Archive for February, 2009

#254 Missing: Stable economic system, if found please contact owner (Podcast)

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Act 1: Executive pay out of control – The Young Turks
Act 2: Unemployed without benefits – NPR
Act 3: Keynsian Economics Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: AT&T lays off 30,000 automated operators – The Onion
Act 5: Keynsian Economics Part 2 – This American Life
Act 6: Recorded CEO conference call Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: CEO lays off 5,000 workers to impress girlfriend – The Onion
Act 8: Recorded CEO conference call Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 9: These people are thieves – Maron vs. Seder
Act 10: Enough carrots, time to use the stick – The Young Turks

Music:
Daylight robbery – Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself - Daylight Robbery
On the turning away – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - On the Turning Away
The artifact & Living – Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) - The Artifact & Living
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings - Go Ahead
Slipping away – Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) - Slipping Away
Notorious – Duran Duran
Duran Duran - Duran Duran: Greatest - Notorious
Someday You Will Be Loved – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - Someday You Will Be Loved
The Czar of Munster – Seamus Egan
Seamus Egan - When Juniper Sleeps - The Czar Of Munster
Clean and sober – Anya Marina
Anya Marina - Miss Halfway - Clean & Sober

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#253 The Laws of the Universe (Podcast)

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Act 1: Bill Maher on The View – The Young Turks
Act 2: Faith-based TV repair – The Onion
Act 3: Speech excerpt – Alan Watts
Act 4: Hooligan transforms into a goat – The Young Turks
Act 5: Doubting Hell – This American Life
Act 6: God returns from vacation – The Onion
Act 7: Pope declares holy war – The Young Turks
Act 8: The laws of the universe – Radio Lab

Music:
Senegal Fast Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a  Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
Fix You – Coldplay
Coldplay - X & Y - Fix You
Whenever God shines his light – Van Morrison
Van Morrison with Cliff Richard - Avalon Sunset - Whenever God Shines His Light
Good King Joy – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories - Good King Joy
Stairway to Heaven – Apocalyptica
The heart of life – John Mayer
John Mayer - Continuum - The Heart of Life
What I’m looking for – Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love - What I'm Looking For

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#252 Notes on the Barackalipse (Podcast)

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Act 1: Obama from his first climate conference – This American Life
Act 2: Mission Accomplished – Slate.com
Act 3: After 10 years of Bush – Wait Wait
Act 4: The Obama effect – Radio Lab
Act 5: Little Obama celebration in Wyoming – NPR
Act 6: Notes on the Barackalipse – Wait Wait
Act 7: Republicans shower praise on Bush – The Young Turks
Act 8: In Bush’s wake, a new political landscape – NPR
Act 9: New administration staff training – Wait Wait

Music:
Thanksgiving – George Winston
George Winston - December (Silver Anniversary Edition) - Thanksgiving
The world is new – Save Farris
Leaving on a jet plane – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Have a Ball - Leaving On a Jet Plane
Piano Piano – Luis Bacalov
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne - The Essential Ozzy Osbourne - See You On the Other Side
Learning to fly – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits - Learning to Fly
Burning love – Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered) - Burning Love
Ballad of a comeback kid – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - Ballad of a Comeback Kid

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