Wed, 30 December 2009
Edition #321
Take 30,000 troops and call me in the morning
Act 1: Misleading polling on support for war - Counterspin
Act 2: I dare you not to notice - Le Show
Act 3: Special comment on war escalation - Countdown
Act 4: Afghanistan handed over to robots - The Onion
Act 5: Why escalation is not the answer - Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Obama unclear on chain of command - Colbert Report
Act 7: Cheney cries treason - Countdown
Act 8: War presidents - Rachel Maddow
Act 9: 30,000 - Daily Show
Act 10: Feingold & BBC on the Afghanistan war - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
30,000 extended video - Daily Show
Music:
Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Listen to your heart - Roxette
Mr. Roboto - Styx
War - Vince DiCola
Heat of the moment - Asia
Notorious - Duran Duran
I'm gonna be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Break it down again - Tears for fears
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Tue, 8 December 2009
Edition #320
Winter Holiday Extravaganza
Act 1: Atheist summer camp - The Young Turks
Act 2: God To Postpone Apocalypse - The Onion
Act 3: Adam and Eve Part 1 - This American Life
Act 4: Robert Wright on the three major religions - Colbert Report
Act 5: Adam and Eve Part 2 - This American Life
Act 6: Richard Dawkins new book - Thom Hartmann
Act 7: Bucket Of Rags This Year's Must-Have Christmas Item - The Onion
Act 8: Schaeffer on hateful talk against Obama - Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Offending people talking about religion - The Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Kirk Cameron's Plot Against "Origin of Species" - The Young Turks
Music:
Hello Mother, Hello Father - Alan Sherman
Nutcracker: Act 2: Chinese Tea - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 2: Waltz of the Flowers - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 1: Overture - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 1: March - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 2: The Merlitons - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 2: Trepak - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
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Sat, 5 December 2009
Edition #319
1st world party, 3rd world clean up
Act 1: Aziz Ansari on Copenhagen - It's getting ha in here
Act 2: Gore urges Obama to take lead on climate - NPR
Act 3: Al Gore - Daily Show
Act 4: Gore the wonky bore - Counterspin
Act 5: The Story of Cap and Trade - Annie Leonard
Act 6: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 7: DOT to add walking lanes to highways - The Onion
Act 8: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 9: News of the warm - Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Act Now - Green.tv
Music:
Hold my hand - Hootie and the blowfish
Change your mind - Sister Hazel
If we make it through December - Merle Haggard
Cloud Nine - Ben Howard
Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Walk beside me - Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
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Wed, 2 December 2009
Edition #318
Disaster Economics
Act 1: Obama caving in to Wall St again - The Young Turks
Act 2: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 1 - This American Life
Act 3: Water balloon attacks hurting bottom line - The Onion
Act 4: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 2 - This American Life
Act 5: Joining the tea-baggers - Thom Hartmann
Act 6: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 7: US-owned GM produces the Pelosi-Boehner - The Onion
Act 8: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 9: Government by organized money - Thom Hartmann
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Biden on the economic recovery - Daily Show
Music:
Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann
Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou & Mariam
The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend
Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) - Cyrille Verdeaux
Smokescreen - Flying Blind
Under the milky way - Seven Nations
You're the best - Joe Esposito
All For Swinging You Around - The New Pornographers
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Tue, 24 November 2009
Edition #317
Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious
Act 1: From here to neutrality - Daily Show
Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act - Young Turks
Act 3: The end of prohibition - Slate
Act 4: Don't ask, don't tell - Colbert Report
Act 5: Texas bans marriage - Young Turks
Act 6: Texas bans marriage - Wait wait don't tell me
Act 7: Mormon trespassing - Colbert Report
Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays - Young Turks
Act 9: Gaywatch - Peter Vadala & William Phillips - Daily Show
Act 10: Skeletons in the closet - Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Can't get queer from here - Daily Show
Music:
Here comes my baby - Cat Stevens
Your ex-lover is dead - Stars
Change is gonna come - Ben Sollee
What went wrong - Blink 182
It's a mistake - Men at work
Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
Steal my kisses - Ben Harper
Build me up buttercup - The Foundations
Tuesday's gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Sat, 21 November 2009
Edition #316
Join the war on Fox News today
Act 1: Glenn Beck tragically not a victim of anything - The Onion
Act 2: Bush Sr. calls Maddow and Olberman Sick Puppies - The Young Turks
Act 3: Dobbs steps down - Wait wait don't tell me
Act 4: MSNBC in the crossfire - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Lou Dobbs goes Rogue - Daily Show
Act 6: Murdoch fosters racist work environment - Countdown
Act 7: Hannity apologizes to Jon - Daily Show
Act 8: Cenk goes off on Morning Joe - The Young Turks
Act 9: Untruth vs. Power - Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hannity misleadingly uses Glenn Beck's rally video
Music:
Out of my mind - James Blunt
Gone daddy gone - Violent Femmes
Ne Me Quitte Pas - Regina Spektor
I'll meet you there - Owl City
Habla Me - Gipsy Kings
Working class hero - Exit Clov
Overkill - Colin Hay
Celebration guns - Stars
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Tue, 17 November 2009
Edition #315
Big bill bothers bought off blowhards
Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare - Counterspin
Act 2: Bill big, bill bad - Daily Show
Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics - The Young Turks
Act 4: Fire hot - The Onion
Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling - Wait wait don't tell me
Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape - The Young Turks
Act 9: Whisconsin city is the best place to die - NPR
Act 10: Preggers can't be choosers - Daily Show
Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform - The Young Turks
Music:
Tax man - The Beatles
Naive - The Kooks
Fearless - VNV Nation
World on Fire - Sarah McLachlan
In a big country - Big Country
Winter song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Brain stew - Green Day
So fast, so numb - R.E.M.
