#258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise (Podcast)

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Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban – Wait Wait
Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question – The Young Turks
Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 – Democracy NOW!
Act 5: NSA spying on Americans – ABC News
Act 6: State senator on ‘The Gay’ – The Young Turks
Act 7: Let them into the house – Slate.com

Music:
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson - Jackie Wilson: 20 Greatest Hits - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
Army Corps of Architects – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords - Army Corps of Architects
Skilly Widden – Cantiga
No Bravery – James Blunt
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam - No Bravery
Needle in the Hay – Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith - Needle In the Hay - EP - Needle In the Hay
Fuck you – Lily Allen
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You - Fuck You

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Bill Ayers interviewed on ABC

William (Bill) Ayers went on record to clear up his relationship with Barack Obama this morning on ABC. Ayers stated that he is not a terrorist, his friendship with Obama is like any other regular person’s relationship with an elected official, and that the Weather Underground group was “unfairly ‘demonized’” by the media and the McCain/Palin camp.

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Round 3: South Carolina

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sc150.jpgAct 1: CNN – Obama Wins South Carolina
Act 2: Obama – Victory Speech
Act 3: Sam Seder – Obama Victory
Act 4: Democracy Now – Obama Victory
Act 5: The UpTake – The Politics of Interjecting Race
Act 6: ABC’s This Week – Obama Responds to Clinton Comment
Act 7: Ted Kennedy – Endorses Barack Obama
  

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World on Fire

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worldonfire.jpgAct 1: Opening statement – Al Gore
Act 2: Farewell to incandescent – ABC News
Act 3: UN Climate Change Report – Part 1 – NewsHour
Act 4: Intergovernmental report – BBC
Act 5: UN Climate Change Report – Part 2 – NewsHour
Act 6: Working to slow global warming – BBC
Act 7: Supreme court weighs in – The Young Turks
Act 8: Court ruling on the EPA – Democracy Now!
Act 9: Consensus on Climate Change – On The Media
Act 10: US aims to weaked climate accord – The Young Turks
Act 11: N. Carolina family takes carbon challenge – NPR


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