Archive for October, 2009

#310 The war on Fox (Podcast)

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Edition #310

Act 1: The GOP colicky babies – Ring of Fire
Act 2: CNN leaves it there – Daily Show
Act 3: Fox News is not like the others – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: How Murdoch brought the Fox model to the US – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Bend it like Beck – Colbert Report
Act 6: The war on FOX – Counterspin
Act 7: Media and power – Thom Hartmann
Act 8: Evidence of Fox collusion with GOP – The Young Turks

Music:
Camera one – Josh Joplin Group
Josh Joplin Group - Useful Music - Camera One
Better Days (and the bottom drops out) – Citizen King
Citizen King - Mobile Estates - Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)
The boy in the bubble – Paul Simon
Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon - The Boy In the Bubble
Nothing compares to you – Sinade O’Connor
Sinead O'Connor - So Far...The Best of Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
Harvey Danger - Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Original Soundtrack) - Flagpole Sitta
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – Of Montreal
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (Album Version)
Let go – Frou Frou
Frou Frou - Garden State (Music from the Motion Picture) - Let Go

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#309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented (Podcast)

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Edition #309

Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny – The Young Turks
Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 3: Medicare Part E – Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Healthcare, now what – This American Life
Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The history of our healthcare system – This American Life
Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs – The Young Turks
Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign – Rachel Maddow

Music:
Curl up and die – Relient K
Relient k - The Bird and the Bee Sides - Curl Up and Die
Who will buy – Oliver Soundtrack
The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast - Oliver! (Soundtrack) - Who Will Buy
Fake Empire – The National
The National - Boxer - Fake Empire
Doctor my eyes – Jackson 5
Jackson 5 - Anthology: Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
I go to extremes – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - I Go to Extremes
Remember Jonathan – Cyrille Verdeaux
Cyrille Verdeaux - Messenger of the Sun - Remember Jonathan
Stop crying your heart out – Oasis
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

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#308 Still legally treated as second-class citizens (Podcast)

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Edition #308

Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1
Act 2: When the time is right – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights – Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2
Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT – Countdown
Act 7: The gay after tomorrow – Daily Show
Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally – Mother Jones
Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. – Daily Show
Act 10: Dan Choi: Don’t Tell, Martha! – The Moth Podcast

Music:
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - The Con - I Was Married
Right now – Van Halen
Van Halen - The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 - Right Now
Leader – Burning Spear
What have I done to deserve this – Pet Shop Boys
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen - Big Change: Songs for FINCA - Ain't No Reason
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Sénégal Fast-Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Pete Townshend - Gold - Let My Love Open the Door

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#307 Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense (Podcast)

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Edition #307

Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby – Countdown
Act 3: The majority leader of the senate – It’s all politics
Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform – The Young Turks
Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 – Countdown
Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe’s vote – Daily Show
Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 – Countdown

Music:
Tell me tell me – Burning spear
Sunday bloody Sunday – U2
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Because the night – 10,000 maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night
The world is new – Save Ferris
Save Ferris - It Means Everything - The World Is New 1
Ill with want – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Ill With Want
I think we’re alone now – Tiffany
Tiffany - Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Soft serve – Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss - Soft Serve

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#306 Democracy for sale

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Edition #306

Act 1: Supreme Court on the verge of humanizing corporations – Colbert Report
Act 2: Looking forward on changing our economics – Bill Maher
Act 3: Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court – Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama is letting the banks off the hook – The Young Turks
Act 5: Thousands of unemployed robots join the military – The Onion
Act 6: Wall streeters weigh life after ‘giant pool of money’ – NPR
Act 7: Krugman on Palin and economics – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Dow rallies after chimpanzee rings opening bell – The Onion
Act 9: Big money vs. the people – The Young Turks

Music:
Different People – No Doubt
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - Different People
Bleeding me – Metalica
Metallica - Load - Bleeding Me
And it spread – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - And It Spread
Love you till the end – The Pogues
The Pogues - Pogue Mahone - Love You 'Till the End
Give it up – The Goodmen
Nothing Is Good Enough – Amiee Mann
Aimee Mann - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) - Nothing Is Good Enough
American Pie – Don McLean
Don McLean - American Pie - American Pie
Ring my bell – Anita Ward
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell - Ring My Bell

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#305 Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate (Podcast)

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Edition #305

Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls – Daily Show
Act 3: The fake cost of Obama’s energy policy – Counterspin
Act 4: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars – Colbert Report
Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm – Counterspin
Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops – The Onion
Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt – The Young Turks

