7-26-11

Act 16: Why Is Tim DeChristopher the One in Prison? - The Progressive Air Date: 7-28-11

Voicemails:

Kudos on handling controversies and suggested topics - John In Tulsa, OK

Thoughts on boycotts - Matt from Alabama

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments breaking down Daryl's pro-meat voicemail

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

GOP Not Eager To Help Hurricane Victims - Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11

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Edition #523

Struggling for coverage

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Act 1: Appalled about privatizing health care - BBC News Quiz

Song 1: A Candle's Fire - Beirut

Act 2: Birth Control Will Wipe Out Civilization! (Rep. Steve King) - Sam Seder on TYT

Song 2: Drumming Song (Acoustic) - Florence + The Machine

Act 3: Absentminded Professor Says Cure For Cancer 'Around Here Somewhere' - The Onion

Song 3: Where did it go - Jimmy Cliff

Act 4: Would You Go Without Health Insurance for 6 Months for Affordable Care - David Pakman Air Date: 08-02-11

Song 4: Watch the world - Box Car Racer

Act 5: Health Insurance Companies Using Psychological Trickery - Lee Camp Air Date 08-08-11

Song 5: Machine - VNV Nation

Act 6: Repeal This (Health care law) - Slate Magazine

Song 6: Under the milky way - Seven Nations

Act 7: 9-11 First Responders Cancer - Young Turks

Song 7: How - The Cranberries

Act 8: Vermont Passes Single Payer Healthcare Bill - David Pakman

Song 8: Doctor my eyes - Jackson 5

Act 9: FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo - The Onion

Song 9: Mind excursion - The trade winds

Act 10: Hats Off to Vermont for Universal Health care - The Progressive

Song 10: Lead the way - Guardian

Act 11: Single payer health care in Vermont - Rachel Maddow

Song 11: The prettiest weed - Jim Guthrie

Act 12: Vermont: first in the nation - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-24-11

Song 12: Be here now - Mason Jennings

Act 13: Townhall Republican Take Care Of Yourself - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Working on Michigan recall effort - Tony from Dearborn, MI

Supportive of voicemailer Beth on campaign finance reform - Ramone from Portland, OR

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on Campaign Finance Reform and an amendment to repeal corporate personhood

Bonus Voicemails:

Veganism is a hard process to break into - Jason from Marshalltown, IA

Reevaluating animal ethics in light of empathy discussion - D from Chicago

I'm an omnivore but not a jerk - Curtis from Baltimore

Guy who was bleeped was disturbing, don't want to be on his team - Rebecca in Buffalo

"Lunatic" calls back with thoughts on cattle farming, hunting and abortion - Anonymous

Bonus final comment:

Rebuttal to pro-choice/vegan charge of hypocricy

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Ryan Tries Fails To Defend Medicare Plan - Young Turks

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Edition #522

The Great Failing

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Act 1: War on Drugs Keeps Failing, Countries Try Decriminalization - David Pakman Air Date: 6-7-11

Song 1: Gimme Sympathy -Metric

Act 2: Report War On Drugs Wastes Billions In Mexico - Young Turks

Song 2: Anti-Hu - Pinback

Act 3: Columbian Bio-Engineers Create Gun-And-Drugs Tree - The Onion

Song 3: The bleeding heart show - The New Pornographers

Act 4: Portugal Treats Addicts, Does not Punish Them - Le Show Air Date: 07-17-11

Song 4: Brain Stew - Green Day

Act 5: War on Drugs Keeps Failing While Portuguese Drug Decriminalization Works - David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11

Song 5: Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys

Act 6: Medical Benefits Of Marijuana - National Cancer Institute - Young Turks Air Date: 3-28-11

Song 6: Failure by design - Brand New

Act 7: The war on cold medicine isn't working - Jim Hightower

Song 7: Moment Of Tranquillity - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 8: Corporations growing Cannabis for their needs, while you cannot - Majority Report Air Date: 06-13-11

Song 8: This is why we fight - The Decemberists

Act 9: Florida's Outrageous and Unconstitutional Welfare Drug-Testing Law - The Progressive

Song 9: Lighting myself on fire - Jukebox The Ghost

Act 10: Drugs Now Legal If User Is Employed - The Onion

Song 10: Smile like you mean it - The Killers

Act 11: Drug Use Rising - Pot, Meth & Ecstasy - Young Turks

Song 11: Try not to breathe - R.E.M.

Act 12: A Former Crack Kingpin On The Economics Of Illegal Drugs - NPR

Song 12: Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

Act 13: Drugs And Taxes - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 13: Wavin' Flag - K'naan

Act 14: Senior Moment - Pot Smoking Seniors - Colbert Report

Song 14: Old man - Neil Young

Act 15: End The Failed War On Drugs - Young Turks

Voicemails:

The need for campaign finance reform - Beth from New Brunswick, NJ

Thoughts on progressive messaging - Mike from Rochester, NY

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on summery of excersized pro-meat-consumption voicemailer

Bonus Voicemails:

Getting smarter about food choices - Ken in Chicagoland

Guy who looks into the eyes of animals before killing them is a lunatic - Oni from Japan

Lesson on morals across countries regarding food choices - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Considering the condition of the workers in factory farms - Ashley from Syracuse, NY

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

More Blacks In Prison Than Slaves In 1850 - Young Turks

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Edition #521

Chipping at the patriarchy

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Act 1: Kansas Republican Pete DeGraaf - Getting Raped Like Getting a Flat Tire - David Pakman

Song 1: Flat tire - Aphrodesia

Act 2: New Abortion Clinic Rules in Kansas‏ - Young Turks Air Date: 06-29-11

Song 2: Shame - The Avett Brothers

Act 3: Gloria Steinem - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 3: Pretty - The Cranberries

Act 4: Right Wing Terror, Man Planned to Shoot Abortion Providers In the Head - David Pakman

Song 4: Speak up - Luke Reynolds

Act 5: God's Gift To Women Returned - The Onion

Song 5: I've gotta be me - Sammy Davis, Jr.

Act 6: Walmart Vs Class Action Lawsuit By Women - Young Turks Air Date: 6-20-11

Song 6: Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins

Act 7: Equal Rights Amendment, 36 years later  - Rachel Maddow Air date: 6-28-11

Song 7: Female of the species - Space

Act 8: Lactate Intolerance - Daily Show Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 8: Doing it all for my baby - Huey Lewis and the News

Act 9: Women's Life Expectancy DOWN in 25% of United States - David Pakman - Air Date 07-12-11

Song 9: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica

Act 10: Fox Attacks New Free Birth Control Standards - Media Matters Air Date: 8-2-11

Act 11: Free Birth Control For U.S. Women - Young Turks Air Date: 8-01-11

Voicemails:

Race to iguazu - Jeremy from San Metao, CA

Request for a war on drugs episode - Alex from Vancouver

Thoughts on confirmation bias - Franklin from Cary, NC

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on upcoming vegan debate voicemails

Bonus voicemails:

Thoughts on what morality means in relation to food choices - ? from Pittsburgh

Thoughts on over-humanizing animals - Javier from Boston, Mass

Thanks for not calling me a murderer - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Outraged by vegans - animals are the dominion of man - Anonymous

Don't use my identifying information - Anonymous

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Deadliest Snatch - Daily Show

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Edition #520

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine

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Act 1: CNN Asks Psychics to Predict Economic Future. Does it Make Sense? - David Pakman Air Date: 06-28-11

Song 1: Close to me - The Cure

Act 2: 'Cult Of Centrism', Paul Krugman Nails It - Young Turks

Song 2: Naive - The Kooks

Act 3: When Media Is Master - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 07-18-11

Song 3: Hey, soul sister - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 4: Fox Business: "I Don't Remember Any Terrorist Attacks on American Soil" 2000-2008 - Media Matters

Act 5: CNN Anchor Don Lemon Appears Not To Care For CNN - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-26-11

Song 5: Island in the sum - Weezer

Act 6: Local News = Uninformed Americans - Jimmy Dore on TYT

Song 6: Dance music - The Mountain Goats

Act 7: Data Mining for Individual Online Media Trends - On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11

Song 7: Legend of Zelda, Main Theme - Apocalyptica

Act 8: What Won't Fox News Politicize? - Media Matters Air Date: 8-10-11

Act 9: Online Algorithms, Individual Agency vs Passivity - On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11

Song 9: No easy way out - Robert Tepper

Act 10: Stop Giving Equal Time to Every Absurd Notion Anyone Proposes - David Pakman Air Date: 08-09-11

Song 10: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann

Act 11: After Lying All Week, Limbaugh Surprised People Complain - Media Matters Air Date: 8-16-11

Act 12: Why Cenk Uygur left MSNBC - Young Turks

Voicemails:

There's no ethical way to eat meat - Jose from Miami

Comments on Jose's voicemail

It's not ethical to eat anything - Bobby from Mesa, AZ

Comments on a pathetically asinine voicemail

We evolved to eat meat - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Comments on the evolution of eating meat

Meat-eating is like child, sweatshop labor - Patrick from Dallas

Final comments on changing morality

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Why Cenk Uygur Left MSNBC - Part 2 - Young Turks

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Edition #519

The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 3

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Act 1: Murdoch's testimony to Parlement - Wait wait don't tell me Air Date: 7-23-11

Song 1: Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Act 2: The Murdoch's testimony - On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11

Song 2: Here comes the rain again - The Eurythmics

Act 3: David Carr on new NY Times Documentary, Murdoch - Colbert Report Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 3: Miss misery - Elliott Smith

Act 4: Who Feels Sorry For Rupert Murdoch - Young Turks

Song 4: Sur Le Fil - Yann Tiersen

Act 5: Fox News Lags on Hacking Scandal Coverage - Media Matters Air Date: 7-21-11

Act 6: Addicted to hack Part 3 - The Bugle Air Date: 7-21-11

Song 6: Mother - Danzig

Act 7: Why the media loves the Murdoch scandal - On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11

Song 7: Some might say - Oasis

Act 8: Murdoch reality show - Le Show Air Date: 7-24-11

Song 8: Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Act 9: Should Fox News Be Investigated - Young Turks

Song 9: One - Amiee Mann

Act 10: Bill O'Reilly's coverage of the Murdoch scandal - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 7-21-11

Song 10: Fast Eddie - Outernational

Act 11: Murdoch still in a lot of trouble - Citizen Radio

Final comments on empathy, rationality and food choices

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Pie-Thrower Vs Rupert Murdoch's Wife - Young Turks

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Edition #518

Choosing among disasters

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Act 1: GOP Voter Suppression‏ - Young Turks Air Date: 7-6-11

Song 1: On the turning away - Pink Floyd

Act 2: Justice Department Should Sue Walker over Voter ID - The Progressive Air Date: 8-4-11

Song 2: 40 day dream - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Act 3: Election Monologue Intro - Colbert Report - Air Date: 07-12-11

Song 3: I could never go for you - Scott West And Sex On Sunday

Act 4: Breaking corporate control of politics - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-4-11

Song 4: Lullaby for a realist - Anya Marina

Act 5: Indecision 2012 - Survival of the Funded - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-21-11

Act 5A - Indecision 2012 - King of the Funded - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-21-11

Song 5: Believe - The Bravery

Act 6: Made In America: Who Cares? Herman Cain - Young Turks Air Date: 8-3-11

Song 6: Dreaming of you - The Coral

Act 7: God Calls Rick Perry To Run - Colbert Report - Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 7: The rainbow connection - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 8: Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama Part 1 - Common Sense Air Date: 8-3-11

Song 8: Drums of freedom - Theo Bard

Act 9: Newt's White Whale - Colbert Report - Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 9: Bus rider - John Swihart

Act 10: Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama Part 2 - Common Sense Air Date: 8-3-11

Voicemails:

More reaction to the talking points war strategy - Dave from Olympia, WA

Suggestion of Smiley and West podcast - Cliff from Bloomington, IN

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on how to survive media burnout by sharing your favorite clips

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Edition #517

Down the path of intolerance

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Act 1: Bill O'Reilley Bigotry against Muslims, Secularism - Media Matters

Song 1: Birds of a feather - The Rosenbergs

Act 2: Terrorism Training Casts Pall Over Muslim Employee - NPR Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 2: Training montage - Vince DiCola

Act 3: Catholic Child Told About Doggy Heaven, Doggy Hell - The Onion

Song 3: Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

Act 4: Can religion reduce crime and delinquency? - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 5-23-11

Song 4: In the beginning - K'naan

Act 5: Imam Arrests Show Shift In Muslim Outreach Effort - NPR Air Date: 07-20-11

Song 5: Living in America - James Brown

Act 6: Miss U.S.A. shows a problem with religion - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 06/23/11

Song 6: My brother the ape - They might be giants

Act 7: God of Equality Makes Liberals More Sympathetic to Muslims - Media Matters Air Date: 8-1-11

Song 7: Praise you - Fatboy slim

Act 8: Norway Terrorist Not Right-Wing (Fox News) - Young Turks Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 8: Best god in show - NOFX

Act 9: Christ Returns For Some Of His Old Things - The Onion

Song 9: Vespera - Libera

Act 10: O'Reilly Decides Who Is and Who Is Not a Christian - Media Matters Air Date: 7-27-11

Act 11: Norway Shooting Manifesto Muslim Plot - Sam Seder on TYT Air Date: 8-3-11

