#395 Another giant distraction based on bigotry (Immigration)
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Edition #395
Act 1: Be nice to minorities – Bill Maher
Song 1: We Are Going to Be Friends (Live) – Under Great White Northern Lights (Live)
Act 2: Latino 911 – Daily Show
Song 2: Nothing Else Matters – Inquisition Symphony
Act 3: Championing the AZ law – Media Matters
Act 4: Obama’s weak immigration reform – Young Turks
Song 4: Loud Pipes – Classics
Act 5: Arizona’s photo radar – Daily Show
Song 5: Ballad of Hugo Chavez – Jackson Square
Act 6: Border violence, that’s bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: Cattle Call – Songs of the Trail
Act 7: Interview on reaction to AZ law ruling – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 8: Hurray for courageous judge Suan Bolton – The Progressive
Song 8: Fade to Black – Inquisition Symphony
Act 9: Susan Bolton ruling – Media Matters
Act 10: AZ immigration law stopped by federal judge – Young Turks
Song 10: Look After You – How to Save a Life
Act 11: Fake immigration stories – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Concrete Box – Nada Surf
Act 12: US will now offer platinum plus citizenship – The Onion
Song 12: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 13: Immigration stories now user generated – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Arturo Rodriguez on immigrant workers – Colbert Report
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#385 A flawed and broken paradigm (Economics)
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Edition #385
Act 1: Pros and cons of financial reform bill – Young Turks
Song 1: Satellite – Ganging Up On the Sun
Act 2: Estate tax discussion – Bill Maher
Song 2: I Want to Protect You – Useless Trinkets-B Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (Audio Version)
Act 3: Reinstate the estate tax – The Progressive
Song 3: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 4: Working on cutting social security – Counterspin
Song 4: Noctuary – Dial ‘M’ for Monkey
Act 5: Canadian banks vs US Banks – Young Turks
Song 5: Spare Change – Grand
Act 6: Social security broke – That’s Bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: 1234 – The Reminder
Act 7: Rich vs the middle class – Young Turks
Song 7: Buildings & Mountains – Keep Color
Act 8: America’s got nothing – Daily Show
Song 8: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 9: Obama needs to change budget dialogue – The Progressive
Song 9: Blessed – Brett Dennen
Act 10: Unemployment benefits with Paul Krugman – Colbert Report
Song 10: Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran: Greatest
Act 11: GOP on the deficit – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Believe – The Sun and the Moon
Act 12: Conservatives don’t understand – Jimmy Dore
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Holier Than Dow – Daily Show
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#383 A celebration of science (Climate Change)
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Edition #383
Act 1: NUMMI is reborn for electric cars – NPR
Song 1: Electric Car – Here Comes Science
Act 2: News of the warm 1 – Le Show
Song 2: Warning Sign – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 3: Bill McKibben Interview Part 1 – The Progressive
Song 3: Fake Empire – Boxer
Act 4: Climate change vs. Biblical Armageddon – The Onion
Song 4: The End’s Not Near – The O.C. Mix 6 – Covering Our Tracks
Act 5: Bill McKibben Interview Part 2 – The Progressive
Song 5: Big Black Nothing – Outer South
Act 6: How to draw attention to climate rallies – Counterspin
Song 6: Starsign – Welcome to Earth
Act 7: Bill McKibben Interview Part 3 – The Progressive
Song 7: Drive – EP – R.E.M.
