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#571 The President said some things (State of the Union)

Jay! — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney’s SOTU prebuttal lies – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12
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Song 1: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!

Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis – Young Turks 1-24-12
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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
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Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12
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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
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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
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Song 6: Dreams – Talk On Corners

Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12
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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
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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
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Song 9: The Gambler – The Gambler

Act 10: Obama’s bad joke – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 1-28-12
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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
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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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Final comments on the importance of choosing your words when speaking to those outside your own community, the need for ‘wins’
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#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)

Jay! — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:37 +0000

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Act 1: Stop Online Piracy Act – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 11-18-11
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Song 1: Union Warriors – Robin Roberts

Act 2: Wikipedia Leaves GoDaddy Over Stop Online Piracy Act – Young Turks
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Song 6: Physical – Physical

Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing – The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12
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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
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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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Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism

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SOPA & PIPA – Colbert Report
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#562 Occupy My Heart (Occupy Wall St Part 12)

Jay! — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:45 +0000

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Act 1: Introduction and background

Act 2: Occupy My Heart: A Revolutionary Christmas Carol
Occupy My Heart: Act 1
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Occupy My Heart: Act 2
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Occupy My Heart: Act 3
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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:
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#560 Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)

Jay! — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:17 +0000

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Song 6: Together we fight alone – Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino – Occupy the Courts – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11
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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
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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
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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:
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Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

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Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters – Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11
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#559 Our annual collective waste of time (War on the war Christmas)

Jay! — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:54 +0000

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Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O’Reilly’s Response – Young Turks Air Date: 2010
Song 1: Have I Got a Present for You – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 2: Sam wont cut and run from the war on Christmas – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
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Song 2: Christians and Pagans – Mortal City

Act 3: Fox News Gets Trigger-Happy in the War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 11-9-11
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Song 3: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee

Act 4: War on Xmas – Santa under attack – Countdown Air Date: 12-13-10
Song 4: The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – Single

Act 5: The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
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Song 5: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 6: The ACLU of Tenn. Accused of Terrorism – The Progressive Air Date: 2010
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Song 6: Lord’s Bright Blessing – Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Act 7: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition – Media Matters Air Date: 12-1-11
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Song 7: Whoville welcomes Christmas – How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Act 8: Glenn Beck’s story of the three wise men – Le Show Air Date: 2010
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Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
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Song 9: Sleigh Ride – Amy Grant Christmas: The Complete Collection

Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
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Song 10: Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season – The Andy Williams Christmas Album

Act 11: Church and State During the Holidays – The Progressive Air Date: 12-13-11
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Song 11: There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 12: Scrooge was not the hero of ‘A Christmas Carol’ – Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11
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Song 12: Walking In the Air – The Snowman

Act 13: War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
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Song 13: Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) – Christmas Eve and Other Stories

Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
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Final comments on a song correction and how people’s tribal instincts can result in resentment

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#557 Why we’re winning (Occupy Wall St Part 10)

Jay! — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:40 +0000

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Act 1: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money – Majority Report Air Date: 11-16-11
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Song 1: Eye of the Tiger – Eye of the Tiger (Remastered)

Act 2: If cops use force then your speech wasn’t free (to say the least) – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 12-9-11
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Song 2: Paranoia – Welcome to Earth

Act 3: Good cop, bad cop and O’Reilly declares the Occupation dead – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11
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Song 3: John Lennon – Jackson Square

Act 4: Occupying our homes – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-2-11
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Song 4: House of the Risin’ Sun – Bob Dylan

Act 5: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks
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Song 5: Wild World – Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits

Act 6: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-8-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GoVkelmPZE" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 6: Little Lies – Greatest Hits

Act 7: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect – Lee Camp Air Date 12-5-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4p1Y1CUm_s" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect from @LeeCamp #p2"]

Voicemails:
Retail manager’s story of holiday hiring – Casey from Michigan
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Direct message to Dave (Godless) Kinser – Chris the Carpenter
Asking that more women’s voices be promoted on the show – April from Toronto
Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident – Dave from Olympia, WA
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on this show being the answer to the question of the point of Occupy Wall St

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Michael Moore connects the federal government to raids – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11
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#556 Keeping Wall St Occupied (Occupy Wall St Part 9)

Jay! — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:23 +0000

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Act 1: We are the 0.99 Percent – David Feldman Air Date: 11-18-11
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Song 1: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning – The Very Best of Grieg

Act 2: Anatomy of an Occupy Wall Street Smear – Majority Report Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 2: Susan – The Exit

Act 3: Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 1 – Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11
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Act 4: Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 2 – Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oZpuX-DM8s&feature=related" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 2 - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: #OWS Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 2 from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 4: Candle In the Wind (Ben’s Song) – Only God Can Judge Me

Act 5: Occupy Wall Street Divided – Daily Show Air Date: 11-16-11
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Song 5: Class Warfare – Divided We Fall LP