I know I know I know - Tegan and Sara
Different people - No doubt
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Sat, 14 November 2009
Edition #314
Pride, greed, vanity and gluttony
Act 1: Really Goldman Sachs?! - SNL
Act 2: Spitzer on the financial bailout - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: MSNBC Ratigan bashes corporate communists - The Young Turks
Act 4: The root of the problem is campaign finance - Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Global economy faces danger from below - The Onion
Act 6: Terror-industrial complex - Countdown
Act 7: How Dems are protecting capitalism - The Young Turks
Act 8: Organizing the tea parties - Thom Hartmann
Act 9: Goldman Sachs doing God's work - Colbert Report
Act 10: Child labor endorsing, pro-slavery freaks - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The history of boom and bust cycles in US economics - ThomHartmann
Music:
Kick drum heart - The Avett Brothers
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Deep water - Pansy Division
Ready For The Good Times - Shakira
Goodbye stranger - Supertramp
Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt and Kim
Take five - Dave Brubeck
Gold dust woman - Hole
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Tue, 10 November 2009
Edition #313
Recruiting disciples through fear and coupons
Act 1: Catholic lifeboat - Colbert Report
Act 2: Hell House - This American Life
Act 3: God checks in to the Mayo Clinic - The Onion
Act 4: The Republican Apocalypse Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 5: Catholics recruiting new members - Daily Show
Act 6: The Republican Apocalypse Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Catholic blow out sale - Le Show
Act 8: Pat Robertson fighting against hate crime laws - The Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme court takes on religion - Colbert Report
Music:
God - The Dodos
Friend of the devil - Counting Crows
Like a prayer - Madonna
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
You know my name - The Beatles
Natural Blues - Moby
I'm free - Soup Dragons
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Sat, 7 November 2009
Edition #312
Ancient sunlight vs fresh sunlight
Act 1: The true cost of fossil fuels - Thom Hartmann
Act 2: Inhofe headed to Copenhagen - Ring of Fire
Act 3: Colin Beavan is No Impact Man - Colbert Report
Act 4: Rob Dunbar on ocean temps - Found Object Films
Act 5: Giant greenhouse blamed for climate change - The Onion
Act 6: Climate deniers - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Oil industry employees rally - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 9: Shia Agassi on fresh sun power - Found Object Films
Act 10: Steven Levitt on economics of geo-engineering - Daily Show
Act 11: The arguement for switching to natural gas - Ring of Fire
Act 12: News of the warm - Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Dems shooting themselves in the foot on carbon legislation
Music:
Catalog and Classify - Mark Robinson
Knock yourself out - Jon Brion
This is the day - The The
Kyoko's House - Philip Glass
Solsbury hill - Peter Gabriel
One million miles - J Ralph
M79 - Vampire Weekend
What I'm looking for - Brendan Benson
Close your eyes - Young Love
Hey ya - Obadiah Parker
Keepsake - State Radio
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Tue, 3 November 2009
Edition #311
Unexpected leadership, totally expected treachery
Act 1: Nancy Peloci, you'll burn in hell for this - Wait Wait don't tell me
Act 2: Rebranding health reform - Countdown
Act 3: Franken kicks conservative ass - The Young Turks
Act 4: Much to commend, much to condemn - The Progressive
Act 5: Health care systems comparison - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Even Republican voters favor public option - Ring of Fire
Act 7: The Word, You-Genics - Colbert Report
Act 8: Discussing healthcare working through congress - Mother Jones
Act 9: Stupid GOP don't have plan for health reform - The Young Turks
Act 10: Healthcare fight within and without political parties - It's all politics
Act 11: Lieberman to join filibuster against health reform - Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Joe Lieberman is a true independent - Colbert Report
iPhone/iPod Touch App Bonus Content:
Public Option Limited - Daily Show
Music:
He got game - Public Enemy
Close to me - The Get Up Kids
The wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
Who'll stop the rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time - Fanfarlo
Classical gas - Vanessa Mae
Oh my god - Ida Maria
White Blank Page - Mumford & Sons
Kelsey - Metro Station
Don't let me down - The Stereophinics
Look what you've done - JET
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Fri, 30 October 2009
Edition #310
The war on Fox
Act 1: The GOP colicky babies - Ring of Fire
Act 2: CNN leaves it there - Daily Show
Act 3: Fox News is not like the others - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: How Murdoch brought the Fox model to the US - Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Bend it like Beck - Colbert Report
Act 6: The war on FOX - Counterspin
Act 7: Media and power - Thom Hartmann
Act 8: Evidence of Fox collusion with GOP - The Young Turks
Music:
Camera one - Josh Joplin Group
I've seen better days - Everclear
The boy in the bubble - Paul Simon
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sineade O'Connor
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal
Let go - Frou Frou
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Tue, 27 October 2009
Edition #309
Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented
Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny - The Young Turks
Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform - Bill Moyers Journal
Act 3: Medicare Part E - Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Healthcare, now what - This American Life
Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The history of our healthcare system - This American Life
Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs - The Young Turks
Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Curl up and die - Relient K
Who will buy - Oliver Soundtrack
Fake Empire - The National
Doctor my eyes - Jackson 5
I go to extremes - Billy Joel
Remember Jonathan - Cyrille Verdeaux
Stop crying your heart out - Oasis
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Fri, 23 October 2009
Edition #308
Still legally treated as second-class citizens
Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1
Act 2: When the time is right - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights - Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2
Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT - Countdown
Act 7: The gay after tomorrow - Daily Show
Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally - Mother Jones
Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. - Daily Show
Act 10: Dan Choi: Don't Tell, Martha! - The Moth Podcast
Music:
I was married - Tegan and Sara
Right now - Van Halen
Leader - Burning Spear
What have I done to deserve this - Pet Shop Boys
Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen
Don't ask me why - Billy Joel
Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou & Mariam
Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers
Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend
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Wed, 21 October 2009
Edition #307
Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense
Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? - Wait wait don't tell me!
Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby - Countdown
Act 3: The majority leader of the senate - It's all politics
Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform - The Young Turks
Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 - Countdown
Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe's vote - Daily Show
Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 - Countdown
Music:
Tell me tell me - Burning spear
Sunday bloody Sunday - U2
Because the night - 10,000 maniacs
The world is new - Save Farris
Ill with want - The Avett Brothers
I think we're alone now - Tiffany
Soft serve - Soul Coughing
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Sat, 17 October 2009
Edition #306
Decomcracy for sale
Act 1: Supreme Court on the verge of humanizing corporations - Colbert Report
Act 2: Looking forward on changing our economics - Bill Maher
Act 3: Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court - Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama is letting the banks off the hook - The Young Turks
Act 5: Thousands of unemployed robots join the military - The Onion
Act 6: Wall streeters weigh life after 'giant pool of money' - NPR
Act 7: Krugman on Palin and economics - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Dow rallies after chimpanzee rings opening bell - The Onion
Act 9: Big money vs. the people - The Young Turks
Music:
Different People - No Doubt
Bleeding me - Metalica
And it spread - The Avett Brothers
Love you till the end - The Pogues
Give it up - The Goodmen
Nothing Is Good Enough - Amiee Mann
American Pie - Don McLean
Ring my bell - Anita Ward
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Tue, 13 October 2009
Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate
Edition #305
Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest - Ring of Fire
Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls - Daily Show
Act 3: The fake cost of Obama's energy policy - Counterspin
Act 4: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year - Ring of Fire
Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars - Colbert Report
Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm - Counterspin
Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops - The Onion
Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby - Ring of Fire
Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt - The Young Turks
Music:
Why does the sun shine? - They might be giants
Hey ya! - Outkast
Tell me a lie - Griffin House
Scenic world - Beirut
Carefree - The Refreshments
Why does the sun really shine? - They might be giants
Fluffy little clouds - The Orb
Con Cassidy's and Neil Gow's Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney's Reel - Alton
Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker
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Sat, 10 October 2009
Edition #304
Yeah, when it fits, we call you racist
Act 1: The conservative media's attack cycle - On the Media
Act 2: Comparing corruption of ACORN to Blackwater - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: The Word: Blackwashing - Colbert Report
Act 4: Covering the right-wing crazies in the media - Counterspin
Act 5: Pat Buchanan defends Hitler - The Young Turks
Act 6: The 'Full Ginsburg' - Daily Show
Act 7: Wingnut watch - Mother Jones Podcast
Act 8: Discussing the recent Glenn Beck chatter - Ring of Fire
Act 9: Target America - Daily Show
Music:
Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar
Chicago X 12 - Rogue Wave
Paint it black - Vanessa Carlton
Love you 'till the end - The Pogues
Mad World - Tears for Fears
Not crying - Flight of the Conchords
Still crazy after all these years - Paul Simon
Burnout - Green Day
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Tue, 6 October 2009
Edition #303
As the chips begin to fall
Act 1: Healthcare polling - Counterspin
Act 2: GOP are a bunch of neanderthals - The Young Turks
Act 3: Wendel Potter on healthcare - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Congress and lobbyists out of the closet - Colbert Report
Act 5: The nonsense healthcare debate - Mother Jones
Act 6: Public option in danger in committee - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: The profit of illness - Bill Maher
Act 8: Howard Dean on the importance of choice - Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Democratic Super Majority! - Daily Show
Music:
Let Go - Frou Frou
Smile like you mean it - The Killers
Dreamtime = Uberzone
Take your mama out - Scissor Sisters
Bouncing around the room - Phish
I just died in your arms tonight - SuperTrack
Hospital beds - Cold War Kids
All American girl - Train
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Sat, 3 October 2009
Edition #302
Moral Kombat
Act 1: Naked hot tub religious mentoring - Le Show
Act 2: God smites area man for disturbing Him - The Onion
Act 3: How many women get hit on by their pastors? - The Young Turks
Act 4: Putting pressure on bad religious ideas - Bill Maher
Act 5: Moral Kombat - Daily Show
Act 6: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Benign growth removed from the Pope - The Onion
Act 8: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 9: Is Obama the anti-Christ? - Rachel Maddow
Act 10: War on Easter: Peeps display - Colbert Report
Act 11: Pastor of "Islam is the Devil" - The Young Turks
Music:
Meet me by the water - Rachael Yamagata
Whenever God Shines his Light - Van Morrison
Candy Girl - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Crazy Faith - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Malchik Gay - t.A.T.u.