Act 8: Denying science – Ring of Fire
Song 8: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science
Act 9: News of the warm 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Polar Bear – Make Some Noise
Act 10: What the fuck is wrong with you people – Bill Maher
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The Quest For Arctic Riches – Colbert Report
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#382 Obama and GOP speak on oil spill (Oil Spill)
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Edition #382
Act 1: Day 58, Obama’s speech – Daily Show
Song 1: Friend of the Devil – Films About Ghosts: The Best of Counting Crows
Act 2: President’s weekly address – Le Show
Song 2: Angry – Mad Season
Act 3: LA Senator wants more oil drilling – Young Turks
Song 3: Mushaboom – Let It Die
Act 4: More moronic GOP reactions – Daily Show
Song 4: The Wind – The Very Best of Cat Stevens
Act 5: Leaving for a yacht race – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 5: Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago
Act 6: Oil execs know nothing about spills – Rachel Maddow
Song 6: Aegean Wave – Pianissimo
Act 7: Oil regulation corruption – Le Show
Song 7: Failure By Design – Your Favorite Weapon
Act 8: Of oil, energy and filibusters – Bill Maher
Song 8: Never Before – Never Before
Act 9: Oil spill not an environmental disaster – Young Turks
Song 9: When It All Goes Wrong Again – The Best of Everclear
Act 10: International oil market – Rachel Maddow
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Tip/Wag at Marshall Islands – Colbert Report
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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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#380 Oil Apologies (Oil Spill)
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Edition #380
Act 1: Trust me – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Stuck With You – Greatest Hits: Huey Lewis & The News
Act 2: We care about the small people – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 2: Always Mean It – Emilyn Brodsky’s Greatest T**s
Act 3: Oil apologies – Le Show
Song 3: Small People – Harry Shearer
Act 4: Oil companies lie about spill severity – On the Media
Song 4: Chicago – Ladders
Act 5: BP and the oil spill – The NOW show
Song 5: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 6: Defending BP – Media Matters
Act 7: Jobs lost in murderous, hateful industries – Bill Maher
Song 7: Working Class Hero – Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
Act 8: BP stock sinks – Colbert Report
Song 8: All In – Paper Empire (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: Chairman Barton – It’s all politics
Song 9: Sorry, Blame It On Me – Sorry, Blame It On Me – Single
Act 10: GOP glass jaw – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Alright Alright (Here’s My Fist Where’s the Fight) – Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: An energy-independent future – Daily Show
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Put the Cursed Monkey Paw Down – Colbert Report
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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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#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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#374 We’re all covered in oil (Oil Volcano)
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Edition #374
Act 1: The Spilling Fields – Daily Show
Song 1: Sweet Georgia Brown – Brother Bones and His Shadows
Act 2: Oil and energy policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Talk – Coldplay
Act 3: Obama’s non-anger – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: Talking to myself – Pummel
Act 4: Booming rant – Le Show
Song 4: Boom – Le Show
Act 5: Profits drive corner-cutting – Counterspin
Song 5: This year – The Mountain Goats
Act 6: Interview with Republican on oil – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours – The Smiths
Act 7: BP should go under – The Progressive
Song 7: Shady River – The Chapin Sisters
Act 8: Talking about oil – Bill Maher
Song 8: Electric Version – The New Pornographers
Act 9: BP’s media blockade – On the Media
Song 9: Clubbed to Death – Rob Dougan
Act 10: BP blocks reporter – Young Turks
Song 10: Einstein On The Beach – Counting Crows
Act 11: Obama’s kick-ass PR skills – BBC News Quiz
Song 11: Common people – William Shatner featuring Joe Jackson
Act 12: Test of functioning media and politics – Rachel Maddow
Song 12: A change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Act 13: Who’s really covered in oil – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Oils well that never ends – Colbert Report
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#373 Lots of swears about religion (Religion)
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Edition #373
Act 1: Pope song – Tim Minchin
Act 2: 90′s norms of priesthood – Le Show
Song 2: Lleva Me El Compas – Gipsy Kings
Act 3: How L.A. Archdiocese mishandled a priest – NPR
Song 3: Tomorrow, Wendy – Concrete Blonde
Act 4: 8-year old injured mimicking crucifixion – The Onion
Song 4: Crucify – Tori Amos
Act 5: US founded on the bible – Young Turks
Song 5: Great divide – The Cardigans
Act 6: White people prayer gap – Colbert Report
Song 6: Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
Act 7: Some religions crazier than others – Bill Maher
Song 7: Me and God and Jesus – Crooked Roads Band
Act 8: Church cancelled due to lack of God – The Onion
Song 8: Do you believe in magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Act 9: Witchcraft in Nigeria related to Christians – Young Turks
Song 9: La Réalité – Amadou & Mariam
Act 10: South Park death threats – Daily Show
Song 10: Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah – The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind
Act 11: Comedy stylings on religion – Jamie Kilstein
