Media
#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)
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Edition #570
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Act 1: Stop Online Piracy Act – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 11-18-11
Song 1: Union Warriors – Robin Roberts
Act 2: Wikipedia Leaves GoDaddy Over Stop Online Piracy Act – Young Turks
Song 2: Wanted – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]
Act 3: Wikipedia warns students before going dark – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – Air Date: 1-21-12
Song 3: Silver Lining – Under the Blacklight
Act 4: SOPA Supporter: Our Media Blackout on SOPA is Cool. Your Internet Blackout in Protest of It is not – Majority Report – Air Date: 01-18-12
Song 4: Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits
Act 5: Analysis of the online protest and the future of SOPA – Common Sense Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 5: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon
Act 6: The future of non-physical protests revealed by SOPA blackout day – The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12
Song 6: Physical – Physical
Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing – The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12
Song 7: Cast No Shadow – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Act 8: Congress never moved so far so fast as with SOPA – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-18-12
Voicemails:
Thanks for Tim Wise, thoughts on whites working through their white privilege – Elka from Indiana
Personal insights on privilege and thoughts on PETA’s new campaign referencing slavery – Alyson from Colorado
The science of African Americans from 1911 – Christopher from Texas
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SOPA & PIPA – Colbert Report
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#566 The state of the media continues to embarrass (Media)
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Act 1: Channel for the Rich Man – Counterspin – 8-25-11
Song 1: Dance Music – The Sunset Tree
Act 2: Fox Censors Alec Baldwin Over NewsCorp Hacking Emmy Joke – Young Turks – Air Date: 9-19-11
Song 2: Don’t Hold Me Back – Call Back
Act 3: Rush Limbaugh’s Christian Killing Accusation – Colbert Report – Air Date: 10-9-11
Song 3: Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Best of 1980-1990
Act 4: Coverage of Obama is mostly negative – Counterspin
Song 4: Moonlight Sonata – Classics for the Heart
Act 5: Guest Calls Fox News Out on Obama Derangement Syndrome – Media Matters Air Date: 1-9-12
Act 6: Hank Williams Jr on The View Defending Obama Hitler Analogy – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-12-11
Song 6: Notorious – Greatest
Act 7: Making Sense of Hank Williams Jr’s Obama Hitler Reference – Majority Report – Air Date: 10-7-11
Song 7: Change of Time – So Runs the World Away
Act 8: Comedian Christian Finnegan on why watching no news is better than watching Fox News – Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11
Song 8: The Argument – Front Seat Solidarity
Act 9: Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson Can’t Believe Poll Says Obama Will Win – David Pakman – Air Date: 12-16-11
Song 9: Für Elise – Classical Piano Chillout
Act 10: Fox’s Favorite Phrase: “Some Would Say” – Media Matters Air Date: 12-2-11
Act 11: Steve Jobs Ripped Fox News as A Destructive Force – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 11: Little Embarassing – St. Eleanor’s Park
Act 12: Why is NPR giving out Republican Talking Points – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 12: Beaux Dimanches – Dimanche a Bamako
Act 13: John Boehner Cuts Off CSPAN Cameras When Republicans Ripped Apart – David Pakman – Air Date: 12-22-11
Song 13: Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67 – 1st Movement – Classical Moods – 100 Top Classical Favorites of All Time
Act 14: Fox: The Muppets are “Brainwashing” Your Children – Media Matters Air Date: 12-5-11
Act 15: Fox Muppets Turning Your Kids Into OWS Commies – Majority Report – Air Date: 12-6-11
Voicemails:
America is an invented country – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Thoughts on Policeman Jeff from Florida and his recent call re: Mumia Abu-Jamal – Ron from outside Philly
Dayrl’s original voicemail played and replied to on Ep #524, posted 9/2/11
Leave a message at 206-202-3410
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Ratatat
Final comments on Daryl from CA calling suggesting a new black perspective for the show
Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson
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#529 Going soft (Media)
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Act 1: Fox Thinks Obama Was President 2000-2009 – David Pakman Air Date: 8-23-11
Song 1: Spanish Flea – Going Places
Act 2: Fox News Admits Bias To Attack Media Matters – Liberal Viewer Air Date 7-07-11
Song 2: Forever Young (Techno remix) – Alphaville
Act 3: Interview with Common – Daily Show
Song 3: Take a Look Around – Greatest Hits
Act 4: Brett Baier, Fox’s “Straight News” Anchor – Media Matters Air Date: 9-13-11
Act 5: Fox News Anchors Can’t Follow Spongebob, Claim It’s Liberal Indoctrination – David Pakman Air Date: 8-09-11
Song 5: Classical Gas – Classical Gas
Act 6: Hannity school of right-wing journalism – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: The Czar of Munster – When Juniper Sleeps
Act 7: Cenk Rips CNN Obama Analysis By Fareed Zakaria – Young Turks Air Date 8-15-11
Song 7: Love You Madly – Comfort Eagle
Act 8: Misrepresenting the fairness doctrine – Counterspin
Song 8:A Whiter Shade of Pale – The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [15th Anniversary]
Act 9: Anderson Cooper’s Kryptonite – Colbert Report Air Date: 8-18-11
Song 9: Sous Le Dome Epais – Aura
Act 10: Big-time corporate synergy for football season – Counterspin
Song 10: Play the Game – Work
Act 11: Planned Parenthood Firebombed, Media Says NOTHING – Right Wing Terrorism – David Pakman Air Date: 8-05-11
Song 11: Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection
Act 12: Television Will Be The End Of Us – Lee Camp Air Date: 7-11-11
Song 12: Throwing Stones – Work
Act 13: Bill O’Reilly Asked Cops To Investigate Wife’s Boyfriend – Young Turks
Song 13: Feet to the Fire – Before We Fall
Act 14: Softballing Cheney – Counterspin
Song 14: North By North – Dynamo
Act 15: The Humanization Of Dick Cheney – Daily Show
Voicemails:
Don’t make the mistake of believing that you can’t be wrong – Noah from Ashland, Ohio
The psychology of last place – Sean from Portland, OR
Policeman Jeff is back – Policeman Jeff from Florida
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments welcoming back Policeman Jeff
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Glazed And Confused – Daily Show Air Date: 8-09-11
Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson
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#520 If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine (Media)
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Act 1: CNN Asks Psychics to Predict Economic Future. Does it Make Sense? – David Pakman Air Date: 06-28-11
Song 1: Close to Me – The Cure: Greatest Hits
Act 2: Cult Of Centrism, Paul Krugman Nails It – Young Turks
Song 2: Naive – Inside In / Inside Out
Act 3: When Media Is Master – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 07-18-11
Song 3: Hey, Soul Sister – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister”
Act 4: Fox Business: “I Don’t Remember Any Terrorist Attacks on American Soil” 2000-2008 – Media Matters
Act 5: CNN Anchor Don Lemon Appears Not To Care For CNN – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-26-11
Song 5: Island In the Sun – Weezer (Green Album)
Act 6: Local News = Uninformed Americans – Jimmy Dore on TYT
Song 6: Dance Music – The Sunset Tree
Act 7: Data Mining for Individual Online Media Trends – On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
Song 7: Legend of Zelda, Main Theme – Apocalyptica
Act 8: What Won’t Fox News Politicize? – Media Matters Air Date: 8-10-11
Act 9: Online Algorithms, Individual Agency vs Passivity – On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
Song 9: No Easy Way Out – Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Act 10: Stop Giving Equal Time to Every Absurd Notion Anyone Proposes – David Pakman Air Date: 08-09-11
Song 10: Nothing Is Good Enough – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: After Lying All Week, Limbaugh Surprised People Complain – Media Matters Air Date: 8-16-11
Act 12: Why Cenk Uygur left MSNBC – Young Turks
Voicemails:
There’s no ethical way to eat meat – Jose from Miami
Comments on Jose’s voicemail
It’s not ethical to eat anything – Bobby from Mesa, AZ
Comments on a pathetically asinine voicemail
We evolved to eat meat – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Comments on the evolution of eating meat
Meat-eating is like child, sweatshop labor – Patrick from Dallas
Final comments on changing morality
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Why Cenk Uygur Left MSNBC – Part 2 – Young Turks
Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson
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