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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

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Afghanistan Stability Chart – Daily Show

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#377 Yet another oil spill show (Oil Spill)

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Edition #377

Act 1: Crude and Unusual – Colbert Report
Song 1: White Flag – Life for Rent
Act 2: BP RIP – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Addicted to Oil – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 3: The gall of BP’s Tony Hayward – The Progressive
Song 3: Back In the High Life Again – Back In the High Life
Act 4: Hayward’s apology from BP – Le Show
Song 4: Hard to Say I’m Sorry – The Best of Chicago (40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]
Act 5: GOP wants you to pay for the spill – Young Turks
Song 5: Rude Awakening – The Awakening
Act 6: Strike it mucky – The Bugle
Song 6: Not Sorry – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
Act 7: Philippe Cousteau interview – Bill Maher
Song 7: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) (club mix) – DJ Keoki
Act 8: Dead, dying and headless carcases – Countdown
Song 8: Black Water – The Very Best of The Doobie Brothers (Remastered)
Act 9: The Petro science dude – Le Show
Song 9: I Am a Paleontologist – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 10: Comparing ACORN with BP – Rachel Maddow

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America’s Strained Relationship With England – Colbert Report

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#376 Yeah, still going on (Oil Spill)

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Edition #376

Act 1: More of Obama’s non-anger – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Don’t Look Back In Anger – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Act 2: Proven unsafe – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Mystify – The Best of INXS
Act 3: Speaking of BP – Le Show
Song 3: Too Late Too Slow – Work
Act 4: BP ad campaign – Daily Show
Song 4: Dream On (Live) – A Little South of Sanity (Live)
Act 5: Oil spill prayer chain – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 5: Like a Prayer – Like a Prayer
Act 6: James Carville oil spill rage – Colbert Report
Song 6: Love Like a Bomb – Don’t Believe the Truth
Act 7: Rachel’s Presidential address – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: World Spins Madly On – Say I Am You
Act 8: Tar Beachopolous – Le Show
Song 8: Kernkraft 400 (Original Version) – Kernkraft 400 – EP
Act 9: Oil spill retrospective – Countdown

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The spilling fields – To Shell and Back – Daily Show

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#375 An Armada of Humanaterrorists (Israel)

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Edition #375

Act 1: Israel beat the Somalis to it – BBC News Quiz
Song 1: Hostage-O – Life’ll Kill Ya
Act 2: Release the prisoners, release the tapes – Young Turks
Song 2: Respect – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Act 3: Republican on Gaza – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 3: Danger Zone – Top Gun / Footloose / Sleepless In Seattle
Act 4: Obama mute on Israeli aggression – The Progressive
Song 4: Different Names for the Same Thing – Plans
Act 5: Discussing the flotilla – Bill Maher
Song 5: A Different Shore – Peace of Mind
Act 6: Dueling taped accounts – On the Media
Song 6: Sea of Love (Remastered) – Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 7: Obama helps obstruct Israel investigation – Young Turks
Song 7: Glycerine – Sixteen Stone
Act 8: Don’t cheer the departure of Helen Thomas – The Progressive
Song 8: Soir de fête – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 9: Fox on Helen Thomas – Media Matters
Act 10: Helen Thomas’s departure – Counterspin
Song 10: Slight Figure of Speech – I and Love and You
Act 11: Michael Oren and formidable opponent – Colbert Report
Song 11: We Could Be Friends – Weathervanes
Act 12: Joe Biden hits new low – The Progressive
Song 12: Doctor My Eyes – Anthology: Jackson 5
Act 13: Israel does something crazy/frustrating – The Bugle

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Israel Flotilla Raid – Breakdown of Who’s Right and Wrong – Young Turks

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