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#544 Well, that’s settled then (Climate Change)

Jay! — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:00:48 +0000

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Act 1: Bobby Kennedy discusses the Public Trust Doctrine – Ring of Fire
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Song 1: Clocks – A Rush of Blood to the Head

Act 2: Dim bulbs in Congress – Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-12-11
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Song 2: Don’t Turn Off the Lights – Escape

Act 3: Maggie Fox – The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann Air Date 09-13-11
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Song 3: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Act 4: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here – Daily Show Air Date: 9-15-11
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Song 4: Sunshine Goodtime – Pretty Baby

Act 5: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it’s a Conspiracy – Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11
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Song 5: Find the River – Automatic for the People

Act 6: Koch Bros study confirm climate change – Majority Report Air Date: 10-24-11
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Song 6: You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) [2009 Version] – You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) – EP

Act 7: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive – The Onion
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Song 7: Driving Sideways – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 8: Dr. Doug Inkley – New Gulf spill report… Not the end of the story – Thom Hartman Air Date: 9-19-11
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Song 8: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)

Act 9: Supporting the EPA and the Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research – Green News Report Air Date: 10-25-11
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Song 9: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade

Act 10: CO2 – They call it pollution, we call it life – Al Franken
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Voicemails:
Thoughts on Jim Hightower’s airport security comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Links from the email I read:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/xray-body-scanners-arriving-at-airports
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/11/17/whats-the-real-radiation-risk-of-the-tsas-full-body-x-ray-scans/Emailer wrote: “read comment 19, i trust the phd”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
Debunking of voicemailer who decried Jim Hightower – Mara from Pittsburgh
Follow up on Jim Hightower scanner comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Responding to Michael From Benicia on airport scanners – Mara from Pittsburgh

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments wondering if we’ll hear back from Michael again

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Weathering Fights – Daily Show
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#531 Join a Moving Planet Event on Sept 24 at Moving-Planet.org (Climate)

Jay! — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:00:44 +0000

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Act 1: Obama continues Bush terrible standard of air quality – Ring of Fire
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Song 1: Sweet Disposition – Conditions

Act 2: Coverage of Obama’s EPA announcement on ground-level smog – Counterspin
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Song 2: Turn Up the Sun – Don’t Believe the Truth

Act 3: Joe Romm says Obama’s hold on smog reform worse than Bush – Countdown
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Song 3: Total eclipse of the heart – Nikki French

Act 4: Obama Screws Environment With Smog – Young Turks Air Date: 9-06-11
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Song 4: Show Me What I’m Looking For – Coming to Terms

Act 5: Secret Koch Bros tapes and Perry continues to deny climate change – Green News Report Air Date: 9-8-11
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Song 5: Soy – ¡Volare! – The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings

Act 6: Interview with Daniel Yergin on renewable energy – Colbert Report Air Date: 9-21-11
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Song 6: Put Your Records On (Acoustic) – Put Your Records On – Single

Act 7: Climate change is dull – Harry Mason
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Song 7: World On Fire – Closer – The Best of Sarah McLachlan (Deluxe Version)

Act 8: Sen. Bernie Sanders against building Tar Sands oil Pipeline – Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11
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Song 8: There’s Something Wrong – Out of It

Act 9: Protesting Obama to Stop Keystone Corrosive Oil Pipeline in Alberta’s tar sands – Majority Report Air Date: 8-22-11
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Song 9: Excuse Me Mr. – Tragic Kingdom

Act 10: 250 arrested at Keystone XL protest – Green News Report Air Date: 8-25-11
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Song 10: The Lucky One – New Favorite

Act 11: For Protesters, Keystone Pipeline Is Line In Tar Sand – NPR Air Date: 9-2-11
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Song 11: Free to decide – The Cranberries

Act 12: Obama about to approve Keystone XL pipeline – Green News Report Air Date: 9-11-11
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Song 12: Moving Planet – September 24th, 2011: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels – 350.org

Act 13: Discussing the Keystone XL pipeline after 1000+ protester arrests – Ring of Fire
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Final comments on Sept 24 Moving Planet day of action

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Molly Haigh on the Sept 24, 2011 Moving Planet Event – The Green Scene
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#524 Fighting to avoid game over (Climate Change)

Jay! — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:00:35 +0000

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Act 1: Sen. Bernie Sanders against building Tar Sands oil Pipeline – Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11
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Song 1: The Safety Dance – The Silver Collection

Act 2: Exxon Montana Oil Spill Lies – Young Turks Air Date: 7-06-11
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Song 2: 350.org Because the world needs to know – 350.org

