(2011/05/24) A 1-year oil spill retrospective (Oil Spill)

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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

The Killing Fields - Vietnamese Fisherman - Daily Show

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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