Edition #580

The War on Women Part 2: Subjugation

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Act 1: O'Reilly: Drunk Women Get Pregnant  - Young Turks - Air Date: 07-25-11

Song 1: Resist - Katy McAllister

Act 2: Virginia government wants to physically penetrate you - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-14-12

Song 2: Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Act 3: Girlfriend Acting All Clingy After Getting Pregnant - The Onion

Song 3: Fidelity - Regina Spektor

Act 4: Rectal Exam Amendment To Anti-Abortion Bill - The Young Turks - Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 4: Timeless - Kate Havnevik

Act 5: Susan G. Komen Reverses, Returns Planned Parenthood Funding - David Pakman -Air Date: 02-06-12

Song 5: Clowns (Can you see me now?) - t.A.T.u.

Act 6: Stop Normalizing Rape - The Progressive Air Date: 12-15-11

Song 6: Winter winds - Piano Tribute Players

Act 7: Fox Contributor:  Sexual Assault Prevention in the Military is "Bureaucracy Upon Bureaucracy" - Media Matters Air Date: 2-13-12

Act 8: Komen's Anti-Abortion VP Wanted To Defund Planned Parenthood - TYT - Air Date: 2-6-12

Song 8: Foundations - Kate Nash

Act 9: The Right Wing Is Taking Rights Away From Women, But Were They Really Using Them  - Lee Camp - Air Date 2-20-12

Song 9: A beautiful mine - RJD2

Act 10: Komen VP Handel Resigns Over Planned Parenthood Dispute - TYT- Air Date: 2-7-12

Song 10: Enough - Dance Hall Crashers

Act 11: How the needle moves as conservatives push their anti-woman agenda - Double X Gabfest Air Date: 2-22-12

Song 11: Save me - Aimee Mann

Act 12: The fear over giving women power over their own bodies - Opinionated Air Date: 2-22-12

Final comments on analyzing the societal narrative of women in popular culture

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Edition #579

The War on Women Part 1: Contraception

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Act 1: Fox Attempts to Smear Obama as Anti-Catholic - Media Matters Air Date: 2-2-12

Song 1: Only the good die young - Billy Joel

Act 2: Obama Attacks Religious Freedom McConnel on Contraception Coverage -TYT - Air Date: 2-13-12

Song 2: If I had a hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary

Act 3: It's a great time to be a woman in America! - Blacking it up Air Date: 2-13-12

Song 3: Living in America - James Brown

Act 4: Fox: Access to Birth Control = Forcing You To Eat Pork - Media Matters Air Date: 2-15-12

Song 4: Fool - Shakira

Act 5: Republicans Have Picked a Loser in Contraception Fight - The Progressive Air Date: 2-16-12

Song 5: Those were the days - Mary Hopkin

Act 6: If we allow contraception women may begin to think they're equal to men - Majority Report Air Date: 2-14-12

Song 6: Barefoot and pregnant - Doyle and Debbie

Act 7: American Lady News and the debate on contraception - The Bugle Air Date: 2-17-12

Song 7: Lessons learned - Matt & Kim

Act 8: Obama Contraception Compromise Not 3D Chess - Young Turks - Air Date 2-20-12

Song 8: The boy in the bubble - Paul Simon

Act 9: Really? with Seth and Amy: Birth Control - Saturday Night Live

Voicemails:

Reaction to the Jay and Lauren's discussion on communication - Todd from LA

If homosexuality is a choice then why not try choosing it for a week just to see? - Daniel from Clemmons, NC

Reaction to the Jay and Lauren's discussion on communication - Dave from Olympia, WA

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Final comments teasing that I'm going to start a conversation about the oppression of women in society

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Edition #578

Sweater Vest Man Rises

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Act 1: Sweater Vest Man - Frank Chow

Act 2: Gays Vilify Rick Santorum, Wife Karen Dated Abortion Doctor - The Young Turks Air Date: 01-17-12

Song 2: Honey - Moby

Act 3: Santorum's Hypocrisy on Prenatal Testing - The Progressive Air Date: 2-20-12

Song 3: Moment Of Tranquillity - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 4: Tim Wise Interview - How Race Factors into Electoral Politics - Majority Report - Air Date: 1-30-12

Song 4: Sydney (I'll come running) - Brett Dennen

Act 5: Rick Santorum  Don't Worry About Cost of Medications You Need - David Pakman -Air Date: 02-06-12

Song 5: Twisted logic - Coldplay

Act 6: Megadeath singer sort-of endorses Rick Santorum - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Air Date: 2-18-12

Song 6: Peace of mind - Finniston

Act 7: Obama disrupts the concept of citizenship in the white supremacist mind - Blacking it up Air Date: 2-7-12