Act 3: Protesting Obama to Stop Keystone Oil Pipeline in Alberta’s tar sands – Majority Report Air Date: 8-22-11
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Song 3: A Change Is Gonna Come – Learning to Bend

Act 4: Activist McKibben: Tar Sands pipeline is climate game over – Countdown
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Song 4: Show Me Something New – Work

Act 5: Global Warming Denyers, RicK Perry’s Climate Gate – Green News Report Air Date: 8-18-11
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Song 5: Soft serve – Soul Coughing

Act 6: Fox Rips Huntsman On Global Warming – Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11
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Song 6: Turn Back Time – Eternity

Act 7: Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System – The Onion
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Act 8: Conservatives Avoid Global Warming Talk During Heat Wave – David Pakman Air Date: 7-27-11
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Song 8: Little Furnace – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies

Act 9: Fox Anchor’s Global Warming Question Leaves Bill Nye Speechless – Media Matters Air Date: 7-28-11
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Song 9: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)

Act 10: Heatsteria – Colbert Report Air Date: 8-09-11
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Song 10: Under the Sea – Little Mermaid – An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Special Edition)

Act 11: Thom Hartmann talks about Al Gore’s Rolling Stone article – Thom Hartmann
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Song 11: La valse d’Amélie (Orchestra Version) – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 12: Fox News Declares War on SpongeBob SquarePants – Media Matters Air Date: 8-4-11
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Act 13: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it’s a Conspiracy – Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11
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Song 13: Kilimanjaro – One

Act 14: Miners Trapped In Life-Threatening Mining Jobs – The Onion Air Date: 8-16-11
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Song 14: BotL Promo (Instrumental) – Chris Priest

Act 15: Limbaugh: Air Conditioning Tricks People Into Believing in Global Warming – Media Matters Air Date: 7-26-11
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Act 16: Why Is Tim DeChristopher the One in Prison? – The Progressive Air Date: 7-28-11
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Voicemails:
Kudos on handling controversies and suggested topics – John In Tulsa, OK
Thoughts on boycotts – Matt from Alabama

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments breaking down Daryl’s pro-meat voicemail
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Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
GOP Not Eager To Help Hurricane Victims – Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11
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#510 The dangers of inaction (Climate Change)

Jay! — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: New effects of Climate Change – Green News Report
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Song 1: Edge of the Ocean – Long Distance

Act 2: Mark Ruffalo on Fracking Up – Countdown Air Date: 07-14-11
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Song 2: Zebra – Teen Dream

Act 3: Drilling for Natural Gas (Fracking) – BBC News Quiz – Air Date: 06-03-11
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Song 3: The Mistakable Mr. Smith – Frequency

Act 4: Standing room only (Population and the environment) – Need to Know
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Song 4: Standing – Empires

Act 5: Massey Energy’s murderous lies – Jim Hightower
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Song 5: The Fiddler’s Ballad – Jen Osha w/Wolf Creek Session

Act 6: Republicans Politicizing Global Warming – Counterspin Air Date: 06-16-11
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Song 6: Living Planet – Roots, Rock & Revolution

Act 7: Norfolk Virginia’s Seawater problem – Need to Know – Air Date: 06-24-11
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Song 7: Deep In the SweetWater (Remix by Joseph Bishara) – My Fever Broke

Act 8: Saudi Prince wants to deter alternative energies and the UN Reports on Global Green House Gas Emissions – Green News Report
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Song 8: I Predict a Riot – Employment

Act 9: Wind Turbine Issues – Green.tv Air Date: 07-14-11
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Song 9: Winter Winds – Sigh No More

Act 10: Massey Energy’s man-made hell hole – Jim Hightower Air Date 07-14-11
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Song 10: Ghosts – Reservoir

Act 11: Story of coal documentary film Mountaintop Removal – Need to Know Air Date: 06-17-11

Voicemails:
Story of coal documentary film Mountaintop Removal – Need to Know Air Date: 06-17-11
KY devastated by coal as well – Raven from Louisville, KY
Call to action: join US Uncut Philly – Kevin from Philadelphia
Thanks for police state episode hidden stories – Carlos From Chicagoland

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Ratatat

Final comments on an update to the Messaging Works idea

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The civil war over climate change – Need to Know

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#502 Making the connection (Climate)

