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#559 Our annual collective waste of time (War on the war Christmas)
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
Song 9: Sleigh Ride – Amy Grant Christmas: The Complete Collection
Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
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
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
Song 12: Walking In the Air – The Snowman
Act 13: War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
Song 13: Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) – Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
Final comments on a song correction and how people’s tribal instincts can result in resentment
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#503 The pivot point (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Some or all of 6.6 billion dollars lost or stolen in Iraq – Citizen Radio – 06-14-11
Song 1: Crumbling Down – “Its Pronounced Yah-Ves”
Act 2: Mad In The Middle East – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 2: About Today – Cherry Tree
Act 3: Cock-Blocked Roundup – Yemen – Daily Show
Song 3: Smile Like You Mean It – Hot Fuss
Act 4: Good Old Days of Dictatorships – CounterSpin – 06-16-11
Song 4: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!
Act 5: Iraq claims 18.7 billion lost money – Re-enactment – Citizen Radio – 06-20-11
Song 5: Touch of Grey – The Very Best of Grateful Dead
Act 6: Cock-Blocked Roundup – Syria – Daily Show
Song 6: Rainbow Veins – Maybe I’m Dreaming
Act 7: Welcoming NATO’s Irrelevance – The Progressive
Song 7: These Quiet Times – From the Ground Up
Act 8: Journalism Covering War in Libya – Counterspin – 06-16-11
Song 8: Perth – Bon Iver
Act 9: MI6 replaces bomb instructions with cupcake recipe – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 9: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) – Eyes On Fire – EP
Act 10: Obama Blows by Stop Signs in War Powers Act – The Progressive
Song 10: Oblio – One
Act 11: War powers act violated in Libya – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Girl in the war – Chris Priest
Act 12: The Word – Defining Moment – Colbert Report – 06-22-11
Song 12: Peace Train – Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits
Act 13: Obama Flops On Troops In Afghanistan – Young Turks – 06-22-11
Song 13: You Got to Get Out of There – Back to Broke
Act 14: Obama’s Afghanistan War Address commentary – Rachel Maddow – 06-17-11
Song 14: Carefree – Carefree
Act 15: Special Comment: Leaving Afghanistan – Countdown
Song 15: Don’t Press Your Luck – Don’t Press Your Luck! (The IN Sound of 60′s Connecticut)
Act 16: Nation Building in America – Colbert Report – 06-23-11
Final comments on the virtuous cycle
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Has Obama Failed To Reduce Hostility Toward Obnoxious Americans Abroad? – The Onion
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#435 People scared clothes-less and world powers exposed (International Security)
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Act 1: Don’t touch my junk – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 1: Submarine Symphonika – Honeysuckle Weeks
Act 2: Memo to Fox – Profiling still wont work – Media Matters
Song 2: Your Racist Friend – Flood
Act 3: Homeland security for sale – Young Turks
Song 3: Holiday Road (Live) – Live At the Bass Performance Hall
Act 4: Tales of airport security – Le Show
Song 4: Touch my junk – Harry Shearer
Act 5: Interview with TSA on enhanced pad down procedure – Majority Report
Song 5: Slide – No Angel
Act 6: Wiki gossip – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 6: A Few Honest Words – Learning to Bend
Act 7: NYT on leaked info about Iran – Counterspin
Song 7: How – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
Act 8: Wikileaks lets us know what’s going on – The Progressive
Song 8: Tracked in mud – Cory Davies
Act 9: Jay Rosen on Wikileaks – Citizen Radio
Song 9: Just My Imagination – Stars – The Best of 1992-2002
Act 10: Wikileaks vs. world peace – Counterspin
Song 10: The Peace Carol – A Christmas Together
Act 11: Knowing what’s real from Wikileaks – Common Sense
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Jay Rosen on Wikileaks- “The watchdog press died; we have this instead.”
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Daniel Ellsberg’s open letter to Amazon.com
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#403 Rachel Maddow gives credit where credit is due (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: 9 Billion lost – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Where Did It Go (Bonus Track) – Jimmy Cliff
Act 2: The insane cost of war – Young Turks
Song 2: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John: Greatest Hits
Act 3: Taliban code of conduct – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Sometimes I Rhyme Slow – Ain’t a Damn Thing Changed
Act 4: Reaction to 9/11 – Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Song 4: John Adams theme song – HBO
Act 5: Growing intelligence community – Colbert Report
Song 5:Under the Gun – Sawdust
Act 6: Still not out of Iraq – The Progressive
Song 6: Drowning Men – Reservoir
Act 7: Mission accomplished part 2 – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 7: Don’t Talk – In My Tribe
Act 8: US always has money for war – Young Turks
Song 8: Give a Little Bit – The Very Best of Supertramp
Act 9: Iraq numbers – Le Show
Song 9: Trillion Dollar Bargain – Harry Shearer
Act 10: Credit where credit is due – Rachel Maddow
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Full, unedited interview with the hosts of Citizen Radio
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