Losing my religion - R.E.M
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
God gave rock & roll to you - Kiss
God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds
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Tue, 29 September 2009
Edition #301
Compromise catastrophe soaked in corporate cash
Act 1: Baucus stands alone - Wait wait don't tell me!
Act 2: Does the GOP care more about property than people? - The Young Turks
Act 3: The terrible result of the Baucus compromise - Counterspin
Act 4: Bill Clinton on healthcare reform - Daily Show
Act 5: Health insurance whistle-blower - Bill Maher
Act 6: Rick Sanchez investigates corruption in healthcare debate - CNN
Act 7: Candidate Obama on healthcare negotiations - The Young Turks
Act 8: Better know a lobby: Healthcare for America NOW - Colbert Report
Act 9: GOP fear leads to victim-blame - Ring of Fire
Act 10: Sen. Conrad outlines how weak he is - The Young Turks
Music:
Anthem, Pt 1 - Blink-182
Passing storm - Ottmar Liebert
Good - Better Than Ezra
I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
We're simple minds - Club 8
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Sat, 26 September 2009
Edition #300
Looks back, layoffs, tax cuts and stock drops
Act 1: Laying off the robots - Wait wait don't tell me!
Act 2: The Lehman shock - Slate.com
Act 3: Champagne drained from corporate pool - The Onion
Act 4: Consensus On Fixing Financial System Erodes - NPR
Act 5: Krugman on the 'return of depression economics - Colbert Report
Act 6: Hannity misleads on unemployment numbers - Counterspin
Act 7: Discussing Lehman Bros and the economic politics - New Yorker
Act 8: 1-year anniversary of Lehman Bros collapse - Daily Show
Act 9: Deficits as the bogeyman - Counterspin
Act 10: Area coach calls star athlete 'too big to fail' - The Onion
Act 11: Bush vs. Clinton Do tax cuts work? - The Young Turks
Act 12: Good news / bad news America's recession - Daily Show
Music:
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 [Main Title] - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Never recover - The Cardigans
Kyoko's House ("stage blood is not enough") - Philip Glass
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Bury my with my car - Ben Sollee
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Save me - Aimee Mann
Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand archives
Trouble me - 10,000 maniacs
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal
Keepsake - State Radio
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Tue, 22 September 2009
Edition #299
Tom Ridge's 'I-didn't-really-mean-it' tour
Act 1: Torture reports show Dick Cheney was wrong - The Young Turks
Act 2: UK mad at Cheney for preempting their police work - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Debate on prosecuting torture - The Young Turks
Act 4: Changing up the terror alert system - Le Show
Act 5: Tom Ridge would make same decision about Iraq - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: John Dean on Tom Ridge's book and interview - Countdown
Act 7: Tom Ridge's 'I-really-didn't-mean-it' tour - Le Show
Act 8: Reflection on the Tom Ridge interview - Rachel Maddow
Music:
God? - The Dodos
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - The Smiths
Hi - Psapp
Warning sign - Coldplay
Thank you - Dido
I stand corrected - Vampire Weekend
Take a chance - The Magic Numbers
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Sat, 19 September 2009
Edition #298
In the wake of Obama's healthcare speech
Act 1: Details still to be ironed out - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on stopping the filibuster - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Pastor Incites gun-toting Obama protesters - The Young Turks
Act 4: Checking some healthcare facts - Counterspin
Act 5: Why there's no point in reading bills - On the Media
Act 6: More fact-free arguments against healthcare - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Breaking down Obama's speech and the reaction to it - Ring of Fire
Act 8: Healthcare lies believed shows poll - The Young Turks
Act 9: Fixing healthcare by altering patient behavior - NPR
Act 10: Having to explain how a healthcare system works - Counterspin
Act 11: Talking about the lack of respect for the office of the President - It's all politics
Music:
Hands down - Dashboard Confessional
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
Don't look back in anger - Oasis
Am I wrong - Love Spit Love
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend
Shout - Tears for fears
Make your own kind of music - Cass Elliot
We can work it out - Heather Nova
End it on this - No Doubt
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Wed, 16 September 2009
Edition #297
Cheney's tortured facts and logic
Act 1: Blackwater's corrupt crusade - Countdown
Act 2: Cheney's interview prop with FOX - Le Show
Act 3: Planet Cheney - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Reporting on the torture report - On the Media
Act 5: Infotainment with a war criminal - Countdown
Act 6: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 7: Is using a minotaur to gore detainees torture? - The Onion
Act 8: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 2 - The Young Turks
Music:
Modern Crusaders - Enigma
Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Billy - James Blunt
Where do I begin? - The Chemical Brothers
Crazy Maze - Desree
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Sat, 12 September 2009
Edition #296
Distasteful discord leaks onto the floor of the house
Act 1: Sen. Coburn to weeping woman: Ask you're neighbor - The Young Turks
Act 2: Appease the wrong people... - Countdown
Act 3: Coverage of the healthcare debate - Counterspin
Act 4: GOP confirms they're totally unwilling to be reasonable - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: McCan't and McShouldn't - Slate.com
Act 6: Conservatives don't use logic in making decisions - The Young Turks
Act 7: Prepping for the healthcare speech - Le Show
Act 8: "You're a liar!" shouted in joint session of congress - NPR's It's All Politics
Act 9: Barbara Boxer on Obama's healthcare speech - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Live like you're dying - Lenka
Middle Man - Jack Johnson
Mrs. Robinson - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Sleeping in - The Postal Service
I second that emotion - Diana Ross & The Supremes
The waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
One Million Miles - J. Ralph
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Wed, 9 September 2009
Edition #295
Playing games with the climate and cheating
Act 1: Coal industry mail fraud - Rachel Maddow
Act 2: 'Astroturf' campaign fights climate bill - NPR
Act 3: A look at post-Katrina New Orleans - Le Show
Act 4: Surviving the storm: Voices from Katrina - NPR
Act 5: Bill McKibben from 350.org - Colbert Report
Act 6: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 7: Denver's secret - Slate.com
Act 8: Jellyfish may help keep planet cool - NPR
Act 9: Face-lift: New 'Faces of coal' campaign - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers
Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Help - Howie Day
I will survive - Cake
Favorite game - The Cardigans
Beds are burning - Midnight Oil
Blowing' in the wind - Bob Dylan
Into the ocean - Blue October
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Sat, 5 September 2009
Edition #294
The very long battle continues, now without our General
Act 1: Betsy McCaughey pounded by Jon Stewart - Rachel Maddow
Act 2: The history of pushing for universal healthcare - On the Media
Act 3: The powerful vs. the powerless - The Young Turks
Act 4: The Republican death machine - Slate.com
Act 5: Jonathan Cohn on healthcare - Colbert Report
Act 6: A detailed look at the possible death of the public option - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Kennedy's lasting devotion to heathcare reform - NPR
Act 8: The profit of providing bad health insurance - Countdown
Music:
Mr. Maker - The Kooks
See you on the other side - Ozzy Osbourn
You could be happy - Snow Patrol
Unknown song :-(
A million ways - OK Go
Any way you want it - Journey
Close Your Eyes - Young Love
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Wed, 2 September 2009
Edition #293
For-profit journalism at some of it's worst
Act 1: So you think you can douche - Daily Show
Act 2: Fact-imparted miniverse on healthcare - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Poll bearers: cable news polls itself - Daily Show
Act 4: Neal Boortz on human debris - The Young Turks
Act 5: Fox News: The new liberals - Daily Show
Act 6: Raising terror level to raise polling points - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: CNN's just sayin' - Daily Show
Act 8: Playing politics for terror - Countdown
Music:
Stand by me - Playing for change
Across the universe - Rufus Wainright
Crash - The Primitives
Sorrow - Bad religion
We like to party - The Venga Boys
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer
What's the matter here? - 10,000 Maniacs
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Sat, 29 August 2009
Edition #292
The opponents of healthcare are scarier than death panels
Act 1: These guys are not on the level - The Young Turks
Act 2: Sick for profit - Brave New Films
Act 3: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 4: Debate on healthcare goes unexplained - Counterspin
Act 5: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 6: Deep fear and anger over healthcare - The Young Turks
Act 7: Heal or no heal, Montana townhall - Daily Show
Act 8: Kill Grandma? Debunking health bill myths - NPR
Act 9: Report from a remote access clinic in LA - Bill Maher
Act 10: Fact-free, purely political healthcare debate - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Debate Exposes Doubt - Death Cab For Cutie
Sing Theresa Says - Greg Laswell
Call on me - Eric Prydz
Break it down again - Tears for fears
Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
Girl afraid - The Smiths
Wanted - The Cranberries
Don't let it bring you down - Annie Lennox & Steven Lipson
Good - Better Than Ezra
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Wed, 26 August 2009
Edition #291
Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives
Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear - Ring of Fire
Act 2: Class of '43 - Daily Show
Act 3: Bob Inglis - What are they afraid of? - The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Cheney's assault on the rule of law - Countdown
Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Continuing the details on warrant-less wiretapping - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Doctoring the torture program - The Young Turks
Music:
Green eyes - Coldplay
I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - Morrissey
Star wars remix - Happy Hardcore
President of what? - Death Cab For Cutie
Under the bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Go ahead - Rilo Kiley
Transit - Albert Hammond Jr.
