(2012/01/25) Prison Nation - Then and Now (Police State)

Edition #569

Prison Nation - Then and Now

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Act 1: Chris Anders - This is what a police state looks like - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-29-11

Song 1: Underwater - Born Loser and the Hangers On

Act 2: Obama Insisted on Indefinite Detentions of Citizens - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-14-11

Song 2: The Cave - Mumford & Sons

Act 3: Obama's Signing of Defense Authorization Act Makes Us a Lawless Country - The Progressive Air Date: 12-19-11

Song 3: Drums of Freedom - Theo Bard

Act 4: Mary from Verizon learns about the NDAA - Majority Report Air Date: 1-5-12

Song 4: A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree - Lawrence Welk

Act 5: Exponentially More Right Wing Terror Groups Than Left Wing - David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11

Song 5: Bad bad things - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 6: 98 Percent Of Americans Are Afraid Of 98 Percent Of Americans - The Onion

Song 6: Frasier Theme

Act 7: The Police Aren't Supposed to Have the Pentagon on Call - The Progressive Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 7: Reel around the sun - Bill Whelan

Act 8: What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? - NPR Air Date: 7-31-11

Song 8: Eyes in the sky - laughing sky

Act 9: The Prison (The Prison Nation) - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 9: Zombie Nation (Yelling Mix) - Kernkraft 400

Act 10: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community - The Onion

Song 10: Serial Killer - The Cassidy Project (Formerly of Antigone Rising)

Act 11: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Must Go - The Progressive Air Date: 12-27-11

Song 11: Sheriff - Oliver Onions

Act 12: Minorities regularly victimized by the police - Young Turks Air Date: 1-5-12

Voicemails:

Pursuing animal rights while we still face human rights may be objectionable - Mike From Philadelphia

More on the history of slavery in politics - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Followup clarification to previous call - not all veganism comes from white privilege - Mike From Philadelphia

On speaking directly to the under privileged about veganism - John from Northfield, MN

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the importance of context in the discussion of white privilege

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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