Song 7: Back in time - Huey Lewis & The News

Act 8: Take a ride in Rick's head - Jim Hightower Air Date: 2-13-12

Song 8: Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python

Act 9: Santorum Scandal Cover For John Ensign - Young Turks

Song 9: It goes on and on - Avett Brothers

Act 10: Romney's non concern for the poor - Jimmy Dore - Air Date 2-3-12

Song 10: Always mean it - Emilyn Brodsky

Act 11: Looking Good for Obama - The Progressive Air Date: 2-13-12

Song 11: If you wanna - The Vaccines

Act 12: Rick Santorum Wins THREE Primaries in 1 Day - David Pakman -Air Date: 02-09-12

Voicemails:

Running with righteous indignation - Patrick from Dallas

When can the US government be considered illegitimate? Vote Green - Chris from Middletown, NY

Police accountability activists win a campaign against violent cop - Col. Moses from Portland, OR

Praise for Blacking It Up talking about revisionist history - Colin from Cleveland, OH

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Final comments on training for my ClimateRide

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GOP Introduces New "Mystery Candidate" With Paper Bag Over Head - The Onion

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Edition #577

This episode is totally gay

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Act 1: Rick Mercer Rant Teen Suicide referring to Canada - Rick Mercer

Song 1: Solid Action - The Wes Hollywood Show

Act 2: Young, Gay  And Homeless: Fighting For Resources - NPR Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 2: Skinny Love - Bon Iver

Act 3: Elizabeth Santorum's perspective on Gay Rights vs Real Gay Families - Dan Savage - Air Date: 1-06-12

Song 3: Oh well, Okay - Elliott Smith

Act 4: Gay Parents Better Than Straight Parents  (Research) -  Young Turks - Air Date - 01-22-12

Song 4: Is love enough (feat. Gentleman) - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 5: Letter D Pulls Sponsorship From Sesame Street - The Onion

Song 5: Sesame Street - Rugburns

Act 6: Mark Sam Rosenthal: The most natural thing - The Story Collider Air Date: 1-22-12

Song 6: Reproduction - Grease 2

Act 7: Cuddle Therapy - Gay To Straight Scam - Young Turks

Song 7: Let Go - Frou Frou

Act 8: Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional by California Supreme Court - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-7-12

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Gay male perspective on the anti-equality sect of LGBT community

Responses to the It Gets Better and Anti-Equality discussions - Elka from Indiana

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Final comments and conversation with Lauren about communication and advocacy 

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Edition #576 

And you thought national politics was crazy

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Act 1: Conservatives Want Anthem Singing Laws...And Smaller Government - David Pakman - Air Date: 1-2-12 

Song 1: If You've Got Trouble - The Beatles

Act 2: A Great Day for Wisconsin—and for Democracy - The Progressive Air Date: 1-18-12

Song 2: We shall overcome - Pete Seeger

Act 3: One Million Signatures to Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker - Majority Report - Air Date: 01-18-12

Song 3: Frankly, Mr. Shankly - The Smiths

Act 4: Whales Aren't People - Colbert Report

Song 4: Thriller - Michael Jackson

Act 5: The Scandal Around Walker - The Progressive Air Date: 1-30-12

Song 5: My Friend And The Ink On His Fingers - Shout Out Louds

Act 6: RNC Chair Lies About Voter Fraud - Young Turks

Song 6: It's the same old song - The Four Tops

Act 7: Founding Fathers Reality vs Tea Party Fiction - Blacking It Up - Air Date: 1-23-12

Song 7: This is why we fight - The Decemberists

Act 8: Scott Walker Likes Being out of Wisconsin - The Progressive Air Date: 2-10-12

Song 8: Wise up - Aimee Mann

Act 9: Reading newspapers is not an uplifting experience for Governor John Kasich - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 2-9-12

Song 9: 1901 - Phoenix

Act 10: By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people’s property - Jim Hightower Air Date: 2-8-12

Song 10: Parks and Recreation Theme Song

Act 11: The GOP's geography-based, reverse elitism, divide and conquer tactic - Bill Maher Air Date: 2-10-12

Song 11: Downtown Train - Rod Stewart

Act 12: Unease About Walker's Challengers - The Progressive Air Date: 2-15-12

Song 12: Shining Star - The Manhattans

Act 13: The Obama Memos -  Young Turks - Air Date: 01-23-12

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the need for publicly funded elections - Chris from Monterey, CA

Show suggestion for false equivalency in the media - Tim From Quincy, IL

Grass-fed beef not always better and there's lots of grey area - Len from St. Paul, Minnesota

