Economics
#402 The economics of stupidity (Economics)
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Act 1: The Word – Ownership society – Colbert Report
Song 1: Different Names for the Same Thing – Plans
Act 2: Supply-side economics debunked – Young Turks
Song 2: Baby, It’s Fact – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and More!
Act 3: Unemployed voters – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Working Class Hero – Lennon Legend (Bonus Track Version)
Act 4: Wall street starving millions and getting away with it – Thom Hartmann
Song 4: Beautiful – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Act 5: Company you’ve never heard of wants to reward you – Onion
Song 5: Beyond the Sea – The Ultimate Bobby Darin
Act 6: Social security rant by Cenk – MSNBC
Song 6: Kandi – One EskimO (Deluxe Edition)
Act 7: Econo-misers – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Money for Nothing – Private Investigations – The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Act 8: Barney Frank on the Consumer protection agency – Colbert Report
Song 8: When You Were Young – Sam’s Town
Act 9: Were you born on the wrong continent – Thom Hartmann
Song 9: Summer In the City – Platinum & Gold Collection: The Lovin’ Spoonful
Act 10: The unpaved States of America – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
How Senators Protect The Richest Americans – Young Turks
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#396 Mentally and morally bankrupt economics (Economics)
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Edition #396
Act 1: Killing an ant with a nuclear bomb – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: High Hopes – Frank Sinatra: Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Act 2: Barney Frank on Elizabeth Warren – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade
Act 3: Breaking down the impending tax “hike” – Jimmy Dore
Song 3: These things take time – Pummel
Act 4: Restore the estate tax! – Slate.com
Song 4: Modern Way – Employment
Act 5: Voodoo economics – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – The Sunlandic Twins
Act 6: Survival air for sale – Le Show
Song 6: Take a Look Around – Greatest Hits
Act 7: Honest and dishonest discussions of trade policy – Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Song 7: We Are Nowhere and It’s Now – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
Act 8: Goldman S@#%$ – Daily Show
Song 8: You Make Loving Fun – Greatest Hits
Act 9: Time to cut social security – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – The White Stuff – Colbert Report
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#390 Reverse Robin Hood Republicans (Economics)
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Edition #390
Act 1: GOP on raising retirement age, cut benefits – Young Turks
Song 1: Home – Up From Below (Deluxe Edition)
Act 2: Barney Frank on financial reform – Chris Priest
Song 2: Lawless Flawless – Chris Priest
Act 3: GOP plan for the deficit – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: If you close the door – Adam Bork
Act 4: The Magnetar Trade story Part 1 – Pro Publica
Song 4: One – Inquisition Symphony
Act 5: Largest ever tax hike – Media Matters Minute
Act 6: The Magnetar Trade story Part 2 – Pro Publica
Song 6: Wild World – Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits
Act 7: Unemployed are lazy drug addicts – Young Turks
Song 7: The Sound of Settling – Transatlanticism
Act 8: Military spending – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Economic Fun Fair – Mark Fiore
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#385 A flawed and broken paradigm (Economics)
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Edition #385
Act 1: Pros and cons of financial reform bill – Young Turks
Song 1: Satellite – Ganging Up On the Sun
Act 2: Estate tax discussion – Bill Maher
Song 2: I Want to Protect You – Useless Trinkets-B Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (Audio Version)
Act 3: Reinstate the estate tax – The Progressive
Song 3: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 4: Working on cutting social security – Counterspin
Song 4: Noctuary – Dial ‘M’ for Monkey
Act 5: Canadian banks vs US Banks – Young Turks
Song 5: Spare Change – Grand
Act 6: Social security broke – That’s Bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: 1234 – The Reminder
Act 7: Rich vs the middle class – Young Turks
Song 7: Buildings & Mountains – Keep Color
Act 8: America’s got nothing – Daily Show
Song 8: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 9: Obama needs to change budget dialogue – The Progressive
Song 9: Blessed – Brett Dennen
Act 10: Unemployment benefits with Paul Krugman – Colbert Report
Song 10: Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran: Greatest
Act 11: GOP on the deficit – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Believe – The Sun and the Moon
Act 12: Conservatives don’t understand – Jimmy Dore
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Holier Than Dow – Daily Show
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#370 Analysis and warnings, we see it coming (Economics)
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Edition #370
Act 1: Hoarders – Daily Show
Song 1: Have you had enough – Rickie Lee Jones and The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Act 2: The banks still own congress – The Progressive
Song 2: What I am – Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Act 3: Goldman fraud case – Colbert Report
