#544 Well, that’s settled then (Climate Change)
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Act 1: Bobby Kennedy discusses the Public Trust Doctrine – Ring of Fire
Song 1: Clocks – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 2: Dim bulbs in Congress – Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-12-11
Song 2: Don’t Turn Off the Lights – Escape
Act 3: Maggie Fox – The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann Air Date 09-13-11
Song 3: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 4: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here – Daily Show Air Date: 9-15-11
Song 4: Sunshine Goodtime – Pretty Baby
Act 5: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it’s a Conspiracy – Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11
Song 5: Find the River – Automatic for the People
Act 6: Koch Bros study confirm climate change – Majority Report Air Date: 10-24-11
Song 6: You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) [2009 Version] – You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) – EP
Act 7: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive – The Onion
Song 7: Driving Sideways – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 8: Dr. Doug Inkley – New Gulf spill report… Not the end of the story – Thom Hartman Air Date: 9-19-11
Song 8: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)
Act 9: Supporting the EPA and the Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research – Green News Report Air Date: 10-25-11
Song 9: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade
Act 10: CO2 – They call it pollution, we call it life – Al Franken
Voicemails:
Thoughts on Jim Hightower’s airport security comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Links from the email I read:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/xray-body-scanners-arriving-at-airports
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/11/17/whats-the-real-radiation-risk-of-the-tsas-full-body-x-ray-scans/Emailer wrote: “read comment 19, i trust the phd”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
Debunking of voicemailer who decried Jim Hightower – Mara from Pittsburgh
Follow up on Jim Hightower scanner comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Responding to Michael From Benicia on airport scanners – Mara from Pittsburgh
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments wondering if we’ll hear back from Michael again
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Weathering Fights – Daily Show
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Taking Care of the Commons
Act 1: Veterans Affairs with Paul Rieckhoff – Part 1 – Al Franken
Act 2: Top officer relieved of duty – NPR
Act 3: Veterans Affairs with Paul Rieckhoff – Part 2 – Al Franken
Act 4: Problems just beginning – On the Media
Act 5: Military mental health care – NPR
Act 6: Poll shows everyone wants to provide health care – The Young Turks
Act 7: Ted Kennedy on health care – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Womens rights in Walmart – BBC
Act 9: Education debate with Rand Institute – Thom Hartmann
Act 10: Labeling sex offenders – The Young Turks

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This Whole Health Care Debacle


Act 1: The new health care plan – The Al Franken Show
Act 2: Cure all for health care – The Colbert Report
Act 3: Who’s got a plan? – NPR On Point
Act 4: Andy Stern on health care – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Bush’s plan torn to pieces – Sam Seder Show
Act 6: Nick’s story – NPR’s All Things Considered
Act 7: Martin Luther King Jr. speech
The State of Our Union


Act 1: Pre-Show Preview – The Daily Show
Act 2: Pre-Show Preview – Countdown
Act 3: Education – Randi Rhodes
Act 4: Economy – Al Franken
Act 5: Budget – Randi Rhodes
Act 6: Cheney on the SotU – LeShow
Act 7: Sam on Jim Webb’s Speech – Sam Seder
Act 8: Randi on Jim Webb’s Speech – Randi Rhodes
Act 9: Jim Webb’s Speech
Act 10: Terror – Countdown



