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
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album - Debate Exposes Doubt
Sing Theresa Says – Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell - Through Toledo - Sing, Theresa Says
Call on me – Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz - Call On Me - EP - Call On Me (Radio Edit)
Break it down again – Tears for fears
Tears for Fears - Shout - The Very Best of Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again
Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon: The Hits - Can't Fight This Feeling
Girl afraid – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Girl Afraid
Wanted – The Cranberries
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - Wanted
Don’t let it bring you down – Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox - Medusa - Don't Let It Bring You Down
Good – Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra - Better Than Ezra: Greatest Hits - Good

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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
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Green Eyes
I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
Morrissey - Viva Hate - I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes - President of What?
Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits - Under the Bridge
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings - Go Ahead
Transit – Albert Hammond Jr.
Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours to Keep - In Transit

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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
Guns N' Roses - Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits - Live and Let Die
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke - 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 - A Change Is Gonna Come
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Pete Townshend - Gold - Let My Love Open the Door
99 red balloons – Nena
Nena - 99 Luftballons - 99 Red Balloons
Put me down – The Cranberries
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) - Put Me Down
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Erin McCarley - Love, Save the Empty (Bonus Track Version) - Pony (It's OK)
Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me – Abba
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Take a Chance on Me

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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
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend - A Few Honest Words
Auto-tune the news #5 – YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday – The Smiths
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - God's Radar
Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade - Welcome to the Black Parade
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner - The Very Best of Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Wild world – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits - Wild World

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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
Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards - Hospital Beds
Live Like You’re Dying – Lenka
Lenka - Lenka - Live Like You're Dying
Oxford comma – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Gone going – Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business - Gone Going
Live forever – Oasis
Oasis - Definitely Maybe - Live Forever
Lights out – Santigold
Santigold - Santigold - Lights Out
I’m no superman – Laslo Bane
Beloved – VNV Nation
Vnv Nation - Futureperfect - Beloved
Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - Californication
The Secret Agent Ending – Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren - Glass Reflections - The Secret Agent: The Secret Agent Ending
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
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts - July, July!
Sky – Sonique
Sonique - Hear My Cry - Sky
Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheel
Stealers Wheel - Reservoir Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Stuck In the Middle With You
Better off alone – Alice Deejay
Alice Deejay - Who Needs Guitars Anyway? - Better Off Alone
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don?t Stand a Chance
Dreaming of you – The Coral
The Coral - Cheap Date - Dreaming of You
Just a ride – Jem
Jem - Finally Woken - Just a Ride
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
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Waterloo
Can’t help falling in love – UB40
UB40 - The Very Best of UB40, 1980-2000 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers - Take a Chance - Single - Take a Chance
Naked as we came – Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days - Naked As We Came
Oh my God – Ida Maria
Ida Maria - Fortress 'round My Heart - Oh My God
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
If I ever feel better – Phoenix
Phoenix - United - If I Ever Feel Better

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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
Vampire Weekend - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] - Ottoman
Opportunity – Pete Murray
Pete Murray - See the Sun - Opportunity
I will follow you into the dark – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Change your mind – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Change Your Mind
Two of us – Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
Aimee Mann & Michael  Penn - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Two of Us
I Know I Know I Know – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - So Jealous - I Know I Know I Know
These days – Nico
Nico - Chelsea Girl - These Days
Struggle – Ringside
Ringside - Ringside - Struggle

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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
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Grapevine Fires
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Up Against the Wall
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows – Brand New
Brand New - Deja Entendu - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Believe – Cher
Cher - Believe - Believe
West Coast – Coconut Records
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - West Coast
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
Hootie & The Blowfish - The Best of Hootie & The Blowfish (1993-2003) - I Go Blind
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel - Fortress - Change Your Mind
Nap hangs up the phone – John Swihart
John Swihart - Napoleon Dynamite - Nap Hangs Up the Phone

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