Song 11: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Act 12: Oslo Norway Shooter Right Winger...Who's Telling You the Truth? - David Pakman Air Date: 7-26-11

Voicemails:

Call for checking out Bill Moyers on Tavis Smiley - Dan from Columbia, SC

Thoughts on progressive talking points - Matt from Eastern PA

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Final comments on email overload and a call to share your media activist stories

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Edition #516

The rich get richer

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Act 1: CEOs don't want you to know this - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 6-28-11

Song 1: Jump - Van Halen

Act 2: Bill O'Reilley on Obama's 'Economic Liberalism' - Counterspin - Air Date: 06-30-11

Song 2: Take a minute - K'naan

Act 3: Shocking Fact About Rich Americans‏ - Jimmy Dore on TYT Air Date: 7-13-11

Song 3: Guiding light - The Clips

Act 4: Invest in America - Robert Reich Air Date: 07-05-11

Song 4: The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire weekend

Act 5: Banks Introduce 75-Cent Surcharge For Using Word 'Bank' - The Onion

Song 5: Us - Regina Spektor

Act 6: Orrin Hatch's Tax Canard - The Progressive Air Date: 07-15-11

Song 6: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 7: Fox News Falsehood: Half of Americans Don't Pay Any Taxes - Media Matters Air Date: 07-18-11

Act 8: Nation's Cognitive Dissonance on Gov Assistance -  On the Media - Air Date: 07-15-11

Song 8: Tragic kingdom - No Doubt

Act 9: Dancing on the Ceiling - Tax Cut Religion - Daily Show Air Date: 7-12-11

Song 9: National brotherhood week - Tom Lehrer

Act 10: UK & U.S Resistance to Austerity Plans - Counterspin - Air Date: 07-07-11

Song 10: Beaux Dimanches - Amadou & Mariam

Act 11: Hedge Fund Mgr Called Out On MSNBC - Jimmy Dore on TYT Air Date: 07-13-11

Song 11: Against all odds - The Postal Service

Act 12: State Of Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Federal Funding - The Onion

Song 12: Mr. Nice Guy - Billy Bauer

Act 13: President Obama can close tax loop holes like President Kennedy did - Thom Hartmann Air Date 07-15-11

Song 13: Don't let the sun go down on me - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 14: This Video Is For Rich People Only - Lee Camp Air Date: 07-27-11

Song 14: Float on - Modest Mouse

Act 15: The Ruthlessness of the Ruling Class - The Progressive Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 15: A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay

Act 16: Poor In America - Colbert Report Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 16: The river of dreams - Billy Joel

Act 17: Fox News Cut Medicare to Fund Wars - Young Turks Air Date: 07-27-11

Voicemails:

Check out Intelligence squared from NPR - Michael from Glenn Bernie

In support of the talking points brainstorm - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final Comments on taking inconvenient modes of transportation and the New Leaders Council retreat

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Edition #515

Can't buy me love

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Act 1: Black Community's Loyalty to Obama? - Daily Show

Song 1: All the orders gone - Theo Bard

Act 2: Anonymous money makes for interesting campaigns - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-11-11

Song 2: Love The Way You Lie (feat Rihanna) - Eminem

Act 3: Cain Trust Big Oil To Protect Environment - Young Turks Air Date: 06-22-11

Song 3: Everybody's fool - Evanescence

Act 4: Voting Rights Still Under Attack - Countdown Air Date: 07-15-11

Song 4: Sky - Sonique

Act 5: Marcus Bachmann is dishonest - Dan Savage Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 5: Why pretend - Mandi Perkins

Act 6: Perry is peddling Texas snake oil - Jim Hightower

Song 6: Say what you want - Texas

Act 7: Rick Perry and his baggage looking at a presidential run - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-21-11

Song 7: Full force gale - Van Morrison

Act 8: Obama's 2012 Re-Election Campaign Manager - Young Turks Air Date: 06-14-11

Song 8: The perfect space - The Avett Brothers

Act 9: Obama's Problem on His Left Flank - The Progressive Air Date: 7-25-11

Song 9: Can't buy me love - The Beatles

Act 10: Mr Nice Goes to Washington - Michael Farrow

Voicemails:

Reaction to messaging works idea - Mara from Pittsburgh

Reaction to the dangers of inaction on the climate and thoughts on pot legalization - Colleen from Oregon

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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on how to donate your facebook account and a call for stories of activism inspired by Best of the Left

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Edition #514

The manufactured debt crisis Part 2

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Act 1: Lincoln, the 14th amendment and full faith and credit of the U.S. - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 1: Broken - Secondhand Serenade

Act 2: Armadebtdon 2011- National Bullshit Ceiling - Daily Show Air Date: 7-18-11

Song 2: When I grow up - Garbage

Act 3: Obama Already Conceded He'll Pay Ransom - The Progressive Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 3: Better off alone - Alice DeeJay

Act 4: America's Bucket List - Colbert Report Air Date: 7-26-11

Song 4: Blueprint - Arkells

Act 5: Media covering Obama and the debt negotiation - Counterspin Air Date: 7-28-11

Song 5: Logical song - Supertramp

Act 6: Debt to America! - The Bugle Air Date: 7-28-11

Song 6: Play with fire - The Rolling Stones

Act 7: Who's lying more? - On the Media Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 7: Get ready - The Proclaimers

Act 8: The Lose-Lose Debt Situation - The Progressive Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 8: Cool to hate - The Offspring

Act 9: GOP ready for compromise and common purpose - Wait wait Air Date: 7-30-11

Song 9: The sound of settling - Death cab for cutie

Act 10: Father knows best how to compromise - Le Show Air Date: 7-31-11

Song 10: Growing up - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 11: The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal - Countdown Air Date: 8-1-11

Final comments, thanks to @OnyxShard for the Countdown clip tip

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Edition #513

The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 2

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Act 1: Accountability In The UK - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-20-11

Song 1: Waltzing Matilda - Ophelia of the Spirits

Act 2: Hack Attack, New Revelations  - The Bugle - Air Date: 07-14-11

Song 2: Wallaby - Who Knew

Act 3: The Guardian Apologizes re: Gordon Brown's Son - Le Show - Air Date: 07-17-11

Song 3: Tie Me Kangaroo Down - Don Spencer

Act 4: Fox and Friends Covering Murdoch Scandal - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-15-11

Song 4: Australia - The Shins

Act 5: Mur-Doch! - Fox News Won't Dumpster Dive - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-19-11

Song 5: Baka - Outback

Act 6: Murdoch defenders circle the wagons - Counterspin Air Date: 7-21-11

Song 6: Down Under - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 7: Does British Scandal Risk Murdoch's Hold On Empire? - NPR Air Date: 07-21-11

Song 7: Dance the devil away - Outback

Act 8: Murdoch Doesn't Accept Responsibility For Hacking Scandal - Media Matters Air Date: 07-19-11

Act 9: Humanized by Pie - Colbert Report- Air Date: 07-20-11

Song 9: Kookaburra - John Vanderslice

Act 10: News Of The World Whistleblower Dead - Young Turks - Air Date 07-18-11

Voicemails:

Reaction to Mumia Abu-Jamal comments on Libya - Dave from Olympia, WA

Reaction to Mumia Abu-Jamal's comments on Libya - Carter from Denver

Reaction to Dan Carlin clip - Dave from Olympia, WA

Call to donate to preserve the rain forest in Ecuador - Nying(?) from Ecuador

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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the irony of BotL talking against news cocoons

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Accountability In The UK part 2 - Murdoch's Crime-Fighting Wife - Daily Show

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Edition #512

The manufactured debt crisis Part 1

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Act 1: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 1 - Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11

Song 1: Candle In the Wind (Ben's Song) - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 2: Obama and the Politics of Surrender - The Progressive Air Date: 07/11/11

Song 2: Surrender - Cheap Trick

Act 3: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 2 - Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11

Song 3: Lives in the balance - Jackson Browne

Act 4: Cut Medicare, SS & Taxes For Rich - Gang of Six - Young Turks

Song 4: Right here, right now - Fatboy slim

Act 5: Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy - Jim Hightower Air Date: 07/11/11

Song 5: My favourite game - The Cardigans

Act 6: U.S Debt Ceiling - The  Bugle - Air Date: 07-14-11

Song 6: Serre-moi - Tryö

Act 7: Manufactured crises get solved easily and cynically - Common Sense Air Date: 7-20-11

Song 7: Hey ya - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 8: Rhetoric Surrounding Debt Ceiling Debate Gets Ridiculous - Media Matters Air Date: 07/12/11

Act 9: Obama Trying To Be A Republican Accidental Admission - Jimmy Dore on TYT

Song 9: Where have your good words gone - Laura Gibson

Act 10: Washington Game of 'Chicken' Dems v GOP - On the Media - 07-15-11

Song 10: Rush and a push and the land is ours - The Smiths

Act 11: Immovable object vs irresistible force - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-19-11

Voicemails:

Personal story of workers rights - Whitney from Missouri

Correlation between rebuilding the dream voting and messaging works - Anonymous

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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on Rebuilding the American Dream with Van Jones' speech clip

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Broke Back Mounting - America's Dystopian Future - Daily Show

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Edition #511

The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 1

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Act 1: Murdoch's Tabloid Hacks into Murder Victim's Phone, Advertisers Flee - Media Matters Air Date: 07-06-11

Song 1: Company calls - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 2: Murdoch News of the World Scandal - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 07-07-11

Song 2: Sun will set - Zoe Keating

Act 3: Murdoch Shuts Down Scandal-Ridden Paper - Media Matters Air Date: 07-07-11

Act 4: Tabloid Accused of Hacking into Phones   - Bugle Air Date: 07-09-11

Song 4: Down under - Men at work

Act 5: News of the World Scandal - Young Turks -  Air Date 07-11-11

Song 5: Water's edge - Seven Mary Three

Act 6: CREW Calls for Congressional Investigation into News Corp -  Thom Hartmann - Air Date 07-12-11

Song 6: Chicago X 12 - Rogue Wave

Act 7: My Murdoch Moment (Part 1) - Countdown Air Date: 07-13-11

Song 7: Crazy - Seal

Act 8: Murdoch on the line from Screaming Majority - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-15-11

Act 9: My Murdoch Moment (Part 2) - Countdown Air Date: 07-13-11

Song 9: Talk - Coldplay

Act 10: Citizen Murdoch Kane - Jimmy Dore - Air Date: 07-14-11

Song 10: Oh my God - Ida Maria

Act 11: News of the World Phone Hacking Reaches Back to 9/11 - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 07-14-11

Final comments on saying no to good ideas in favor of great ones

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Edition #510

The dangers of inaction

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Act 1: New effects of Climate Change - Green News Report

Song 1: The Edge Of The Ocean - Ivy

Act 2: Mark Ruffalo on Fracking Up - Countdown Air Date: 07-14-11

Song 2: Zebra - Beach House

Act 3: Drilling for Natural Gas (Fracking) - BBC News Quiz - Air Date: 06-03-11

Song 3: Mistakable Mr. Smith - Ten Story Relapse

Act 4: Standing room only - Need to Know

Song 4: Standing - VNV Nation

Act 5: Massey Energy's murderous lies - Jim Hightower

Song 5: The Fiddler's Ballad - Jen Osha w/Wolf Creek Session

Act 6: Republicans Politicizing Global Warming - Counterspin Air Date: 06-16-11

Song 6: Living Planet - Emma's Revolution

Act 7: Norfolk Virginia's Seawater problem - Need to Know - Air Date: 06-24-11

Song 7: Deep in the sweetwater - Rasputina

Act 8: Saudi Prince wants to deter alternative energies and the UN Reports on Global Green House Gas Emissions - Green News Report

Song 8: I predict a riot - Kaiser Chiefs

Act 9: Wind Turbine Issues - Green.tv Air Date: 07-14-11

Song 9: Winter winds - Mumford & Sons

Act 10: Massey Energy's man-made hell hole - Jim Hightower Air Date 07/14/11

Song 10: Ghosts - Fanfarlo

Act 11: Story of coal documentary film Mountaintop Removal - Need to Know Air Date: 06-17-11

Voicemails:

Story of coal documentary film Mountaintop Removal - Need to Know Air Date: 06-17-11

KY devastated by coal as well - Raven from Louisville, KY

Call to action: join US Uncut Philly - Kevin from Philadelphia

Thanks for police state episode hidden stories - Carlos From Chicagoland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on an update to the Messaging Works idea

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Edition #509

War is business

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Act 1: Iran Bans Neckties and Shorts - Colbert Report

Song 1: Short shorts - The Royal Teens

Act 2: Obama Plays the Role He's Carved Out for Himself: Steward of Empire - The Progressive

Song 2: Masters of war - Bob Dylan

Act 3: Good Night, Afghanistan - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 3: Graveyard - The Devil Makes Three

Act 4: A Fewer Good Men - Daily Show

Song 4: Homeward bound - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 5: Bipartisan Anti-War Movement? - Counterspin

Song 5: Starry-eyed surprise - Paul Oakenfold

Act 6: The Toll in Afghanistan - The Progressive

Song 6: Hero of war - Rise against

Act 7: Timothy Garton Ash - Colbert Report

Song 7: Billy - James Blunt

Act 8: Wars And Revolutions - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 8: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - The Smiths

