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#571 The President said some things (State of the Union)
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Edition #571
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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney’s SOTU prebuttal lies – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 1: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!
Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis – Young Turks 1-24-12
Song 2: Mad World – VSQ Film School: Cult Classics and Indie Favs
Act 3: Right Wing Response to President’s SOTU Address: “CLASS WARFARE!” – Media Matters Air Date: 1-25-12
Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 4: The Wind – The Very Best of Cat Stevens
Act 5: He probably wont do the good or the bad laid out in SOTU – Majority Report Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 5: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)
Act 6: The Downsides of Obama’s State of the Union – The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 6: Dreams – Talk On Corners
Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 7: These Quiet Times – From the Ground Up
Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU – On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 8: This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded) – The Drifters: All-Time Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU – Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 9: The Gambler – The Gambler
Act 10: Obama’s bad joke – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 10: I Want It All (Single) – Classic Queen
Act 11: Don’t trust but verify, just verify – Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 1-26-12
Voicemails:
Other health-related uses for hormonal birth control – Rachel from Boston, Mass
Recommending Sojourner’s Truth, Occupied Territory and 99% Report podcasts – EJ From Lyons, NY
Evidence of our need for a social safety net – Patrick from Dallas
Thoughts on what it means to be treated like an animal – Carl from New Jersey
Time to sign up for your local community farm share program – Curtis from Baltimore
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Produced By:
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#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)
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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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Jay! Tomlinson
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#562 Occupy My Heart (Occupy Wall St Part 12)
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Edition #562
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Act 1: Introduction and background
Act 2: Occupy My Heart: A Revolutionary Christmas Carol
Occupy My Heart: Act 1
Occupy My Heart: Act 2
Occupy My Heart: Act 3
Act 3: Outroduction and thoughts on each of us having a place in the Occupy movement
Act 4: Occupy My Heart: A song by Ben and Fritz
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Occupy My Heart: A Revolutionary Christmas Carol:
Written by W.C. Turck
Produced by Greg Alexander
Distributed with permission from WCPT Radio, Chicago’s Progressive Talk www.chicagosprogressivetalk.com
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#560 Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)
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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11
Song 1: The Persuaded – Dynamo
Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11
Song 2: God Be with You (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls
Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 3: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) – DJ Keoki
Act 4: Obama – Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
Song 4: Don’t Believe the Hype – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity – J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11
Song 5: 2 Atoms In a Molecule – Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
Act 6: Infectious Global Protests – The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 6: Together we fight alone – Darlings
Act 7: Steve Justino – Occupy the Courts – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11
Song 7: You Gotta Be – I Ain’t Movin’
Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power – Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11
Song 8: Messages – Food In the Belly
Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC “One United” speech – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11
Voicemails:
NPR and the GOP debates – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
Complement for the War on Christmas episode – Doug in Chicagoland
Thoughts on Mumia from the policeman who initiated the original discussion on the topic – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
A call for more African American voices on the show – Jacoby from Hawaii
Thoughts on the future of the Occupy movement – Vicki from Oregon
Asking for updates on the congressional candidate in Texas – Big fan of the show
Update on US House Candidate in Texas – www.brianingram.org – Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Citizen Radio productions
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters – Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11
Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson
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