Archive for November, 2009

#317 Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious (Podcast)

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Edition #317

Act 1: From here to neutrality – Daily Show
Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act – Young Turks
Act 3: The end of prohibition – Slate
Act 4: Don’t ask, don’t tell – Colbert Report
Act 5: Texas bans marriage – Young Turks
Act 6: Texas bans marriage – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Mormon trespassing – Colbert Report
Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays – Young Turks
Act 9: Gaywatch Gaywatch – Peter Vadala & William Phillips – Daily Show
Act 10: Skeletons in the closet – Colbert Report

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Can’t get queer from here – Daily Show

Music:
Here comes my baby – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Rushmore - Here Comes My Baby
Your ex-lover is dead – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend - A Change Is Gonna Come
What went wrong – Blink 182
It’s a mistake – Men at work
Men at Work - The Best of Men at Work: Contraband - It's a Mistake
Miss Misery – Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith - New Moon - Miss Misery (Early Version)
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn to Shine - Steal My Kisses
Build me up buttercup – The Foundations
The Foundations - The Very Best of the Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone

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#316 Join the war on Fox News today (Podcast)

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Edition #316

Act 1: Glenn Beck tragically not a victim of anything – The Onion
Act 2: Bush Sr. calls Maddow and Olberman Sick Puppies – The Young Turks
Act 3: Dobbs steps down – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 4: MSNBC in the crossfire – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Lou Dobbs goes Rogue – Daily Show
Act 6: Murdoch fosters racist work environment – Countdown
Act 7: Hannity apologizes to Jon – Daily Show
Act 8: Cenk goes off on Morning Joe – The Young Turks
Act 9: Untruth vs. Power – Daily Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hannity misleadingly uses Glenn Beck’s rally video

Music:
Out of my mind – James Blunt
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam - Out of My Mind
Gone daddy gone – Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
I’ll meet you there – Owl City
Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming - I'll Meet You There
Habla Me – Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings - ¡Volare! - The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings - Habla Me
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Exit Clov - Jolly Roget Sessions - EP - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Overkill – Colin Hay
Colin Hay - Man @ Work - Overkill (Acoustic Version)
Celebration guns – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Celebration Guns

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#315 Big bill bothers bought off blowhards (Podcast)

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Edition #315

Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 2: Bill big, bill bad – Daily Show
Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics – The Young Turks
Act 4: Fire hot – The Onion
Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape – The Young Turks
Act 9: Wisconsin city is the best place to die – NPR
Act 10: Preggers can’t be choosers – Daily Show
Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform – The Young Turks

Music:
Tax man – The Beatles
Naive – The Kooks
The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out - Naive
Fearless – VNV Nation
Vnv Nation - Futureperfect - Fearless
World on Fire – Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan - Closer - The Best of Sarah McLachlan (Deluxe Version) - World On Fire
In a big country – Big Country
Big Country - The Best of Big Country - In a Big Country
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs - Winter Song
Brain stew – Green Day
Green Day - Insomniac - Brain Stew
So fast, so numb – R.E.M.
R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi - So Fast, So Numb
I know I know I know – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - So Jealous - I Know I Know I Know
Different people – No doubt
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - Different People

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#314 Pride, greed, vanity and gluttony (Podcast)

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Edition #314

Act 1: Really Goldman Sachs?! – SNL
Act 2: Spitzer on the financial bailout – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: MSNBC Ratigan bashes corporate communists – The Young Turks
Act 4: The root of the problem is campaign finance – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Global economy faces danger from below – The Onion
Act 6: Terror-industrial complex – Countdown
Act 7: How Dems are protecting capitalism – The Young Turks
Act 8: Organizing the tea parties – Thom Hartmann
Act 9: Goldman Sachs doing God’s work – Colbert Report
Act 10: Child labor endorsing, pro-slavery freaks – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The history of boom and bust cycles in US economics – ThomHartmann

Music:
Kick drum heart – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Kick Drum Heart
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
99 Red Balloons – Nena
Nena - 99 Luftballons - 99 Red Balloons
Deep water – Pansy Division
Pansy Division - The Essential Pansy Division - Deep Water
Ready For The Good Times – Shakira
Shakira - Laundry Service - Ready for the Good Times
Goodbye stranger – Supertramp
Supertramp - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) - Goodbye Stranger
Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare – Matt and Kim
Matt & Kim - Grand - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare
Take five – Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck - Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits - Take Five
Gold dust woman – Hole