Act 9: Small Drones Ready to be Deployed Part 1 - Common Sense

Song 9: Photographs (Feat. Will.I.Am) - Rihanna

Act 10: Richard Engel on Libya - Counterspin

Song 10: Slight figure of speech - The Avett Brothers

Act 11: Taliban relationship to Afghan History Part 2 - Common Sense

Song 11: Pink moon - Nick Drake

Act 12: YOU TOO Can Get In on For-Profit Tragedy! - Lee Camp

Final Comments on a new messaging amplifier system idea

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Edition #508

Too much power for anyone to have

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Act 1: Texas and Capital Punishment for Foreign Citizens - Rachel Maddow - AirDate: 07-07-2011

Song 1: Remember Jonathan - Cyrille Verdeaux

Act 2: Executing An Innocent Man And Other Summertime Games - Lee Camp

Song 2: Light & Day / Reach for the Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

Act 3: Death penalty in chaos mixed with presidential politics - Rachel Maddow - AirDate: 07-07-2011

Song 3: I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 4: Private Prisons Milk Cash Cow - The Progressive

Song 4: A Million Ways To Be Cruel - OK Go

Act 5: Hamburgler Urges Senate Subcommittee To 'Robble Robble Robble' - The Onion

Song 5: Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

Act 6: Record A Cop Get Rapist Prison Sentence - Young Turks 06/08/11

Song 6: Gray Or Blue - Jaymay

Act 7: Support the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers - The Progressive Air Date: 07/06/11

Song 7: Bloodstream - Stateless

Act 8: Covert warnings about gov secrecy and power from some members of congress - Part 1 - Common Sense - Air Date: 06-03-11

Song 8: Fortunate son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Act 9: Patriot Act Renewed - Paul Vs Reid - Young Turks Air Date: 05/31/11

Song 9: Here it goes again - Ok Go

Act 10: Covert warnings about gov secrecy and power from some members of congress - Part 2 - Common Sense - Air Date: 06-03-11

Voicemails:

Dan Carlin just finished Hardcore History series - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Sharing clips on Facebook is a great way to support the show - Matthew from San Francisco

Planning to donate Twitter account and sharing links online - Steve from Richmond VA

Reaction to the Charlene Strong story - Dean from Colorado

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Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on delivering PCCC pledges to Obama campaign HQ

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Edition #507

Laugh, cry and cheer

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Act 1: NY state gay marriage law effect on humor - Wait wait - Airdate: 07-02-11

Song 1: Chapel of love - The Dixie Cups

Act 2: Special Comment - Same-Sex Marriage in NY and beyond - Countdown

Song 2: The book of love - The Monotones

Act 3: 53% in US support gay marriage, now Obama should too - Bill Maher

Song 3: Fuck you - Lily Allen

Act 4: Obama's Gay Marriage Stance Weak - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-29-11

Song 4: Say it to me now - Glen Hansard

Act 5: The hidden history of homosexuality in America - Johann Hari

Song 5: Protest song - Eric Himan

Act 6: Massachusetts Supreme Court Orders All Citizens To Gay Marry - The Onion

Song 6: I can't help myself - The Four Tops

Act 7: Financial Incentive for NY Gay Marriage - Indigo Boys - Bugle - Air Date: 07-09-11

Song 7: Gay boyfriend - Garfunkel and Oates

Act 8: Charlene Strong: It Wasn’t Enough - The Moth

Voicemails:

Frustration with middle-class America voting GOP over abortion - Scott from St. Louis

Turn off Ed Shultz over call for Weiner's resignation - Mike From Philadelphia

Thanks for the new social networking integration - Colleen from Portland, OR

Voicemail Music: 

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments updating on social networking integration

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Edition #506

1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a class war

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Act 1: Grecian Burn - Daily Show - 06-22-11

Song 1: This is not the end - The Bravery

Act 2: The IMF's Other Scandal - The Progressive

Song 2: Strawberry Swing - Coldplay

Act 3: Grecian Burn - Credit Default Swaps - Daily Show - 06-22-11

Song 3: Banking on a myth - Andrew Bird

Act 4: Germany vs American Economics - Young Turks

Song 4: Was wollen wir trinken - Oktoberklub

Act 5: Grecian Burn - Battle Of Duality - Daily Show - 06-22-11

Song 5: Greek gods in the west - The Los Dos Bros

Act 6: Without Unions America Would Red, White, & Blow! - Lee Camp

Act 7: US Uncut Boston MUSIC VIDEO - Chris Priest

Act 8: Debt Ceiling Fight Is Fake - Young Turks - 06-20-11

Song 8: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan

Act 9: What A Debt Default Would Really Mean For The U.S. - NPR

Song 9: PTF2012 - VNV Nation

Act 10: Talking Point: Obama Making Economy Worse, On Purpose - Media Matters

Song 10: PTF2012 - VNV Nation

Act 11: Bill O'Reilly on Obama's 'Economic Liberalism' - Counterspin - 06-30-11

Song 11: Razorwire - Chris Priest

Act 12: Why We Make Less $ Now Than In 1980 - Young Turks - 06-21-11

Song 12: Middle class boy - Theo Bard

Act 13: Getting Pissed On By The Power Elite - Lee Camp

Song 13: Paradox - Devilz-Speciez

Act 14: Arguments over Medicare and the economy - Jimmy Dore Show - 06/23/11

Voicemails:

Comments on Net Neutrality - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Thanks for the show and social networking - John from Tulsa

Kudos to Wendy for comments against derogatory language - Ben from Houston, TX

Need for fair elections and thoughts about the C word - Todd from LA

Reaction to Dan Savage's comments on Weiner - Michael From Glenn Bernie

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Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final Comments on Savage's comments regarding the media and a call to share the US Uncut music video 

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The current state of the economy - Daily Show

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Edition #505

Soft bigotry of low expectations

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Act 1: Indecision 2012 - Republican Limited Options - Daily Show - Airdate: 06-30-11

Song 1: The A-Team Theme - John Swihart

Act 2: Bergman's Blog: Plan B For The GOP - Radio Free Oz

Song 2: Momentum - Aimee Mann

Act 3: 3 2012 candidates: Obama, Perry, Huntsman et al - Rachel Maddow Airdate: 06-17-11

Song 3: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson

Act 4: Michele Bauchmann rising GOP choice - Wait, wait Airdate: 07-02-11

Song 4: Stairway to Gilligan's Island - Little Roger and the Goosebumps

Act 5: Obama's Lackluster Campaign Speech - Young Turks Air Date: 06-15-11

Song 5: Ballad Of A Comeback Kid - The New Pornographers

Act 6: Colbert Super PAC - Addresses Super Nation - Colbert Report Airdate: 06-30-11

Song 6: Tomorrow - Duran Duran

Act 7: Koch Bros secret meetings/ GOP attendee vanishing acts - Rachel Maddow Airdate: 06-28-11

Song 7: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service

Act 8: Why Does Cenk Criticize Obama - Young Turks Air Date: 06-29-11

Jay! Tomlinson and David Pakman interviewed by Sam Seder for The Majority Report

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Palin Paul Revere misquote - Folksy Word Salad - Daily Show

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Edition #504

The Backfire Effects

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Act 1: Republican Scandal Hypocrisy - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 06-16-11

Song 1: La Valse Des Vieux Os - Yann Tiersen

Act 2: Chris Wallace Doesn't Want to Talk about Fox News - Media Matters

Act 3: Cenk Interview re: Anthony Weiner, Republican Targets - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 06-16-11

Song 3: M79 - Vampire Weekend

Act 4: CNN Republican Debate co-sponsored by Tea Party Express - Counterspin - Air Date: 06-16-11

Song 4: Kick drum heart - The Avett Brothers

Act 5: Examples of false comparisons - On the Media

Song 5: We're simple minds - Club 8

Act 6: Rational science facts Vs Human Emotions, Influence on Politics - Need to Know - Air Date: 06-17-11

Song 6: Burning heart - Survivor

Act 7: Why Facts Don't Stop People from Believing Stupid Stuff - David Pakman - Air Date: 06-28-11

Song 7: Windowsill - Arcade Fire

Act 8: Who Pays Limbaugh? Beck? Levine? - Young Turks

Song 8: New soul - Yael Naïm

Act 9: Inaccuracies reprinted enough to become true - Counterspin - Air Date: 06-30-11

Song 9: Yeat's grave - The Cranberries

Act 10: Jon Stewart Calls Out Fox News Bias - Young Turks Air Date: 06-20-11

Voicemails:

Comments on Mumia Abu-Jamal - Gene from Tampa. FL

Request for show on meth - Jonathan from Portland

Second call for the people's budget - Marcus from Bellmore, NY

Support the renewable energy industry - Nick from Amherst, Mass

Voicemail Music:

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on the new clip-sharing program and the above and beyond marketing volunteer program

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'Demography Today' Magazine Targets Demographer Demographic - The Onion

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Edition #503

The pivot point

Act 1: Some or all of 6.6 billion dollars lost or stolen in Iraq - Citizen Radio - Original Air Date: 06-14-11

Song 1: Crumbling down - Yaves (The Street Pastor)

Act 2: Mad In The Middle East - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 2: About today - The National

Act 3: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Yemen - Daily Show

Song 3: Smile Like You Mean It - The killers

Act 4: Good Old Days of Dictatorships- CounterSpin - 06-16-11

Song 4: Sweet little lies - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 5: Iraq claims 18.7 billion lost money - Re-enactment - Citizen Radio - 06-20-11

Song 5: Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

Act 6: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Syria - Daily Show

Song 6: Rainbow Veins - Owl City

Act 7: Welcoming NATO's Irrelevance - The Progressive

Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard

Act 8: Journalism Covering War in Libya - Counterspin - 06-16-11

Song 8: Perth - Bon Iver

Act 9: MI6 replaces bomb instructions with cupcake recipe - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 9: Fighting song - Outernational

Act 10: Obama Blows by Stop Signs in War Powers Act - The Progressive

Song 10: Oblio - Me and My Arrow

Act 11: War powers act violated in Libya - Rachel Maddow

Song 11: Girl in the war - Chris Priest

Act 12: The Word - Defining Moment - Colbert Report - 06-22-11

Song 12: Peace train - Cat Stevens

Act 13: Obama Flops On Troops In Afghanistan - Young Turks - 06-22-11

Song 13: You Got to Get Out of There - Dave Cross

Act 14: Obama's Afghanistan War Address commentary - Rachel Maddow - 06-17-11

Song 14: Carefree - Samantha Stollenwerck

Act 15: Special Comment: Leaving Afghanistan - Countdown

Song 15: Don't press your luck - The Shags

Act 16: Nation Building in America - Colbert Report - 06-23-11

Final comments on the virtuous cycle

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Has Obama Failed To Reduce Hostility Toward Obnoxious Americans Abroad? - The Onion

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Edition #502

Making the connection

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Act 1: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit - The Onion

Song 1: Actual coal propaganda song - Crazy, right?

Act 2: A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes. Never. - Bill McKibben OpEd

Song 2: Arclight - VNV Nation

Act 3: Great Lakes May Beat Atlantic To Offshore Wind - NPR

Song 3: Winter winds - Mumford & Sons

Act 4: Gore Slams Obama On Climate Change - Young Turks

Song 4: A few honest words - Ben Sollee

Act 5: Canadian Oilverlords  - Daily Show

Song 5: I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff

Act 6: Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant on Verge of Shutdown, Media Ignores- David Pakman- Air Date: 06-21-11

Song 6: Wonderwall - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 7: Memo to Conservatives: Solar Physicists are NOT Climate Scientists - Media Matters

Song 7: Wonderwall - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 8: Yacht Maker Now Navigating Wind Power Industry - NPR

Song 8: Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan

Act 9: Oil Anthem - Mark Fiore

Song 9: American music - Violent Femmes

Act 10: RFK Jr - The Last Mountain - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 06-03-11

Song 10: For Greener Pastures - Glen Simpson

Act 11: Now We Have To Wage War On Grolar Bears - Lee Camp

Song 11: Polar bear - The Quiet Two

Act 12: A turning point we can't afford to ignore - Johann Hari

Voicemails:

Critique of media bias discussion - TC from State College, PA

Reaction to Lee Camp vs Limbaugh - Patrick from Dallas

Completely wrong interpretation of the Limbaugh Vs Lee Camp comparison - Cliff from the University of Maine

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Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments correcting Cliff from U of M and pre-announcing an announcement about the website

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President Bachmann Will Allow You to Buy Any Light Bulb You Want - Daily Show

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Edition #501 

Will the real moderates please stand up

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Act 1: Harold Camping's Rapture Failure - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: King of wishful thinking - Go West

Act 2: How Priests Accused Of Abuse Can Go Undetected - NPR

Song 2: Mary Mary - Chumbawamba

Act 3: The sixties made me do it - Jim Hightower

Song 3: Love sick - Anya Marina

Act 4: Johann vs homophobic violence - Johann Hari

Song 4: Hello bonjour - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 5: God Quietly Phasing Holy Ghost Out Of Trinity - The Onion

Song 5: Heaven - Los Lonely Boys

Act 6: Texas GOP Governor Rick Perry Says He's A Prophet - Young Turks

Song 6: Natural blues - Moby

Act 7: Jen Lee: Saving Souls - The Moth

Song 7: Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Act 8: Johann vs multiculturalism - Johann Hari

Song 8: Swing low sweet chariot - The Persuasions

Act 9: Pope Wins Host-Eating Contest - The Onion

Song 9: Like a prayer - Madonna

Act 10: Atheists are the downfall of society but Christians are under attack - Citizen Radio

Song 10: Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

Act 11: Moderate Christians need to speak up - Dan Savage

Voicemails:

Thanks for the Amazon link - Amy from the Bronx

Wont really talk to you soon - Amy from the Bronx

We need to maintain net neutrality - Chris from Middletown, NY

Update on privacy rights case - Sam from Maryland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the funniest Supreme Court decision, Malenda doesn't think I'm rude and The Progressive Playbook blog launch

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Conservapedia The Right Hates Science - Young Turks

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Edition #500!