Act 6: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election? Glenn Greenwald Interview – David Pakman Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-ygvLPOqY" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election? Glenn Greenwald Interview - David Pakman" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election? Glenn Greenwald Interview from @davidpakmanshow #p2"]
Song 6: Anti-Hu – Nautical Antiques – A Selection of Rarities from 1998-2001

Act 7: Whom Do They Represent? – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfG90eviIHA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Whom Do They Represent? - Mumia Abu-Jamal" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Whom Do They Represent? from @MumiaAbuJamal #p2"]
Song 7: Cotton Eyed Joe – Live at Billy Bob’s Texas: Asleep At the Wheel

Act 8: Keep Wall Street Occupied (Part 1) – Ransackedroom on YouTube
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Song 8: Lost In the Post – A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

Act 9: U.S. Citizens Form Massive Special Disinterest Group – The Onion
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGAQBvwZlWQ" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: U.S. Citizens Form Massive Special Disinterest Group - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: U.S. Citizens Form Massive Special Disinterest Group - The Onion #p2"]
Song 9: Don’t Vote – Catacombs

Act 10: Iraq vet Scott Olsen on what he hopes the movement will achieve – Countdown Air Date: 12-2-11
[sharethis url="http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-wall-street-iraq-vet-scott-olsen-on-what-he-hopes-the-movement-will-achieve" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Iraq vet Scott Olsen on what he hopes the movement will achieve - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Iraq vet Scott Olsen on what he hopes the movement will achieve from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 10: Bloodstream – Bloodstream – EP

Act 11: UC Davis Pepper-Spraying Cop John Pike Anti-Gay Slur Lawsuit – David Pakman Air Date: 11-28-11
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Song 11: Sociopath – Miss Halfway

Act 12: Walker’s War on Free Speech – The Progressive Air Date: 12-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTiL64XE3g" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Walkers War on Free Speech - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Walkers War on Free Speech from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 12: Heat of the Moment – Asia

Act 13: Occupy Wall Street Leaked Memo, Banks Plan Attack – Young Turks Air Date: 11-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDiQb0K0TXk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall Street Leaked Memo, Banks Plan Attack - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Leaked Memo, Banks Plan Attack from @theyoungturks #p2"]

Voicemails:
Looking for more info on Brian from TX – Josh from Dallas, TX
Follow up info in his run for congress in Texas – Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on tackling the casually pepper spraying cop – Ron from outside Philly
Occupying America: The Rest of Us – New project from the producer of the Watch it Burn podcast – Dave Kinser

Link to Dave’s project:
Occupying America: The Rest of Us.
Email Dave at bdkinser@gmail.com
Hear Dave’s original show “Watch it Burn” at godlesskinser.podomatic.com

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final Comments on Dave Kinser, his old podcast and his new project

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Elderly Occupier Pepper Sprayed – Colbert Report
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#551 The police are the 99 percent too (Occupy Wall St Part 7)

Jay! — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1hshiMITH4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 1: Go Your Own Way (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 2: Who are the one percent – Robert Greenwald – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 11-3-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReAypcOKGs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 2: We are the many – Makana

Act 3: Don’t just salute veterans, rally with them – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9t1vrK27Jc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Veterans – The Clips

Act 4: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps – Lee Camp Air Date 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL36f08pnUA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 4: Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane

Act 5: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street – The Progressive Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0Dm-b-V8k" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 5: Stop the Madness – Versatile Roots

Act 6: Protesting at Berkley, past and present – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-0KiaWYlw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 6: This fickle world – Theo Bard

Act 7: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQdEGFAvAI" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 7: Shake It Out – Ceremonials (Deluxe Version)

Act 8: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories – The Onion
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWeLw9Qwsh4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion #p2"]
Song 8: Seasons In the Sun – Have a Ball

Act 9: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a “Which Side Are You On” Moment – The Progressive Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV_iiPLkC4A" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a Which Side Are You On Moment - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a "Which Side Are You On" Moment from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 9: All You Fascists – Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II

Act 10: Keith’s Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGd2rjmVJs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Keiths Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Keiths Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 10: So I Need You – The Better Life

Act 11: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed – The Bugle Air Date: 11-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGQUY12cIk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed - The Bugle" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed from @hellobuglers #p2"]
Song 11: A Change Is Gonna Come – Learning to Bend

Act 12: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4WtgKHC11o" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State from @TheYoungTurks #p2"]

Voicemails:
A new take on the Occupation – Lea from Boulder, CO
A call for cops to call in with their thoughts on the police at Occupy protests – Max from Davis, CA
Agreeing with Mumia on the media’s willful ignorance on the Occupation – Michael From Glenn Bernie
Call to action: general strike in Davis on November 28, 2011 – Max from Davis, CA

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments asking for calls from police officers regarding Occupy Wall St

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Bloomberg Forever – short film – Occupy The Movie
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#547 Then they fight you (Occupy Wall St Part 6)

