Obama Administration

#335 They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it (Rights)

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Edition #335

Act 1: First DADT hearing tomorrow – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: High court bans same-sex friendships – The Onion
Act 3: DADT popular in polls – Counterspin
Act 4: Dreaded Bliss in New Jersey – Daily Show
Act 5: They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it – The Bugle
Act 6: Fight to serve – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Be almost all that you can be – Colbert Report
Act 8: New law would ban loveless marriages – The Onion
Act 9: Praise for Obama on DADT – The Progressive
Act 10: Gays would get tattoos in the military – Wait wait, don’t tell me
Act 11: A few gay men and women – Daily Show
Act 12: Fight to serve 2 – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hermaphrodites Can’t Be Gay – Colbert Report

Music:
Move you – Anya Marina
Anya Marina - Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II - Move You [SSSPII]
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3
Starring – Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - Starring
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bob Marley & The Wailers: Gold - Redemption Song
Am I wrong – Love Spit Love
Love Spit Love - Love Spit Love - Am I Wrong
What difference does it make – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - What Difference Does It Make? (Peel Session, BBC)
Wild Night – Van Morrison
Van Morrison - Still On Top - The Greatest Hits (Remastered) - Wild Night
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - The Con - I Was Married
Cat faces – Ugly Casanova
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth - Cat Faces
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Old man – Neil Young
Neil Young - Neil Young: Greatest Hits - Old Man

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Morning in America (Special Event)

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Act 1: 2004 DNC Keynote Speech (Clip 1) (Clip 2)
Act 2: Announcing his candidacy
Act 3: Remake this country (Link)
Act 4: Signs of Hope & Change (Link)
Act 5: Yes We Can – Will.i.am (Link)
Act 6: ‘A more perfect Union’ speech on race in America (Link)
Act 7: We are the ones we’ve been waiting for – Will.i.am (Link)
Act 8: The American Promise (Link)
Act 9: Obama in Berlin
Act 10: 2008 DNC Acceptance speech (LInk)
Act 11: We have a lot of work to do (LInk)
Act 12: DC reactions to the victory (LInk)
Act 13: Interview with Jesse Jackson – NPR (Link)
Act 14: It’s a new day! – Will.i.am (Link)

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#323 Obama moves Hopelessly forward in Afghanistan (Podcast)

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Edition #323

Act 1: Rushing a decision on Afghanistan – Counterspin
Act 2: Obama mimics Bush on Afghanistan – The Progressive
Act 3: Bunker-buster averts doomed marriage – The Onion
Act 4: Report released on Afghanistan – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Dan Rather on Afghanistan – Daily Show
Act 6: Jim Hightower discusses Obama’s war Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Why aren’t there bigger protests – The Progressive
Act 8: Jim Hightower discusses Obama’s war Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Moore and Feingold speak against escalation – Young Turks
Act 10: Lara Logan on Afghanistan – Colbert Report

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Cenk debates war escalation – Countdown

Music:
Trouble me – 10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
Choke – The Cardigans
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon - Choke
Celebration Guns – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Celebration Guns
Million faces – Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini - These Streets - Million Faces
Oh Lately It’s So Quiet – OK GO
OK Go - Oh No - Oh Lately It's So Quiet
Everybody’s gone to war – Nerina Pallot
Nerina Pallot - Fires - Everybody's Gone to War
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Up Against the Wall
Meteor Show – Owl City
Owl City - Ocean Eyes - Meteor Shower
Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen - So Much More (Special Edition) - Ain't No Reason

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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
Enrique Iglesias - Escape - Hero
I need to know – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits - I Need to Know
Why pretend – Mandi Perkins
Mandi Perkins - Everybody Knows EP - Why Pretend
Objection – Shakira
Shakira - Laundry Service - Objection (Tango)
Fake Empire – The National
The National - Boxer - Fake Empire
Serre-moi – Tryö
Tryö - Grain de sable - Serre-moi
Haunting me – Oona Garthwaite
Everybody’s fool – Evanescence
Evanescence - Fallen - Everybody's Fool

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#321 Take 30,000 troops and call me in the morning (Podcast)

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Edition #321

Act 1: Misleading polling on support for war – Counterspin
Act 2: I dare you not to notice – Le Show
Act 3: Special comment on war escalation – Countdown
Act 4: Afghanistan handed over to robots – The Onion
Act 5: Why escalation is not the answer – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Obama unclear on chain of command – Colbert Report
Act 7: Cheney cries treason – Countdown
Act 8: War presidents – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: 30,000 – Daily Show
Act 10: Feingold & BBC on the Afghanistan war – Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
30,000 extended video – Daily Show

Music:
Love is a battlefield – Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar - Greatest Hits - Love Is a Battlefield
99 Red Balloons – Nena
Nena - 99 Luftballons - 99 Red Balloons
Listen to your heart – Roxette
Roxette - Look Sharp! - Listen to Your Heart
Mr. Roboto – Styx
Styx - Styx: Greatest Hits - Mr. Roboto
War – Vince DiCola
Vince DiCola - Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - War / Fanfare from Rocky
Heat of the moment – Asia
Asia - Asia - Heat of the Moment
Notorious – Duran Duran
Duran Duran - Duran Duran: Greatest - Notorious
I’m gonna be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Break it down again – Tears for fears
Tears for Fears - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again

