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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Colbert Super PAC- Campaign Finance - Matthew Dowd & Ham Rove - Colbert Report - Air Date: 07-28-11

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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

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Christian Fundamentalists - Young Turks

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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

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on taking inconvenient modes of transportation and the New Leaders Council retreat

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Swede Dreams - Daily Show Air Date: 6-29-11

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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

Voicemail Music: 

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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Tea Party Vs Chamber Of Commerce - Young Turks Air Date: 06-15-11

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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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Armadebtdon 2011- The End of the World As We Owe It - Daily Show

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