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Boobquake Day Causes Earthquake – Colbert Report
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#369 Out of the mouths of infant-minded adults (Tea Party)
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Edition #369
Act 1: Napoleon blown apart – Colbert Report
Song 1: Loser – Three doors down
Act 2: Tax Day Tea Party Part 1 – New Left Media
Song 2: Unwell – Matchbox Twenty
Act 3: Blogger want Obama assassinated – Young Turks
Song 3: Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love – They might be giants
Act 4: Tax Day Tea Party Part 2 – New Left Media
Song 4: Drums of freedom – Theo Bard
Act 5: Maddow on McVeigh tapes – Daily Show
Song 5: See the sun – Dido
Act 6: Tax Day Tea Party Part 3 – New Left Media
Song 6: Little miss can’t be wrong – Spin Doctors
Act 7: Anti-govt militia movement growing – Young Turks
Song 7: Yell fire – Michael Franti And Spearhead
Act 8: Tax Day Tea Party Part 4 – New Left Media
Song 8: Struggle – Ringside
Act 9: Rand Paul follow up – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Bulletproof – La Roux
Act 10: Tax Day Tea Party Part 5 – New Left Media
Song 10: Take me home tonight – Eddie Money
Act 11: Tea Party PSA from D.C. Douglas – Funny or Die
Song 11: John Adams theme song – HBO
Act 12: Tax Day Tea Party Part 6 – New Left Media
Song 12: Brain damage – Pink Floyd
Act 13: Giving up the empire – Bill Maher
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P.K. Winsome – Tea Party Consulting – Colbert Report
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#368 Their fault, our fault, your fault, my fault (Oil Spill)
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Edition #368
Act 1: Proud to be British – The Bugle
Song 1: Crazy train – Ozzy Osbourn
Act 2: GOP runs from drill baby drill – Young Turks
Song 2: Accidental Mambo – Mambo All-Stars
Act 3: Impacts and comparisons – On the Media
Song 3: Sea – George Winston
Act 4: Spreading the blame – BBC News Quiz
Song 4: Hole in the bucket – Spearhead
Act 5: Oil spills not a big deal – Counterspin
Song 5: Don’t worry baby – The Beach Boys
Act 6: Texas Gov blames God for spill – Young Turks
Song 6: Better days – Citizen King
Act 7: Oil spill results in improved wildlife viscosity – The Onion
Song 7: A beautiful world – Tim Myers
Act 8: Political consequences – The Political Scene
Song 8: Heart still beating – Ottmar Liebert
Act 9: Oil spill is your fault – Mark Fiore
Song 9: Anthem Pt. 2 – Blink 182
Act 10: Getting off of oil – Bill Maher
Song 10: In the aeroplane over the sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Act 11: Oil containment solutions randomizer – Colbert Report
Song 11: Shove it – Santigold
Act 12: Lasting legacy of oil spills – Rachel Maddow
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There Will Be Blame – Daily Show
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#355 Don’t believe in any form of sorcery (Religion)
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Edition #355
Act 1: Man faces execution for sorcery – Young Turks
Act 2: Passover seder half-assed – The Onion
Act 3: Jesus, Reconsidered – NPR
Act 4: Student forced out of school over gay parents – Young Turks
Act 5: Corruption in the Catholic Church – Bill Maher
Act 6: Indian rationalist battles swamis and babas – Young Turks
Act 7: Desire to ejaculate motivates local Christian to wed – The Onion
Act 8: Study narrows gap between mind and brain – NPR
Act 9: Liberals and atheists smarter than conservatives and the religious – Young Turks
Act 10: The need for more warm, cuddly atheists – Citizen Radio
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Forgive and Forget Church scandal
Music:
Porcelain – Moby
I’ve gotta be me – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Ebudae – Enya
Early in the morning – Peter, Paul And Mary
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
Shattered faith – Bad Religion
Like a virgin – Madonna
New soul – Yael Naïm
Halo – Beyoncé
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#349 Who didn’t see this coming? (Religion)
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Edition #349
Act 1: Gay sex scandal involving Vatican – Young Turks
Act 2: Little deaf boys, it’s a thing – Le Show
Act 3: The fixer in the Catholic church Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: Holy Shit – Daily Show
Act 5: The fixer in the Catholic church Part 2 – This American Life
Act 6: Bill Donohue comments on church scandal – Young Turks
Act 7: Christopher Hitchens on Church scandal – Bill Maher
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Bill Donohue comments on church scandal Part 2 – Young Turks
Music:
Heaven – Los Lonely Boys
Little deaf boys song – Harry Shearer
Pale Horses – Moby
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Only if – Enya
Genesis – VNV Nation
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#342 Situation generally screwed up (Economics)
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Edition #342
Act 1: New financial fight – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Scott Patterson on The Quants – Daily Show
Act 3: Politicians admit they’re owned by Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 4: Is the economic ship sinking and rats jumping ship – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Elizabeth Warren interview – Real time with Bill Maher
Act 6: Elizabeth Warren interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Teeing off on Fareed Zakaria – Citizen Radio
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama just become a Herbert Hoover Republican? – Thom Hartmann
Music:
Right Now – Van Halen
International Small Arms Traffic Blues – The Mountain Goats
From blown speakers – The New Pornographers
Scumbag – Green Day
Georgia on my mind – Willie Nelson
Kiss (When the sun don’t shine) – Venga Boys
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