Song 3: All apologies – Nirvana
Act 4: Greece falls, the US may be next – Young Turks
Song 4: Curl up and die – Relient K
Act 5: Ian Bremmer interview – Daily Show
Song 5: TV Trays – Death Cab For Cutie
Act 6: Loan sharks manipulate people – Rachel Maddow
Song 6: Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker
Act 7: Simon Johnson, 13 Bankers – Colbert Report
Song 7: Torn Blue Foam Couch – Grand Archives
Act 8: Taxes – Daily Show
Song 8: Class Warfare – Chris Priest
Act 9: Reform bill is a joke – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Greece Wither Soon – Scheherazade Rehman – Colbert Report
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#362 Winning by losing (Economics)
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Edition #362
Act 1: Winning by losing – Mark Fiore
Song 1: I’m a loser – The Beatles
Act 2: Minority leader called out – Young Turks
Song 2: Birdhouse in your soul – They Might be Giants
Act 3: The inside job Part 1 – This American Life
Song 3: Cat faces – Ugly Casanova
Act 4: Fraud hearing on shitty deals – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 4: Working class hero – Green Day
Act 5: The inside job Part 2 – This American Life
Song 5: Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
Act 6: The GOP alternative to financial reform – Young Turks
Song 6: Damn it feels good to be a gangsta – Geto Boys
Act 7: The inside job Part 3 – This American Life
Song 7: Bet Against the American Dream – This American Life
Act 8: Wham-O moves to America – Daily Show
Song 8: Wake up – Arcade Fire
Act 9: GOP up Wall Street’s ass – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
S.E.C. porn – Daily Show
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#359 Bulls, Bears, Bailouts and Fraud (Economics)
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Edition #359
Act 1: Luntz memo of reform-killing talking points – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Dishonest and diversionary rhetoric – The Progressive
Act 3: Dow over 11,000 – Colbert Report
Act 4: Dodd speech on financial reform – Countdown
Act 5: Senate hearing scoldings – Daily Show
Act 6: 10-hour banker interrogation – On the Media
Act 7: GOP blocks reform because they love Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 8: Elizabeth Warren on financial reform – Colbert Report
Act 9: Moyers on the American Dream – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 10: These F@#king guys – Goldman Sachs – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Roll Out the Cots – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Sweet little lies – Michael Franti And Spearhead
Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
How to see the sun rise – Ben Sollee
Monday – Jon Brion
Such great heights – The Postal Service
Solid Action – The Wes Hollywood Show
You’re a wolf – Sea Wolf
Grapevine fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Possibility – Lykke Li
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#354 Toxic assets from Wall St to West Virginia (Economics)
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Edition #354
Act 1: Lifestyles of the rich and despicable – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 2: We bought a toxic asset so you can watch it die – NPR
Act 3: Michael Lewis – The Big Short – Daily Show
Act 4: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Is 2010 going to be 1994 or 1934 – Slate.com
Act 6: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: No one would listen – Daily Show
Act 8: WV Mine blast conservatives fault – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Robin Hood Tax – A Good Idea – Green.tv
Music:
So long – Lodger
Toxicity – System of a Down
I second that emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The gambler – Kenny Rogers
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Falling down – Oasis
Lights out – Santigold
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#342 Situation generally screwed up (Economics)
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Edition #342
Act 1: New financial fight – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Scott Patterson on The Quants – Daily Show
Act 3: Politicians admit they’re owned by Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 4: Is the economic ship sinking and rats jumping ship – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Elizabeth Warren interview – Real time with Bill Maher
Act 6: Elizabeth Warren interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Teeing off on Fareed Zakaria – Citizen Radio
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama just become a Herbert Hoover Republican? – Thom Hartmann
Music:
Right Now – Van Halen
International Small Arms Traffic Blues – The Mountain Goats
From blown speakers – The New Pornographers
Scumbag – Green Day
Georgia on my mind – Willie Nelson
Kiss (When the sun don’t shine) – Venga Boys
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#338 They’re dickholes, but they’re smart (Economics)
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Edition #338
Act 1: Rush Limbaugh wants you to get screwed – Young Turks
Act 2: Area CEO doesn’t have time for this crap – The Onion
Act 3: Inherent racism in Tea Party movement – Countdown
Act 4: Thomas Frank Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 5: New cereal for poor stays crunchy in water – The Onion
Act 6: Thomas Frank Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: David Brooks says to raise taxes on middle class – Counterspin