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Sat, 22 August 2009
Edition #290
The danger is not theoretical
Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change - The Young Turks
Act 3: Glenn Beck's operation - Daily Show
Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare - Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare - Politico
Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare - Colbert Report
Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama's townhall - The Young Turks
Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence - Countdown
Music:
Live and let die - Guns N' Roses
A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend
99 red balloons - Nena
Put me down - The Cranberries
Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley
Hurt so good - The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me - Abba
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Wed, 19 August 2009
Edition #289
The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington
Act 1: Gay demon on the loose - Colbert Report
Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war - Countdown
Act 3: A look inside of "C Street" Part 1 - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian - The Onion
Act 5: A look inside of "C Street" Part 2 - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Satellite Sheiks - On the Media
Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo - The Onion
Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on "The Family" - Daily Show
Act 9: A look inside of "C Street" Part 3 - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Mind Excursion - The trade winds
A few honest words - Ben Sollee
Auto-tune the news #5 - YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday - The Smiths
God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
You sexy thang - Hot Chocolate
Wild world - Cat Stevens
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Sat, 15 August 2009
Edition #288
It's 7pm, do you know where you grandparents are?
Act 1: Healthrasier - Daily Show
Act 2: GOP on the wrong side of history - Bill Maher
Act 3: Healthcare Pap Attack - Ring of Fire
Act 4: Obama strikes back, is it enough? - The Young Turks
Act 5: Master Rebators: The Crank Cycle - Daily Show
Act 6: Manufactured riots - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Hostile groups at townhalls - NPR
Act 8: Heathcare reform is the matrix - Colbert Report
Act 9: Debunking the fears of healthcare - Countdown
Act 10: Obama must pass a healthcare bill - Daily Show
Act 11: Covering the confusion about healthcare - Counterspin
Act 12: Violence, eugenics and heathcare - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids
Live Like You're Dying - Lenka
Oxford comma - Vampire Weekend
Gone going - Black Eyed Peas
Live forever - Oasis
Lights out - Santigold
I'm no superman - Laslo Bane
Beloved - VNV Nation
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Secret Agent Ending - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
The Importance of Being Idle - Kaiser Chiefs
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Wed, 12 August 2009
Edition #287
Cap'n Trade to the rescue! (If only!)
Act 1: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 2: Scientists debate geoengieneering - NPR
Act 3: Steven Chu - Daily Show
Act 4: About climate change: Never mind - Slate.com
Act 5: The Word: Ban de Soleil - Colbert Report
Act 6: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 7: Meat shelf breaks free of Iowa - The Onion
Act 8: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 9: Captain Trade! - Daily Show
Music:
July July - The Decemberists
Sky - Sonique
Stuck in the middle with you - Three Dog Night
Better off alone - Alice Deejay
The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend
Dreaming of you - The Coral
Just a ride - Jem
Auto-tune the news #6 - YouTube user schmoyoho
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Sat, 8 August 2009
Edition #286
You know, Napoleon wasn't exactly French either
Act 1: Obama's Waterloo - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: News and notes on healthcare - Counterspin
Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare - On the Media
Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision - This American Life
Act 6: Dems can't get their act together - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare - Daily Show
Act 8: Special comment on healthcare - Countdown
Music:
Waterloo - Abba
Can't help falling in love - UB40
Take a chance - The Magic Numbers
Naked as we came - Iron & Wine
Oh my God - Ida Maria
Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
If I ever feel better - Phoenix
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Wed, 5 August 2009
Edition #285
Illegal programs past and future
Act 1: Only in New York! - Daily Show
Act 2: Discussing the Cheney-ordered CIA program - Ring of Fire
Act 3: Peter Phillips on ignoring autopsy reports - FORA.tv
Act 4: Discussing what to do with acquitted detainees - Le Show
Act 5: Obama's constitution speech(s) - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Darius Rejali on authorizing torture - FORA.tv
Act 7: Comparing Iranian images to US torture photos - Counterspin
Act 8: The heartbreaking story in Iran continues - The Young Turks
Act 9: Hard Corps - Daily Show
Music:
Ottoman - Vampire Weekend
Opportunity - Pete Murray
I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab For Cutie
Change your mind - The Killers
Two of us - Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
I Know I Know I Know - Tegan and Sara
These days - Nico
Struggle - Ringside
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Sat, 1 August 2009
Edition #284
Some fundamentals going wrong
Act 1: Cheney Predactied - Daily Show
Act 2: John Hodgman on Obama vs Bush
Act 3: Obama continues secrecy around Cheney - Countdown
Act 4: Secret CIA/Cheney program uncovered - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Off the record with Obama's administration - On the Media
Act 6: Obama Pwns himself on signing statements - The Young Turks
Act 7: Criticism for inactivity on liberal issues - Real Time with Bill Maher
Act 8: Secrecy in government argued for - Counterspin
Act 9: More critique of Obama and Dems for weakness - The Young Turks
Music:
Grapevine Fires - Death Cab For Cutie
Up against the wall - Peter Bjorn & John
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows - Brand New
Believe - Cher
West Coast - Coconut Records
I go blind - Hootie And The Blowfish
Change your mind - Sister Hazel
Nap hangs up the phone - John Swihart
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Wed, 29 July 2009
Edition #283
Your money or your health - Sounds like a robbery
Act 1: Quizzed on healthcare - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on the Dems and healthcare - Countdown
Act 3: Glenn Beck loses his mind over healthcare - The Young Turks
Act 4: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 1 - Daily Show
Act 5: Message strategy meeting - HAARM.org
Act 6: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 2 - Daily Show
Act 7: Obama strikes back, is it enough? - The Young Turks
Act 8: Your money or your health - Slate.com
Act 9: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform - The Young Turks
Music:
Bushfire - Midnight Oil
All will be well - The Gabe Dixon Band
Call me - Blondie
No easy way out - Robert Tepper
Some girls are bigger than others - The Smiths
Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
Finish Line - Fanfarlo
Title And Registration - Death Cab For Cutie
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Sat, 25 July 2009
Edition #282
Too racist to judge, not racist enough to be a Republican
Act 1: Confirmation in 60 seconds - Slate.com
Act 2: Reviewing the confirmation hearings - On the Media
Act 3: Live coverage of hearings - Le Show
Act 4: Graham and Buchanan on Sotomayor - The Young Turks
Act 5: White men can't judge - Daily Show
Act 6: GOP's most ironic argument against Sotomayor - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Did conservatives give more straightforward answers? - The Young Turks
Act 8: Lot's o' splainin' to do! - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Act 9: Pat Buchanan can't hide his racism - The Young Turks
Music:
Auto-tune the news #4 - YouTube
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
The end is not near - Band of Horses
San Antonio, TX - Frank Black & The Catholics
Don't dream it's over - Sixpence None The Richer
Young Hearts - Rod Stewart
Baby please don't go - Van Morrison