Jay! — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:08 +0000

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Act 1: The Top 1 percent Vs YOU – Young Turks Air Date 10-31-11
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Song 1: Give a Damn – Greatest Hits

Act 2: Occupy Wall Street Says “Stop, Thief!” – The Progressive Air Date: 10-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjccRv1MxGc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Occupy Wall Street Says Stop, Thief! - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Says Stop, Thief! from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 2: Stop Thief – Fabian’s 16 Fabulous Hits

Act 3: What’s in a name at Occupy Wall St? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-31-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd0pvtYU_A" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Whats in a name at Occupy Wall St? - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Whats in a name at Occupy Wall St? from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Liberty Square – Liberty Square

Act 4: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street – Majority Report Air Date: 11-2-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8tRvkObmN0" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 4: Out of My Mind – Back to Bedlam

Act 5: The general strike in Oakland – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-2-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxflKIxbR8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: The general strike in Oakland - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: The general strike in Oakland - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 5: If it weren’t for the union – Robin Roberts

Act 6: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United – The Progressive Air Date: 11-2-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoOQNDiAoCc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 6: Ride of the Valkyries – Classical For The New Age

Act 7: The dignity of the Occupation and the coverage of it – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 7: Dignified and Old – The Modern Lovers

Act 8: Occupation teach-ins on environmental issues – Green News Report Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 8: Return to Sender – The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered)

Act 9: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers – The Onion
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gHLAAk630" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers - The Onion #p2"]
Song 9: Night of the Dancing Flame – Ruby Blue

Act 10: Who Are The 1 Percent? – Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQ1vVSy1y4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Who Are The 1 Percent? - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Who Are The 1 Percent? from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 10: What Are Their Names – If I Could Only Remember My Name

Act 11: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question – Counterspin Air Date: 11-4-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9AXl0TTGD8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 11: The Sound of Silence – Sounds of Silence

Act 12: What Do They Want? – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5aMM1N1bw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: What Do They Want? - Mumia Abu-Jamal" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: What Do They Want? from @MumiaAbuJamal #p2"]
Song 12: Too Much Information – The Singles Box 1986-1995

Act 13: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet – Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ZK0d_fMD8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 13: Still Fighting It – Rockin’ the Suburbs

Act 14: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police – Countdown Air Date: 11-8-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7drD7SCQA8Y" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 14: Sorrow – The Process of Belief

Act 15: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Don’t Have Free Speech – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-31-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFWSDSovKdg" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Dont Have Free Speech - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Dont Have Free Speech from @LeeCamp #p2"]

Voicemails:
Thoughts on the occupartion in Oakland – Max from Davis, CA
Call for a mass Occupy event in the spring – Daniel from Chicago, IL
Thoughts on what non-violence means – D from Chicago

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on the fundamental appeal of the occupation

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must repent or resign – Countdown
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#546 The whole world is, in fact, watching and taking part (Occupy Wall St Part 5)

Jay! — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:53 +0000

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Act 1: Thanks for Nothin’ – Mark Fiore Air Date 10-27-11
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Song 1: I’m Looking Through You – I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)

Act 2: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation – Counterspin Air Date: 10-27-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrrSEfaPxw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 2: Down the Line – Down the Line – Single

Act 3: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 1 – Majority Report 10-25-11
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Song 3: Generation – Emerson Hart

Act 4: Why Don’t The Occupy Protesters Stop Whining, Just Work Hard – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-28-11
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Song 4: Have you had enough? – Rickie Lee Jones & The Squirrel Nut Zippers

Act 5: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 2 – Majority Report 10-25-11
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Song 5: I Can Help – The Best of Billy Swan

Act 6: Comparing the Occupation to the Bonus Army encampment – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 10-26-11
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Song 6: Down the Drain – Torrent, Vol. 1 & 2: Will Dailey

Act 7: Protest update and thoughts on tear gas – The Bugle Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 7: Touch of Grey – The Very Best of Grateful Dead

Act 8: Poll Americans Distrust Government – Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11
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Song 8: I didn’t fuck it up – Katie Goodman

Act 9: Missing Howard Zinn, Oracle of OWS – The Progressive Air Date: 10-31-11
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Song 9: Back to Life – Keep On Movin’

Act 10: Shockupy Wall Street Fad – Colbert Report Air Date: 10-27-11
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Song 10: Ave Maria (Pavarotti / O’Riordan) – To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)

Act 11: The world is, in fact, watching the Oakland Occupation – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 10-27-11
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Voicemails:
Call to action: go visit an occupation and bring food and water – Todd from LA
Disappointment in election results and education system in Colorado – Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado
Request for a union episode – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Occupy protests hitting on emotions and logic to take down the system – John from Tulsa, OK

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final Comments on the irrelevance of other news

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Parks & Demostrations – Oakland Riot – Daily Show Air Date: 10-26-11
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Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson