Healthcare
#523 Struggling for coverage (Health Care)
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Act 1: Appalled about privatizing health care – BBC News Quiz
Song 1: A Candle’s Fire – The Rip Tide
Act 2: Birth Control Will Wipe Out Civilization! (Rep. Steve King) – Sam Seder on TYT
Song 2: Drumming Song (Live) – iTunes Live from SoHo – EP
Act 3: Absentminded Professor Says Cure For Cancer Around Here Somewhere – The Onion
Song 3: Where Did It Go – Many Rivers to Cross
Act 4: Would You Go Without Health Insurance for 6 Months for Affordable Care – David Pakman Air Date: 08-02-11
Song 4: Watch the World – Box Car Racer
Act 5: Health Insurance Companies Using Psychological Trickery – Lee Camp Air Date 08-08-11
Song 5: Machine (VNV Nation Remix) – Machine
Act 6: Repeal This (Health care law) – Slate Magazine
Song 6: Under The Milky Way – Seven Nations
Act 7: 9-11 First Responders Cancer – Young Turks
Song 7: How – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
Act 8: Vermont Passes Single Payer Healthcare Bill – David Pakman
Song 8: Doctor My Eyes – Anthology: Jackson 5
Act 9: FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo – The Onion
Song 9: Mind Excursion – Excursions
Act 10: Hats Off to Vermont for Universal Health care – The Progressive
Song 10: Lead the Way – Buzz
Act 11: Single payer health care in Vermont – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: The Prettiest Weed – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 12: Vermont: first in the nation – Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-24-11
Song 12: Be Here Now – Boneclouds
Act 13: Townhall Republican Take Care Of Yourself – Young Turks
Voicemails:
Working on Michigan recall effort – Tony from Dearborn, MI
Supportive of voicemailer Beth on campaign finance reform – Ramone from Portland, OR
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Ratatat
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) – Pilote
Final comments on Campaign Finance Reform and an amendment to repeal corporate personhood
Bonus Voicemails:
Veganism is a hard process to break into – Jason from Marshalltown, IA
Reevaluating animal ethics in light of empathy discussion – D from Chicago
I’m an omnivore but not a jerk – Curtis from Baltimore
Guy who was bleeped was disturbing, don’t want to be on his team – Rebecca in Buffalo
“Lunatic” calls back with thoughts on cattle farming, hunting and abortion – Anonymous
Bonus final comment:
Rebuttal to pro-choice/vegan charge of hypocrisy
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Ryan Tries Fails To Defend Medicare Plan – Young Turks
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#493 Fiscal and physical health (Health Care)
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Act 1: The GOP Budget Bill Will Kill 70,000 Children Around the World – Majority Report
Song 1: First Day of My Life – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
Act 2: Misleading story on cutting Social Security – Counterspin
Song 2: Great Divide – Disappearing World
Act 3: Interview with Austin Goolsbee – Colbert Report
Song 3: 14 Years – Use Your Illusion II
Act 4: The Artful Dodgers – Jim Hightower
Song 4: Basket Case – Dookie
Act 5: Tax Policy for Wealthy – Counterspin
Song 5: Starring – Weathervanes
Act 6: Tea Party Group Trying To Kill Medicare – Young Turks
Song 6: I Didn’t F*uck It Up – I Didn’t F*ck It up
Act 7: Bernie Sanders on a new idea for health care – Grit Radio
Song 7: Leader – Burning Spear
Act 8: Republicans Want to Literally Take Food out of the Mouths of Babes – The Progressive
Song 8: The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – Vampire Weekend
Act 9: Sorkin airing comments from Wall Street CEO’s – Counterspin
Song 9: Praise You – The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
Act 10: Single-Payer Plan – Senator Bernie Sanders
Song 10: The Right Place at the Night Time – The Lightning Season – EP
Act 11: Tea Party Excuse For NY 26th District Special Election Results – Young Turks
Song 11: Sydney (I’ll Come Running) – Loverboy
Act 12: Why we can’t have an adult conversation on health expenses – Majority Report
Voicemails:
Reaction to the police state episode – Raven from Louisville, KY
Show suggestion: Skeptics guide to the universe – Daniel from Ohio
Look at church funds being used for politics, Obama’s foreign policy powers are limited – Vikki from HI
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments on a meetup at Netroots Nation
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Report: Economy Failing Because U.S. Built On Ancient Indian Burial Grounds – The Onion
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#445 Health Care Debate Past and Present (Health Care)
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Act 1: Medicare for all should be clear to all – The Progressive
Song 1: Choctaw Hayride – New Favorite
Act 2: Reflecting on health care opt-out – Liberal Oasis Podcast
Song 2: Powerless – The Big Picture
Act 3: Man paralyzes man from waist up – The Onion
Song 3: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa – Vampire Weekend
Act 4: Record-breaking fine for health care company – Young Turks
Song 4: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 5: Lie of the year – Media Matters
Act 6: Wendell Potter’s background in health care – David Pakman Show
Song 6: Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 7: Doctors have cure for head-bonk amnesia – The Onion
Song 7: Blue Bird Tattoo – More Songs!
Act 8: Rush’s take on health care – Young Turks
Song 8: Middle Class Boy – Listen Carefully E.P
Act 9: AZ death panel continues – Countdown
Song 9: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 10: Algae alternative fuel report – ABC News
Act 11: Scandal of the uninsured – The Progressive
Song 11: Suffer – Prelude
Act 12: McSurance – Slate.com
Song 12: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 13: Return of the myth of death panels – Media Matters
Song 13: No Myth – March
Act 14: Death panels are back – Rachel Maddow
Song 14: Clubbed to Death – Furious Angels
Act 15: Insane health insurance profits – MSNBC
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Tea Party Elect Complains His Gov’t Health Care Doesn’t Start For 28 Days – Young Turks
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#366 Horrifying health care aftermath (Health Care)
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Act 1: Unethical bastards – Daily Show
Song 1: Slave song – Sade
Act 2: Post-game of just passed health bill – Blast the Right
Song 2: Suffer – Stretford End
Act 3: Angry reactions to health care law – It’s all politics
Song 3: A-Punk – Vampire Weekend
Act 4: GOP strike back – Young Turks
Song 4: Scenic world – Beirut
Act 5: Well point and bartering with Michael Moore – Countdown
Song 5: Happy – Sister Hazel
Act 6: John Dingell on health care and finance – Daily Show
Song 6: Tin man – The Avett Brothers
Act 7: Fox says you’ll go to jail – Fox News Channel
Song 7: Red Rain – REM w/ Peter Gabriel and Natalie Merchant
Act 8: O’Reilly attempts to rewrite history – Young Turks
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Sue Lowden on chickens for healthcare – Colbert Report
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