Jay! — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:00:53 +0000

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Act 1: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit – The Onion
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Song 1: Actual coal propaganda song – Crazy, right?
Act 2: A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes. Never. – Bill McKibben OpEd
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Song 2: Arclight – Empires
Act 3: Great Lakes May Beat Atlantic To Offshore Wind – NPR
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Song 3: Winter Winds – Sigh No More
Act 4: Gore Slams Obama On Climate Change – Young Turks
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Song 4: A Few Honest Words – Learning to Bend
Act 5: Canadian Oilverlords – Daily Show
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Song 5: I Can See Clearly Now – We All Are One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff
Act 6: Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant on Verge of Shutdown, Media Ignores- David Pakman- Air Date: 06-21-11
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Song 6: Wonderwall – The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis – Decadence & Vanity
Act 7: Memo to Conservatives: Solar Physicists are NOT Climate Scientists – Media Matters
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Act 8: Yacht Maker Now Navigating Wind Power Industry – NPR
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Song 8: Blowin’ In the Wind – The Essential Bob Dylan
Act 9: Oil Anthem – Mark Fiore
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Song 9: American Music – Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes
Act 10: RFK Jr – The Last Mountain – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 06-03-11
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Song 10: For Greener Pastures – Glen Simpson
Act 11: Now We Have To Wage War On Grolar Bears – Lee Camp
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Song 11:Polar Bear – Make Some Noise
Act 12: A turning point we can’t afford to ignore – Johann Hari
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Critique of media bias discussion – TC from State College, PA
Reaction to Lee Camp vs Limbaugh – Patrick from Dallas
Completely wrong interpretation of the Limbaugh Vs Lee Camp comparison – Cliff from the University of Maine

Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

Final comments correcting Cliff from U of M and pre-announcing an announcement about the website

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President Bachmann Will Allow You to Buy Any Light Bulb You Want – Daily Show

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#492 Dumb as the fossils we burn (Energy and climate)

Jay! — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:38 +0000

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Act 1: Rocks – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 2: Fracking linked to well contamination – Green News Report
Act 3: Watch It, Gas Hole – Thom Hartmann
Song 3: Home – Up From Below (Deluxe Edition)
Act 4: Nuclear and the climate – Le Show
Song 4: As Long As the Grass Grows – Round Dance the Night Away
Act 5: Island’s Recovery May Set Example For Gulf Residents – NPR
Song 5: Dudeman – Viktor Krauss II
Act 6: Exxon Paleontologists Call For Increased U.S. Fossil Production – The Onion
Song 6: La Paix – Dimanche a Bamako
Act 7: 2011 sets weird weather record – Green News Report
Song 7: Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 8: Mark Moffett – Colbert Report
Song 8: Mexico – James Taylor: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Act 9: Safe, clean, too cheap to meter – Le Show
Song 9: Go Sadness – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Act 10: More weird weather, new records set – Green News Report

Voicemails:
Thoughts on the future of climate change – Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado
Responding on federal funding of Planned Parenthood – Patrick from Dallas
Details on government reimbursments for non-profits – Shane from Cleveland, OH

Voicemail Music:
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

Final comments on Stitcher.com and DonateYourAccount.com

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Deeper understanding reaction to Bin Laden – Andrew from NY

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How green is my country? – Need to Know

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#482 Oil spill anniversary and Power Shift 2011 (Environment)

Jay! — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:00:03 +0000

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Act 1: Obama’s Sophistry on Nuclear Power – The Progressive
Song 1: Planet Earth – Steve Eschleman
Act 2: Over-reactor – Colbert Report
Song 2: These Things Take Time – The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]
Act 3: Update on off-shore drilling – Green New Report
Song 3: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)
Act 4: Oil Spill Execs Want Bonuses – Young Turks
Song 4: Back In the High Life Again – Back In the High Life
Act 5: Sunken Oil Tanker Will Be Habitat For Marine Life, Shell Executives Say With Straight Face – The Onion
Song 5: Evil eyes – Theo Bard
Act 6: You know the drill in the gulf – Rachel Maddow
Song 6: Swallowed In the Sea – X & Y
Act 7: One year after Deep Horizon – Green News Report
Song 7: Don’t Worry Baby – Sounds of Summer – The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Act 8: Obama’s failures in light of the BP Oil Spill Anniversary – Young Turks
Song 8: Welcome to Paradise – Dookie
Act 9: Bill McKibben speaking at the Power Shift 2011 – Democracy Now!
Song 9: Dark Flute – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 10: Climategate Debunked but Corporate Media Ignores – David Pakman Show
Song 10: Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago
Act 11: Activists Occupy Interior Dept. at End of PowerShift Conference – Democracy Now!
Song 11: Kilimanjaro – One
Act 12: Van Jones speaking at the Power Shift 2011 – Democracy Now!