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Final comments on the TYT 10-Year Anniversary

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Conservatism Has Been Hijacked - Catherine Crier Interview - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-16-11

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dition #575

Where the money hits the road

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Act 1: Former Climate Skeptic Admits Global Warming is Real - David Pakman - Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 1: Don't stop believing - Journey

Act 2: Climate Change Deniers Koch Blocked - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 2: Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Act 3: Another Foot Drag by Obama on Global Warming - The Progressive Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 3: Melt with you - Modern English

Act 4: Sen. Inhoff, Tea Party, brags about 'debunking' Climate Change - Green News Report - Air Date: 12-08-11

Song 4: Celebration guns - Stars

Act 5: Koch Brothers Exposed for Cancer Causing Pollution - Young Turks

Song 5: The fiddler's ballad - Jen Osha w/Wolf Creek Session

Act 6: Landowners Get Fracked By Oil Companies - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-07-11

Song 6: Live and let die - Guns N' Roses

Act 7: Consequences of increasing emissions - Green News Report - Air Date: 11-08-11

Song 7: Don't stop - Fleetwood Mac

Act 8: Solyndra  Real Scandal Is Dirty Energy Subsidies -  Young Turks - Air Date: 01-22-12

Song 8: Circles - Soul Coughing

Act 9: Fukushima and Global Warming - The Progressive Air Date: 12-29-11

Song 9: Beds are burning - Midnight Oil

Act 10: How To Destroy The Environment, Steal Money, Look Good Doing It - Lee Camp - Air Date: 01-30-12

Song 10: Goodbye blue sky - Pink Floyd

Act 11: 'Gasland' Journalists Arrested At Fracking Hearing- Young Turks Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 11: Turn my camera on - Spoon

Act 12: GOP "mad as a hatter" about EPA mercury regs - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 12: World spins madly on - The Weepies

Act 13: Strong climate advocate unseated in the Maldives - The Bugle Air Date: 2-10-12

Song 13: Take a chance - The Magic Numbers

Act 14: GOP Still Pushing Keystone XL Pipeline - Young Turks - Air Date 2-6-12

Voicemails:

Thoughts on sustainable agriculture and care for farm animals - Ben from Le Grange, KY

Call to action on art exhibition on women of color. Details at idistudios.com - Ijeoma in New York City

Thoughts and call to action on new mortgage deal just signed - Todd from LA

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Final comments on my fundraising ride from NYC to DC in May

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Edition #574

We're all the scarecrow now

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Act 1: Wage stagnation coverage by media big leagues - Counterspin - Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 1: Sweet disposition - The Temper Trap

Act 2: Shoveling America's wealth to the top - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-3-12

Song 2: A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke

Act 3: Dr. David Graeber - Debts as a promise and the story of The Wizard of Oz - Majority Report Air Date: 12-13-11

Song 3: I'm a believer - The Monkees

Act 4: Disastrous Obama Choice for World Bank Chief - Young Turks 1-18-12

Song 4: Rains down in Africa - Toto

Act 5: Newsweek's Neil Ferguson on Convincing the Public for Austerity Measures  - Counterspin - Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 5: Why did I listen to that man? - Urinetown

Act 6: An ugly surprise from big oil - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-24-12

Song 6: Gorel - Babba Maal

Act 7: ExxonMobil Swears It's Going To Start Taxes Early This Year - The Onion

Song 7: Elevator love letter - Stars

Act 8: The argument for refusing to leave your home - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 8: Winter song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson

Act 9: NY Times David Brooks Defends Economic Elite - Counterspin - Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 9: Don't let the sun go down on me - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 10: Tim Wise - Demonization of Minorities - Majority Report - Air Date: 1-30-12

Song 10: Just a ride - Jem

Act 11: Getting stuck on America's economic ladder - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 11: Big black nothing - Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band

Act 12: Subtle GOP Racism - Romney not concerned about very poor - Matthew Filipowicz - Air Date: 2-2-12

Voicemails:

Asking teenagers when they chose to be straight - Tony from Southern New Jersey

Recommending the Smiley and West Podcast - Max from Davis, CA

Wishing there had been a two-way teachable moment regarding It Gets Better - Adrianne from College Station. TX

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Final comments on the fringe LGBT movement against equality

Article: Not the marrying kind

Activist Ryan Conrad critiques the gay equality movement

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Edition #573

As we do unto others

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Act 1: Bush Cancels Trip to Switzerland Over Threat of Torture Arrest - Majority Report Air Date: 12-4-11

Song 1: Vacation - Go Go's

Act 2: Iran Nuclear Scientists Executed With Car Bombs, Shootings - Young Turks Air Date: 1-11-12

