(2013/05/28) Part 1: The mostly bad news (LGBTQ Rights)

Edition #721

Part 1: The mostly bad news

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: Republicans Love Gay Marriage - Mark Fiore's Animation - Air Date: 04-01-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Big tent - Contino

Ch. 4: Act 2: Virginia Is Definitely Not For Lovers - Dan Savage - Air Date 4-9-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Where is the love? - Black Eyed Peas

Ch. 6: Act 3: Montana Endorses Decriminalizing Gay Sex - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 04-20-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Tenderness - General Public

Ch. 8: Act 4: Use Civil Disobedience to Fight Gay Rights, Says Hatemonger Buchanan - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-20-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Ch. 10: Act 5: Caller: The Homophobia 'Industry' is a Money Maker - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 05-02-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Ready for the good times - Shakira

Ch. 12: Act 6: Anti Gay Marriage Group Fund Raising Off Comedy Spoof - Throwing Shades - Air Date 5-13-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Dancin' in the moonlight - Top Loader

Ch. 14: Act 7: Minnesota Legalizes Same Sex Marriage - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-15-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: All my love - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Ch. 16: Act 8: Minnesota Legalizes Gay Marriage - The Young Turks - Air Date: 05-15-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: The importance of being idle - Oasis

Ch. 18: Act 9: Straight rights watch: 'Functioning' societies - Dan Savage - Air Date: 3-19-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: Genesis (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix) - VNV Nation

Ch. 20: Act 10: Anti-Gay Catholic Activist Commits Suicide Over Same-Sex Marriage - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-22-13

Ch. 21: Song 10: The bells of Notre Dame - Chorus, David Ogden Stiers, Paul Kandel & Tony Jay

Ch. 22: Act 11: Historic Ban Overturned - The Young Turks - Air Date: 05-25-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 23: Bush library "based on a true story" - Chris from Colorado Springs

Ch. 24: Every prison sentence turns to a life sentence of unemployment - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

Ch. 25: I don't get Sandford either - A Conservative

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 26: Final comments on a native Bostonian's feeling about the marathon bombings

Ch. 27: Bonus Voicemail: Mad at comparing deaths in the Boston Marathon to deaths in other countries - Rachel from Boston, Mass

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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