Archive for January, 2010

#329 Welcome President Brown (Special Election)

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Edition #329

Act 1: Recruiting a party with spine – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Act 2: Balance of the Senate – It’s all politics
Act 3: You have the majority, now act like it – The Young Turks
Act 4: Caller says election was Thom’s fault – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Dems must fight back – Colbert Report
Act 6: Ed Rendell on doing something – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Brown election and the filibuster – On the Media
Act 8: Give them a reason to vote for you – The Young Turks
Act 9: Obama’s ballsy speech – Le Show
Act 10: What to do with less than 60 – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Brown win allows Jon Stewart to retire – Daily Show

Music:
Runnin down a dream – Tom Petty
Tom Petty - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits - Runnin' Down a Dream
And it spread – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - And It Spread
Wake Up Little Suzie – Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers - 50s Greatest Moments - Wake Up Little Suzie
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Don't Look Back In Anger
Happy – SIster Hazel
Sister Hazel - Somewhere More Familiar - Happy
Finding something to do – Hellogoodbye
Piazza, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Piazza, New York Catcher
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Slight figure of speech – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Slight Figure of Speech

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#328 Corporations is people! (Supreme Court)

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Edition #328

Act 1: Supreme court blows up politics – It’s All Politics
Act 2: Corporate personhood floodgates – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The story of the case for corporate spending – On the Media
Act 4: Congress, brought to you by – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 5: Ever-living vampires – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Constitutional amendment – The Progressive
Act 7: Supreme court makes buying politicians legal – The Young Turks
Act 8: Barney Frank on fighting SC decision – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Nader on corporate personhood – Thom Hartmann
Act 10: Special Comment on worst decision ever – Countdown

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme Corp – Daily Show

Music:
God’s Radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - God's Radar
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Welcome to the Machine
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
Crash – The Primitives
The Primitives - Lovely - Crash
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) – Pilote
Pilote - One Offs (Remixes and B Sides) - Turtle (Bonobo Mix)
Recorded live in Copenhagen – Theo Bard
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer - Maple Leaf Rag
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits - Drown
Taking over me – Evanescence
Evanescence - Fallen - Taking Over Me

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#327 Stealth Care is Mass Backwards (Healthcare)

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Edition #327

Act 1: Stelth care reform – Daily Show
Act 2: Fixing the wrong healthcare problems – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 4: Limbaugh on healthcare costs – Young Turks
Act 5: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 6: Michael Pollen interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Alan Grayson on health reform – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Health lobbyists rule the system – Young Turks
Act 9: Mass Backwards – Daily Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Kathleen Sebelius – Colbert Report

Music:
This too shall pass – OKGO
OK Go - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky - This Too Shall Pass
Mushaboom – Feist
Feist - Let It Die - Mushaboom
I’m Not over – Carolina Liar
Carolina Liar - Coming to Terms - I'm Not Over
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
Hootie & The Blowfish - The Best of Hootie & The Blowfish (1993-2003) - I Go Blind
You can do it – No Doubt
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - You Can Do It
All U can eat – Ben Folds
Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic - The LP - All U Can Eat
Sinnerman – Nina Simone
Nina Simone - Hit 3 Pack: Feeling Good - EP - Sinnerman
Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
Lou Reed - Take No Prisoners - Pale Blue Eyes

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Morning in America (Special Event)

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Act 1: 2004 DNC Keynote Speech (Clip 1) (Clip 2)
Act 2: Announcing his candidacy
Act 3: Remake this country (Link)
Act 4: Signs of Hope & Change (Link)
Act 5: Yes We Can – Will.i.am (Link)
Act 6: ‘A more perfect Union’ speech on race in America (Link)
Act 7: We are the ones we’ve been waiting for – Will.i.am (Link)
Act 8: The American Promise (Link)
Act 9: Obama in Berlin
Act 10: 2008 DNC Acceptance speech (LInk)
Act 11: We have a lot of work to do (LInk)
Act 12: DC reactions to the victory (LInk)
Act 13: Interview with Jesse Jackson – NPR (Link)
Act 14: It’s a new day! – Will.i.am (Link)

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