#351 I’s on Edjukashun (Education)
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Edition #351
Act 1: Earning is fundamental – Colbert Report
Act 2: Child so stupid she sees letters backwards – The Onion
Act 3: Arne Duncan on US education reform – Colbert Report
Act 4: James Loewen on education – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Bill Gates on education reform – Daily Show
Act 6: Al Sharpton on education as a civil right – Colbert Report
Act 7: Right wing text books coming to US students – Young Turks
Act 8: Rules grammar change – The Onion
Act 9: Texas school board hearings – Colbert Report
Act 10: Don’t mess with textbooks – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Teach Sex Ed in Wisconsin, Go To Jail – Young Turks
Music:
The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance – Vampire Weekend
Cello Song (feat. Jose Gonzalez) – The Books
World spins madly on – The Weepies
Love will come through – Travis
My little runaway – Del Shannon
Throwing stones – Shout Out Louds
I need to know – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Sometimes I rhyme slow – Nice & Smooth
Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker
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Sources:
Colbert Report
The Daily Show
The Onion
The Young Turks
Thom Hartmann
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Rob, I think you’ve got your logic a little backwards. I excerpt TYT because I like them and my support of their show leads to them thanking me, not the other way around.
OK, I can accept that you genuinely like them, and should not have implied that you only include them because they recognized you. (It wouldn’t make chronological sense anyway, because you’ve been including them regularly for the three months I’ve been listening). I’m just offering feedback.
I was disposed to like the Young Turks, and always try to appreciate their segments on BOTL. Most of the time, though, I lose patience and skip them. Usually their idea of satire is to say that people who disagree with them must be stupid or crazy. And to say it again. And again. It reminds me of the kind of thing that passes for satire on the right. I get tired of it in a hurry.
So, just sayin’. Maybe you could do better. Or maybe they could if they tried.
Review on ITunes
Good choice of topic, but the Thom Hartmann and Young Turks segments made it clear how much some adults have to learn about, say, history. I couldn’t take the meandering, brainless Turks segment. Why do you excerpt them so often? Just cos’ they named you Turk of the Week, Jay, that doesn’t mean their work is the best of the left. Please be a little pickier.