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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#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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