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#401 The Beckoning (Rights)
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Edition #401
Act 1: The ACLU on Obama’s ‘New normal’ – On the Media
Song 1: Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time – Reservoir
Act 2: The ACLU report on Obama – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: There’s Still Time – Midnight Souvenirs (Bonus Track Version)
Act 3: Cut Obama no slack on civil liberties – The Progressive
Song 3: Tragic Flaw – Jackson Square
Act 4: ACLU defends Nazis’ right to burn down ACLU headquarters – The Onion
Song 4: Play With Fire – The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack)
Act 5: Interview with Akbar Ahmed – Daily Show
Song 5: Edge of the Ocean – Long Distance
Act 6: Beck and Limbaugh devastating quotes – Young Turks
Song 6: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 7: Beck and the MLK legacy – Media Matters
Act 8: Cenk on Glenn Beck’s MLK rally – Young Turks
Song 8: Frontier Psychiatrist – Since I Left You
Act 9: Tea baggers going to DC – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Legend of Zelda – Apocalyptica
Act 10: Beck vs MLK – Media Matters
Act 11: Beck on God, blood and goldline – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Beckoning – Countdown
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#397 The morale of the troops (Gay Rights)
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Edition #397
Act 1: Lt. Dan Choi finally discharged – Rachel Maddow
Song 1: Honesty – The Essential Billy Joel
Act 2: Dan Choi on LGBT support of Dems – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies
Act 3: Jonathan Hopkins on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Right to Complain – Backatown (Bonus Track Version)
Act 4: Targeting Target scores a direct hit – The Progressive
Song 4: Back On Earth – The Ozzman Cometh
Act 5: DADT comic book theatre – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: I’m Not Over – Coming to Terms
Act 6: The Gay Reichs – Daily Show
Song 6: Go Do – Go
Act 7: Katherine Miller on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: What’s Wrong – My Name Up In Lights
Act 8: Glorious nonviolent revolution – The Progressive
Song 8: Revolution – The Beatles
Act 9: Military survey on DADT revision – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: This Fickle World – Theo Bard
Act 10: Discussion of being gay on The View – Midweek Politics
Song 10: Two Sisters – Left Side of the Brain
Act 11: Final comments on gaining respect – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Victor Fehrenbach on DADT – Rachel Maddow
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#394 A battle finally won in the war (Gay rights)
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Edition #394
Act 1: Lesbian mothers – Colbert Report
Song 1: Middle Class Boy – Listen Carefully E.P
Act 2: Crazy gay marriage speech – Young Turks
Song 2: The Bleeding Heart Show – Twin Cinema
Act 3: Kentucky bans gay pet weddings – The Onion
Song 3: Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Fashion Nugget (Deluxe Version)
Act 4: Time to pay reparations to gays – Thom Hartmann
Song 4: January Wedding – I and Love and You
Act 5: Breakdown of prop 8 – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 6: Commentary on prop 8 – Countdown
Song 6: One – Inquisition Symphony
Act 7: Right wing reactions to Prop 8 ruling – Media Matters
Act 8: Californigaytions – Daily Show
Song 8: Curtains close – The Arctic Monkeys
Act 9: Landmark ruling on same-sex marriage – The Progressive
Song 9: Solid Ground – Dougie Maclean
Act 10: The winning lawyers – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Dreams – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: Prop 8 tossed out – It’s all politics
Song 11: Goodbye Stranger – The Very Best of Supertramp
Act 12: Gay marriage is inevitable – Young Turks
Song 12: Time to Take Out the Trash – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
Act 13: How to ruin same-sex marriages – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Cenk Rant On Gay Marriage and The Bible – Young Turks
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#381 Wars, Crimes and War Crimes (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #381
Act 1: Back in Black – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Maple Leaf Rag – The Entertainer
Act 2: Bush admits to war crimes – Countdown
Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs (Remixes and B Sides)
Act 3: Water-boarding is a no-brainer – Bill Maher
Song 3: Monster – Not Accepted Anywhere
Act 4: Water-boarding USA – Le Show
Song 4: Waterboardin’ USA – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 5: Respect my authoritah – Daily Show
Song 5: Mount Doom (feat. RenĂ©e Fleming) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
Act 6: Following the constitution or not – Jimmy Dore
Song 6: California – null
Act 7: Sy Hersh story on battlefield executions – Young Turks
Song 7: You Got to Get Out of There – Back to Broke
Act 8: Comparing the Bush and Obama policies – Bill Maher
Song 8: Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass)
Act 9: U.S. Airliner Sajacked – The Onion
Song 9: Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr: Capitol Collectors Series
Act 10: Interview with Republican on Miranda Rights – Jimmy Dore
Song 10: 1901 – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Act 11: Clusterfuck to the war house – Korea and Middle East – Daily Show
Song 11: The Dead Heart – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)
Act 12: Killing Number 3 – On the Media
Song 12: Feet to the Fire – Before We Fall
Act 13: Obama’s Bush-like war comments – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Afghanistan Stability Chart – Daily Show
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#372 You (nearly) have the right to remain honest (Gay Rights)
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Edition #372
Act 1: Un-gay – Mark Fiore
Song 1: It’s the End of the World As We Know It – R.E.M.
