#406 Election season in full swing (Elections)

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Edition #406

Act 1: What’s next for campaign finance – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 1: Save Tonight – Desireless
Act 2: The disclose act – On the Media
Song 2: Loud Pipes – Classics
Act 3: Gibbs says Dems will lose – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: It’s a Wonderful Life – A Call to Arms – EP
Act 4: Funny, insane Republican – Young Turks
Song 4: Angry – London Zoo
Act 5: Class of 2010 – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: How to Save a Life – How to Save a Life
Act 6: GOP operative uses homeless for dirty tricks – Young Turks
Song 6: Crying – KD Lang feat. Roy Orbinson
Act 7: Are you ready for some midterms? – Daily Show
Song 7: Brain Damage – Dark Side of the Moon
Act 8: Obama takes on the GOP, too little too late – Young Turks
Song 8: Too Late Too Slow – Work
Act 9: The spite stuff – Rachel Maddow

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Indecision 2010 – Primary Proxy Battle Theme – Daily Show

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#378 Media is weak and getting weaker (Media)

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Edition #378

Act 1: Press you’re stuck – Daily Show
Song 1: Termite circus – Monkey Island 4
Act 2: Goodbye to Helen Thomas – On the Media
Song 2: Custom BotL promo instrumental – Chris Priest
Act 3: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 1 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 3: Loose Ends – Speak for Yourself
Act 4: Beck airs Israeli raid footage – Daily Show
Song 4: Timeless – Melankton
Act 5: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 2 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 5: Future Is Now – Dune
Act 6: David Gregory on rights to a lawyer – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Nuevo Marrow – Grim Fandango Soundtrack
Act 7: Impossibility of reporting on financial reform – On the Media
Song 7: Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 8: Obama is God’s punishment – Young Turks
Song 8: Mr. Blue Sky – The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
Act 9: Bush-like missteps – Daily Show

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Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

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#363 Wrongheaded reactions, foreign and domestic (Foreign Policy)

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Edition #363

Act 1: Palin on the playground – The Bugle
Song 1: Buildings and mountains – The Republic Tigers
The Republic Tigers - Keep Color - Buildings & Mountains
Act 2: Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan Part 1 – Moyers Journal
Song 2: Highschool lover – Air
AIR - The Virgin Suicides (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Highschool Lover
Act 3: Using smaller missiles – Counterspin
Song 3: Empty room – Marjorie Fair
Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade - Empty Room
Act 4: Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan Part 2 – Moyers Journal
Song 4: What’s the matter here – 10,000 maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - What's the Matter Here?
Act 5: Iraq should pay for us killing them – Young Turks
Song 5: Politic Amagni (La Politique, C’est Pas Bon) – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Politic Amagni " La politique, c'est pas bon "
Act 6: Post script to Afghanistan interview – Moyers Journal
Song 6: Peacocks – The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee - Peacocks
Act 7: Boom doesn’t go the dynamite – Colbert Report
Song 7: Headlock – Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself - Headlock
Act 8: Lieberman’s citizenship law – Countdown
Song 8: Patience – Guns N’ Roses
Guns N' Roses - Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits - Patience
Act 9: Lieberman’s extrajudicial law – The Progressive
Song 9: Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Up Against the Wall
Act 10: Just lucky – Young Turks
Song 10: The lucky one – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite - The Lucky One
Act 11: Lieberman introduces citizenship bill – Rachel Maddow

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Explosive and the City 2 – Daily Show

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#359 Bulls, Bears, Bailouts and Fraud (Economics)

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Edition #359

Act 1: Luntz memo of reform-killing talking points – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Dishonest and diversionary rhetoric – The Progressive
Act 3: Dow over 11,000 – Colbert Report
Act 4: Dodd speech on financial reform – Countdown
Act 5: Senate hearing scoldings – Daily Show
Act 6: 10-hour banker interrogation – On the Media
Act 7: GOP blocks reform because they love Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 8: Elizabeth Warren on financial reform – Colbert Report
Act 9: Moyers on the American Dream – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 10: These F@#king guys – Goldman Sachs – Daily Show

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Roll Out the Cots – Rachel Maddow

Music:
Sweet little lies – Michael Franti And Spearhead
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire! - Sweet Little Lies
Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - Re: Stacks
How to see the sun rise – Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend - How to See the Sun Rise
Monday – Jon Brion
Jon Brion - I Heart Huckabees - Monday
Such great heights – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Such Great Heights
Solid Action – The Wes Hollywood Show
The Wes Hollywood Show - Playing Favourites - Solid Action
You’re a wolf – Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf - Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low - EP - You're a Wolf
Grapevine fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Grapevine Fires
Possibility – Lykke Li
Lykke Li - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Deluxe Version) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Possibility

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