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#316 Join the war on Fox News today (Podcast)

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Edition #316

Act 1: Glenn Beck tragically not a victim of anything – The Onion
Act 2: Bush Sr. calls Maddow and Olberman Sick Puppies – The Young Turks
Act 3: Dobbs steps down – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 4: MSNBC in the crossfire – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Lou Dobbs goes Rogue – Daily Show
Act 6: Murdoch fosters racist work environment – Countdown
Act 7: Hannity apologizes to Jon – Daily Show
Act 8: Cenk goes off on Morning Joe – The Young Turks
Act 9: Untruth vs. Power – Daily Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hannity misleadingly uses Glenn Beck’s rally video

Music:
Out of my mind – James Blunt
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam - Out of My Mind
Gone daddy gone – Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
I’ll meet you there – Owl City
Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming - I'll Meet You There
Habla Me – Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings - ¡Volare! - The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings - Habla Me
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Exit Clov - Jolly Roget Sessions - EP - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Overkill – Colin Hay
Colin Hay - Man @ Work - Overkill (Acoustic Version)
Celebration guns – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Celebration Guns

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#310 The war on Fox (Podcast)

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Edition #310

Act 1: The GOP colicky babies – Ring of Fire
Act 2: CNN leaves it there – Daily Show
Act 3: Fox News is not like the others – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: How Murdoch brought the Fox model to the US – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Bend it like Beck – Colbert Report
Act 6: The war on FOX – Counterspin
Act 7: Media and power – Thom Hartmann
Act 8: Evidence of Fox collusion with GOP – The Young Turks

Music:
Camera one – Josh Joplin Group
Josh Joplin Group - Useful Music - Camera One
Better Days (and the bottom drops out) – Citizen King
Citizen King - Mobile Estates - Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)
The boy in the bubble – Paul Simon
Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon - The Boy In the Bubble
Nothing compares to you – Sinade O’Connor
Sinead O'Connor - So Far...The Best of Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
Harvey Danger - Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Original Soundtrack) - Flagpole Sitta
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – Of Montreal
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (Album Version)
Let go – Frou Frou
Frou Frou - Garden State (Music from the Motion Picture) - Let Go

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#308 Still legally treated as second-class citizens (Podcast)

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Edition #308

Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1
Act 2: When the time is right – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights – Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2
Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT – Countdown
Act 7: The gay after tomorrow – Daily Show
Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally – Mother Jones
Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. – Daily Show
Act 10: Dan Choi: Don’t Tell, Martha! – The Moth Podcast

Music:
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - The Con - I Was Married
Right now – Van Halen
Van Halen - The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 - Right Now
Leader – Burning Spear
What have I done to deserve this – Pet Shop Boys
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen - Big Change: Songs for FINCA - Ain't No Reason
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Sénégal Fast-Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Pete Townshend - Gold - Let My Love Open the Door

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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
The Kooks - Konk - Mr. Maker
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourn
Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis - See You On the Other Side
You could be happy – Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open - You Could Be Happy
Unknown song :-(
A million ways – OK Go
Ok Go & Bonerama - You're Not Alone - EP - A Million Ways
Any way you want it – Journey
Journey - Journey: Greatest Hits - Any Way You Want It
Close Your Eyes – Young Love
Young Love - Too Young to Fight It - Close Your Eyes

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#288 It’s 7pm, do you know where your grandparents are? (Podcast)

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Act 1: Healthrasier – Daily Show
Act 2: GOP on the wrong side of history – Bill Maher
Act 3: Healthcare Pap Attack – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Obama strikes back, is it enough? – The Young Turks
Act 5: Master Rebators: The Crank Cycle – Daily Show
Act 6: Manufactured riots – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Hostile groups at townhalls – NPR
Act 8: Heathcare reform is the matrix – Colbert Report
Act 9: Debunking the fears of healthcare – Countdown
Act 10: Obama must pass a healthcare bill – Daily Show
Act 11: Covering the confusion about healthcare – Counterspin
Act 12: Violence, eugenics and heathcare – Rachel Maddow

Music:
Hospital Beds – Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards - Hospital Beds
Live Like You’re Dying – Lenka
Lenka - Lenka - Live Like You're Dying
Oxford comma – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Gone going – Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business - Gone Going
Live forever – Oasis
Oasis - Definitely Maybe - Live Forever
Lights out – Santigold
Santigold - Santigold - Lights Out
I’m no superman – Laslo Bane
Beloved – VNV Nation
Vnv Nation - Futureperfect - Beloved
Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - Californication
The Secret Agent Ending – Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren - Glass Reflections - The Secret Agent: The Secret Agent Ending
The Importance of Being Idle – Kaiser Chiefs

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#285 Illegal programs past and future (Podcast)