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Act 2: Alpha Dog of the Week – Colbert Report
Song 2: Dog days are over – Florence And The Machine
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Act 3: Closeted gays hurting the rest – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Unforgiven – Apocalyptica
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Act 4: Teens turn gay spontainiously – Young Turks
Song 4: Jenny says – Cowboy Mouth
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Act 5: New life in the closet – The Onion
Song 5: Brand new lover – Dead or alive
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Act 6: They Gay – Colbert Report
Song 6: Take my hand – Dido
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Act 7: DADT update – Young Turks
Song 7: When you’re gone – The Cranberries
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Act 8: Beginning on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 8: The Climb – No Doubt
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Act 9: Good riddance to DADT – The Progressive
Song 9: This is not the end – The Bravery
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Act 10: Can’t trust gay soldiers – The Young Turks
Song 10: The passenger – Iggy Pop
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Act 11: Discussion with Dan Savage – Countdown
Song 11: I’m looking through you – The Wallflowers
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Act 12: On the road to overt sexuality – Young Turks
Song 12: Run around – Blues Traveler
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Act 13: DADT nowhere near over – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Family Research Council’s European Gaycation – Daily Show
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#358 Forced to lie to serve with honor (Gay Rights)
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Edition #358
Act 1: Busted anti-gay republican comes out – Young Turks
Act 2: Repealing DADT popular in polls – Counterspin
Act 3: Bait and snitch – Colbert Report
Act 4: Gay Saudi gets arrested – Young Turks
Act 5: Letter from old military on DADT Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Gay gene isolated, ostracized – The Onion
Act 7: Letter from old military on DADT Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Gays in military leads to genocide – Young Turks
Act 9: New law to ban unloving marriages – The Onion
Act 10: Dutch ask Dutch tell – Rachel Maddow
Act 11: Bigots likely dumber and poorer, duh – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Trying to support the military and hate gays – Colbert Report
Music:
Close to me – The Cure
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Minority – Green Day
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Take your mama – Scissor Sisters
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The argument – This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
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Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
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Me and Julio down by the schoolyard – Paul Simon
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Your Heart Is An Empty Room – Death Cab For Cutie
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All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
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January Wedding – The Avett Brothers
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Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse (Willy Wonka)
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#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
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The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 – Neutral Milk Hotel
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Starring – Freelance Whales
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Redemption Song – Bob Marley
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Am I wrong – Love Spit Love
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What difference does it make – The Smiths
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Wild Night – Van Morrison
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I was married – Tegan and Sara
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Cat faces – Ugly Casanova
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Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
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Old man – Neil Young
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#317 Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious (Podcast)
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Edition #317
Act 1: From here to neutrality – Daily Show
Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act – Young Turks
Act 3: The end of prohibition – Slate
Act 4: Don’t ask, don’t tell – Colbert Report
Act 5: Texas bans marriage – Young Turks
Act 6: Texas bans marriage – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Mormon trespassing – Colbert Report
Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays – Young Turks
Act 9: Gaywatch Gaywatch – Peter Vadala & William Phillips – Daily Show
Act 10: Skeletons in the closet – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Can’t get queer from here – Daily Show
Music:
Here comes my baby – Cat Stevens
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Your ex-lover is dead – Stars
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Change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
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What went wrong – Blink 182
It’s a mistake – Men at work
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Miss Misery – Elliott Smith
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Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
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Build me up buttercup – The Foundations
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Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
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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
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Right now – Van Halen
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Leader – Burning Spear
What have I done to deserve this – Pet Shop Boys
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Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
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Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
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SĂƒÂ©nĂƒÂ©gal Fast-Food – Amadou & Mariam
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Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise – The Avett Brothers
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Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
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#291 Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives (Podcast)
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Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Class of ’43 – Daily Show
Act 3: Bob Inglis – What are they afraid of? – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Cheney’s asault on the rule of law – Countdown
Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Continuing the details on warrantless wiretapping – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Doctoring the torture program – The Young Turks
Music:
Green eyes – Coldplay
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I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
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Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
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Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
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Transit – Albert Hammond Jr.
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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
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Opportunity – Pete Murray
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I will follow you into the dark – Death Cab For Cutie
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Change your mind – The Killers
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Two of us – Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
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I Know I Know I Know – Tegan and Sara
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These days – Nico
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Struggle – Ringside
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#272 In sickness and health and other rights denied (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC – The Daily Show
Act 2: All aren’t happy with health insurance for all – NPR
Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare – The Daily Show
Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us – On the Media
Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress – Thom Hartman
Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands – The Young Turks
Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama – Mike Malloy
Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business – The Daily Show
Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo – Countdown
Music:
Drug Ballad – Eminem
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Luna – Smashing Pumpkins
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Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
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Only ones who know – Arctic Monkeys
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Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
I’m a pilot – Fanfarlo
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Think (Freedom) – Aretha Franklin
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Liquid Sun – DJ Keoki
Another lesson in love – Danger Radio
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#262 The Big Torture Show (Podcast)
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Act 1: Bowing to the King – Colbert Report
Act 2: Disambiguating the reports – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Declassifying torture memos – On the Media
Act 4: Introduction to SERE – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Torture debate on Newshour – CounterSpin
Act 6: Bush denounces war criminals – Countdown
Act 7: Shep Smith goes to far – Colbert Report
Act 8: Possible procecutions for the CIA – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Obama speaks from the CIA – Countdown
Act 10: Turning a blind eye to torture – Wait Wait
Act 11: Notes on sleep deprivation – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: How many times does it take? – CounterSpin
Act 13: DIck Cheney runs on fear – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
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I can see clearly now – Jimmy Cliff
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Debate exposes doubt – Death Cab For Cutie
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Take me out – Franz Ferdinand
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One – Apocalyptica
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Auto-tune the news #1 – Schmoyoho on YouTube
In a big country – Dashboard Confessional
Keep it clean – Scott West And Sex On Sunday
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Some might say – Oasis
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I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light – Brand New
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My Favourite Game – The Cardigans
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Sleeping in – The Postal Service
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It’s not impossible – Ben Sollee
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#261 Love is in the air, let’s shoot it down (Podcast)
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Act 1: Same-sex marriage in Iowa – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Gay Marriage in Vermont – The Daily Show
Act 3: Newspapers influencing marriage debate – On the Media
Act 4: Getting government out of the marriage business – Colbert Report
Act 5: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 6: Phone call to the 14th century – Kasper Hauser Comedy Troupe
Act 7: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 8: Anti-same-sex-marriage ad – Colbert Report
Act 9: Anti-same-sex marriage 2M4M – Rachel Maddow
Act 10: 2M4M 4 Ever! – AndyCobbonUTube
Music:
My Love – The Bird and the Bee
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You can’t hurry love – Phil Collins
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Another love song – Finniston
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What is love? – Haddaway
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Love will come through – Travis
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Accidentally in love – The Counting Crows
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Love will tear us apart – Joy Division
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Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
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All my love – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
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#258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise (Podcast)
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Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban – Wait Wait
Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question – The Young Turks
Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 – Democracy NOW!
Act 5: NSA spying on Americans – ABC News
Act 6: State senator on ‘The Gay’ – The Young Turks
Act 7: Let them into the house – Slate.com
Music:
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
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Army Corps of Architects – Death Cab For Cutie
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Skilly Widden – Cantiga
No Bravery – James Blunt
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Needle in the Hay – Elliott Smith
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Fuck you – Lily Allen
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