Music:
Why does the sun shine? – They might be giants
They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine - EP - Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) [Live Version]
Hey ya! – Outkast
OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below - Hey Ya!
Tell me a lie – Griffin House
Griffin House - Lost & Found - Tell Me a Lie
Scenic world – Beirut
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar - Scenic World
Carefree – The Refreshments
Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy - Carefree
Why does the sun really shine? – They might be giants
They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version) - Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
Fluffy little clouds – The Orb
The Orb - U.F.OFF - The Best of the Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Con Cassidy’s and Neil Gow’s Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney’s Reel – Alton
Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker
Obadiah Parker - Obadiah Parker Live - Hey Ya

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#304 Yeah, when it fits, we call you racist (Podcast)

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Edition #304

Act 1: The conservative media’s attack cycle – On the Media
Act 2: Comparing corruption of ACORN to Blackwater – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: The Word: Blackwashing – Colbert Report
Act 4: Covering the right-wing crazies in the media – Counterspin
Act 5: Pat Buchanan defends Hitler – The Young Turks
Act 6: The ‘Full Ginsburg’ – Daily Show
Act 7: Wingnut watch – Mother Jones Podcast
Act 8: Discussing the recent Glenn Beck chatter – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Target America – Daily Show

Music:
Love is a battlefield – Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar - Greatest Hits - Love Is a Battlefield
Chicago X 12 – Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate - Chicago X 12
Paint it black – Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody - Paint It Black
Love you ’till the end – The Pogues
The Pogues - Pogue Mahone - Love You 'Till the End
Mad World – Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears - Shout - The Very Best of Tears for Fears - Mad World
I’m not crying – Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords - The Distant Future - EP - Not Crying
Still crazy after all these years – Paul Simon
Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
Burnout – Green Day
Green Day - Dookie - Burnout

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#303 As the chips begin to fall (Podcast)

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Edition #303

Act 1: Healthcare polling – Counterspin
Act 2: GOP are a bunch of neanderthals – The Young Turks
Act 3: Wendel Potter on healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Congress and lobbyists out of the closet – Colbert Report
Act 5: The nonsense healthcare debate – Mother Jones
Act 6: Public option in danger in committee – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: The profit of illness – Bill Maher
Act 8: Howard Dean on the importance of choice – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Democratic Super Majority! – Daily Show

Music:
Let Go – Frou Frou
Frou Frou - Garden State (Music from the Motion Picture) - Let Go
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Smile Like You Mean It
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Uberzone featuring Lida Husik - Faith In the Future - Dreamtime
Take your mama out – Scissor Sisters
AVID All Stars - Super Party Hits 2005 - Take Your Mama Out (In the Style of Scissor Sisters)
Bouncing around the room – Phish
Phish - A Live One - Bouncing Around the Room
I just died in your arms tonight – SuperTrack
Supertrack - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight - Single - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Hospital beds – Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards - Hospital Beds
All American girl – Train
Train - My Private Nation - All American Girl

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#302 Moral Kombat (Podcast)

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Edition #302

Act 1: Naked hot tub religious mentoring – Le Show
Act 2: God smites area man for disturbing Him – The Onion
Act 3: How many women get hit on by their pastors? – The Young Turks
Act 4: Putting pressure on bad religious ideas – Bill Maher
Act 5: Moral Kombat – Daily Show
Act 6: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Benign growth removed from the Pope – The Onion
Act 8: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Is Obama the anti-Christ? – Rachel Maddow
Act 10: War on Easter: Peeps display – Colbert Report
Act 11: Pastor of “Islam is the Devil” – The Young Turks

Music:
Meet me by the water – Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance - Meet Me By the Water
Whenever God Shines his Light – Van Morrison
Van Morrison & Cliff Richard - Still On Top - The Greatest Hits (Remastered) - Whenever God Shines His Light
Candy Girl – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Candy Girl
Crazy Faith – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite - Crazy Faith
Malchik Gay – t.A.T.u.
T.A.T.U. - 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane - Malchik Gay
Losing my religion – R.E.M
R.E.M. - In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 - Losing My Religion
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Hallelujah
God gave rock & roll to you – Kiss
KISS - Revenge - God Gave Rock & Roll to You
God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash
God's Gonna Cut You Down
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - God's Radar

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