#344 The ultimate last final push (Health care)

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Edition #344

Act 1: Define and conquer – Colbert Report
Act 2: Limbaugh’s gonna leave – Media Matter Minute
Act 3: Code red to stop the bill – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: The ultimate last final push – Daily Show
Act 5: Condemning the Slaughter solution – Media Matters Minute
Act 6: Moyers on choice in health care – Bill Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: Colbert Report Action center
Act 8: Continuing lies on procedure – Media Matters Minute
Act 9: 11-year old boy – Countdown
Act 10: Heath Con1 – The Mediscarening – Daily Show
Act 11: Fox’s final push against health care – Media Matters Minute
Act 12: Getting ready to pass the bill – It’s all politics
Act 13: What happens after signing – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Health Care Vote Information Nerve Center – Colbert Report

Music:
La Valse d’Amélie (Version Piano) – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - La valse d'Amélie (Version piano)
United we stand -The Brotherhood of Man
Brotherhood of Man - Sing the 70's - United We Stand
Pas Si Simple – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Pas si simple
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
La Valse d’Amélie – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - La valse d'Amélie (Version originale)
Hard to say I’m sorry – Chicago
Chicago - The Best of Chicago (40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered] - Hard to Say I'm Sorry
La Valse Des Montres – Yann Tiersen
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir - Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time

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#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
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Smile Like You Mean It
Not enough time – Inxs
INXS - The Best of INXS - Not Enough Time
Look at you – My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - Look At You
Hard luck story – Men at work
Men at Work - The Best of Men at Work: Contraband - Hard Luck Story
Happy meal – The Cardigans
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon - Happy Meal 2
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs - Winter Song
Young folks – Peter Bjorn And John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Young Folks
Where do I begin – The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers - Vanilla Sky (Music from the Motion Picture) - Where Do I Begin
Radio – One Ring Zero
One Ring Zero - As Smart As We Are - Radio
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

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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
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - We Could Be Friends
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
Bigmouth strikes again – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Bigmouth Strikes Again
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Footsteps in the Dark - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Nothing better – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Nothing Better
Where’s my mind – The Pixies
Pixies - Surfer Rosa - Where Is My Mind?
Turn this boat around – Matt & Kim
Matt & Kim - Grand - Turn This Boat Around
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd - Food In the Belly - Messages

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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
Coldplay - Viva la Vida - Lost!
Look what you’ve done – JET
JET - Get Born - Look What You've Done
Ain’t that unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls - What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce - Ain't That Unusual
Candy everybody wants – 10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Sleeping In
Story of a lonely guy – Blink 182
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket - Story of a Lonely Guy
Cut it out – Anya Marina
Anya Marina - Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II - Cut It Out
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
Fontella Bass - Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest - Rescue Me

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