Edition #310 The war on Fox Act 1: The GOP colicky babies - Ring of Fire Act 2: CNN leaves it there - Daily Show Act 3: Fox News is not like the others - Rachel Maddow Act 4: How Murdoch brought the Fox model to the US - Thom Hartmann Act 5: Bend it like Beck - Colbert Report Act 6: The war on FOX - Counterspin Act 7: Media and power - Thom Hartmann Act 8: Evidence of Fox collusion with GOP - The Young Turks Music: Camera one - Josh Joplin Group I've seen better days - Everclear The boy in the bubble - Paul Simon Nothing Compares 2 U - Sineade O'Connor Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal Let go - Frou Frou Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny - The Young Turks Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform - Bill Moyers Journal Act 3: Medicare Part E - Thom Hartmann Act 4: Healthcare, now what - This American Life Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented - Rachel Maddow Act 6: The history of our healthcare system - This American Life Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs - The Young Turks Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign - Rachel Maddow Music: Curl up and die - Relient K Who will buy - Oliver Soundtrack Fake Empire - The National Doctor my eyes - Jackson 5 I go to extremes - Billy Joel Remember Jonathan - Cyrille Verdeaux Stop crying your heart out - Oasis Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #308 Still legally treated as second-class citizens Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1 Act 2: When the time is right - Rachel Maddow Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights - Colbert Report Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT - Rachel Maddow Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2 Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT - Countdown Act 7: The gay after tomorrow - Daily Show Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally - Mother Jones Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. - Daily Show Act 10: Dan Choi: Don't Tell, Martha! - The Moth Podcast Music: I was married - Tegan and Sara Right now - Van Halen Leader - Burning Spear What have I done to deserve this - Pet Shop Boys Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen Don't ask me why - Billy Joel Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou & Mariam Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #307 Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? - Wait wait don't tell me! Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby - Countdown Act 3: The majority leader of the senate - It's all politics Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform - The Young Turks Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 - Countdown Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe's vote - Daily Show Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 - Countdown Music: Tell me tell me - Burning spear Sunday bloody Sunday - U2 Because the night - 10,000 maniacs The world is new - Save Farris Ill with want - The Avett Brothers I think we're alone now - Tiffany Soft serve - Soul Coughing Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #306 Decomcracy for sale Act 1: Supreme Court on the verge of humanizing corporations - Colbert Report Act 2: Looking forward on changing our economics - Bill Maher Act 3: Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court - Colbert Report Act 4: Obama is letting the banks off the hook - The Young Turks Act 5: Thousands of unemployed robots join the military - The Onion Act 6: Wall streeters weigh life after 'giant pool of money' - NPR Act 7: Krugman on Palin and economics - Rachel Maddow Act 8: Dow rallies after chimpanzee rings opening bell - The Onion Act 9: Big money vs. the people - The Young Turks Music: Different People - No Doubt Bleeding me - Metalica And it spread - The Avett Brothers Love you till the end - The Pogues Give it up - The Goodmen Nothing Is Good Enough - Amiee Mann American Pie - Don McLean Ring my bell - Anita Ward Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate Edition #305 Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest - Ring of Fire Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls - Daily Show Act 3: The fake cost of Obama's energy policy - Counterspin Act 4: News of the warm - Le Show Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year - Ring of Fire Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars - Colbert Report Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm - Counterspin Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops - The Onion Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby - Ring of Fire Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt - The Young Turks Music: Why does the sun shine? - They might be giants Hey ya! - Outkast Tell me a lie - Griffin House Scenic world - Beirut Carefree - The Refreshments Why does the sun really shine? - They might be giants Fluffy little clouds - The Orb Con Cassidy's and Neil Gow's Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney's Reel - Alton Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #304 Yeah, when it fits, we call you racist Act 1: The conservative media's attack cycle - On the Media Act 2: Comparing corruption of ACORN to Blackwater - Rachel Maddow Act 3: The Word: Blackwashing - Colbert Report Act 4: Covering the right-wing crazies in the media - Counterspin Act 5: Pat Buchanan defends Hitler - The Young Turks Act 6: The 'Full Ginsburg' - Daily Show Act 7: Wingnut watch - Mother Jones Podcast Act 8: Discussing the recent Glenn Beck chatter - Ring of Fire Act 9: Target America - Daily Show Music: Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar Chicago X 12 - Rogue Wave Paint it black - Vanessa Carlton Love you 'till the end - The Pogues Mad World - Tears for Fears Not crying - Flight of the Conchords Still crazy after all these years - Paul Simon Burnout - Green Day Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #303 As the chips begin to fall Act 1: Healthcare polling - Counterspin Act 2: GOP are a bunch of neanderthals - The Young Turks Act 3: Wendel Potter on healthcare - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Congress and lobbyists out of the closet - Colbert Report Act 5: The nonsense healthcare debate - Mother Jones Act 6: Public option in danger in committee - Rachel Maddow Act 7: The profit of illness - Bill Maher Act 8: Howard Dean on the importance of choice - Rachel Maddow Act 9: Democratic Super Majority! - Daily Show Music: Let Go - Frou Frou Smile like you mean it - The Killers Dreamtime = Uberzone Take your mama out - Scissor Sisters Bouncing around the room - Phish I just died in your arms tonight - SuperTrack Hospital beds - Cold War Kids All American girl - Train Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Edition #302 Moral Kombat Act 1: Naked hot tub religious mentoring - Le Show Act 2: God smites area man for disturbing Him - The Onion Act 3: How many women get hit on by their pastors? - The Young Turks Act 4: Putting pressure on bad religious ideas - Bill Maher Act 5: Moral Kombat - Daily Show Act 6: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 7: Benign growth removed from the Pope - The Onion Act 8: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 9: Is Obama the anti-Christ? - Rachel Maddow Act 10: War on Easter: Peeps display - Colbert Report Act 11: Pastor of "Islam is the Devil" - The Young Turks Music: Meet me by the water - Rachael Yamagata Whenever God Shines his Light - Van Morrison Candy Girl - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Crazy Faith - Alison Krauss & Union Station Malchik Gay - t.A.T.u. Losing my religion - R.E.M Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley God gave rock & roll to you - Kiss God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.