Healthcare
#340 The Blair House Project (I didn’t make the joke first) (Health Care)
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Edition #340
Act 1: Summit’s eve – Daily Show
Act 2: Help – Health care special comment – Countdown
Act 3: Wrap up of health care summit – Young Turks
Act 4: Name calling, racist attacks from right – Media Matters
Act 5: Reviewing the health care summit – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 6: Lies about ‘nuclear option’ – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Conflating nuclear option and reconciliation – Media Matters
Act 8: The med menace – Daily Show
Act 9: Obama disses single-payer systems – Young Turks
Act 10: Mocking the uninsured – Media Matters
Act 11: Health care by Easter – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Health Care Magic – Colbert Report
Music:
Disappointment – The Cranberries
Help – Howie Day
Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
You were the last high – The Dandy Warhols
A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Rapture – Laura Veirs
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
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#334 No bridges to burn (Healthcare)
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Edition #334
Act 1: The healthcare debate is making me sick – Brian Unger
Act 2: Pass healthcare, DUH – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: 6 facts on Obama and Dems being bipartisan – Young Turks
Act 4: Reconciliation deemed risky – Counterspin
Act 5: Secondhand smoke linked to secondhand coolness – The Onion
Act 6: Haiti vs healthcare – Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast
Act 7: Obama gets tough(er) with GOP – Young Turks
Act 8: The Word, Political Suicide – Colbert Report
Act 9: Real life death panels = Countdown
Act 10: The apparent trap and Hawaiian healthcare – Daily Show
Act 11: Obama has no bridges to burn – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama Decided Not to Do Health Care Anymore? – Young Turks
Music:
All the same – Sick Puppies
Build me up Buttercup – The Foundations
Don’t worry baby – Beach Boys
Never there – Cake
Cigarette Smoke – Arctic Monkeys
Lives in the balance – Jackson Browne
Directions – Josh Rouse
Play with fire – Rolling Stones
Pura Carroceria – Los Del Rio
King Kamehameha – The Waikiki Hula Boys
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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
Mushaboom – Feist
I’m Not over – Carolina Liar
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
You can do it – No Doubt
All U can eat – Ben Folds
Sinnerman – Nina Simone
Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
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#322 Reason to celebrate? (Podcast)
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Edition #322
Act 1: Episode recap from The DC – Daily Show
Act 2: Lincoln conservative on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 3: GOP weakens health bill and then bash it – Young Turks
Act 4: Is GOP serious about fixing healthcare – Slate
Act 5: Open letter on free health clinics – Countdown
Act 6: Obama defends health bill from the left – NPR
Act 7: For he’s a jowly good fellow – Colbert Report
Act 8: Media misleads on opinions of health reform – Counterspin
Act 9: Devastating healthcare quotes from Obama – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Idiot Democrats Think It’s Good News Their Voters are Pissed at Them – The Young Turks
Music:
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
I need to know – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Why pretend – Mandi Perkins
Objection – Shakira
Fake Empire – The National
Serre-moi РTry̦
Haunting me – Oona Garthwaite
Everybody’s fool – Evanescence
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#315 Big bill bothers bought off blowhards (Podcast)
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Edition #315
Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 2: Bill big, bill bad – Daily Show
Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics – The Young Turks
Act 4: Fire hot – The Onion
Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape – The Young Turks
Act 9: Wisconsin city is the best place to die – NPR
Act 10: Preggers can’t be choosers – Daily Show
Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform – The Young Turks
Music:
Tax man – The Beatles
Naive – The Kooks
Fearless – VNV Nation
World on Fire – Sarah McLachlan
In a big country – Big Country
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Brain stew – Green Day
So fast, so numb – R.E.M.
I know I know I know – Tegan and Sara
Different people – No doubt
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#311 Unexpected leadership, totally expected treachery (Podcast)
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Edition #311
Act 1: Nancy Peloci, you’ll burn in hell for this – Wait Wait don’t tell me
Act 2: Rebranding health reform – Countdown
Act 3: Franken kicks conservative ass – The Young Turks
Act 4: Much to commend, much to condemn – The Progressive
Act 5: Health care systems comparison – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Even Republican voters favor public option – Ring of Fire
Act 7: The Word, You-Genics – Colbert Report
Act 8: Discussing healthcare working through congress – Mother Jones
Act 9: Stupid GOP don’t have plan for health reform – The Young Turks
Act 10: Healthcare fight within and without political parties – It’s all politics
Act 11: Lieberman to join filibuster against health reform – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Joe Lieberman is a true independent – Colbert Report
iPhone/iPod Touch App Bonus Content:
Public Option Limited – Daily Show
Music:
He got game – Public Enemy
Close to me – The Get Up Kids
The wrestler – Bruce Springsteen
Who’ll stop the rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfarlo
Classical gas – Vanessa Mae
Oh my god – Ida Maria
White Blank Page – Mumford & Sons
Kelsey – Metro Station
Don’t let me down – The Stereophinics
Look what you’ve done – JET
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#309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented (Podcast)
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Edition #309
Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny – The Young Turks
Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 3: Medicare Part E – Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Healthcare, now what – This American Life
Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The history of our healthcare system – This American Life
Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs – The Young Turks
Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Curl up and die – Relient K
Who will buy – Oliver Soundtrack
Fake Empire – The National
Doctor my eyes – Jackson 5
I go to extremes – Billy Joel
Remember Jonathan – Cyrille Verdeaux
Stop crying your heart out – Oasis
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#307 Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense (Podcast)
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Edition #307
Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby – Countdown
Act 3: The majority leader of the senate – It’s all politics
Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform – The Young Turks
Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 – Countdown
Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe’s vote – Daily Show
Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 – Countdown
Music:
