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
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Sing Theresa Says – Greg Laswell
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Call on me – Eric Prydz
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Break it down again – Tears for fears
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Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
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Girl afraid – The Smiths
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Wanted – The Cranberries
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Don’t let it bring you down – Annie Lennox
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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
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I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
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Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
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Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
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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
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A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
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Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
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99 red balloons – Nena
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Put me down – The Cranberries
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Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
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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
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Auto-tune the news #5 – YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday – The Smiths
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
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Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
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You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
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Wild world – Cat Stevens
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