#572 Bad and badder (Elections)
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Act 1: Newt Ginrich’s Performance and Mitt Romney’s Tax – Colbert Report
Song 1: He’s a Pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean (Original Soundtrack)
Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital – David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12
Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me – Van Morrison
Act 3: Mitt’s Flamingly Wealthy – Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12
Song 3: It Gets Better – It Gets Better
Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12
Song 4: So Jealous – So Jealous
Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida – The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12
Song 5: My Heart Sinks – Breaking Up
Act 6: The man from Bain – Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12
Act 7: O’Reilly comes to Romney’s rhetorical rescue – Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12
Song 7: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets
Act 8: Fox’s Huckabee “Birther-Lite” Comments – Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12
Act 9: War Within The Bubble – Real Time with Bill Maher – Air Date: 01-13-12
Song 9: A Whiter Shade of Pale – The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [15th Anniversary]
Act 10: Gingrich’s New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism – The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12
Song 10: Crooked Teeth – Plans
Act 11: Black to the Future – Newt Gingrich’s Timing – Daily Show – Air Date 01-12-12
Song 11: This Little Light – Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Act 12: Gingrich: adultery makes him a more viable candidate – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 12: Jelly Belly – The Shangri-Las & The ’60s Girl Group Garage Sound
Act 13: Newt’s Reckless Rhetoric – The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12
Song 13: Bulletproof – La Roux (Bonus Track Version)
Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! – The Bugle – Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 14: Fly Me To The Moon – Sampler 2
Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-18-12
Voicemails:
The time is right to occupy the ballot – Brian from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on choosing one’s sexuality – Jeff from Florida
Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign – Casey from Michigan
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-11-12
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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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#473 They only call it class war when we fight back (Economics)
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Act 1: Cut and ruin – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Honey – Go – the Very Best of Moby
Act 2: Callous Republicans cut unemployment – The Progressive
Song 2: Working Class Hero – Power to the People – The Hits (Remastered)
Act 3: There is a class war going on – Majority Report
Song 3: Breathless – Jonathan Byrd
Act 4: Class war casualties – Jim Hightower
Song 4: Class warfare – Chris Priest
Act 5: Rich vs poor and misplaced priorities – Majority Report
Song 5: Go Your Own Way (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls
Act 6: Just raise taxes – MSNBC
Song 6: Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – These Streets
Act 7: Economic Boom – Colbert Report
Song 7: California – null
Act 8: Matt Taibbi on how Wall St crooks avoided jail – Bill Maher
Song 8: That’s All – Arrow
Act 9: Unpopulism – Rachel Maddow
Final comments on setting priorities and using your limited time in the best way possible
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Robert Reich on tax reform – Thom Hartmann
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#470 The Idiots are taking over (Congress)
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Act 1: Boehner’s People – Jim Hightower
Song 1: Tears and Rain – Back to Bedlam
Act 2: Ineffective GOP – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: If you’ve got trouble – The Beatles
Act 3: The do-nothing congress – Slate.com
Song 3: Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears
Act 4: Congress forgets how to pass a bill – The Onion
Song 4: Kill the Director – The Wombats – EP
Act 5: Three quarters of Senate Republicans don’t believe in science – David Pakman
Song 5: The Idiots Are Taking Over – The War On Errorism
Act 6: Congress slumps back to Tom Delay ethics – Jim Hightower
Song 6: These Are the Days – Ibiza After Dark – Late Night Luxury Grooves
Act 7: Boehner is bad at his job Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Theme from “Greatest American Hero” (Believe It or Not) – America’s Greatest Hero
Act 8: Useless GOP distractions – Bill Maher
Song 8: Radio – As Smart As We Are
Act 9: Boehner OK with Americans losing jobs – Young Turks
Song 9: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Act 10: Johnnie “Business as usual” Boehner – Jim Hightower
Song 10: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 11: Boehner is bad at his job Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
BYU basketball player kicked off for honor code violation – Scott from California
Supporting Mumia because he’s based on facts – John From Omaha
Excitement about YouTube playlists – Max from Berkley, CA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Power Shift, new video version of the show and the listener of the year
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John Boehner’s Large Gavel – Colbert Report
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