(2012/03/11) Bullies, bad words and birth control (Limbaugh v Fluke)

Edition #584

Bullies, bad words and birth control

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Act 1: GOP Does Not Understand How Contraception Works - Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-2-12

Song 1: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

Act 2: Bill O'Reilly Rips Sandra Fluke - Young Turks Air Date: 3-6-12

Song 2: The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel

Act 3: Guide to Are you a prostitute? by Rush Limbaugh - The Bugle Air Date: 3-9-12

Song 3: Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Act 4: Limbaugh and the GOP war on women - Counterspin Air Date: 3-8-12

Song 4: Possibility - Lykke Li

Act 5: Advertisers flee from Limbaugh's radio program - On the Media Air Date: 3-8-12

Song 5: White Electric - Battles

Act 6: Rush Limbaugh Gets a Measure of Comeuppance - The Progressive Air Date: 3-5-12

Song 6: All Apologies - Nirvana

Act 7: Insincere Apologies - Mitt Romney Has a Rush Limbaugh Problem - Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-5-12

Song 7: The Prettiest Weed - Jim Guthrie

Act 8: Fluke Isn't the Only Woman Being Attacked By Limbaugh This Week - Media Matters Air Date: 3-8-12

Act 9: A breakdown of the Limbaugh comments and the false equivalency with Bill Maher - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 3-9-12

Voicemails:

Follow up on comments regarding joke on the Jimmy Dore Show and standards in broadcasting - Joe from Nanjing China

Reaction to the Jimmy Dore Show vs Limbaugh comparison - Mara from Pittsburgh

Rush Limbaugh's misunderstanding of contraception - Patrick from Dallas

Follow up comparison question to Limbaugh vs Jimmy Dore Show discussion - Andrew from Brooklyn, NY

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the follow up comparing a Jimmy Dore Show joke and the Limbaugh controversy

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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