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Act 1: Only in New York! – Daily Show
Act 2: Discussing the Cheney-ordered CIA program – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Peter Phillips on ignoring autopsy reports – FORA.tv
Act 4: Discussing what to do with aquitted detainees – Le Show
Act 5: Obama’s constitution speech(s) – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Darius Rejali on authorizing torture – FORA.tv
Act 7: Comparing Iranian images to US torture photos – Counterspin
Act 8: The heartbreaking story in Iran continues – The Young Turks
Act 9: Hard Corps – Daily Show

Music:
Ottoman – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] - Ottoman
Opportunity – Pete Murray
Pete Murray - See the Sun - Opportunity
I will follow you into the dark – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Change your mind – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Change Your Mind
Two of us – Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
Aimee Mann & Michael  Penn - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Two of Us
I Know I Know I Know – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - So Jealous - I Know I Know I Know
These days – Nico
Nico - Chelsea Girl - These Days
Struggle – Ringside
Ringside - Ringside - Struggle

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#284 Some fundamentals going wrong (Podcast)

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Act 1: Cheney Predactied – Daily Show
Act 2: John Hodgman on Obama vs Bush
Act 3: Obama continues secrecy around Cheney – Countdown
Act 4: Secret CIA/Cheney program uncovered – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Off the record with Obama’s administration – On the Media
Act 6: Obama Pwns himself on signing statements – The Young Turks
Act 7: Criticism for inactivity on liberal issues – Real Time with Bill Maher
Act 8: Secrecy in government argued for – Counterspin
Act 9: More critique of Obama and Dems for weakness – The Young Turks

Music:
Grapevine Fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Grapevine Fires
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Up Against the Wall
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows – Brand New
Brand New - Deja Entendu - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Believe – Cher
Cher - Believe - Believe
West Coast – Coconut Records
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - West Coast
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
Hootie & The Blowfish - The Best of Hootie & The Blowfish (1993-2003) - I Go Blind
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel - Fortress - Change Your Mind
Nap hangs up the phone – John Swihart
John Swihart - Napoleon Dynamite - Nap Hangs Up the Phone

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#276 Mighty struggle for reasonable health care (Podcast)

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Act 1: Obama pushing for the public option – The Young Turks
Act 2: Discussion on why we need health care reform – Bill Maher
Act 3: Polls show 3/4 of Americans want a public option – Countdown
Act 4: Howard Dean on the public option for health care – The Young Turks
Act 5: The trails of paying for health care in a recession – NPR
Act 6: Heal or No Heal – Daily Show
Act 7: New polls show overwhelming support for public health care – The Young Turks

Music:
L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold
Santigold - Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes
Fix you – Coldplay
Coldplay - X & Y - Fix You
Blue – Eiffel 65
Eiffel 65 - Europop - Blue (Da Ba Dee) [Radio Edit]
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight – R.E.M
R.E.M. - In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Planting seeds – Ten Story Relapse
Ten Story Relapse - Frequency - Planting Seeds
Headlock – Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself - Headlock

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#274 Supreme Court debate starts nasty, gets worse (Podcast)

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Act 1: P.R. Move – Daily Show
Act 2: The Politics industry of the Supreme Court – On the Media
Act 3: Supreme Court Executioner to retire – The Onion
Act 4: Conservatives unhinged – The Young Turks
Act 5: Supreme Court Press – Colbert Report
Act 6: Sotomayor shaped by her ‘Nuyorican’ roots – NPR
Act 7: Some GOP fed up with childish attacks – Countdown
Act 8: Discussing the nomination with Jeffery Toobin – Colbert Report
Act 9: Originalism vs. ? – NPR
Act 10: Three strikes on the Supreme Court Debate – Rachel Maddow

Music:
It’s my life – No doubt
No Doubt - It's My Life - Single - It's My Life
I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Born In the U.S.A. - I'm On Fire
Overkill – Colin Hay
Colin Hay - Man @ Work - Overkill (Acoustic Version)
How – Cranberries
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - How
Mexico – The Refreshments
Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy - Mexico
Suerte – Shakira
Shakira - Laundry Service - Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)
You’re wrong – NOFX
NOFX - Never Trust a Hippy - EP - You're Wrong
Anthem, Pt.1 – Blink-182
Blink-182 - Enema of the State - Anthem
Solid Ground – Dougie Maclean

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#268 A showdown between pure evil and mostly not evil (Podcast)

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Act 1: Dueling ideologies: Obama v Cheney – The Daily Show
Act 2: Going back on campaign promises – Le Show
Act 3: Liz Cheney talks torture – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney chooses Limbaugh over Powell – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Barack Knows Best – Le Show
Act 6: Battle of the speeches – On the Media
Act 7: Obama’s speech and the essence of crime – The Young Turks
Act 8: Special Comment on Cheney’s Speech – Countdown

Music:
Duck and Run – 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down - The Better Life - Duck and Run
Talk – Coldplay
Coldplay - X & Y - Talk
The Ocean – The Bravery
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon - The Ocean
A lack of color – Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - A Lack of Color
Hard to explain – The Strokes
The Strokes - Is This It - Hard to Explain
I’m looking through you – The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - I'm Looking Through You
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Smile Like You Mean It

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