Edition #523

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Act 1: Appalled about privatizing health care – BBC News Quiz
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Song 1: A Candle’s Fire – The Rip Tide

Act 2: Birth Control Will Wipe Out Civilization! (Rep. Steve King) – Sam Seder on TYT
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Song 2: Drumming Song (Live) – iTunes Live from SoHo – EP

Act 3: Absentminded Professor Says Cure For Cancer Around Here Somewhere – The Onion
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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
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Song 4: Watch the World – Box Car Racer

Act 5: Health Insurance Companies Using Psychological Trickery – Lee Camp Air Date 08-08-11
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Song 5: Machine (VNV Nation Remix) – Machine

Act 6: Repeal This (Health care law) – Slate Magazine
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Song 6: Under The Milky Way – Seven Nations

Act 7: 9-11 First Responders Cancer – Young Turks
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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
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Song 8: Doctor My Eyes – Anthology: Jackson 5

Act 9: FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo – The Onion
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Song 9: Mind Excursion – Excursions

Act 10: Hats Off to Vermont for Universal Health care – The Progressive
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Song 10: Lead the Way – Buzz

Act 11: Single payer health care in Vermont – Rachel Maddow
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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
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Song 12: Be Here Now – Boneclouds

Act 13: Townhall Republican Take Care Of Yourself – Young Turks
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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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Edition #493

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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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Edition #445

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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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Edition #366

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

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Sue Lowden on chickens for healthcare – Colbert Report

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Edition #348

Act 1: Crystal clear debate – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Tea party protesters hurl slurs at congressmen – Young Turks
Act 3: Plea to bring down the violence – Countdown
Act 4: Reactions to health care law – Media Matters
Act 5: Predictable reactions of hate – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Intimidation Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Health care hate talk – Media Matters
Act 8: GOP’s health care repeal strategy – Young Turks
Act 9: GOP leaders must denounce brownshirt tactics – The Progressive
Act 10: Dismissing political treats – Media Matters
Act 11: Intimidation Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Blogger inciting vandalism and violence – Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Dems To Blame For Tea Party Threats – Young Turks

Music:
I can see clearly now – Jimmy Cliff

Shout – Tears for Fears

Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen

Mad world – Gary Jules

Les Jours Tristes (Instrumental) – Yann Tiersen

Under the gun – The Killers

Sur Le Fil – Yann Tiersen

Leader – Burning Spear

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Edition #347

Act 1: Obama’s signing speech – Countdown
Act 2: Health in the USA – The Bugle
Act 3: Reason to celebrate – Political Scene
Act 4: What happens now – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Looking back on dire predictions – Media Matters
Act 6: Media misinforms on health debate – On the Media
Act 7: Misleading right up until the vote – Counterspin
Act 8: Passing it and talk of repeal – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 9: The perfect was the enemy of the mediocre – The Progressive
Act 10: The debate is crystal clear – Rachel Maddow
Act 11: Revised school house rock – On the Media

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Pros and Cons of the Health Care Reform Bill – Young Turks

Music:
Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) (club mix) – DJ Keoki
At the club – SM-Trax

We set ourselves free – Club 8

A Quai – Yann Tiersen

Blue Monday – New Order

If I ever feel better – Phoenix

Everybody’s free – Rozalla

Resurection (space club mix) – PPK

The world is new – Save Ferris

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Edition #344

Act 1: Define and conquer – Colbert Report
Act 2: Limbaugh’s gonna leave – Media Matter Minute
Act 3: Code red to stop the bill – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: The ultimate last final push – Daily Show
Act 5: Condemning the Slaughter solution – Media Matters Minute
Act 6: Moyers on choice in health care – Bill Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: Colbert Report Action center
Act 8: Continuing lies on procedure – Media Matters Minute
Act 9: 11-year old boy – Countdown
Act 10: Heath Con1 – The Mediscarening – Daily Show
Act 11: Fox’s final push against health care – Media Matters Minute
Act 12: Getting ready to pass the bill – It’s all politics
Act 13: What happens after signing – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Health Care Vote Information Nerve Center – Colbert Report

Music:
La Valse d’Amélie (Version Piano) – Yann Tiersen

United we stand -The Brotherhood of Man

Pas Si Simple – Yann Tiersen

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins

La Valse d’Amélie – Yann Tiersen

Hard to say I’m sorry – Chicago

La Valse Des Montres – Yann Tiersen
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfarlo

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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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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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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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