Election-Related 500TH EPISODE SPECTACULAR

Act 1: Kindergarten GOP -Youth Vote - Colbert Report

Song 1: Desperately Wanting - Better than Ezra

Act 2: Gingrich is Uncle Fester - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 2: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion

Act 3: Newt threatens American with "The Texas Miracle" - Jim Hightower

Song 3: Kyoko's House  ("stage blood is not enough") - Philip Glass

Act 4: Newt Gingrich Advisers Resign En Masse - David Pakman Show

Song 4: One day - Matisyahu

Act 5: Palin supporters change history - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 5: Hey ya - Obadiah Parker

Act 6: Candidates flip flop on support of cap and trade - Green News Report

Song 6: Keepsake - State Radio

Act 7: Can Any Candidate Keep the GOP Together? - The Breakdown

Song 7: What I'm looking for - Brendan Benson

Act 8: Indecision 2012 - Tim Pawlenty & Herman Cain - Daily Show

Song 8: Take my hand - Dido

Act 9: Mitt Romney Mormon Gay Rights Switched Position - Young Turks

Song 9: All These Things That I've Done - The Killers

Act 10: Huntsman enters the race but is too reasonable to win - Green News Report

Song 10: One million miles away - J. Ralph

Act 11: Obama Turns to Corporate Insider Campaign Manager Jim Messina - Democracy NOW!

Song 11: Little lion man - Mumford & Sons

Act 12: GOP debate full of ridiculous - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 12: Close your eyes - Young Love

Act 13: Turns out Bachman might be crazy - Counterspin

Song 13: Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine

Act 14: Religious tests and pro-constitution - Jimmy Dore Show

Final comments on Netroots Nation 2011, how many episodes I've produced because of the member's support and urging everyone to become a donor to causes they believe in

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West Wing Story - Latino Vote- Puerto Rico Visit - Daily Show

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Edition #499

Deregulating and misusing the media

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Act 1: A bit of explaining about net neutrality - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 1: The Edge Of The Ocean - Ivy

Act 2: Rush Limbaugh Lies On Net Neutrality - Young Turks

Song 2: Julie-O -Kevin "KO" Olusola

Act 3: Fox's Eric Bolling Auditions for Glenn Beck's Spot - Media Matters

Act 4: The effects of net neutrality legislation Part 1 - On the Media

Song 4: Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence + The Machine

Act 5: Sleazy Website Will Link To Anything - The Onion

Song 5: Finding Something To Do - Hellogoodbye

Act 6: The effects of net neutrality legislation Part 2 - On the Media

Song 6: Catch My Disease - Ben Lee

Act 7: Obama Admin Wiretaps the Internet - Young Turks

Song 7: Play the Game - Shout Out Louds

Act 8: The right's reaction to net neutrality - Counterspin

Song 8: RazorWire (Instrumental) - Chris Priest

Act 9: This is what counts as an "apology" over at Fox Business News - Media Matters

Act 10: Obama Caves On Net Neutrality, GOP Claims Government Takeover - Young Turks

Song 10: Fool - Shakira

Act 11: Elderly Woman Destroys Internet - The Onion

Song 11: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Piano) - Yann Tiersen

Act 12: Rush to Race-Bait - Media Matters

Act 13: Keith Olbermann on CurrentTV - Colbert Report

Song 13: Welcome Back, Kotter (Main Theme) - Knightsbridge

Act 14: The media's know-nothing, scolding, sex-negative bullshit - Dan Savage

Voicemails:

We need to hear more about the people's budget - Vikki from HI

Why it's never ethical to eat meat - Carl in NJ

Response to military comments on Bin Laden - Fred

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Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on putting Citizen Radio discussion to bed and thanking volunteers

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Weinergate- Blogger that broke story - Colbert Report

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Edition #498

Big brother and getting bigger

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Act 1: TinyTriumps - Drug Shortage - Colbert Report

Song 1: How to save a life - The Fray

Act 2: Undercover gun purchase - Rachel Maddow

Song 2: Celebration Guns - Stars

Act 3: Homer at a gun shop - The Simpsons

Act 4: Son of TIPS: Suspicious Activity Reporting - The Progressive

Song 4: My private nation - Train

Act 5: Slate: Privacy Rights Inc. - Slate Magazine

Song 5: Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Act 6: OBAMA'S KARMATIC PRETZEL - Jim Hightower

Song 6: Twisting - They Might Be Giants

Act 7: With Preventive Detention, Obama Seeks Kingly Powers - The Progressive

Song 7: Royal American Medley - United States Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps

Act 8: We Have More People In Jail Than Any Other Country - USA Is #1 - Lee Camp

Song 8: Behind bars - Felix "the Catt" and Baga Tricks

Act 9: Rand Paul: Arrest Deport People For Attending Radical Speeches - Young Turks

Song 9: Galapogos - Smashing Pumpkins

Act 10: AIRPORTS: SURRENDER ALL LIBERTY, YE WHO ENTER BY ME - Jim Hightower

Song 10: Fly me to the moon - Burning Spear

Act 11: Policing The Police: U.S. Steps Up Enforcement - NPR

Song 11: Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Act 12: FBI: Six Dead Not Really 'Mass' Murder - The Onion

Song 12: Overkill (Acoustic Version) - Colin Hay

Act 13: Congress Reauthorization of Patriot Act - On the Media

Song 13: Your or your memory - The Mountain Goats

Act 14: Harry Reid, Stop Your Fearmongering About Rand Paul - The Progressive

Song 14: Creature fear - Bon Iver

Act 15: Obama, Dems Cave On Patriot Act - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Thanks for the YouTube links - Jeff in New York

New member, thanks for the show - Mark From Salisbury, MD

Reaction to misogynistic use of terms - Wendy from Olympia, WA

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo remix) - Pilote

Final comments on Limbaugh Vs Camp on distrusting the media

Bonus voicemails:

Citizen Radio expects more from their listeners and calls them out - Fred

Calling back to clarify points on Citizen Radio - Eric from York, PA

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Obama Order On Indefinite Detentions - Young Turks

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Edition #497

It gets worse

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Act 1: Republican Candidates- It Gets Worse - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Dancing queen - Abba

Act 2: Michele Bachmann Compares Herself to Obama - David Pakman

Song 2: New slang - The Shins

Act 3: Anti-Muslim GOP candidate Herman Cain - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 3: Your racist friend - They might be giants

Act 4: Fox News Decides GOP Primary - Young Turks

Song 4: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 5: Fox News REALLY Wants Chris Christie to Run - Media Matters

Song 5: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Herman Cain Wants Small Bills - Colbert Report

Song 6: Girlfriend in a coma - The Smiths

Act 7: Fighting back against the war on Labor - Thom Hartmann

Song 7: Breakneck Speed - Tokyo Police Club

Act 8: Republicans Running and Not Running for President - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 8: New shoes - Paolo Nutini

Act 9: Bill O'Reilly, PR Consultant Extraordinaire - Media Matters

Song 9: New shoes - Paolo Nutini

Act 10: Newt Gingrich's criticism of Paul Ryan - Le Show

Song 10: All apologies - Nirvana

Act 11: Don't Celebrate Obama's 2012 Victory Yet - The Progressive

Song 11: Submarine Symphonika - The Submarines

Act 12: The Word - The Business End - Colbert Report

Song 12: I want it all - Queen

Act 13: Jon Stewart Disappointed In Obama - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Supporting labor strikes to fight back for the middle class - Max from Berkley, CA

Objecting to Mumia Abu-Jamal - Bob from New Hartford, NY

Comments on people complaining about sources - Matt in South Carolina

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on listener meet up at Netroots and progressive promoters campaign

Bonus Voicemails:

Long-time listener/supporting of Citizen Radio - Valentina from Miami

Citizen Radio takes too long to get to the interesting stuff - Don from Wisconsin

Why Chuck had to stop listening to Citizen Radio - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Citizen Radio expects more from their listeners and calls them out - Fred

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Mitt Romney Leads in Fox News Poll - Colbert Report

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Edition #496

Corrosive consolidated power

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Act 1: Republicans Ready to Expand Presidential Warmaking Powers - The Progressive

Song 1: Friends - Flight of the Conchords

Act 2: Middle East uprising update - The Bugle

Song 2: Go do - Jónsi

Act 3: Conservative views on War Powers Act- Obama's War in Libya - Counterspin

Song 3: Big Mistake - Tim Fite

Act 4: Obama's Disdain for the War Powers Act - The Progressive

Song 4: The cave - Mumford & Sons

Act 5: Middle East uprising update in Libya - The Bugle

Song 5: Father of mine - Everclear

Act 6: Report: U.S. Might Stay In Iraq - Young Turks

Song 6: Directions - Josh Rouse

Act 7: Iraq Troop Withdrawal Complications - Counterspin

Song 7: Needle in the hay - Elliott Smith

Act 8: Middle East uprising update in Syria - The Bugle

Song 8: Friend and the ink - Shout Out Louds

Act 9: Egypt rebuilding - This American Life

Song 9: Wash away - Joe Purdy

Act 10: Osama Bin Laden's Replacement - Colbert Report

Song 10: All the same - Sick Puppies

Act 11: Echoes Of Empire - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 11: Nantes - Beirut

Act 12: Pelosi Pathetic on War Powers Act - The Progressive

Song 12: Happy meal - The Cardigans

Act 13: Friendly Dragon Added To U.S. Arsenal - The Onion

Song 13: Demon host - Timber Timbre

Act 14: WikiLeaks Exposes Gitmo - Young Turks

Voicemails:

In defense of Citizen Radio and idealism - Bethany from Indianapolis

Supporting Dominick on energy policies - Lucius from Baton Rouge

In support of Citizen Radio - Lenny from Brooklyn, NY

Voicemail Music: 

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on Netroots Nation listener meet up and super secret, insiders progressive media promotion project

Bonus Voicemails:

In defense of Citizen Radio and veganism and criticism - Carlos in Chicagoland

Citizen Radio isn't right about everything - The Doctor from Charlotte, NC

Citzen Radio does sarcasm - Cody from Washington

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Face Off - Daily Show

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Edition #495

More than one way to not trust the media

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Act 1: Definitely, Maybe - Daily Show

Song 1: I am Superman - R.E.M.

Act 2: Brian Williams Soft Reporting on Presidents "Magic Pen" - Counterspin

Song 2: Magic - Pilot

Act 3: Fox News Whines about DROP FOX - Media Matters

Song 3: Who's crying now? - Journey

Act 4: The HuffPo buyout and the future of journalism - On the Media

Song 4: Spandex Man - Mr. Scruff

Act 5: Roger Ailes fears/hates Muslims and Gays - Counterspin

Song 5: Hey there, Delilah - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Is Bill O'Reilly Turning Into Glenn Beck? - Media Matters

Act 7: Rolling Stone Roger Ailes Bio - Citizen Radio

Song 7: Sandstorm - Darude

Act 8: Tone Def Poetry Jam - Daily Show

Song 8: Cop Killer - Ice T & Body Count

Act 9: Limbaugh: Fox New Viewers NOT the "Most Misinformed" - Media Matters

Song 9: Baby, it's fact - Hellogoodbye

Act 10: Tone Def Poetry Jam - Lyrics Controversy - Daily Show

Song 10: Impossible - Shout Out Louds

Act 11: NPR Funding -Fears of Conflict of Interest - Counterspin

Song 11: The prettiest weed - Jim Guthrie

Act 12: Conservative Talk Radio Is Dead - Young Turks

Song 12: Morning sun - Shayna Zaid & The Catch

Act 13: Don't believe the liberal media - Rachel Maddow

Song 13: Generator (Second floor) - Freelance Whales

Act 14: You Are Not Alone OR Fighting Back Is Bad For Ratings - Lee Camp

Voicemails:

Combat helicopter pilot reaction to Bin Laden's death - Eric from Alabama

Follow up from combat helicopter pilot - Eric from Alabama

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments asking for reaction to Maddow and Camp segments on distrust of the media

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Response to callers critical of Citizen Radio - Jamie Kilstein from NYC

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Investigations On WMD Lies That Led To Iraq War - Young Turks

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Edition #494

No war but class war

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Act 1: Is Wall Street Set Up To Reward Evil - Lee Camp

Song 1: Wonderful world - Sam Cooke

Act 2: William Cohan Extended Interview Pt. 1 - Daily Show

Song 2: Octopus's Garden - The Beatles

Act 3: Bush and Obama's Failure to Extract Mortgage Relief from Bankers Continues to Dampen Economy - The Progressive

Song 3: Suffer - The Echoing Green

Act 4: William Cohan Extended Interview Pt. 2 - Daily Show

Song 4: Protest Song - Southpaw Jones

Act 5: Record Profits - Where Are The Jobs - Young Turks

Song 5: Class Warfare - Chris Priest

Act 6: Governor Walker tries to create jobs Part 1 - This American Life

Song 6: Say Hey (I Love You) [feat. Cherine Anderson] - Michael Franti & Spearhead

Act 7: Rich First-Grader Buys Whole Sheet Of Gold Stars - The Onion

Song 7: Can't buy me love - The Beatles

Act 8: Governor Walker tries to create jobs Part 2 - This American Life

Song 8: Solitary - VNV Nation

Act 9: Boehner BS Debunked By Cenk - Young Turks

Song 9: Honesty - Billy Joel

Act 10: Three wrongs don't make big oil right - Jim Hightower

Song 10: Bulletproof - La Roux

Act 11: Hedge Funds Make More In An Hour Than You Make In A Half Century - Lee Camp

Song 11: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 12: Shocking Graph  U.S. Income Inequality - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Response to Dominick being right on climate urgency - Dave from Olympia, WA

Thank you for Johann Hari clip on world food supply - John from San Francisco

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments promoting the Johann Hari podcast

Bonus Voicemail:

Reaction to Citizen Radio - Daryl from CA

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Debt To America - Daily Show

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Edition #493

Fiscal and physical health

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Act 1: The GOP Budget Bill Will Kill 70,000 Children Around the World - Majority Report

Song 1: First day of my life - Bright Eyes

Act 2: Misleading story on cutting Social Security - Counterspin

Song 2: Great divide - Fair

Act 3: Interview with Austin Goolsbee - Colbert Report

Song 3: 14 years - Guns N' Roses

Act 4: The Artful Dodgers - Jim Hightower

Song 4: Basket case - Green Day

Act 5: Tax Policy for Wealthy - Counterspin

Song 5: Starring - Freelance Whales

Act 6: Tea Party Group Trying To Kill Medicare - Young Turks

Song 6: I Didn't Fuck It Up - Katie Goodman

Act 7: Bernie Sanders on a new idea for health care - Grit Radio

Song 7: Leader - Burning Spear

Act 8: Republicans Want to Literally Take Food out of the Mouths of Babes - The Progressive

Song 8: The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend

Act 9: Sorkin airing comments from Wall Street CEO's - Counterspin

Song 9: Praise you - Fatboy Slim

Act 10: Single-Payer Plan - Senator Bernie Sanders

Song 10: The Right Place at the Night Time - Fluid Lines

Act 11: Tea Party Excuse For NY 26th District Special Election Results - Young Turks

Song 11: Sydney (I'll Come Running) - Brett Dennen

Act 12: Why we can't have an adult conversation on health expenses - Majority Report

Voicemails:

Reaction to the police state episode - Raven from Louisville, KY

Show suggestion: Skeptics guide to the universe - Daniel from Ohio

Look at church funds being used for politics, Obama's foreign policy powers are limited - Vikki from HI

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - RjD2

Final comments on a meetup at Netroots Nation

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Report: Economy Failing Because U.S. Built On Ancient Indian Burial Grounds - The Onion

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Edition #492

Dumb as the fossils we burn

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Act 1: Rocks - Mark Fiore

Song 1: Sanitarium (Welcome Home) - Apocalyptica

Act 2: Fracking linked to well contamination - Green News Report

Act 3: Watch It, Gas Hole - Thom Hartmann

Song 3: Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Act 4: Nuclear and the climate - Le Show

Song 4: As Long As the Grass Grows - Randy Wood

Act 5: Island's Recovery May Set Example For Gulf Residents - NPR

Song 5: Dudeman - Viktor Krauss

Act 6: Exxon Paleontologists Call For Increased U.S. Fossil Production - The Onion

Song 6: La Paix - Amadou & Mariam

Act 7: 2011 sets weird weather record - Green News Report

Song 7: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion

Act 8: Mark Moffett - Colbert Report

Song 8: Mexico - James Taylor

Act 9: Safe, clean, too cheap to meter - Le Show

Song 9: Go sadness - Shout Out Louds

Act 10: More weird weather, new records set - Green News Report

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the future of climate change - Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado

Responding on federal funding of Planned Parenthood - Patrick from Dallas

Details on government reimbursements for non-profits - Shane from Cleveland, OH

Voicemail Music: 

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on Stitcher.com and DonateYourAccount.com

Bonus Voicemail:

Deeper understanding reaction to Bin Laden - Andrew from NY

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

How green is my country? - Need to Know

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Edition #491

Land of the free, home of the brave

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Act 1: Supreme Court: Private Prison Guards - Young Turks

Song 1: Chain gang - Sam Cooke

Act 2: Supreme Court Takes a Power Drill to the Fourth Amendment - The Progressive

Song 2: Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend

Act 3: Michigan State Police Copying Data from Cell Phones: Mark Fancher of ACLU - David Pakman

Song 3: Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper

Act 4: Bill James on history of crime - Colbert Report

Song 4: Kids - MGMT

Act 5: Thomas Tamm  Obama's Retro-Active Immunity Outrageous - Democracy NOW!

Song 5: Wait up (Boots of danger) - Tokyo Police Club

Act 6: Obama Executive Order On Miranda Rights - Young Turks

Song 6: What we've got - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Act 7: Obama's Domestic Spying Binge - The Progressive

Song 7: Karma police - Radiohead

Act 8: Police On Lookout For Poorly Drawn Man - The Onion

Song 8: Once around the block - Badly Drawn Boy

Act 9: Chertoff Company Porno Scanners Emitting 10 Times Radiation We Were Told - David Pakman

Song 9: La Réalité - Amadou & Mariam

Act 10: The Answer to Police Brutality - Lee Camp

Song 10: Rambo Theme - Brian Tyler

Act 11: American Corrections - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 11: Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash

Act 12: Jury Selection Proving Difficult In Trial Of 'The Jury Killer' - The Onion

Song 12: Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt & Kim

Act 13: Patriot Act Extension Makes Me Miss Feingold - The Progressive

Song 13: Logical song - Supertramp

Act 14: McCain Bill to Allow Indefinite Detention Without Miranda or Charges for Any Reason - David Pakman

Voicemails:

Reaction to newest religion episode and promo for waterforsudan.org - Marianna

Reaction to Citizen Radio and consistency - Eric from York, PA

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on criticizing Obama and seeing the bigger picture

Bonus Voicemails:

Yet another youth reaction to Bin Laden's death - Brett from Omaha

Thoughtful response to Bin Laden - Jason from Rupert Idaho

Comparisons of reactions to Bin Laden and 9/11 - Daniel from CA

Thoughts on bringing Bin Laden to the US for trial - Ashley from Syracuse, NY

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Nailed Em- Mark Burett - Colbert Report

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Edition #490

A 1-year oil spill retrospective

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Act 1: Coffee safety at BP - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: The ocean - The Bravery

Act 2: Oil spill and GOP fundraising - Rachel Maddow

Song 2: The funeral - Band of Horses

Act 3: The oil is missing - Colbert Report

Song 3: Hammer - Emma's Revolution

Act 4: The strife aquatic - Daily Show

Song 4: Someone Keeps Moving My Chair - They Might Be Giants

Act 5: Gov. covers up BP oil spill worst case scenario - Young Turks

Song 5: Dreaming of you - The Coral

Act 6: RFK Jr. discusses similarities between Exxon and BP oil spills - Ring of Fire

Song 6: The killing moon - Echo & The Bunnymen

Act 7: All's well that ends well - Michael Blum - Colbert Report

Song 7: Beautiful life - Ace of base

Act 8: Repeal of drilling moratorium - Countdown

Song 8: Here is goes again - OKGO

Act 9: The upshot for BP - Le Show

Song 9: Shake it - Metro Station

Act 10: The Gulf of Mexico one year later - Thom Hartmann

Song 10: The dead heart - Midnight oil

Act 11: BP oil spill anniversary - Obama's failure - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Call for amazement - Chris the carpenter from Cap Cod, Mass

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments introducing Louis C.K. clip

Post-show clip:

Everything is amazing and nobody's happy - Louis C.K. on Conan O'Brien

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The Killing Fields - Vietnamese Fisherman - Daily Show

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Edition #489

A broken system gears up for another round

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Act 1: Is a two party system really democracy? - Lee Camp

Song 1: A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke

Act 2: Progressives United, Russ Feingold - Colbert Report

Song 2: United we stand - The Brotherhood of Man

Act 3: 1st GOP presidential debate - David Pakman

Song 3: Common sense - Flunk

Act 4: Why Newt wont be president - Young Turks

Song 4: Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis - Brand New

Act 5: Fast Dive - Daily Show

Song 5: You're not going anywhere - Brad Sucks

Act 6: Catching Newt red-handed - Mario Solis-Marich

Song 6: A Mi Manera (My way) - The Gipsy Kings

Act 7: Radical 2012 GOP Candidate - Santorum - MSNBC

Song 7: Losers - The Cardigans

Act 8: Corp Constituency - Colbert Report

Song 8: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf

Act 9: Not playing nice with Obama - Citizen Radio

Voicemails:

See you on May 22nd! - Matthew in Denver

Bin Laden got what he deserved - Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado

Data wins out, call to action on what we can do - Ron from outside Philly

Good for the sake of good regarding religion - Carter from Denver

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Stairway to heaven - Vitamin String Quartet

Final comments on the difference between funding of the Chamber of Commerce and Planned Parenthood

Bonus Voicemails:

Personal experience about Bin Laden - Robin from NYC

Show suggestion: Planet Money podcast - Matthew from San Francisco

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

AV Referendum voted on - BBC News Quiz

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Edition #488

Examine, critique, ridicule and defend

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Act 1: Verdict on Jews: Not Guilty! - The Bugle

Song 1: Diamond (Remix) - Klint

Act 2: John Paul II made a saint for good press - Counterspin

Song 2: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Act 3: Is this war or is this hearts? - This American Life

Song 3: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams

Act 4: Jesus surprises '700 Club' with walk-on appearence - The Onion

Song 4: Rejoice - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 5: Divining doomsday: An old practice with new tricks - NPR

Song 5: Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Allison Warden from WeCanKnow.com - David Pakman

Song 6: Me and God and Jesus - Crooked Roads Band

Act 7: France's anti-burqa law enforced - BBC News Quiz

Song 7: Oh my God - Ida Maria

Act 8: Big Mohammed's house - Daily Show

Song 8: True Faith - New Order

Act 9: FBI: Muslims may be creating nuclear families - The Onion

Song 9: Nuclear Family - Trentalange

Act 10: Rep. Keith Ellison explains liberty and justice for all - C-SPAN

Voicemails:

Another youth reaction about Bin Laden - Shane from Philadelphia

How to argue the climate change issue - Patrick

Redeemed myself by playing 'What is Love?' - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on the new BotL iPad app and my new promotion to Stitcher Smart Radio at www.stitcher.com/BEST

Bonus Voicemails:

Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Reaction to Bin Laden's death - Michael From Glenn Bernie

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Statue Of Jesus - Colbert Report

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Edition #487

Things are complicated

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Act 1: What we should really be asking - Lee Camp

Song 1: ThunderCats - Orchestral Theme Medley

Act 2: What will the "War on Terror" look like now? - The Breakdown

Song 2: Don't let's start - They might be giants

Act 3: Our friend Pakistan - Le Show

Song 3: Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Act 4: Demanding credit and thanks to Bush - Counterspin

Song 4: LNDP3 - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 5: Call your momma cause Obama got Osama - Majority Report

Song 5: Dog days are over - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Right-wing media criticizes Obama's remarks - Media Matters

Act 7: GOP gives Bush credit for Bin Laden's death - Young Turks

Song 7: For tomorrow - Emerald Park

Act 8: Potential new leaders - The Bugle

Song 8: Hurt feelings - Flight of the Conchords

Act 9: Sunday shows skew to Bush and GOP - Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Good people - Jack Johnson

Act 10: False leads - Le Show

Song 10: Mad world - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 11: The water boarding debate: Fox edition - Media Matters

Act 12: Torture debate rekindled - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 12: When it all goes wrong again - Everclear

Act 13: War on Terror lessons with Robert Greenwald - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Youth perspective on Bin Laden's death - Annie from Rhode Island

Mixed reaction to Bin Laden's death - Todd from LA

Voicemail Music: 

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on the two thoughtful reactions to Bin Laden's death and the complexity of emotional reactions

Bonus voicemails:

In praise of Citizen Radio, Dan Savage, TMBG and FOTC - Cody from Washington

Spread the word on BotL - Anonymous

Reaction to Bin Laden's death - Patrick from LA

Truther/deather response to the Bin Laden show - Chris from Middletown, NY

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The AQ Team - Rocketboom

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Edition #486

Laden with problems, hungry for solutions

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Act 1: US Credit-worthiness future outlook downgraded - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Disappointment - The Cranberries

Act 2: Myth of the fiscal conservative - Young Turks

Song 2: Wise up - Aimee Mann

Act 3: Regan raised taxes - Majority Report

Song 3: PTF2012 - VNV Nation

Act 4: How Goldman Sachs gambled on starvation and won - Johann Hari

Song 4: Never again - Enter the Worship Circle

Act 5: Taxes are too low - Rachel Maddow

Song 5: Mother We Just Can't Get Enough - New Radicals

Act 6: Tax, tax, tax the rich - The Progressive

Song 6: Time to Take Out the Trash - Brad Sucks

Act 7: Matt Taibbi on a Gov shadow budget - MSNBC

Song 7: Banks of marble - Pete Seeger

Act 8: Really really big government in Michigan - Rachel Maddow

Song 8: Hey Ya - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 9: Obama's spending cuts only make sense in Kenya - Media Matters

Act 10: Method of their madness - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 10: Stop the madness - Marty Dread

Act 11: GOP house chooses big oil over granny - Jim Hightower

Song 11: What is love? - Haddaway

Act 12: Progressive budget vs. conservative budget - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Supports my feelings on Bin Laden killing - Gordon from New Mexico

Thanks for my comments on Bin Laden - Connie from Olympia, WA

Look at ourselves before Bin Laden - Scott from Boulder

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on thanks for the NLC fundraiser donors and Matt Rothchild's Bin Laden/US presidents comparison

Bonus Voicemails:

Reaction to criticisms of the show - Valentina from Miami

Completely agrees with me on Bin Laden's death - Scott from Arroyo Grande, CA

Bin Laden's death not to be celebrated - Carlos From Chicagoland

Disappointed in progressives response to Bin Laden's death - Alt(?) from NY

We missed an opportunity to prove that we believe in our system - Nick from Santa Clara, CA

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Obama Befriends Rich Elderly Widow In Hopes She'll Put Nation In Her Will - The Onion

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Edition #485

Not time for a pep rally

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Act 1: The headline and the photos - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Back to life - Soul II Soul

Act 2: Only a handful of rational responses - Citizen Radio

Song 2: If you want to sing out, sing out - Cat Stevens

Act 3: Bin Laden dead, what now? - David Pakman

Song 3: We never change - Coldplay

Act 4: It's a shame we couldn't deal with him alive - Majority Report

Song 4: Pilot light - Dave Derby

Act 5: Let's hear from the kids - This American Life

Song 5: Just didn't happen to you - Ddroyal

Act 6: On our terms, not his - Rachel Maddow

Song 6: Don't Let It Bring You Down - Annie Lennox & Steven Lipson

Act 7: What Osama's killing means - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 7: Monster Under the Bed - Big Bang Boom

Act 8: Understanding what he did to us Part 1 - Common Sense

Song 8: Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Act 9: Bin Laden's history - The Bugle

Song 9: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths

Act 10: Understanding what he did to us Part 2 - Common Sense

Song 10: How far we've come - Matchbox Twenty

Act 11: Repercussions of 9/11 - Rachel Maddow

Final comments follow up on my previous commentary on Bin Laden's death

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Made up and poor taste reporting - The Bugle

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Edition #484

Our wars and their costs

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Act 1: Downplaying civilian deaths - Counterspin

Song 1: Faith - George Michael

Act 2: Trump's idiotic oil ideas - Young Turks

Song 2: Moving to New York - The Wombats

Act 3: Libya Majora - Daily Show

Song 3: Silver lining - Rilo Kiley

Act 4: Unwanted military funding - Rachel Maddow

Song 4: Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian

Act 5: Protesting military spending - Grit Radio

Song 5: Live Like You're Dying - Lenka

Act 6: Mr Y on US priorities and military spending - Majority Report

Song 6: The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 7: U.N. factoid-finding mission - The Onion

Song 7: Information Travels Faster - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 8: No real debate over drone attacks - Counterspin

Song 8: New York Minute - Eagles

Act 9: Detainees transferred or freed despite 'high risk' - NPR

Song 9: Tragic Flaw - Arkells

Act 10: Terrorist lockup, new nation of wusses - Mark Fiore

Song 10: New York state of mind - Billy Joel

Act 11: Obama a better salesman of war than Bush - The Progressive

Song 11: WMD - Blow Up Hollywood

Act 12: CIA's 'Facebook' program dramatically cut agencies costs - The Onion

Song 12: New York New York - Mel Tormé

Act 13: Pro-Israel, anti-democracy - Counterspin

Song 13: Run-around - Blues Traveler

Act 14: Undersecretary for saving the world - Rachel Maddow

Song 14: New York City - Cub

Act 15: Homeland security eliminates color-coded terror alert system - Colbert Report

Voicemails:

Show suggestion: Bob and Elvis show - Ursula from Chicago suburbs

Response to abortion battle episode - Ken from Chicagoland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on death of Bin Laden

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Predator Drone Court-Martialed For Afghani Civilian Deaths

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Edition #483

Voter and candidate suppression

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Act 1: Florida hindering new voter registration - Rachel Maddow

Song 1: Einstein On The Beach - Counting Crows

Act 2: British democracy news, alternate voting - The Bugle

Song 2: Right to complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard

Act 3: The AVs vs the AV-nots - Johann Hari

Song 3: Show me something new - Shout Out Louds

Act 4: AV or not AV, that is the question - BBC News Quiz

Song 4: Vertigo - Anya Marina

Act 5: GOP election strategies - Rachel Maddow

Song 5: Something happened - Visitors

Act 6: Donald Trump polls for 2012 - Young Turks

Song 6: The entertainer - Scott Joplin

Act 7: Media misleads on viable candidates - Counterspin

Song 7: Where is my mind? - The Pixies

Act 8: Completely unnecessary birth certificate news - The Bugle

Song 8: All I want is you - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 9: Fox News winks at birthers - Media Matters

Act 10: Goldie Taylor's eloquent response to Obama's birth certificate - Rachel Maddow

Voicemails:

Thoughts on supporting local liberals in the next election - Carter from Denver

Thoughts on an independent voice to push Obama to the left - Patrick from Holden Mass

Call to action May 5th at the AZ state capitol - Amit from the Bronx

Pro-nuclear argument - Patrick from Florida

Voicemail Music: 

Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Final comments on the anti-nuclear argument, NLC fundraising

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Palin's 61% Disapproval Rating In Alaska - Young Turks

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Edition #482

Oil spill anniversary and Power Shift 2011

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Act 1: Obama's Sophistry on Nuclear Power - The Progressive

Song 1: Planet Earth - Steve Eschleman

Act 2: Over-reactor - Colbert Report

Song 2: These things take time - The Smiths

Act 3: Update on off-shore drilling - Green New Report

Song 3: Keepsake - State Radio

Act 4: Oil Spill Execs Want Bonuses - Young Turks

Song 4: Back In The High Life Again - Steve Winwood

Act 5: Sunken Oil Tanker Will Be Habitat For Marine Life, Shell Executives Say With Straight Face - The Onion

Song 5: Evil eyes - Theo Bard

Act 6: You know the drill in the gulf - Rachel Maddow

Song 6: Swallowed by the sea - Coldplay

Act 7: One year after Deep Horizon - Green News Report

Song 7: Don't worry baby - Beach Boys

Act 8: Obama's failures in light of the BP Oil Spill Anniversary - Young Turks

Song 8: Welcome to paradise - Green Day

Act 9: Bill McKibben speaking at the Power Shift 2011 - Democracy Now!

Song 9: Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie

Act 10: Climategate Debunked but Corporate Media Ignores - David Pakman Show

Song 10: Skinny love - Bon Iver

Act 11: Activists Occupy Interior Dept. at End of PowerShift Conference - Democracy Now!

Song 11: Kilimanjaro - Emma's Revolution

Act 12: Van Jones speaking at the Power Shift 2011 - Democracy Now!

Voicemails:

Show suggestions, Stop using MSNBC, join a socialist organization - Nicoli from Oakland

The disclosure project - Grant from San Francisco

I've gone too far this time - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments apologizing for playing a Justin Bieber song, comments on using MSNBC, Mumia Abu-Jamal's sentence repealed

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President Obama's Energy Plan - Young Turks

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Edition #481

Your body is a battleground

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Act 1: New strict anti-abortion law - Young Turks

Song 1: I'm a pilot - Fanfarlo

Act 2: Not just anti-choice but anti-contraception - Dan Savage

Song 2: Tiny wings theme - Andreas Illiger

Act 3: Perry's "Texanity" explained - Jim Hightower

Song 3: Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart

Act 4: Women now empowered by everything a woman does - The Onion

Song 4: The girl - City And Colour

Act 5: New abortion bill becomes law - Young Turks

Song 5: Light & Day / Reach for the Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

Act 6: Paycheck fairness - Thom Hartmann

Song 6: Women and men - They might be giants

Act 7: Report: Sexism in nature rampant - The Onion

Song 7: Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed

Act 8: Strictest abortion law in US coming soon - Young Turks

Song 8: Pregnant women are smug - Garfunkel and Oates

Act 9: Judy Williams interview - Colbert Report

Song 9: Julie-O.- Kevin "KO" Olusola

Act 10: Over 350 anti-abortion bills in 2011 so far - David Pakman

Song 10: Dreamtime - Uberzone

Act 11: Baby taken away over C-section refusal - Young Turks

Song 11: Ill with want - The Avett Brothers

Act 12: Buy and cellulite - Colbert Report

Voicemails:

Responding to Ryan from NY Re: military in Libya - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Show suggestions: Radio Free Oz - Wild Horse from Olympia, WA

In defense of calling them fascists - Roy from McClain TX

Show on stupidity in politics - Adam from Chicagoland

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on advertising and the NLC fundraiser

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I Have Sex — students speak out against ideological attack on Planned Parenthood - Weslayan Uncut

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Edition #480

The monkey is not a reference to Obama

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Act 1: Federal gov almost shut down over Planned Parenthood - Double X Gabfest from Slate.com

Song 1: I wish I knew - Years and Years

Act 2: Deficits are sustainable - Majority Report

Song 2: Forever yellow skies - The Cranberries

Act 3: Deficits are unsustainable with Chris Martenson - David Pakman

Song 3: Lone Star - Jim Guthrie

Act 4: President Obama, Chief Negotiator - Citizen Radio

Song 4: Play with fire - The Rolling Stones

Act 5: Obama let's us know how he really feels - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 5: Shuffle your feet - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Act 6: Follow up on Obama the negotiator - Citizen Radio

Song 6: Talented Tailor (Live) - Laura Hocking

Act 7: Embracing the class war - Rachel Maddow

Voicemails:

Thoughts on fixing the budget issue - Sean from Atlanta, GA

Asking leniency for Obama re: Gitmo - Pamela from Virginia

Socialism and communism are part of the left in the US - Max from Berkley, CA

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments apologizing for failing to properly label an explicit clip from Dan Savage and more thoughts on political rhetoric

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GOP Cuts Education - Why? - Young Turks

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Edition #479

Unsettling settlements

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Act 1: Operation Overreaction - Mark Fiore

Song 1: Overreacting - Brad Sucks

Act 2: Two Jews debate Israel policy - On the Media

Song 2: Circles - Soul Coughing

Act 3: Meet Pray Love - Daily Show

Song 3: Broken chair - Chris and Thomas

Act 4: Obama caves on settlements - The Progressive

Song 4: Turn this boat around - Matt & Kim

Act 5: Hamas signal they will accept peace deal for 1967 borders - Young Turks

Song 5: Accept yourself - The Smiths

Act 6: Bieber to solve the Israel/Palestine conflict - The Bugle

Song 6: Baby (Acoustic Version) - Justin Bieber

Act 7: Escalations begin when Israel says they do - Counterspin

Song 7: When your mind's made up - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

Act 8: Egyptian revolution shows insanity of Israel's Palestinian policy - The Progressive

Song 8: This land is mine - Dido

Act 9: Palestinian State - Peace with Israel - Young Turks

Song 9: High hopes - Frank Sinatra

Act 10: King Abdullah II of Jordan - Daily Show

Song 10: On a Neck, On a Spit - Grizzly Bear

Act 11: No support in congress for Palestine - Mike Malloy

Voicemails:

Just became a member - Shane from Cleveland, OH

Show suggestions: Skeptically speaking - Nick from Knoxville, TN

Canadian elections coming up - Paul from Winnepeg

Call the GOP "fascists" - Mike From Texas

Would I support a primary candidate? - Earl from Nashville, TN

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on the use of Nazi comparisons, name-calling and referrals to Eps # 452 and #456 regarding my take on a potential primary candidate against Obama

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The Killing Tree - Daily Show

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Edition #478

Between Scylla and Charybdis

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Act 1: Lackluster launch of Obama's campaign - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Ottoman - Vampire Weekend

Act 2: Kicking the base - Rachel Maddow

Song 2: Ain't that a kick in the head - Dean Martin

Act 3: President Obama's un-kept campaign promises - David Pakman

Song 3: The promise - When In Rome

Act 4: As the media frames the Democrats - Counterspin

Song 4: Candy everybody wants - 10,000 Maniacs

Act 5: Meet potential GOP candidate Michele Bachmann - Young Turks

Song 5: Baby elephant walk - Lawrence Welk

Act 6: Donald goes full Birther - Media Matters

Act 7: Base race, Bachman, Cain, Gingrich - Daily Show

Song 7: The Thought Gives Me The Creeps - Hellogoodbye

Act 8: Huckabee on gay marriage - Dan Savage

Song 8: In your eyes - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 9: Palin supports Trump's birtherism - Media Matters

Act 10: Pawlenty declares candidacy before he's ready - Colbert Report

Song 10: Desire - U2

Act 11: Bachmann Overdrive by David Weigel - Slate.com

Song 11: Pale Horses - Moby

Act 12: Base race, Santorum, Barbour, Trump - Daily Show

Song 12: Easy - Deer Tick

Act 13: Trump 2012 - Media Matters

Act 14: Colbert PAC - Colbert Report

Song 14: Just for now - Imogen Heap

Act 15: Poll trouble for GOP in 2012 elections - Young Turks

Voicemails:

