Archive for August, 2009

#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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