Voicemails:
Show suggestions, Stop using MSNBC, join a socialist organization – Nicoli from Oakland
The disclosure project – Grant from San Francisco
I’ve gone too far this time – Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

Final comments apologizing for playing a Justin Bieber song, comments on using MSNBC, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s sentence repealed

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President Obama’s Energy Plan – Young Turks

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#466 No time to lose (Climate Change)

Jay! — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0000

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Act 1: McKibben/VanHollen Rally in DC – CCAN
Song 1: La redécouverte – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 2: Interview with Bill McKibben Part 1 – Majority Report
Song 2: Wait So Long – Palomino
Act 3: Global Shifts underway – Green News Report
Song 3: Warning Sign – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 4: Interview with Bill McKibben Part 2 – Majority Report
Song 4: Spirited – Beasts of Seasons
Act 5: Fen Montaigne – Colbert Report
Song 5: Messages – Food In the Belly
Act 6: Timothy DeChristopher after his conviction
Song 6: I’ll Follow the Sun – Beatles For Sale
Act 7: Is the population bomb going to explode? – Need to Know
Song 7: Kingdom – Empires
Act 8: Auditing Firm Stops Dumping Hazardous Waste – The Onion
Song 8: San Antonio, TX – Frank Black & The Catholics
Act 9: A story about sustainability – Green.tv
Song 9: Solsbury Hill – The String Quartet Tribute to Peter Gabriel
Act 10: Earth calling SOS – ABC Radio National

Voicemails:
Power Shift shout out – Steven from Collegevile, MN
Conservative reaction to feminism and religion episode – Liz from South Dakota
Call to action for March 28 in Denver – Jay from Denver, CO
Please stop using Mumia Abu-Jamal – Policeman Jeff from Florida

Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Rjd2

Final comments on feminism show, religion-based swearing and opening up the Mumia Abu-Jamal debate

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Earth Hour 2011 – Green.tv

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#450 When the cluelesss are in control (Climate Change)

Jay! — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:38 +0000

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Act 1: Noise pollution – Colbert Report
Song 1: Peace and quiet – The Rifles
Act 2: Obama’s green investment – Ring of Fire
Song 2: Grown Ups – Suspened Animation
Act 3: EPA revokes a permit for MTR coal mine – Jim Hightower
Song 3: Rivers and Roads – The Head and the Heart
Act 4: Labor Dept. asks court to close coal mine – NPR
Song 4: The fiddler’s ballad – Jen Osha w/Wolf Creek Session
Act 5: Obama weakness spreads to one bright spot in EPA – Young Turks
Song 5: Not Ready to Make Nice – Taking the Long Way
Act 6: 2010 the hottest year on record – Green News Report from BradBlog.com
Song 6: Hot Hot Hot!!! – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Act 7: Republicans deny climate change – The New Yorker
Song 7: Idiots have taken over – NOFX
Act 8: The commons of the climate – Thom Hartmann
Song 8: These Days – Chelsea Girl
Act 9: The dilemma of peak oil – Radio Ecoshock

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Save the Planet or Die Trying – Thom Hartmann

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#443 Fighting those who are willfully ignorant (Climate Change)

Jay! — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:53:32 +0000

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Act 1: Climate change in the frozen UK – Friday Night Comedy
Song 1: Winter Winds – Sigh No More
Act 2: Climate for the grand kids – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – Single
Act 3: Fox global warming denier segment – Young Turks
Song 3: Hide and Seek – Speak for Yourself
Act 4: Energy and Commerce Chair Apparent – Colbert Report
Song 4: Best God In Show – Coaster
Act 5: Best entertained and least informed – Ring of Fire
Song 5: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 6: Fox memo to always question climate change – Media Matters
Act 7: Fox busted on climate memo – Young Turks
Song 7: Looking At the Sun – Gramercy Arms
Act 8: Sam Seder’s meteorology – Countdown
Song 8: Like the Weather (Live) – MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs
Act 9: Snowy conditions hazardous for idiots – The Onion
Song 9: Crash – Lovely
Act 10: Push comes to shovel – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Act 11: More media idiocy on climate change – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 11: Wonder Why – Everything Collide
Act 12: Climate flip flops – Countdown
Song 12: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 13: The earth is now Apollo 13 – Radio Ecoshock

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350 eARTh Climate Change Art Visible From Space – 350.org

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