Act 8: Devastating quotes from top economists – Young Turks
Act 9: Make it rain – Daily Show
Act 10: Obama out to lunch on banker bonuses – The Progressive
Act 11: B of A attacked through YouTube – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Fire Departments Billing Homeowners to Put Out Fires! – Young Turks
Music:
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
Not enough time – Inxs
Look at you – My Morning Jacket
Hard luck story – Men at work
Happy meal – The Cardigans
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Young folks – Peter Bjorn And John
Where do I begin – The Chemical Brothers
Radio – One Ring Zero
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
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#331 Some take on banks while others lie to protect them (Economics)
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Edition #331
Act 1: Obama takes on bankers – Daily Show
Act 2: Moyers on greed – Moyers’ Journal
Act 3: Economists being right isn’t enough – Counterspin
Act 4: Eliot Spitzer – Colbert Report
Act 5: Hasty freeze on budget – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Obama needs to tell a bank regulation story – Political Scene
Act 7: The gang of five – Slate Magazine
Act 8: Austan Goolsbee on the budget drop – Daily Show
Act 9: Leaked memo on lying to protect banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Manifest Density Economics – Colbert Report
Music:
Lost – Coldplay
Look what you’ve done – JET
Ain’t that unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
Candy everybody wants – 10,000 Maniacs
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
Story of a lonely guy – Blink 182
Cut it out – Anya Marina
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
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#330 Impending Mending or Coming Crash? (Economics)
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Edition #330
Act 1: Financial inquiry report – Daily Show
Act 2: Another economic disaster coming – Young Turks
Act 3: Banker are America’s new thugs – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Bernie Madoff M.D. – Slate
Act 5: Matt Taibbi on Goldman Sachs – Colbert Report
Act 6: Obama starts to revamp economic team – Young Turks
Act 7: Regulation fundamentally works – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: David Walker’s plan for the economy – Daily Show
Act 9: Obama finally standing up to banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama’s Bailout Fee: Is It Enough – Young Turks
Music:
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Jump jive and wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
Say hey – Michael Franti & Spearhead
All will be well – The Gabe Dixon Band
The Bubble Machine – Leslie Bricusse (From Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
I stand corrected – Vampire Weekend
This is twice now – Lydia
I saved the world today – The Eurythmics
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#324 When you want to cry, laugh (Economics)
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Edition #324
Act 1: Flight Delay – Daily Show
Act 2: Predicting economies Part 1 – This American Life
Act 3: Smiley-face dollar to boost economy – The Onion
Act 4: Predicting economies Part 2 – This American Life
Act 5: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Too Big to Fail – Daily Show
Act 6: Fed’s Dead with Bernie Sanders Part 1 – Colbert Report
Act 7: Norway returns to a pillage-based economy – The Onion
Act 8: Fed’s Dead with Bernie Sanders Part 2 – Colbert Report
Act 9: NY Times exposes terrible big bank scam – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
American Idle – Daily Show
Music:
Don’t you – Simple Minds
Once around the block – Badly Drawn Boy
Crazy – Seal
Making me nervous – Brad Sucks
Island in the sun – Weezer
Catch my disease – Ben Lee
La Noy̩e РYann Tiersen
Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare – Matt and Kim
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The Daily Show
Colbert Report
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#318 Disaster Economics (Podcast)
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Edition #318
Act 1: Obama caving in to Wall St again – The Young Turks
Act 2: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 1 – This American Life
Act 3: Water balloon attacks hurting bottom line – The Onion
Act 4: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 2 – This American Life
Act 5: Joining the tea-baggers – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: US-owned GM produces the Pelosi-Boehner – The Onion
Act 8: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Government by organized money – Thom Hartmann
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Biden on the economic recovery – Daily Show
Music:
Nothing is good enough – Aimee Mann
S̩n̩gal Fast-Food РAmadou & Mariam
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) – Cyrille Verdeaux
Smokescreen – Flying Blind
Under the milky way – Seven Nations
You’re the best around – Joe Esposito
All For Swinging You Around – The New Pornographers
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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
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
99 Red Balloons – Nena
Deep water – Pansy Division
Ready For The Good Times – Shakira
Goodbye stranger – Supertramp
Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare – Matt and Kim
Take five – Dave Brubeck
Gold dust woman – Hole
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