Archive for August, 2009
#292 The opponents of healthcare are scarier than death panels
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Act 1: These guys are not on the level – The Young Turks
Act 2: Sick for profit – Brave New Films
Act 3: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Debate on healthcare goes unexplained – Counterspin
Act 5: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Deep fear and anger over healthcare – The Young Turks
Act 7: Heal or no heal, Montana townhall – Daily Show
Act 8: Kill Grandma? Debunking health bill myths – NPR
Act 9: Report from a remote access clinic in LA – Bill Maher
Act 10: Fact-free, purely political healthcare debate – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Debate Exposes Doubt – Death Cab For Cutie
Sing Theresa Says – Greg Laswell
Call on me – Eric Prydz
Break it down again – Tears for fears
Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
Girl afraid – The Smiths
Wanted – The Cranberries
Don’t let it bring you down – Annie Lennox
Good – Better Than Ezra
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#291 Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives (Podcast)
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Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Class of ‘43 – Daily Show
Act 3: Bob Inglis – What are they afraid of? – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Cheney’s asault on the rule of law – Countdown
Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Continuing the details on warrantless wiretapping – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Doctoring the torture program – The Young Turks
Music:
Green eyes – Coldplay
I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Transit – Albert Hammond Jr.
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#290 The danger is not theoretical (Podcast)
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Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change – The Young Turks
Act 3: Glenn Beck’s operation – Daily Show
Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare – Politico
Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama’s townhall – The Young Turks
Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence – Countdown
Music:
Live and let die – Guns N’ Roses
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
99 red balloons – Nena
Put me down – The Cranberries
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me – Abba
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#289 The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gay demon on the loose – Colbert Report
Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war – Countdown
Act 3: A look inside of “C Street” Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian – The Onion
Act 5: A look inside of “C Street” Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Satellite Sheiks – On the Media
Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo – The Onion
Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on “The Family” – Daily Show
Act 9: A look inside of “C Street” Part 3 – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Mind Excursion – The trade winds
A few honest words – Ben Sollee
Auto-tune the news #5 – YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday – The Smiths
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Wild world – Cat Stevens
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#288 It’s 7pm, do you know where your grandparents are? (Podcast)
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Act 1: Healthrasier – Daily Show
Act 2: GOP on the wrong side of history – Bill Maher
Act 3: Healthcare Pap Attack – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Obama strikes back, is it enough? – The Young Turks
Act 5: Master Rebators: The Crank Cycle – Daily Show
Act 6: Manufactured riots – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Hostile groups at townhalls – NPR
Act 8: Heathcare reform is the matrix – Colbert Report
Act 9: Debunking the fears of healthcare – Countdown
Act 10: Obama must pass a healthcare bill – Daily Show
Act 11: Covering the confusion about healthcare – Counterspin
Act 12: Violence, eugenics and heathcare – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Hospital Beds – Cold War Kids
Live Like You’re Dying – Lenka
Oxford comma – Vampire Weekend
Gone going – Black Eyed Peas
Live forever – Oasis
Lights out – Santigold
I’m no superman – Laslo Bane
Beloved – VNV Nation
Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Secret Agent Ending РCello Octet Conjunto Ib̩rico & Elias Arizcuren
The Importance of Being Idle – Kaiser Chiefs
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#287 Cap’n Trade to the rescue! (If only!) (Podcast)
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Act 1: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 2: Scientists debate geoengieneering – NPR
Act 3: Steven Chu – Daily Show
Act 4: About climate change: Never mind – Slate.com
Act 5: The Word: Ban de Soleil – Colbert Report
Act 6: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: Meat shelf breaks free of Iowa – The Onion
Act 8: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 9: Captain Trade! – Daily Show
Music:
July July – The Decemberists
Sky – Sonique
Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheel
Better off alone – Alice Deejay
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Dreaming of you – The Coral
Just a ride – Jem
Auto-tune the news #6 – YouTube user schmoyoho
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#286 You know, Napoleon wasn’t exactly French either (Podcast)
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Act 1: Obama’s Waterloo – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: News and notes on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – On the Media
Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision – This American Life
Act 6: Dems can’t get their act together – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare – Daily Show
Act 8: Special comment on healthcare – Countdown
Music:
Waterloo – Abba
Can’t help falling in love – UB40
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
Naked as we came – Iron & Wine
Oh my God – Ida Maria
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
If I ever feel better – Phoenix
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#285 Illegal programs past and future (Podcast)
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Act 1: Only in New York! – Daily Show
Act 2: Discussing the Cheney-ordered CIA program – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Peter Phillips on ignoring autopsy reports – FORA.tv
Act 4: Discussing what to do with aquitted detainees – Le Show
Act 5: Obama’s constitution speech(s) – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Darius Rejali on authorizing torture – FORA.tv
Act 7: Comparing Iranian images to US torture photos – Counterspin
Act 8: The heartbreaking story in Iran continues – The Young Turks
Act 9: Hard Corps – Daily Show
Music:
Ottoman – Vampire Weekend
Opportunity – Pete Murray
I will follow you into the dark – Death Cab For Cutie
Change your mind – The Killers
Two of us – Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
I Know I Know I Know – Tegan and Sara
These days – Nico
Struggle – Ringside
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#284 Some fundamentals going wrong (Podcast)
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Act 1: Cheney Predactied – Daily Show
Act 2: John Hodgman on Obama vs Bush
Act 3: Obama continues secrecy around Cheney – Countdown
Act 4: Secret CIA/Cheney program uncovered – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Off the record with Obama’s administration – On the Media
Act 6: Obama Pwns himself on signing statements – The Young Turks
Act 7: Criticism for inactivity on liberal issues – Real Time with Bill Maher
Act 8: Secrecy in government argued for – Counterspin
Act 9: More critique of Obama and Dems for weakness – The Young Turks
Music:
Grapevine Fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows – Brand New
Believe – Cher
West Coast – Coconut Records
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
Nap hangs up the phone – John Swihart
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