#338 They’re dickholes, but they’re smart (Economics)
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Edition #338
Act 1: Rush Limbaugh wants you to get screwed – Young Turks
Act 2: Area CEO doesn’t have time for this crap – The Onion
Act 3: Inherent racism in Tea Party movement – Countdown
Act 4: Thomas Frank Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 5: New cereal for poor stays crunchy in water – The Onion
Act 6: Thomas Frank Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: David Brooks says to raise taxes on middle class – Counterspin
Act 8: Devastating quotes from top economists – Young Turks
Act 9: Make it rain – Daily Show
Act 10: Obama out to lunch on banker bonuses – The Progressive
Act 11: B of A attacked through YouTube – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Fire Departments Billing Homeowners to Put Out Fires! – Young Turks
Music:
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
Not enough time – Inxs
Look at you – My Morning Jacket
Hard luck story – Men at work
Happy meal – The Cardigans
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Young folks – Peter Bjorn And John
Where do I begin – The Chemical Brothers
Radio – One Ring Zero
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
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#336 Don’t complain, you could buy an election too if you wanted (Supreme Court)
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Edition #336
Act 1: Who owns our politicians – Young Turks
Act 2: Corporate free speech – Colbert Report
Act 3: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 1 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 4: Dealing with the Supreme Court decision – New Yorker’s Political Scene
Act 5: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 2 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 6: Obama getting his fight back – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Buying the bench – Moyers’ Journal
Act 8: Americans hate corporate money in elections – Young Turks
Act 9: The Word – Prece-Don’t – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Supreme Court’s Five Circus Midgets – Ring of Fire
Music:
We could be friends – Freelance Whales
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
Bigmouth strikes again – The Smiths
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Nothing better – The Postal Service
Where’s my mind – The Pixies
Turn this boat around – Matt & Kim
Messages – Xavier Rudd
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#331 Some take on banks while others lie to protect them (Economics)
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Edition #331
Act 1: Obama takes on bankers – Daily Show
Act 2: Moyers on greed – Moyers’ Journal
Act 3: Economists being right isn’t enough – Counterspin
Act 4: Eliot Spitzer – Colbert Report
Act 5: Hasty freeze on budget – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Obama needs to tell a bank regulation story – Political Scene
Act 7: The gang of five – Slate Magazine
Act 8: Austan Goolsbee on the budget drop – Daily Show
Act 9: Leaked memo on lying to protect banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Manifest Density Economics – Colbert Report
Music:
Lost – Coldplay
Look what you’ve done – JET
Ain’t that unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
Candy everybody wants – 10,000 Maniacs
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
Story of a lonely guy – Blink 182
Cut it out – Anya Marina
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
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#327 Stealth Care is Mass Backwards (Healthcare)
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Edition #327
Act 1: Stelth care reform – Daily Show
Act 2: Fixing the wrong healthcare problems – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 4: Limbaugh on healthcare costs – Young Turks
Act 5: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 6: Michael Pollen interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Alan Grayson on health reform – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Health lobbyists rule the system – Young Turks
Act 9: Mass Backwards – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Kathleen Sebelius – Colbert Report
Music:
This too shall pass – OKGO
Mushaboom – Feist
I’m Not over – Carolina Liar
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
You can do it – No Doubt
All U can eat – Ben Folds
Sinnerman – Nina Simone
Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
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#309 Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented (Podcast)
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Edition #309
Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny – The Young Turks
Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 3: Medicare Part E – Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Healthcare, now what – This American Life
Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The history of our healthcare system – This American Life
Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs – The Young Turks
Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Curl up and die – Relient K
Who will buy – Oliver Soundtrack
Fake Empire – The National
Doctor my eyes – Jackson 5
I go to extremes – Billy Joel
Remember Jonathan – Cyrille Verdeaux
Stop crying your heart out – Oasis
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#257 Money, power, politics and jokes (Podcast)
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Act 1: Controversy in Obama’s budget – CounterSpin
Act 2: NY/DC circle of power – The Young Turks
Act 3: Class war in the budget – CounterSpin
Act 4: Interview with Mike Davis – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 5: Fort Knox liquidates for $85 – The Onion
Act 6: Rhetoric about “socialism” just partisan poppycock – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 7: Repatriation taxes Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 8: ‘We are all socialists now’ – CounterSpin
Act 9: Repatriation taxes Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 10: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 11: U.S. Economy gunned down – The Onion
Act 12: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Music:
Come on-a my house – Rosemary Clooney
A change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
My Love – The Bird and the Bee
Breathe me – Sia
Cobrastyle – Robyn
Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I/II – Yo-Yo Ma
Running scared – Roy Orbison
The Secret Agent Ending РCello Octet Conjunto Ib̩rico & Elias Arizcuren
How I feel around you – Violaine
Pease of mind – Finniston
The Arguement – This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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Act 1: Rachel Maddow – Let’s Talk About Ron Paul
Act 2: Warren26peace – Let’s Talk About Ron Paul
Act 3: Bill Moyers – FCC’s New Attempt to Increase Media Consolidation
Act 4: Ted Kennedy – Attacks Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms
Act 5: The Young Turks – Romney’s (not so) Kennedy Moment
Act 6: Mike Papantonio – The New Lie (The Surge is Working, We Are Winning)
Act 7: Democracy Now – What Did Bush Know on Iran and When Did He Know It
Act 8: The Young Turks – Iran Has No Nuke Program, Bush Lied (Again)
Act 9: Olbermann – Bush is a Liar or Idiot
Act 10: Robert Wexler – Wexler Wants Cheney Impeachment Hearings
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When the President Does it That Means That it is Not Illegal
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Act 1: Sam Seder – FISA Restore Act (Part 1)
Act 2: Randi Rhodes – FISA Restore Act
Act 3: Bill Moyers – Presidential Powers
Act 4: Sam Seder – FISA Restore Act (Part 2)
Act 5: Jon Stewart – The Strife Aquatic
Act 6: Keith Olbermann – Bush Demands Immunity for Telecoms
Act 7: Cenk & Sam – Dodd Showing Some Leadership
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Onward Christian Soldiers!
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Act 1: Bill Moyers Journal- Contract Fraud in Iraq worth Billions
Act 2: Rachel Maddow – Peter Singer part 1
Act 3: Randi Rhodes – Jeremy Scahill part 1
Act 4: Randi Rhodes – Jeremy Scahill part 2
Act 5: Rachel Maddow – Peter Singer part 2
Act 6: The Young Turks – Death From All Sides
Act 7: Mike Malloy – Death Squads
Act 8: Randi Rhodes – Jeremy Scahill part 3
Act 9: Dana Perino – Takes Questions on Blackwater
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The Rats Jump Ship
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Act 1: Down Goes Karl Rove – The Young Turks
Act 2: Rove Calls it Quits – Seder on Sundays
Act 3: Rove Legacy – Bill Moyers
Act 4: Gonzo Visits Ashcroft – Randi Rhodes
Act 5: Gonzo Lying Lier – TPMtv
Act 6: Dems Call for Special Prosecutor – C-SPAN
Act 7: Impeach Gonzo – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Gonzo Announces Resignation – C-SPAN
Act 9: Say Goodbye to Gonzo – The Young Turks
Act 10: Post Resignation Analysis – Dahlia Lithwick
Act 11: Putting Things in Perspective – Mike Malloy
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