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#313 Recruiting disciples through fear and coupons (Podcast)

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Edition #313

Act 1: Catholic lifeboat – Colbert Report
Act 2: Hell House – This American Life
Act 3: God checks in to the Mayo Clinic – The Onion
Act 4: The Republican Apocalypse Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Catholics recruiting new members – Daily Show
Act 6: The Republican Apocalypse Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Catholic blow out sale – Le Show
Act 8: Pat Robertson fighting against hate crime laws – The Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme court takes on religion – Colbert Report

Music:
God – The Dodos
The Dodos - Visiter - God?
Friend of the devil – Counting Crows
Counting Crows - Films About Ghosts: The Best of Counting Crows - Friend of the Devil
Like a prayer – Madonna
Madonna - Like a Prayer - Like a Prayer
Major Tom – Peter Schilling
Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom - Single - Major Tom
You know my name – The Beatles
Natural Blues – Moby
Moby - Go - the Very Best of Moby - Natural Blues
I’m free – Soup Dragons

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#312 Ancient sunlight vs fresh sunlight (Podcast)

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Edition #312

Act 1: The true cost of fossil fuels – Thom Hartmann
Act 2: Inhofe headed to Copenhagen – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Colin Beavan is No Impact Man – Colbert Report
Act 4: Rob Dunbar on ocean temps – Found Object Films
Act 5: Giant greenhouse blamed for climate change – The Onion
Act 6: Climate deniers – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Oil industry employees rally – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: Shia Agassi on fresh sun power – Found Obect Films
Act 10: Steven Levitt on economics of geo-engineering – Daily Show
Act 11: The arguement for switching to natural gas – Ring of Fire
Act 12: News of the warm – Le Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Dems shooting themselves in the foot on cabon legislation

Music:
Catalog & Classify – Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson - Tiger Banana - Catalog & Classify
Knock yourself out – Jon Brion
Jon Brion - I Heart Huckabees - Knock Yourself Out
This is the day – The The
The The - Soul Mining - This Is the Day
Kyoko’s House – Philip Glass
Philip Glass - Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass) - Kyoko's House  ("stage blood is not enough")
Solsbury hill – Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel - Hit - Solsbury Hill
One million miles – J Ralph
J. Ralph - The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu - One Million Miles Away
M79 – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - M79
What I’m looking for – Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson - What I'm Looking For (Ad Version) - Single - What I'm Looking For (Ad Version)
Close your eyes – Young Love
Young Love - Too Young to Fight It - Close Your Eyes
Hey ya – Obadiah Parker
Obadiah Parker - Obadiah Parker Live - Hey Ya
Keepsake – State Radio
State Radio - Peace Between Nations - EP - Keepsake

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#311 Unexpected leadership, totally expected treachery (Podcast)

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Edition #311

Act 1: Nancy Peloci, you’ll burn in hell for this – Wait Wait don’t tell me
Act 2: Rebranding health reform – Countdown
Act 3: Franken kicks conservative ass – The Young Turks
Act 4: Much to commend, much to condemn – The Progressive
Act 5: Health care systems comparison – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Even Republican voters favor public option – Ring of Fire
Act 7: The Word, You-Genics – Colbert Report
Act 8: Discussing healthcare working through congress – Mother Jones
Act 9: Stupid GOP don’t have plan for health reform – The Young Turks
Act 10: Healthcare fight within and without political parties – It’s all politics
Act 11: Lieberman to join filibuster against health reform – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Joe Lieberman is a true independent – Colbert Report

iPhone/iPod Touch App Bonus Content:
Public Option Limited – Daily Show

Music:
He got game – Public Enemy
Public Enemy & Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island - Power to the People and the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits - He Got Game
Close to me – The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids - Eudora - Close to Me
The wrestler – Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler - Single - The Wrestler
Who’ll stop the rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits - Who'll Stop the Rain
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir (Deluxe Version) - Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time
Classical gas – Vanessa Mae
Oh my god – Ida Maria
Ida Maria - Fortress 'Round My Heart (Deluxe Edition) - Oh My God
White Blank Page – Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons - Future Sounds 33 - White Blank Page
Kelsey – Metro Station
Metro Station - Metro Station - Kelsey
Don’t let me down – The Stereophinics
Stereophonics - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Don't Let Me Down
Look what you’ve done – JET
JET - Get Born - Look What You've Done

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