Secret heart - Feist
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Wed, 22 July 2009
Edition #281
Institutional bias and general stupidity
Act 1: Fox & Friends' Lingerie Football romp - Daily Show
Act 2: 50/50, the MSM mantra - The Young Turks
Act 3: The Stephen Colbert study analyzed further - On the Media
Act 4: "I" on news - Daily Show
Act 5: The Iranian question Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 6: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Counterspin
Act 7: The Iranian question Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 8: The ambush interview - On the Media
Act 9: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Daily Show
Music:
M79 - Vampire Weekend
Either way - Wilco
Too much information - Duran Duran
We like to party - Venga Boys
Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer
Kyoto's House - Philip Glass
No questions asked = Fleetwood Mac
Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
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Sat, 18 July 2009
Edition #280
Reaping the results of corruption and greed
Act 1: F#@ked or Fixed - Economic Crisis - Daily Show
Act 2: Regulating AIG - Who fell asleep on the job? - NPR
Act 3: Phantom Wealth - Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Peter Shiff on the economy - Daily Show
Act 5: Stuff the bankers, starve the kids - The Young Turks
Act 6: Recession forces U.S. to dip into Guam - The Onion
Act 7: Crazy Eddie's house sale - Slate Magazine - Slate
Act 8: Justin Fox on the economy - Daily Show
Act 9: Using psychology to save you from yourself - NPR
Music:
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Cake
Here it goes again - Ok Go
Phantom of the opera - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
I stand corrected - Vampire Weekend
Let go - Frou Frou
We didn't start the fire - Billy Joel
Crazy Maze - Desree
Take a chance - The Magic Numbers
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Wed, 15 July 2009
Edition #279
Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Act 1: The rise of right-wing extremism - Ring of Fire
Act 2: Fox News helped kill George Tiller - Countdown
Act 3: Right-wing hate speech Part 1 - Rhandi Rhodes
Act 4: Military propaganda in the media - Counterspin
Act 5: Right-wing hate speech Part 2 - Rhandi Rhodes
Act 6: Conservatives spurring violence Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 7: Michael Savage banned from UK - Ring of Fire
Act 8: Conservatives spurring violence Part 2 - The Young Turks
Music:
My favorite game - The Cardigans
Safety dance - Men Without Hats
Once around the block - Badly Drawn Boy
Happy - Sister Hazel
Nothing Compares to You - Shinade O'Connor
Good people - Jack Johnson
This Is The Day - The The
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Sat, 11 July 2009
Edition #278
Exorcising an electrical impulse
Act 1: Religious jihad on George Tiller - Countdown
Act 2: Threatdown on Christianity - Colbert Report
Act 3: Are spiritual encounters all in your head? - NPR
Act 4: Faith in God subjected to harsh questioning - The Onion
Act 5: Not a uniquely Christian nation - Ring of Fire
Act 6: Biblical traditional marriage - Betty Bowers
Act 7: God unveils new species to replace humans - The Onion
Act 8: Undercover at Liberty University - NPR
Act 9: Confessions of an alien hunter - Colbert Report
Act 10: Exorcism of a gay demon - The Young Turks
Music:
Steal my kisses - Ben Harper
Runaway train - Soul Asylum
One million miles - J. Ralph
Santus II - Libera
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Full force gale - Van Morrison
Another love song - Finniston
I would walk 500 miles - The Proclaimers
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Burning love - Elvis Presley
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Wed, 8 July 2009
Edition #277
The war of words over torture
Act 1: Jesse Ventura on The View - The Young Turks
Act 2: Dick Cheney blaming 9/11 on Dick Clark - Daily Show
Act 3: Jesse Ventura on torture with Hannity - The Young Turks
Act 4: There are 355 terrorists in the US already - Slate.com
Act 5: Dealing with the facts of torture - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: New documents from the CIA on torture - The Young Turks
Act 7: You don't ask what's legal, you ask what works - Countdown
Music:
Under the milky way tonight - Seven Nations
Ready For The Good Times - Shakira
The man in me - Bob Dylan
Sowing the seeds of love - Tears for Fears
Bend - Ben Sollee
Monkey Island Theme
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Sat, 4 July 2009
Edition #276
Mighty struggle for reasonable health care
Act 1: Obama pushing for the public option - The Young Turks
Act 2: Discussion on why we need health care reform - Bill Maher
Act 3: Polls show 3/4 of Americans want a public option - Countdown
Act 4: Howard Dean on the public option for health care - The Young Turks
Act 5: The trails of paying for health care in a recession - NPR
Act 6: Heal or No Heal - Daily Show
Act 7: New polls show overwhelming support for public health care - The Young Turks
Music:
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
Fix you - Coldplay
Blue - Eiffel 65
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M
Planting seeds - Ten Story Relapse
Headlock - Imogen Heap
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Wed, 1 July 2009
Edition #275
The Iranian "Election"
Act 1: Today in Iran: an election that can't possibly be right - Daily Show
Act 2: Introduction to the dispute - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Journalism in Iran
Act 4: Iran-like tyranny against the GOP - Daily Show
Act 5: Obama fights off right-wing critics - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: "Up to here" with Al Gore - Le Show
Act 7: GOP civil war over the Iran elections - Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Discussion on the Iran Election - Bill Maher
Music:
The world at large - Modest Mouse
Girl afraid - The Smiths
I Was a Kaleidoscope - Death Cab for Cutie
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel
Help = Howie Day
Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
Civil War - Guns N' Roses
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Sun, 28 June 2009
Edition #274
Supreme Court debate starts nasty, gets worse
Act 1: P.R. Move - Daily Show
Act 2: The Politics industry of the Supreme Court - On the Media
Act 3: Supreme Court Executioner to retire - The Onion
Act 4: Conservatives unhinged - The Young Turks
Act 5: Supreme Court Press - Colbert Report
Act 6: Sotomayor shaped by her 'Nuyorican' roots - NPR
Act 7: Some GOP fed up with childish attacks - Countdown
Act 8: Discussing the nomination with Jeffery Toobin - Colbert Report
Act 9: Originalism vs. ? - NPR
Act 10: Three strikes on the Supreme Court Debate - Rachel Maddow
Music:
It's my life - No doubt
I'm on fire - Bruce Springsteen
Overkill - Colin Hay
How - Cranberries
Mexico - The Refreshments
Suerte - Shakira
You're wrong - NOFX
Anthem, Pt.1 - Blink-182
Solid Ground - Dougie Maclean
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Wed, 24 June 2009
Edition #273
Some steps on the road to progress (kind of)
Act 1: Lou Dobbs on climate change - Countspin
Act 2: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 3: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 4: EPA Admin Lisa P Jackson interview - The Daily Show
Act 5: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 6: Climate change legislation moving forward - Counterspin
Act 7: Raising the CAFE standard - The Daily Show
Act 8: News of the warm - Le Show
Act 9: The ways that CO2 isn't harmful - Countdown
Act 10: The toxcicity of coal ash - Ring of Fire
Music:
Ghosts - Fanfarlo
Mother Nature's fault - Self
Falling down - Oasis
Little black backpack - Stroke 9
The letter - The Box Tops
There is - Box Car Racer
Concrete Box - Nada Surf
Heat of the moment - Asia
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows
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Sat, 20 June 2009
Edition #272
In sickness and health and other rights denied
Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC - The Daily Show
Act 2: All aren't happy with health insureance for all - NPR
Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare - The Daily Show
Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us - On the Media
Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress - Thom Hartman
Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands - The Young Turks
Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama - Mike Malloy
Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business - The Daily Show
Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo - Countdown
Music:
Drug Ballad - Eminem
Luna - Smashing Pumpkins
Cemetry Gates - The Smiths
Only ones who know - Arctic Monkeys
Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles
I'm a pilot - Fanfarlo
Think (Freedom) - Aretha Franklin
Liquid Sun - DJ Keoki
Another lesson in love - Danger Radio
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Wed, 17 June 2009
Edition #271
The sometimes blinding stupidity of the GOP
Act 1: GOP talking about secession again - The Young Turks
Act 2: Meghan McCain on the GOP - Colbert Report
Act 3: The "Democrat Socialist Party" - Countdown
Act 4: Going back to the poisoned well Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 5: GOP using fear again (of course) - Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Going back to the poisoned well Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Stupidity in the GOP - Bill Maher
Act 8: Gingrich explains the fear in the GOP - The Young Turks
Act 9: GOP purging it's ranks - Countdown
Music:
How I feel around you - Violaine
Go ahead - Rilo Kiley
Solf serve - Soul Coughing
Father and daughter - Paul Simon
Sacris Solemnis - Libera
From blown speakers - The New Pornographers
American Music - Violent Femmes
My little runaway - Del Shannon
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Sat, 13 June 2009
Edition #270
The torture debate continues and then ends
Act 1: Torture photos vs. Don't ask don't tell - The Daily Show
Act 2: GOP going full blast fear - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Cheney's claims refuted by interrogator - Brave New Films
Act 4: Cheney in the media on torture - Counterspin
Act 5: Bob Graham interview on CIA briefings - The Colbert Report
Act 6: Switching positions on torture - The Young Turks
Act 7: Stupidly rationalizing torture - Countdown
Act 8: Where to keep the terror suspects - The Daily Show
Act 9: Timeline summery of torture memos and fallout - Rachel Maddow
Act 10: Religious quotes on war memos - The Colbert Report
Act 11: Mancow gets waterboarded - The Young Turks
Act 12: The torture debate ends - Countdown
Music:
Breathe me - Sia
Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Sweetest thing - U2
We're simple minds - Club 8
Little lies - Fleetwood Mac
Change your mind - Sister Hazel
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists
I would die for you - Garbage
The Argument - This bike is a pipe bomb
Praise you - Fatboy Slim
Close to me - The Cure
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Wed, 10 June 2009
Edition #269
Denials debunked and truth spoken to power
Act 1: PowerShift 09 Day 2 - PowerShift09.org
Act 2: Obama from the climate change summit - This American Life
Act 3: News of the warm Part 1 - Le Show
Act 4: George Will denies climate change Part 1 - Counterspin
Act 5: Van Jones speaking to congress
Act 6: News of the warm Part 2 - Le Show
Act 7: Richard Branson purchases north pole - The Onion
Act 8: George Will denies climate change Part 2 - Counterspin
Act 9: Joe Romm interview - On the Media
Act 10: News of the warm Part 3 - Le Show
Act 11: The grid may be smart but will it be green? - NPR
Act 12: George will denies global warming Part 3 - Counterspin
Music:
Sunrise - Norah Jones
Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen
Cold as Ice - Foreigner
Honesty - Billy Joel
Goodbye blue sky - Pink Floyd
Untitled - Zoe Keating
Recycled Air - The Postal Service
Major Tom - A Ha
Information Travels Faster - Death Cab for Cutie
Tell me a lie - Griffin House
Radio - One Ring Zero
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Sat, 6 June 2009
Edition #268
A showdown between pure evil and mostly not evil
Act 1: Dueling ideologies: Obama v Cheney - The Daily Show
Act 2: Going back on campaign promises - Le Show
Act 3: Liz Cheney talks torture - The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney chooses Limbaugh over Powell - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Barack Knows Best - Le Show
Act 6: Battle of the speeches - On the Media
Act 7: Obama's speech and the essence of crime - The Young Turks
Act 8: Special Comment on Cheney's Speech - Countdown
Music:
Duck and Run - 3 Doors Down
Talk - Coldplay
A lack of color - Death Cab for Cutie
Hard to explain - The Strokes
I'm looking through you - The Wallflowers
Smile like you mean it - The Killers
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Wed, 3 June 2009
Edition #267
Why and how banks are going down
Act 1: American's having sex at home - The Onion
Act 2: Credit card holders bill of rights - Colbert Report
Act 3: How to take down a bank Part 1 - This American Life
Act 4: Limbaugh's racist take on Obama's economic plan - Counterspin
Act 5: Closing auto dealerships by mail - The Daily Show
Act 6: How to take down a bank Part 2 - This American Life
Act 7: 1/4 cent "soda tax"
Act 8: Productivity up and wages down equals crash - Thom Hartmann
Act 9: We all just bought a car company - The Daily Show
Music:
I want you to want me - Cheap Trick
Killing for love - José González
I shall not be moved - Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band
About today - The National
Bottle it up - Sara Bareilles
Le Banquet - Yann Tiersen
God - The Dodos
Teenage dirtbag - Wheatus
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Sat, 30 May 2009
Edition #266
Torture talk continues... and continues
Act 1: GOP on not closing Gitmo - The Young Turks
Act 2: Liz Cheney on torture - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Cheney throws Bush under the bus - The Daily Show
Act 4: Lehey on prosecuting Bush criminals - Ring of Fire
Act 5: 2 steps forward 1 step back - Countdown
Act 6: Pelosi on CIA briefings on torture - The Daily Show
Act 7: The suppression of the memo - Le Show
Act 8: Jesse Ventura talks torture - The Young Turks
Act 9: John Yoo hired by newspaper - Colbert Report
Music:
Любовь - Аддис Абеба
She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
Failure By Design - Brand New
The heart of life - John Mayer
So long - Lodger
This land is mine - Dido
Mile End - Pulp
Deep water - Pansy Division
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Sat, 23 May 2009
Edition # 265
The Religious RIght Is Down But They Still Love Torture
Act 1: Bart Ehrman interview - Colbert Report
Act 2: Dobson is down and out - The Young Turks
Act 3: News from religiosity - Colbert Report
Act 4: Bart Ehrman interview Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 5: 357 Maharishis missing - The Onion
Act 6: Bart Ehrman interview Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 7: Trying to kill your father - This American Life
Act 8: Jet briefly passes through heaven - The Onion
Act 9: Evangelicals most in favor of torture - The Young Turks
Music:
To The End - Blur
Take me down - Smashing Pumpkins
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Nantes - Beirut
Making me nervous - Brad Sucks
Oh well, OK - Elliott Smith
Santus - Libera
Angel of Harlem - U2
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Sat, 16 May 2009
Edition #264
Reacting to the Torture Expose
Act 1: An Iraq War Retrospective - Rachel Maddow
Act 2: O'Reilly claims torture is popular - CounterSpin
Act 3: Destroying the memo - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Military psychologists unrepentant - NPR
Act 5: Wrong reporting on torture - CounterSpin
Act 6: Cheney and Condi defending torture - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: We're all torturers now - Slate.com
Music:
Masters of war - Bob Dylan
Hurt so good - The Yellow Snow Company
True Affection - The Blow
Lost! - Coldplay
Elevator love letter - Stars
I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart - The Eels
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Sat, 9 May 2009
Edition #263
Headed for the cliff with pizza in hand
Act 1: Conservatives don't get Colbert - Countdown
Act 2: Fox News deep in projection - The Young TUrks
Act 3: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans - Bill Maher
Act 4: Stunned McCain Supporter - The Onion
Act 5: Swine Flu stokes racism - Countdown
Act 6: The hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and Fox News - The Young Turks
Act 7: Pizza Party - Slate.com
Act 8: Republicans blocking unnammed nominees already - Countdown
Act 9: Rebranding the party with a pizza party - The Daily Show
Act 10: Discussing the fate of the Republican Party - The Young Turks
Music:
Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) - t.A.T.u.
Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths
Ain't No Reason - Brett Dennen
Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold
You were the last high - The Dandy Warhols
Veterans - The Clips
Messages - Xavier Rudd
Can't stop loving you - Van Halen
Take a chance on me - Abba
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Sat, 2 May 2009
Edition # 262
The Big Torture Show
Act 1: Bowing to the King - Colbert Report
Act 2: Disambiguating the reports - Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Declassifying torture memos - On the Media
Act 4: Introduction to SERE - Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Torture debate on Newshour - CounterSpin
Act 6: Bush denounces war criminals - Countdown
Act 7: Shep Smith goes to far - Colbert Report
Act 8: Possible procecutions for the CIA - Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Obama speaks from the CIA - Countdown
Act 10: Turning a blind eye to torture - Wait Wait
Act 11: Notes on sleep deprivation - Rachel Maddow
Act 12: How many times does it take? - CounterSpin
Act 13: DIck Cheney runs on fear - Rachel Maddow
Music:
Steal my kisses - Ben Harper
I can see clearly now - Jimmy Cliff
Debate exposes doubt - Death Cab For Cutie
Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
One - Apocalyptica
Auto-tune the news #1 - Schmoyoho on YouTube
In a big country - Dashboard Confessional
Keep it clean - Scott West And Sex On Sunday
Some might say - Oasis
I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light - Brand New
My favorite game - The Cardigans
Sleeping in - The Postal Service
It's not impossible - Ben Sollee
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Sat, 25 April 2009
Edition # 261
Love is in the air, let's shoot it down
Act 1: Same-sex marriage in Iowa - Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Gay Marriage in Vermont - The Daily Show
Act 3: Newspapers influencing marriage debate - On the Media
Act 4: Getting government out of the marriage business - Colbert Report
Act 5: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 6: Phone call to the 14th century - Kasper Houser Comedy Troupe
Act 7: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 8: Anti-same-sex-marriage ad - Colbert Report
Act 9: Anti-same-sex marriage 2M4M - Rachel Maddow
Act 10: 2M4M 4 Ever! - AndyCobbonUTube
Music:
My Love - The Bird and the Bee
You can't hurry love - Phil Collins
Another love song - Finniston
What is love? - Haddaway
Love will come through - Travis
Accidentially in love - The Counting Crows
Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend
All my love - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
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Mon, 20 April 2009
Edition # 260
Worked up, angry and totally misdirected
Act 1: Cutting the defense budget - The Daily Show
Act 2: Republican fake outrage - The Young Turks
Act 3: Cutting the defense budget - The Colbert Report
Act 4: AIG looking to rebrand - LeShow
Act 5: Tea party at The Alamo - The Clolbert Report
Act 6: Conservatives about teabagging - Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties - On the Media
Act 8: The other meaning of 'teabagging' - The Colbert Report
Act 9: Hardball debating economic systems
Music:
You're the best around - Joe Esposito
Crash - The Primitives
Welcome to the machine - Pink Floyd
My name is Jonas - Weezer
It's my party - Lesley Gore
Tea for two - Mambo All-Stars
New shoes - Paolo Nutini
You sexy thing - Hot Chocolate
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Sun, 12 April 2009
Edition #259
A discussion of the state of our culture (with swears)
Act 1: Fox viewers to be institusionalized? - Ring of Fire
Act 2: Hannity hosts a discussion on how best to overthrow the US Gov. - CounterSpin
Act 3: The effect of a high tech culture Part 1 - On the Media
Act 4: "Happy Spring Holiday" - The Onion
Act 5: The effect of a high tech culture Part 2 - On the Media
Act 6: Glenn Beck and the 9/12 Project - Colbert Report
Act 7: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 8: Limbaugh is stupid, hateful and racist - CounterSpin
Act 9: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 10: Glenn Beck compares US to Nazi Germany - CounterSpin
Act 11: Wes Clark Jr. on modern culture Part 3 - The Young Turks
Music:
Crazy Maze - Desree
War - Vince DiCola
Eclipse - Apoptygma Berzerk
Spring Came, Rain Fell - Club 8
Humans being - Van Halen
Good people - Jack Johnson
Goodnight and go - Imogen Heap
Your racist friend - They might be giants
Buildings and mountains - The Republic Tigers
It's not possible - Ben Sollee
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Sun, 5 April 2009
Edition # 258
RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise
Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban - Wait Wait
Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 - Democracy NOW!
Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question - The Young Turks
Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 - Democracy NOW!
Act 5: NSA spying on Americans - ABC News
Act 6: State senator on 'The Gay' - The Young Turks
Act 7: Let them into the house - Slate.com
Music:
Your love is lifting me higher - Jackie Wilson
Army Corps of Architects - Death Cab For Cutie
Skilly Widden - Cantiga
No Bravery - James Blunt
Needle in the Hay - Elliott Smith
Fuck you - Lily Allen
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Sun, 29 March 2009
Edition # 257
Money, power, politics and jokes
Act 1: Controversy in Obama's budget - CounterSpin
Act 2: NY/DC circle of power - The Young Turks
Act 3: Class war in the budget - CounterSpin
Act 4: Interview with Mike Davis - Bill Moyers Journal
Act 5: Fort Knox liquidates for $85 - The Onion
Act 6: Rhetoric about "socialism" just partisan poppycock - Bill Moyers Journal
Act 7: Repatriation taxes Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 8: 'We are all socialists now' - CounterSpin
Act 9: Repatriation taxes Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 10: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 11: U.S. Economy gunned down - The Onion
Act 12: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Music:
Come on-a my house - Rosemary Clooney
A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee
My Love - The Bird and the Bee
Breathe me - Sia
Cobrastyle - Robyn
Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I/II - Yo-Yo Ma
Running scared - Roy Orbison
The Secret Agent Ending - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
How I feel around you - Violaine
Pease of mind - Finniston
The Arguement - This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
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Sat, 14 March 2009
Act 1: The Madoff Decade - The Young Turks
Act 2: Congress establishes new department - The Onion
Act 3: They're just not that into you - Rachel Maddow
Act 4: The new guy at the commerce department - The Young Turks
Act 5: Snakes to receive government stimulous - The Onion
Act 6: Marginal tax rates explained - Joe Lyles
Act 7: Work created by the government isn't really work - The Young Turks
Act 8: Looking at the record of CNBC - The Daily Show
Act 9: Audio of bankers discussing post-bailout bonuses - The Young Turks
Act 10: Correcting the record on Jim Cramer - The Daily Show
Music:
You've Got Everything Now - The Smiths
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie
Your woman - White Town
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Goodbye stranger - Supertramp
Naive - The Kooks
Banditos - The Refreshments
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Mon, 9 March 2009
Act 1: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 1 - Meet the Bloggers
Act 2: Eco-friendly Hummers - The Onion
Act 3: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 2 - Meet the Bloggers
Act 4: Remaking an edge city - NPR
Act 5: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 3 - Meet the Bloggers
Act 6: Global warming irreversable for 1000 years - Ring of Fire
Act 7: Power Shift Speakers
Act 8: Measuring the national carbon footprint - Slate
Music:
Knock on wood - Amy Stewart