Song 2: Not the only one - Hotrod Cadets

Act 3: Iran Scientist Assassinated - Citizen Radio Air Date: 1-1-12

Song 3: Drop dead blues - Anya Marina

Act 4: The Truth About War With Iran - Lee Camp Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 4: Such great heights - The Postal Service

Act 5: U.S. Must Tell Israel Not to Bomb Iran - The Progressive Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 5: I won't back down - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Act 6: Canada's Defense Ministry criticized for ordering 20 000 orange stress balls - The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 6: Fear is a villain - Theo Bard

Act 7: Marines Urinate On Dead Bodies In Afghanistan - Young Turks Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 7: War - Goldfinger

Act 8: Urinating on dead Afghanis - History of war - Rob Delaney Commentary - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 8: Legions (War) - Zeo Keating

Act 9: CNN Contributor Applauds Controversial Marine Video - Media Matters Air Date: 1-13-12

Act 10: Republicans boo the "golden rule" when applied to foreign policy - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 10: Tonight I have to leave it - Shout out Louds

Act 11: Congress Fights Automatic Defense Spending Cuts - Young Turks Air Date - 1-22-12

Song 11: It's a wonderful life - Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

Act 12: The Greatest Speech Ever Made - Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the importance of It Gets Better to be thought of as a first step - Daniel from CA

Ethically raised food and animals from your local CSA - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Excited about the next step of the "Make it Better" campaign - Dave from Olympia, WA

Thoughts on the Make it Better campaign - Jason from the cornfields of Iowa

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Final comments clarifying my story of the It Gets Better campaign

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Edition #572

Bad and badder

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Act 1: Newt Ginrich's Performance and Mitt Romney's Tax - Colbert Report

Song 1: He's a pirate - Klaus Badelt

Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital - David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12

Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me - Van Morrison

Act 3: Mitt's Flamingly Wealthy - Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12

Song 3: It Gets Better - Broadway sings for the Trevor Project

Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 4: So jealous - Tegan and Sara

Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida - The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 5: My heart sinks - Hotrod Cadets

Act 6: The man from Bain - Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12

Act 7: O'Reilly comes to Romney's rhetorical rescue - Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12

Song 7: Scene No. 10 Moderato from Swan Lake - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Act 8: Fox's Huckabee "Birther-Lite" Comments - Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12

Act 9: War Within The Bubble - Real Time with Bill Maher - Air Date: 01-13-12

Song 9: A whiter shade - Procol Harum

Act 10: Gingrich's New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism - The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12

Song 10: Crooked Teeth - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 11: Black to the Future - Newt Gingrich's Timing - Daily Show - Air Date 01-12-12

Song 11: The little light - The Montgomery Improvement Association

Act 12: Gingrich defends himself against Romney, adultery makes for a more viable candidate - Wait wait don't tell me - Air Date: 1-28-12

Song 12: Jelly Belly - Nai Bonet

Act 13: Newt's Reckless Rhetoric - The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12

Song 13: Bulletproof - La Roux

Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! - The Bugle - Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 14: Fly me to the moon - Burning Spear

Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-18-12

Voicemails:

The time is right to occupy the ballot - Brian from Forth Worth, TX

Thoughts on choosing one's sexuality - Jeff from Florida

Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign - Casey from Michigan

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Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short

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Edition #571

The President said some things

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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney's SOTU prebuttal lies - Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12

Song 1: Sweet little lies - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis - Young Turks 1-24-12

Song 2: Mad world - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 3: Right Wing Response to President's SOTU Address: "CLASS WARFARE!" - Media Matters Air Date: 1-25-12

Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU - BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 4: The Wind - Cat Stevens

Act 5: He probably wont do the good or the bad laid out in SOTU - Majority Report Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 5: Keepsake - State Radio

Act 6: The Downsides of Obama's State of the Union - The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 6: Dreams - The Corrs

Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU - The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard

Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU - On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 8: This magic moment - Drifters

Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU - Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 9: The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

Act 10: Obama's bad joke - Wait wait don't tell me Air Date: 1-28-12

Song 10: I want it all - Queen

Act 11: Don't trust but verify, just verify - Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 1-26-12

Voicemails:

Other health-related uses for hormonal birth control - Rachel from Boston, Mass

Recommending Sojourner's Truth, Occupied Territory and 99% Report podcasts - EJ From Lyons, NY

Evidence of our need for a social safety net - Patrick from Dallas

Thoughts on what it means to be treated like an animal - Carl from New Jersey

Time to sign up for your local community farm share program - Curtis from Baltimore

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Final comments on the importance of choosing your words when speaking to those outside your own community, the need for 'wins'

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