War

#392 WikiFrenzy (Foreign Policy)

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Edition #392

Act 1: Just got the carfax – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Aegean Wave – Pianissimo
Act 2: Documents – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Opportunity – See the Sun
Act 3: That’s the way I leak it – Colbert Report
Song 3: Mr. Maker – Konk
Act 4: Congrats to Wikileaks – The Progressive
Song 4: So Long – Honeymoon Is Over
Act 5: More on the Iraq inquiry – Le Show
Song 5: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 6: On the Wikileak – On the Media
Song 6: Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
Act 7: Secret info revealed – The Now Show
Song 7: Throwing Stones – Work
Act 8: Best Leak Ever – Daily Show
Song 8: Fall of the Star High School Running Back – All Hail West Texas
Act 9: Wikileak and video critique – Citizen Radio

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Frienemies – Mark Fiore

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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. Renée 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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#346 At war at home and abroad (Foreign Policy)

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Edition #346

Act 1: The Word – Afghanistan – Colbert Report
Act 2: Afghans may not like having families killed – Counterspin
Act 3: Local harlot exposes face – The Onion
Act 4: Morbid milestone in Afghanistan – The Progressive
Act 5: Obama caves in on military trials – Young Turks
Act 6: Garry Wills on presidential bombing power – Colbert Report
Act 7: Options for terror trials – Counterspin
Act 8: Liz Cheney’s Al-Qaeda 7 commercial – Daily Show
Act 9: Obama Admin – Torture is not illegal – Young Turks
Act 10: Marc Thiessen interview – Daily Show
Act 11: Biggest conspiracy ever – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Iraqracy – Colbert Report

Music:
Meet Me On The Equinox – Death Cab for Cutie

Daffodil Lament – The Cranberries

Killing for love – José González

Lights out – Santigold

Moment Of Tranquillity – Apoptygma Berzerk

Love like a bomb – Oasis

You or your memory – The Mountain Goats

John Adams theme song – HBO
Born Slippy – Underworld

Run on – Moby

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#326 Underpants Bomb Fallout, choose your own pun (Foreign Policy)

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Edition #326

Act 1: Yemen Sad Libs – Daily Show
Act 2: Kill first harshly interrogate later – Countdown
Act 3: Bush terror policies wrongly glorified – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Missteps in the early days reporting on Yemen – On the Media
Act 5: Rove blames NCTC then backpedals – Young Turks
Act 6: Idiot lies about Obama’s response – Countdown
Act 7: Outright lies politicizing terrorism – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Idiots with big balls – Daily Show
Act 9: Rudy says something unspeakably ignorant – Le Show
Act 10: Nonsense GOP response cause for despair – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Ideal or no deal – Colbert Report

Music:
Back in the high life again – Steve Winwood

Send in the clowns – The Simpsons
Whatcha say – Jason Derulo

Let go – Frou Frou

Sorry, blame it on me – Akon

American idiot – Green Day

Ridiculous Thoughts – The Cranberries

Big balls – AC/DC
Diamond – Klint

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