When you were young - The Killers
Can't Get Enough Of You Baby - Smashmouth
Don't dream it's over - Sixpence None The Richer
Where is my mind - The Pixies
July, July! - The Decemberists
Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
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Sun, 15 February 2009
Edition # 254
Missing: Stable economic system, if found please contact owner
Act 1: Executive pay out of control - The Young Turks
Act 2: Unemployed without benefits - NPR
Act 3: Keynsian Economics Part 1 - This American Life
Act 4: AT&T lays off 30,000 automated operators - The Onion
Act 5: Keynsian Economics Part 2 - This American Life
Act 6: Recorded CEO conference call Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 7: CEO lays off 5,000 workers to impress girlfriend - The Onion
Act 8: Recorded CEO conference call Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 9: These people are thieves - Maron vs. Seder
Act 10: Enough carrots, time to use the stick - The Young Turks
Music:
Daylight robbery - Imogen Heap
On the turning away - Pink Floyd
The artifact & Living - Michael Andrews
Go ahead - Rilo Kiley
Slipping away - Michael Andrews
Notorious - Duran Duran
Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab For Cutie
The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan
Clean and sober - Anya Marina
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Tue, 10 February 2009
Edition # 253
The Laws of the Universe
Act 1: Bill Maher on The View - The Young Turks
Act 2: Faith-based TV repair - The Onion
Act 3: Speech excerpt - Alan Watts
Act 4: Hooligan transforms into a goat - The Young Turks
Act 5: Doubting Hell - This American Life
Act 6: God returns from vacation - The Onion
Act 7: Pope declares holy war - The Young Turks
Act 8: The laws of the universe - Radio Lab
Music:
Senegal Fast Food - Amadou & Mariam
Fix You - Coldplay
Whenever God shines his light - Van Morrison
Good King Joy - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Stairway to Heaven - Apocalyptica
The heart of life - John Mayer
What I'm looking for - Brendan Benson
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Fri, 6 February 2009
Edition #252
Notes on the Barackalipse
Act 1: Obama from his first climate conference - This American Life
Act 2: Mission Accomplished - Slate.com
Act 3: After 10 years of Bush - Wait Wait
Act 4: The Obama effect - Radio Lab
Act 5: Little Obama celebration in Wyoming - NPR
Act 6: Notes on the Barackalipse - Wait Wait
Act 7: Republicans shower praise on Bush - The Young Turks
Act 8: In Bush's wake, a new political landscape - NPR
Act 9: New administration staff training - Wait Wait
Music:
Thanksgiving - George Winston
The world is new - Save Farris
Leaving on a jet plane - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Piano Piano - Luis Bacalov
See you on the other side - Ozzy Osbourne
Learning to fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Hunk of burning love - Elvis Presley
Ballad of a comeback kid - The New Pornographers
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Sat, 31 January 2009
Edition #251
From various points of view
Act 1: The Michael Savage Story Part 1 - The Young Turks
Act 2: ACLU Defends Neo-Nazis - The Onion
Act 3: The Michael Savage Story Part 2 - The Young Turks
Act 4: Affable anti-semite on the Jews - The Onion
Act 5: The Michael Savage Story Part 3 - The Young Turks
Act 6: Glenn Beck on the hatred from the left - CounterSpin
Act 7: Our job is to push back - Conceptual Gorilla
Act 8: New media with the new administration - The Daily Show
Act 9: Journalists declare victory in Iraq - CounterSpin
Act 10: Clinton's impeachment press conference - This American Life
Act 11: The new host of Meet the Press - CounterSpin
Act 12: Fox 'News' on the new administration - The Daily Show
Act 13: Corporate media on race relations - CounterSpin
Act 14: O'Reilly and Rove on Obama's torture policy - The Young Turks
Music:
Unknown Grerman marching song
I'm a loser - The Beatles
Crazy - Seal
House of the rising sun - The Animals
Everyday I love you less and less - Kaiser Chiefs
Blue bird tattoo - Circe Link
Fat lip - Sum 41
Good day Sunshine - The Beatles
Everybody's Fool - Evanescence
Good people - Jack Johnson
Dreams - Gabrielle
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Tue, 20 January 2009
Edition #250
The End of an Error
Act 1: The real history of the Bush administration - Countdown
Act 2: Bush working on his legacy - Ring of Fire
Act 3: Cheney's confession - The Young Turks
Act 4: *Rebroadcast* The highlight of his presidency - Wait Wait
Act 5: Cheney's historic outgoing quotes - The Young Turks
Act 6: Cheney giving advice to incoming staff - Wait Wait
Act 7: *Rebroadcast* Cheney shoots friend in the face - The Al Franken Show
Act 8: The day that defined a presidency - NPR
Act 9: Bush's final acts - Ring of Fire
Act 10: The shoe throwing incident - Wait Wait
Act 11: Bush's reaction to the shoe - The Young Turks
Music:
Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse
So jealous - Sarah and Tegan
Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley
Mission Accomplished - Al Franken Show
I predict a riot - Kaiser Chiefs
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Catelog & Classify - Mark Robinson
End it on this - No Doubt
Ain't that a kick in the head - Dean Martin
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Sat, 17 January 2009
Edition #249
Building out of a hole
Act 1: The green collar economy - Democaracy NOW!
Act 2: The Blue Green Alliance Part 1 - Ring of Fire
Act 3: Alternative fuel SUV - The Onion
Act 4: The Blue Green Alliance Part 2 - Ring of Fire
Act 5: News of the warm - LeShow
Act 6: Can cities save the planet? - Slate.com
Music:
Directions - Josh Rouse
Working class hero - Exit Clov
Still Life - Men at work
She moves - Stigmata
100 years - Five for fighting
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Thu, 15 January 2009
Act 1: Destructive myth about Big 3 autoworkers - CounterSpin
Act 2: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 1 - Democracy NOW!
Act 3: Reclaiming Detroit - NPR
Act 4: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 2 - Democracy NOW!
Act 5: Minds in the toilet - Slate.com
Act 6: Activist clamor for White House organic garden - NPR
Act 7: Robots, not roads - Slate.com
Act 8: 50 cent gax tax proposal - Car Talk
Music:
Starting now - Ingrid Michaelson
Only ones who know - Arctic Monkeys
Friends and family - Trik Turner
I just want you - Ozzy Osbourn
Eclipse - Apoptygma Berzerk
Move you - Anya Marina
Just a ride - Jem
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Fri, 9 January 2009
Act 1: On religion and Rick Warren - Maron v. Seder
Act 2: Part 1 Interview with Richard Cizik - Fresh Air
Act 3: Jesus returns for holiday shopping pep-talk - The Onion
Act 4: Part 2 Interview with Richard Cizik - Fresh Air
Act 5: Richard Cizik fired - The Young Turks
Act 6: Nursing grudges - Slate.com
Act 7: Christian loan shark prays for strength - The Onion
Act 8: The 7th Commandment - This American Life
Act 9: New living goddess appointed - The Young Turks
Music:
Leader of the band - Dan Fogelberg
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Santus II - Libera
That's just the way it is - Bruce Hornsby
Like a prayer - Madonna
Heaven knows I'm miserable now - The Smiths
Heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle
Kyoko's House - Philip Glass
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Mon, 5 January 2009
Act 1: Paul Reikoff on Rick Warren - Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Claim of Privilage - Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The Mormons funding Prop 8 - The Young Turks
Act 4: Alabama super-illegalizes gay marriage - The Onion
Act 5: Tolerance lowers risk for gay kids - NPR
Act 6: O'Reilly and Gingrich on Prop 8 - The Young Turks
Music:
Big Jumps - Emiliana Torrini
Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni
Love, Save the Empty - Erin McCarley
Come As You Are - The Bird and the Bee
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Nouvelle Vague
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