Show suggestions: War news radio - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Show suggestions: TAL and The Moth - Eric from Eagle Mountain, Utah

Show suggestions: Sound of Young America, Sound Opinions, Judge John Hodgman and lots of comedy shows - Steve from Richmond, VA

Responding to Ryan and the Vietnam war - Carter from Denver

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on the NLC fundraiser

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Nation Elects First Openly Drunk Senator - The Onion

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Edition #477

Under every rock

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Act 1: Political crybabies - This American Life

Song 1: Awnaw - Nappy Roots

Act 2: Pulling the curtain on the Koch Bros - Jim Hightower

Song 2: Solo, Sole Dire - Gipsy Kings

Act 3: Ann Coulter says only liberal media talking about birthers - David Pakman

Song 3: How Many Planets? - They Might Be Giants

Act 4: Tales of principled behavior - Obama birth certificate - Daily Show

Song 4: Mystify - INXS

Act 5: The appearance of impropriety and bias - Rachel Maddow

Song 5: Silver Star - Chucho Valdes Felix Star

Act 6: Koch Bros: What a sight - Jim Hightower

Song 6: 2 Atoms In a Molecule - Noah and the Whale

Act 7: Santorum on needing more people in the US - Dan Savage

Song 7: Colorblind - Counting Crows

Act 8: Ayn Rand's hypocrisy - Majority Report

Song 8: La Poupee Qui Fait Non - Luna

Act 9: Koch Bros buy politicians - Young Turks

Song 9: Drumming Song (Live) - Florence + The Machine

Act 10: Billionaire Bullies - Jim Hightower

Song 10: Coming to terms - Carolina Liar

Act 11: Koch pros under every rock - Rachel Maddow

Voicemails:

Endorsing veganism and a show on food - Patrick from Dallas

Regarding CIA advisers in Libya - Ryan from NY

Correction on Vietnam timeline - Ryan from NY

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

Final comments on the New Leaders Council fundraiser

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THE KOCHS ARE COMING! - Jim Hightower

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Edition #476

Good news for the big guys

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Act 1: Bears and balls - Misery Edition - Colbert Report

Song 1: Any way you want it - Journey

Act 2: Florida Gov calls unemployed lazy - Young Turks

Song 2: I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light - Brand New

Act 3: Obama's executive order on regulations another capitulation - The Progressive

Song 3: Starsign - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 4: Back off Social Security - Bernie Sanders

Song 4: Hands down - Dashboard Confessional

Act 5: Judge orders God to break up into smaller deities - The Onion

Song 5: God - The Dodos

Act 6: Steal from the poor, give to the rich - Thom Hartmann

Song 6: By your side - Sade

Act 7: New ideas for revenue and spending - Counterspin

Song 7: Hurt - Johnny Cash

Act 8: Interview with Jeffrey Leonard - Colbert Report

Song 8: Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

Act 9: All things private are good, all things public are bad - The Progressive

Song 9: Zebra - Beach House

Act 10: Good news for the big guys - Rachel Maddow

Final comments Source Story Series on This American Life

Link to Mind Games episode

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Title X - Flat Out Lie By Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) - Young Turks

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Edition #475

The GlennPocalypse

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Act 1: When reporters attack - Daily Show

Song 1: Hotel California - Gipsy Kings

Act 2: Channeled rage - Colbert Report

Song 2: Sleep through the static - Jack Johnson

Act 3: Three little pigs and terrorist sympathizer - Media Matters

Song 3: Sleep through the static - Jack Johnson

Act 4: Beck say Obama sympathizes with terrorists - MSNBC

Song 4: Wait Till You See My Smile - Alicia Keys

Act 5: Bill Sammon admits Obama socialism link was a lie - David Pakman

Song 5: Drops of Jupiter - Train

Act 6: God sending a message with the Japan earthquake - Media Matters

Act 7: MSNBC is the anti-God network - MSNBC

Song 7: White blank page - Mumford & Sons

Act 8: James OKeef asks for donations - Colbert Report

Song 8: Ain't too proud to beg - Temptations

Act 9: Concurrence roundtable - The Onion

Song 9: Handsome Devil - The Smiths

Act 10: NBC reports on it's parent company (sort of) - Counterspin

Song 10: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 11: Now that sounds crazy, but life is crazy - Media Matters

Act 12: Cenk fires back at Rush Limbaugh - MSNBC

Song 12: My name is Jonas - Weezer

Act 13: FCC fines news stations for running VNR propaganda as news - David Pakman

Song 13: Bohemian Rhapsody - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 14: After 1 million lost viewers and 300 advertisers Beck calls it quits - Media Matters

Act 15: Why Glenn Beck is leaving Fox News - Young Turks

Song 15: Fade to black - Apocalyptica

Act 16: You'll all be very sorry - Media Matters

Act 17: The GlennPocalypse - Colbert Report

Voicemails:

Comment about naming of membership levels - Paul from NY

Why he just became a member - Shawn from Miami, FL

Tax awareness call to action - Vikki from HI

Reaction to Jimmy Dore segment on Libya - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the YouTube video version of the show

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Family Matters - Daily Show

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Edition #474

Our third war

 

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Act 1: Mess O'North Africa - Daily Show

Song 1: New shoes - Paolo Nutini

Act 2: And Like That, Blink, A New War - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 2: Don't look back in anger - Oasis

Act 3: Obama's Wrong-Headed Libyan War - The Progressive

Song 3: Legions (War) - Zoe Keating

Act 4: Is the US Military Action in Libya Unconstitutional? - The Breakdown

Song 4: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins

Act 5: America at Not-War - Obama Defends Military Action in Libya - Daily Show

Song 5: Halo - Beyoncé

Act 6: Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling them Bombs - David Pakman

Song 6: Naive - The Kooks

Act 7: No Al Qaeda In Libya - U.S. Intelligence Community - Young Turks

Song 7: For whom the bell tolls - Apocalyptica

Act 8: Right Wing Media Can't Agree On How Libya is Obama's Fault - Media Matters

Act 9: Lots of rational talk about Libya - Counterspin

Song 9: Over my head - The Fray

Act 10: Glenn Beck - Obama Helping Terrorists In Libya - Young Turks

Song 10: Fireflies - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 11: When Is Dissent Patriotic? - Media Matters

Act 12: Obama's Faulty Doctrine - The Progressive

Song 12: Perpetual - VNV Nation

Act 13: The Enemies We Don't Know - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 13: You learn - Alanis Morissette

Act 14: It's different when a black guy does it - Jimmy Dore Show

 

Voicemails:

Recommendation on Supreme Court podcast - Seth from Lancaster PA

Colin admits he was wrong - Colin from Sacramento, CA

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Final comments on Power Shift '11 and BotL on YouTube

 

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Mess O The Whole Potamia Region - Libya Uprising - Daily Show

 

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Edition #473

They only call it class war when we fight back 

 

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Act 1: Cut and ruin - Mark Fiore

Song 1: Honey - Moby

Act 2: Callous Republicans cut unemployment - The Progressive

Song 2: Working class hero - John Lennon

Act 3: There is a class war going on - Majority Report

Song 3: Breathless - Jonathan Byrd

Act 4: Class war casualties - Jim Hightower

Song 4: Class warfare - Chris Priest

Act 5: Rich vs poor and misplaced priorities - Majority Report

Song 5: Go your own way - The Cranberries

Act 6: Just raise taxes - MSNBC

Song 6: Jenny don't be hasty - Paolo Nutini

Act 7: Economic Boom - Colbert Report

Song 7: California - Phantom Planet

Act 8: Matt Taibbi on how Wall St crooks avoided jail - Bill Maher

Song 8: That's all - Clare and the Reasons

Act 9: Unpopulism - Rachel Maddow

 

Final comments on setting priorities and using your limited time in the best way possible

 

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Edition #472

Some people are gay, get over it 

 

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Act 1: Unmarried heterosexuals should be allowed to have kids - Dan Savage

Song 1: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Act 2: Badid Boles on Prop 8 litigation - Colbert Report

Song 2: Tell him - Exciters

Act 3: High court rules for anti-gay protesters at funerals - NPR

Song 3: First Few Desperate Hours - The Mountain Goats

Act 4: Wayne Besen interview - David Pakman

Song 4: Fall hard - Shout Out Louds

Act 5: Reverend busted for male escorts and more - Young Turks

Song 5: Tiny dancer - Elton John

Act 6: Another anti-gay minister a sexual deviant - Dan Savage

Song 6: We only come out at night - Smashing Pumpkins

Act 7: Anti-gay congressman caught in relationship with a horse - The Onion

Song 7: Eyes - Rogue Wave

Act 8: Out of the closet in the pulpit of a megachurch - NPR

Song 8: Heart of the city - Arkells

Act 9: Reaction to Obama's anti-gay bullying conference - Dan Savage

Song 9: Sing Theresa Says - Greg Laswell

Act 10: Ann Coulter calls Cenk 'retarded' - Young Turks

 

Voicemails:

Thoughts on Mumia from an ex con - Seth from Lancaster PA

Just became a member - Martina Myers

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments on Power Shift 2011 and YouTube edition of the show

 

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Look Who's Stalking - The Daily Show

 

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Edition #471

And it begins

 

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Act 1: Election hangover - Slate.com

Song 1: Razorblade - The Strokes

Act 2: Senator Hatch gives absurd speech - Young Turks

Song 2: Momentum - Amiee Mann

Act 3: Republicans flirt with presidential candidacy - Colbert Report

Song 3: Use somebody - Kings of Leon

Act 4: Anti-Muslim GOP candidate Herman Cain - Young Turks

Song 4: North by north - Faded Paper Figures

Act 5: Newt is faking it - Rachel Maddow

Song 5: Money (that's what I want) - Barrett Strong

Act 6: Newt Gingrich wants to screw America - Colbert Report

Song 6: Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers

Act 7: Morbid Curiosity leading many voters to support Palin - The Onion

Song 7: Good (for a woman) - Alien Ant Farm

Act 8: Sarah Palin destroyed by conservatives - Young Turks

Song 8: Solsbury hill - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 9: Huckabee doubles down - Media Matters

Act 10: Amending the constitution to deny corporate personhood - The Progressive

Song 10: This is the day - The The

Act 11: Some states cancelling primaries - Young Turks

Song 11: Out of our hands - Ikon

Act 12: Ballotproof elections - Rachel Maddow

 

Voicemails:

Message trumps the messenger - Matt from Alabama

Supporter of Abu-Jamal written statement - Garrett

17-year old reaction to Pakman stat on troops in Afghanistan - Colin from Sacramento, CA

Response to Colin - David Pakman from Mass

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments on new video version of the show

 

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Colbert PAC Ad - Colbert Report

 

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Edition #470

The Idiots are taking over

 

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Act 1: Boehner's People - Jim Hightower

Song 1: Tears and rain - James Blunt

Act 2: Ineffective GOP - Rachel Maddow

Song 2: If you've got trouble - The Beatles

Act 3: The do-nothing congress - Slate.com

Song 3: Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears

Act 4: Congress forgets how to pass a bill - The Onion

Song 4: Kill the director - The Wombats

Act 5: Three quarters of Senate Republicans don't believe in science - David Pakman

Song 5: The Idiots are taking over - NOFX

Act 6: Congress slumps back to Tom Delay ethics - Jim Hightower

Song 6: These days - Luxury

Act 7: Boehner is bad at his job Part 1 - Rachel Maddow

Song 7: Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury

Act 8: Useless GOP distractions - Bill Maher

Song 8: Radio - One Ring Zero

Act 9: Boehner OK with Americans losing jobs - Young Turks

Song 9: You ain't seen nothing yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Act 10: Johnnie "Business as usual" Boehner - Jim Hightower

Song 10: Broken horse - Freelance Whales

Act 11: Boehner is bad at his job Part 2 - Rachel Maddow

 

Voicemails:

BYU basketball player kicked off for honor code violation - Scott from California

Supporting Mumia because he's based on facts - John From Omaha

Excitement about YouTube playlists - Max from Berkley, CA

 

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments on Power Shift, new video version of the show and the listener of the year

 

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John Boehner's Large Gavel - Colbert Report

 

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Edition #469

McCarthyism Redux

 

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Act 1: Mistaken for Muslim - 1700% Project

Song 1: Look what you've done - JET

Act 2: Anti-muslim bill in TN banning practice of Islam - Young Turks

Song 2: Dare you to move - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 3: Beck STILL thinks 10% of Muslims are terrorists - Media Matters

Act 4: Al Qaeda populating US with peaceful "decoy Muslims" - The Onion

Song 4: This is why we fight - The Decemberists

Act 5: Peter King understands violent radicalism - Colbert Report

Song 5: Like a prayer - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Beck: Reform Judaism "almost like" radicalized Islam - Media Matters

Act 7: Reza Aslan on Peter King's Radicalized Muslims hearing - Colbert Report

Song 7: More than a feeling - Boston

Act 8: Pet Peter King's terrorist ties - Young Turks

Song 8: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica

Act 9: Glenn Beck apologizes - Media Matters

Act 10: Radical Muslim hearing and IRA terrorism with John Oliver - Daily Show

Song 10: Zombie (Techno version) - The Cranberries

Act 11: Reporting on McCarthyite hearings - Counterspin

Song 11: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 12: Fox cheerleads Muslim witch-hunt hearings - Media Matters