Tell me tell me – Burning spear
Sunday bloody Sunday – U2
Because the night – 10,000 maniacs
The world is new – Save Ferris
Ill with want – The Avett Brothers
I think we’re alone now – Tiffany
Soft serve – Soul Coughing
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#303 As the chips begin to fall (Podcast)
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Edition #303
Act 1: Healthcare polling – Counterspin
Act 2: GOP are a bunch of neanderthals – The Young Turks
Act 3: Wendel Potter on healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Congress and lobbyists out of the closet – Colbert Report
Act 5: The nonsense healthcare debate – Mother Jones
Act 6: Public option in danger in committee – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: The profit of illness – Bill Maher
Act 8: Howard Dean on the importance of choice – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Democratic Super Majority! – Daily Show
Music:
Let Go – Frou Frou
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Take your mama out – Scissor Sisters
Bouncing around the room – Phish
I just died in your arms tonight – SuperTrack
Hospital beds – Cold War Kids
All American girl – Train
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#301 Compromise catastrophe soaked in corporate cash (Podcast)
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Edition #301
Act 1: Baucus stands alone – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: Does the GOP care more about property than people? – The Young Turks
Act 3: The terrible result of the Baucus compromise – Counterspin
Act 4: Bill Clinton on healthcare reform – Daily Show
Act 5: Health insurance whistle-blower – Bill Maher
Act 6: Rick Sanchez investigates corruption in healthcare debate – CNN
Act 7: Candidate Obama on healthcare negotiations – The Young Turks
Act 8: Better know a lobby: Healthcare for America NOW – Colbert Report
Act 9: GOP fear leads to victim-blame – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Sen. Conrad outlines how weak he is – The Young Turks
Music:
Anthem, Pt 1 – Blink-182
Passing storm – Ottmar Liebert
Good – Better Than Ezra
I gotta feeling – Black Eyed Peas
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) – Pet Shop Boys
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
We’re simple minds – Club 8
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#298 In the wake of Obama’s healthcare speech (Podcast)
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Act 1: Details still to be ironed out – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on stopping the filibuster – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Pastor Incites gun-toting Obama protesters – The Young Turks
Act 4: Checking some healthcare facts – Counterspin
Act 5: Why there’s no point in reading bills – On the Media
Act 6: More fact-free arguments against healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Breaking down Obama’s speech and the reaction to it – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Healthcare lies believed shows poll – The Young Turks
Act 9: Fixing healthcare by altering patient behavior – NPR
Act 10: Having to explain how a healthcare system works – Counterspin
Act 11: Talking about the lack of respect for the office of the President – It’s all politics
Music:
Hands down – Dashboard Confessional
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Am I wrong? – Love Spit Love
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Shout – Tears for fears
Make your own kind of music – Cass Elliot
We can work it out – Heather Nova
End it on this – No Doubt
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#296 Distasteful discord leaks onto the floor of the house (Podcast)
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Act 1: Sen. Coburn to weeping woman: Ask you’re neighbor – The Young Turks
Act 2: Appease the wrong people… – Countdown
Act 3: Coverage of the healthcare debate – Counterspin
Act 4: GOP confirms they’re totally unwilling to be reasonable – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: McCan’t and McShouldn’t – Slate.com
Act 6: Conservatives don’t use logic in making decisions – The Young Turks
Act 7: Prepping for the healthcare speech – Le Show
Act 8: “You’re a liar!” shouted in joint session of congress – NPR’s It’s All Politics
Act 9: Barbara Boxer on Obama’s healthcare speech – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Live like you’re dying – Lenka
Middle Man – Jack Johnson
Mrs. Robinson – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Golden Brown – The Stranglers
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
I second that emotion – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The waiting – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
One Million Miles – J. Ralph
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#294 The very long battle continues, now without our General (Podcast)
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Act 1: Betsy McCaughey pounded by Jon Stewart – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: The history of pushing for universal healthcare – On the Media
Act 3: The powerful vs. the powerless – The Young Turks
Act 4: The Republican death machine – Slate.com
Act 5: Jonathan Cohn on healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 6: A detailed look at the possible death of the public option – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Kennedy’s lasting devotion to heathcare reform – NPR
Act 8: The profit of providing bad health insurance – Countdown
Music:
Mr. Maker – The Kooks
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourn
You could be happy – Snow Patrol
Unknown song 
A million ways – OK Go
Any way you want it – Journey
Close Your Eyes – Young Love
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#292 The opponents of healthcare are scarier than death panels
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Act 1: These guys are not on the level – The Young Turks
Act 2: Sick for profit – Brave New Films
Act 3: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Debate on healthcare goes unexplained – Counterspin
Act 5: Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Deep fear and anger over healthcare – The Young Turks
Act 7: Heal or no heal, Montana townhall – Daily Show
Act 8: Kill Grandma? Debunking health bill myths – NPR
Act 9: Report from a remote access clinic in LA – Bill Maher
Act 10: Fact-free, purely political healthcare debate – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Debate Exposes Doubt – Death Cab For Cutie
Sing Theresa Says – Greg Laswell
Call on me – Eric Prydz
Break it down again – Tears for fears
Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
Girl afraid – The Smiths
Wanted – The Cranberries
Don’t let it bring you down – Annie Lennox
Good – Better Than Ezra
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#290 The danger is not theoretical (Podcast)
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Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change – The Young Turks
Act 3: Glenn Beck’s operation – Daily Show
Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare – Politico
Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama’s townhall – The Young Turks
Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence – Countdown
Music:
Live and let die – Guns N’ Roses
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
99 red balloons – Nena
Put me down – The Cranberries
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me – Abba
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