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#608 Get your hocus pocus correct (Religion)

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May 25, 2012

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Pat Robertson’s Demonic Possession GREATEST HITS – David Pakman – Air Date: 4-11-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Demon Host – Timber Timbre

Ch. 4: Act 2: Oops, Priest Shows Gay Porn In Presentation – Young Turks – Air Date: 4-8-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Porcelain – Go – the Very Best of Moby

Ch. 6: Act 3: Visiting Priest Shows Family How Grace Is Done – The Onion

Ch. 7: Song 3: Awake My Soul – Sigh No More

Ch. 8: Act 4: Boehner Approves Prayer Event By Radical Theocratic Activists – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 5-8-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Oh My God – Fortress ’round My Heart

Ch. 10: Act 5: Mormons don’t get the hocus pocus correct – Jimmy Dore Show – Air Date: 4-12-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: All This and Heaven Too – Ceremonials

Ch. 12: Act 6: Teacher Fired by Catholic School for Infertility Treatment – David Pakman – Air Date: 4-26-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: The Picture I View – To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997) [For Individual Sale]

Ch. 14: Act 7: Vatican Gives Popular Jesus Character Whole New Look – The Onion

Ch. 15: Song 7: Jesus of Suburbia – American Idiot

Ch. 16: Act 8: Iran Internet Censorship – Young Turks – Air Date: 4-11-12

Ch. 17: Song 8: Letters to God – Box Car Racer

Ch. 18: Act 9: Atheists More Generous & Empathetic Than Religious People – David Pakman – Air Date: 5-3-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Santus II – Libera

Ch. 20: Act 10: Stigmatic Teen Says His Miracle Is Gross – The Onion

Ch. 21: Song 10: Blessed – Brett Dennen

Ch. 22: Act 11: Mormonism ‘Denies’ Christian Doctrine – Rick Warren – Young Turks – Air Date: 4-9-12

Ch. 23: Song 11: Lincolns Bible – Kalamazoo

Ch. 24: Act 12: The Fear Of God And Politics – Jimmy Dore Show – Air Date: 4-12-12

Ch. 25: Final comments on my 300-mile ride and the blessings involved

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#607 Empire Graveyard (Foreign Policy)

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May 20, 2012

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Curveball Comes Clean on WMD Lies – Majority Report – Air Date: 4-9-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Never Ending Story – The Never Ending Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Ch. 4: Act 2: Release of Zelikow Torture Memo Calls for GOP Soul Searching – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 4-4-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: In Transit – Yours To Keep

Ch. 6: Act 3: Hardly Reassuring To Afghans – CounterSpin – Air Date: 5-3-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Hello, My Treacherous Friends – OK Go

Ch. 8: Act 4: Afghanistan Withdrawal 2014 or 2024 – Young Turks – Air Date: 5-2-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Moving Too Fast – The Last 5 Years (Original Cast Recording)

Ch. 10: Act 5: U.S. Continues to Pour Hellish Rain on Afghanistan – The Progressive – Air Date: 5-8-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: All These Things That I’ve Done – Hot Fuss

Ch. 12: Act 6: Cat General Says War On String May Be Unwinnable – The Onion

Ch. 13: Song 6: I’ve Got No Strings – ¡Volare! – The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings

Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama’s Foreign Policy Just a Difference in Focus, Not Aggression – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 5-1-12

Ch. 17: Song 7: Kilojoules – Weathervanes

Ch. 18: Act 8: Pentagon’s Course on War on Islam – The Progressive – Air Date: 5-11-12

Ch. 19: Song 8: Great Divide – Disappearing World

Ch. 20: Act 9: Is This The End Of The American Empire – Lee Camp – Air Date: 3-17-12

Ch. 21: Song 9: Not an Addict – Paradise In Me

Ch. 22: Act 10: Dying, Just A Part Of Nature – CounterSpin – Air Date: 5-10-12

Ch. 23: Song 10: When the Cold Days Come – When the Cold Days Come – Single

Ch. 24: Act 11: Romney Tries to Fight Bush-Like Foreign Policy Image With a bunch of Bush Advisers – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 4-26-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Obama on gay marriage is a big deal – Chad from Richmond, VA
Ch. 26: Thoughts on global warming and over-population – Shane from Spokane Washington
Ch. 27: Straight, white males are set at the easiest difficulty setting – Anonymous

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Ch. 28: Final comments on the lowest difficulty setting and the bike ride I’m on

Article Referenced:
Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

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#606 It’s ok to not be cynical at least for a moment (Same Sex Marriage)

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May 16, 2012

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Harvey Milk – Hope Speech

Ch. 3: Song 1: Hope – Sleep Through the Static

Ch. 4: Act 2: Case Against Gay Marriage Falls Apart With Retraction of Ex-Gay Study – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-26-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Wait So Long – Palomino

Ch. 6: Act 3: An Affirmation And They Amend Once Again – Matthew Filipowicz Show – Air Date: 5-10-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Here It Goes Again – Oh No

Ch. 8: Act 4: Obama and same sex marriage, let’s enjoy the moment – Throwing Shade – Air Date: 5-14-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Rainbow Connection – Are a Drag

Ch. 10: Act 5: A Fight That’s Going To Be Won – On The Media – Air Date: 5-10-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Movin’ On Up – Screamadelica

Ch. 12: Act 6: Obama’s Historic and Gutsy Proclamation – The Progressive – Air Date: 5-10-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: Marry You (Glee Cast Version) – Marry You (Glee Cast Version) – Single

Ch. 14: Act 7: Gay Marriage Seen From Both Shores – The Bugle – Air Date: 5-12-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: I Was Married – The Con

Ch. 16: Act 8: Marriage Equality and Symbiotic Evolution – JSmooth

Ch. 17: Song 8: Tobacco Road – Common Market

Ch. 18: Act 9: Reaction to Obama and same-sex marriage from elderly black women – Blacking it up – Air Date: 5-14-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 19: Thoughts on male privilege in reaction to Dave from Mass – Cody from Olympia, WA
Ch. 20: Reaction to Dave from Mass on affirmative action and white privilege – Jeff in Louisiana
Ch. 21: Thoughts on the reality of classism – Anonymous
Ch. 22: Race vs class – Colin from Cleveland, OH

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on miscommunication in disagreements

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