Act 13: Rep. Keith Ellison Cries During Testimony at Muslim Radicalization Hearing - C-Span

Song 13: All these things that I've done - The Killers

Act 14: Keith Ellison on radicalization of American Muslims - Bill Maher

Song 14: Don't stop believing - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 15: Fox Gives 3x more airtime to Peter King supporers - Media Matters

Act 16: Actual case on terrorism by non-Muslim - Counterspin

Song 16: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance

Act 17: Radical Muslim hearings - Daily Show

 

Voicemails:

Using religion for liberal good - Jeffrey from Longbeach, CA

Request for animal cruelty and diet episodes, plus supporting Mumia - Brenden the contractor from Portland

Freedom box foundation call to action - Jamie Cobb from Santa Fe, NM

Response to education system episode - Liz from South Dakota

Sick and tired of all these wars! - John From Portland, OR

Response to date rape story caller - Anonymous

 

Voicemail Music: 

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Final comments on the launch of the new pseudo-video version of BotL

 

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Allah in the Family - Daily Show

 

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Edition #468

Wisconsin state workers protest Part 3

 

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Act 1: Bust in Show - Colbert Report

Song 1: Come undone - Duran Duran

Act 2: The Wisconsin nuclear option - Rachel Maddow

Song 2: You've lost that lovin' feeling - Everly Brothers

Act 3: Wis GOP show their true colors of the black-shirts - The Progressive

Song 3: Naked as we came - Iron & Wine

Act 4: High schooler crushes Fox News on Wis protests - Young Turks

Song 4: Everything in it's right place - Radiohead

Act 5: Trumka going against the media grain - Counterspin

Song 5: No questions asked - Fleetwood Mac

Act 6: Michael Moore speech to Wis protesters

Song 6: Rhythm of my heart - Rod Stewart

Act 7: Scott Walker messes with people's lives - The Progressive

Song 7: Lives in the balance - Jackson Browne

Act 8: Effort to recall GOP state reps - Young Turks

Song 8: The chance I deserve - Club 8

Act 9: No surprise, identically-written anti-union bills popping up everywhere - David Pakman

Song 9: I can help - Billy Swan

Act 10: Evil people have plans - Lee Camp

Song 10: Little Lion Man - Piano Tribute Players

Act 11: The many vs the few - Rachel Maddow

 

Voicemails:

Supportive of Mumia - Lara from outside of Philly

Not supportive of Mumia - Carl Feldman from Cincinnati, OH

Supporting Abu-Jamal - Darryl from CA

Thoughts on Mumia - Jim in Dubai

Comparing defense of a cop-killer to abortion clinic protesters - Policeman Jeff from Florida

The right tries to get people to just emote rather than think - Pamela from Virginia

Reaction to liberal police officer - Linda from SoCal

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments about nothing at all

 

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Crisis in Dairyland - Apocalypse Cow - Daily Show

 

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Edition #467

Media under attack from all angles

 

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Act 1: USA Today infographic sells out - Colbert Report

Song 1: Naive - The Kooks

Act 2: Netflix and the net - Majority Report

Song 2: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion

Act 3: Tim Wu on the history of information technology - On the Media

Song 3: Miss Misery - Elliott Smith

Act 4: HuffPo posts about the Colbuffington Re-Post - Colbert Report

Song 4: Across the Universe - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 5: Beck uses memory of MLK to promote his own book - Media Matters

Act 6: Murdock he wrote - Colbert Report

Song 6: Breathe me - Sia

Act 7: NPR smeared, funding cut - Young Turks

Song 7: Ghosts - Fanfarlo

Act 8: NPR executive resigns - Daily Show

Song 8: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.

Act 9: Juan Williams of Fox News Rips Former Employer - Young Turks

Song 9: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 10: Beck is no stranger to Nazi comparisons - Media Matters

Act 10: Obama denies accusations he does not love his dog - The Onion

Song 9: Dog days are over - Glee Cast

Act 10: NPR board 'A bunch of pussies'

 

Voicemails:

In defense of Olbermann - Shane from Chicago

Interesting comments on Mumia - Michael From Glenn Bernie

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Final Comments on Mumia Abu-Jamal being played on the show

 

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Behind The Scenes at TYT - Young Turks

 

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Edition #466

No time to lose

 

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Act 1: McKibben/VanHollen Rally in DC - CCAN

Song 1: La Redécouverte - Yann Tiersen

Act 2: Interview with Bill McKibben Part 1 - Majority Report

Song 2: Wait so long - Trampled by Turtles

Act 3: Global Shifts underway - Green News Report

Song 3: Warning sign - Coldplay

Act 4: Interview with Bill McKibben Part 2 - Majority Report

Song 4: Spirited - Laura Gibson

Act 5: Fen Montaigne - Colbert Report

Song 5: Messages - Xavier Rudd

Act 6: Timothy DeChristopher after his conviction

Song 6: I'll follow the sun - The Beatles

Act 7: Is the population bomb going to explode? - Need to Know

Song 7: Kingdom - VNV Nation

Act 8: Auditing Firm Stops Dumping Hazardous Waste - The Onion

Song 8: San Antonio, TX - Frank Black & The Catholics

Act 9: A story about sustainability - Green.tv

Song 9: Solsbury Hill - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 10: Earth calling SOS - ABC Radio National

 

Voicemails:

Power Shift shout out - Steven from Collegevile, MN

Conservative reaction to feminism and religion episode - Liz from South Dakota

Call to action for March 28 in Denver - Jay from Denver, CO

Please stop using Mumia Abu-Jamal - Policeman Jeff from Florida

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments on feminism show, religion-based swearing and opening up the Mumia Abu-Jamal debate

 

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Earth Hour 2011 - Green.tv

 

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Edition #465

Easing the decline

 

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Act 1: Tony Blair and the Iraq war - BBC News Quiz

Song 1: Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave

Act 2: Drones not always precise in real world - Counterspin

Song 2: Real world - Matchbox Twenty

Act 3: Treatment of Bradley Manning - Majority Report

Song 3: Pressure Drop - The Clash

Act 4: Obama's abominable retreat on Gitmo - The Progressive

Song 4: Animal - Miike Snow

Act 5: In an Age of Austerity, Can't the US Cut the Military Budget? - The Breakdown

Song 5: Spend - Jeff Caudill

Act 6: We're losing a game of Solitaire - Lee Camp

Song 6: He got game - Public Enemy & Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island

Act 7: Afghanistan still wildly unpopular - Counterspin

Song 7: Surrender II - Ottmar Liebert

Act 8: Managing the decline of our empire Part 1 - Common Sense

Song 8: Like humans do - David Byrne

Act 9: Troubling Rise In Teen Uranium Enrichment - The Onion

Song 9: Radioactive - Kings of Leon

Act 10: Managing the decline of our empire Part 2 - Common Sense

 

Voicemails:

Promotion for LeftForum.org - Ryan from NY

www.emptythisapartment.blogspot.com - Eric from Michigan

Date rape story in response to feminism episode - Anonymous

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Final comments on skipped voicemails, www.emptythisapartment.blogspot.com and a call for responses to date rape story

 

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Al Qaeda Attacks Internet With Photo Of Adorable Piglet - The Onion

 

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Edition #464

A whole show about broads

 

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Act 1: Mother F#@kers - Daily Show

Song 1: All American Girl - Trian

Act 2: GOP's top priority - redefine rape - Liberal Oasis

Song 2: Girls - Walter Meego

Act 3: Pharmacists denying medication - Dan Savage

Song 3: Big girls don't cry - Fergie

Act 4: CEO has female sex organs - The Onion

Song 4: Girls - The Beastie Boys

Act 5: Women love divorce: Phyllis Schlafly - Young Turks

Song 5: I'm just a girl - No Doubt

Act 6: Interview with Lindsay Beyerstein = Majority Report

Song 6: Girls just want to have fun - Cyndi Lauper

Act 7: Wyoming conservative abortion debate - Rachel Maddow

Song 7: Some girls are bigger than others - The Smiths

Act 8: The abortion wars are back - Dan Savage

Song 8: The most beautiful girl in the room - Flight of the Conchords

Act 9: Oklahoma doctors can legally pretend to perform abortions - The Onion

Song 9: I kissed a girl - Katy Perry

Act 10: Doc trying to open abortion clinic - Rachel Maddow

Song 10: Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

Act 11: Tampon sent over miscarriage - Young Turks

 

Voicemails:

Show on SCOTUS Justices - Darlene from Wis

Prefer mixed shows - Joe from Ohio

$100 donation for 2-year membership for Jack - Dave from Tucson

Reacting to caller from Altoona Iowa - Sarah from Iowa city Iowa

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments on Jack's story and a challenge to web developers to create an ActBlue equivalent for progressive media

 

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Schaal - Mother F#@kers - Stork Bucks

 

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Edition #463

Wisconsin state workers protest Part 2

 

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Act 1: Meet two Wis state workers - The Progressive

Song 1: Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Act 2: Assault on American labor - Young Turks

Song 2: Stand by me - Playing For Change

Act 3: Koch bros connection to Gov Walker - Green News Report

Song 3: Monk Theme - Jeff Beal

Act 4: Crisis in the Dairyland: For Richer and Poorer - Daily Show

Song 4: Spare change - Matt and Kim

Act 5: The logic of unions - Common Sense

Song 5: Hey there, Delilah - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 6: Shep Smith 100% right on Fox News - Young Turks

Song 6: Killing for love - José González

Act 7: Labor rights are human rights - The Progressive

Song 7: White blank page - Mumford and Sons

Act 8: Walker gets pranked - Jimmy Dore Show

Song 8: Deep in the sweetwater - Rasputina

Act 9: Some assembly required - Rachel Maddow

 

Voicemails:

Keep the laser-focused shows - Adam from Albuquerque

Do both kinds of show - Mary from St. Louis

Prefer topic to topic mix - Susan from Iowa

Mix of shows is best - Rev Mike from Michigan

Fox News is scary stupid - Dolly(?) from Florida

 

Voicemail Music: 

Ghostwriter - Rjd2

 

Final comments on the options of the style of the show

 

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Gov. Walker Pranked - TYT Breaks It Down - Young Turks

 

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Edition #462

Condoms, confessions, evolution and Evangelicals

 

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Act 1: Pope Okays condoms sort of - Young Turks

Song 1: Soft served - Soul Coughing

Act 2: Pope changes stance on condoms - Friday Night Comedy BBC

Act 3: Catholics have it in for homos - Dan Savage

Song 3: Oh my God - Ida Maria

Act 4: Yoga is anti-Christian - Young Turks

Song 4: Early in the morning - Peter, Paul And Mary

Act 5: All 7 deadly sins committed at church bake sale - The Onion

Song 5: Sinnerman - Nina Simone

Act 6: Confess your sins via app - The Bugle

Song 6: God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds

Act 7: Creationism, evolution poll - Young Turks

Song 7: Believe - The Bravery

Act 8: Churches filing for bankruptcy over child abuse cases - Le Show

Song 8: God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

Act 9: Glenn Beck rally attendee exposed - Sam Seder

Song 9: Sacris Solemnis - Libera

Act 10: Christian weightlifter bends iron bar to demonstrate power of God's love - The Onion

Song 10: God put a smile on your face - Coldplay

Act 11: Evangelicals bring Jesus to public schools - Young Turks

Song 11: In God's country - U2

Act 12: Christian offended by Elizabeth Edward's dying thoughts - Citizen Radio

Song 12: When the president talks to God - Bright Eyes

Act 13: Bill O'Reilly proves God's existence - Colbert Report

Song 13: The tide is high - Blondie

Act 14: Father loses kids because he admits he is agnostic - Young Turks

 

Voicemails:

Unionized teachers and requesting a show on religion - Jake, Sophomore in HS

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Final comments asking how to cover major stories on BotL plus promoting powershift2011.org

 

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Pope's Baseball Cap & CatholicTV - Colbert Report

 

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Edition #461

Wisconsin state workers protest Part 1

 

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Act 1: The war against workers in Wis - The Progressive

Song 1: Solidarity forever - Pete Seeger

Act 2: Breakdown of the Wisconsin protests - David Pakman Show

Song 2: Fake it - Brad sucks

Act 3: The future of our two-party system - Thom Hartmann

Song 3: Which side are you on - Natalie Merchant

Act 4: The survival of the Democratic party - Rachel Maddow

Song 4: Sticks and stone - Jónsi

Act 5: American workforce makeover - Daily Show

Song 5: Banks of marble - Pete Seeger

Act 6: Cenk proud of Wisconsin protesters - Young Turks

Song 6: Take 'em down - Dropkick Murphys

Act 7: One of the Fab 14 says Walker is losing support - The Progressive

Song 7: Cosmic love - Florence And The Machine

Act 8: Wisconsin helped build labor institutions - Rachel Maddow

 

Voicemails:

Teacher comments on Wisconsin protests - Matt from Alabama

Reaction to the Olbermann episode - Jennifer from Detroit

 

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

 

Final comments on membership renewal system

 

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

John Oliver - Wisconsin Budget Protests - Daily Show

 

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