#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)

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Edition #570

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Act 1: Stop Online Piracy Act – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 11-18-11

Song 1: Union Warriors – Robin Roberts

Act 2: Wikipedia Leaves GoDaddy Over Stop Online Piracy Act – Young Turks

Song 2: Wanted – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]

Act 3: Wikipedia warns students before going dark – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – Air Date: 1-21-12

Song 3: Silver Lining – Under the Blacklight

Act 4: SOPA Supporter: Our Media Blackout on SOPA is Cool. Your Internet Blackout in Protest of It is not – Majority Report – Air Date: 01-18-12

Song 4: Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits

Act 5: Analysis of the online protest and the future of SOPA – Common Sense Air Date: 1-24-12

Song 5: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon

Act 6: The future of non-physical protests revealed by SOPA blackout day – The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12

Song 6: Physical – Physical

Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing – The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12

Song 7: Cast No Shadow – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Act 8: Congress never moved so far so fast as with SOPA – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-18-12

Voicemails:
Thanks for Tim Wise, thoughts on whites working through their white privilege – Elka from Indiana
Personal insights on privilege and thoughts on PETA’s new campaign referencing slavery – Alyson from Colorado
The science of African Americans from 1911 – Christopher from Texas

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SOPA & PIPA – Colbert Report

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#560 Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)

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Edition #560

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11

Song 1: The Persuaded – Dynamo

Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 2: God Be with You (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 3: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) – DJ Keoki

Act 4: Obama – Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 4: Don’t Believe the Hype – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity – J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 5: 2 Atoms In a Molecule – Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

Act 6: Infectious Global Protests – The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 6: Together we fight alone – Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino – Occupy the Courts – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11

Song 7: You Gotta Be – I Ain’t Movin’

Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power – Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11

Song 8: Messages – Food In the Belly

Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC “One United” speech – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11

Voicemails:
NPR and the GOP debates – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
Complement for the War on Christmas episode – Doug in Chicagoland
Thoughts on Mumia from the policeman who initiated the original discussion on the topic – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
A call for more African American voices on the show – Jacoby from Hawaii
Thoughts on the future of the Occupy movement – Vicki from Oregon
Asking for updates on the congressional candidate in Texas – Big fan of the show
Update on US House Candidate in Texas – www.brianingram.org – Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters – Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11

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#539 We are the other 99 percent (Occupy Wall St Part 2)

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Act 1: Police Are On The Wrong Side At The Occupy Wall Street Protests – Lee Camp Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 1: All These Things That I’ve Done – Hot Fuss

Act 2: Romney Would Complain About Class Warfare – The Progressive Air Date: 10-5-11

Song 2: Revolution – I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)

Act 3: The Screaming Majority song on Occupy Wall St – Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 3: Up nights – Amsterband

Act 4: The TRUTH About The Occupy Wall Street Protests – Lee Camp Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 4: Free to Decide – Stars – The Best of 1992-2002

Act 5: Panic of the plutocrats – Green News Report Air Date: 10-11-11

Song 5: Take ‘Em Down – Going Out In Style

Act 6: CNNs Erin Burnett informs viewers about protesters – Counterspin Air Date: 10-06-11

Song 6: I’m a Worried Man – Countryman

Act 7: Erin Burnett’s horrible Occupy Wall St report – Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 7: We’re Simple Minds – Spring Came, Rain Fell

Act 8: Occupy DC Event Infiltrated By Conservative from American Spectator – Young Turks Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 8: Solidarity Forever – If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle

Act 9: Purge the agitators at Occupy Wall St – David Feldman Show Air Date: 10-9-11

Song 9: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here – Weezer

Act 10: How staying peaceful means we will win – Citizen Radio Air Date: 10-11-11

Voicemails:
Talk about cutting teachers salaries – Mark From Salisbury, MD
Call to action: Support Occupy Baltimore action – Kevin from Timonium, MD
Thank you to ‘Occupy’ protesters – Matt in Redding, PA
Thanks for Lee Camp! – Vicki from Oregon
Time to look for solidarity with real tea partiers – Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on converting a death penalty advocate

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Police misconduct on Wall St – David Feldman Show Air Date: 9-27-11

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#536 Give me an actual number (Troy Davis and the Death Penalty)

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Act 1: Examining the death penalty in the run up to Troy Davis execution – Rachel Maddow

Song 1: Free Troy Davis! – The Last Internationale

Act 2: Troy Davis Execution – Young Turks

Song 2: Hurricane – The Essential Bob Dylan

Act 3: The morning after Troy Davis execution – Majority Report

Song 3: Certain Death – Out of It

Act 4: Mercy in Short Supply for Troy Davis – The Progressive

Song 4: Mercy – Dreaming Out Loud (Bonus Track Version)

Act 5: Dave Zirin on the questions he can’t unask – Citizen Radio

Song 5: Death Penalty – What’s So Strange About Me

Act 6: Troy Davis: Movement Lessons – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 6: Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song) – Transcendental Blues

Act 7: Barry Scheck – Troy Davis case Thom Hartmann Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 7: Ain’t No Reason – So Much More (Special Edition)

Act 8: Death Penalty Hypocrisy, Troy Davis and Samuel David Crowe – David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 8: Death Penalty – Love Is for the Rich

Act 9: Interview with an executioner – Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Great Beyond – @#%&*! Smilers (Deluxe Version)

Act 10: Give me an actual number – Matthew Filipowicz Show

Voicemails:
Outraged by Troy Davis execution – Ves from North Dakota
Outraged by right wing reaction to Troy Davis execution – Ves from North Dakota

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on why the death penalty is fun

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
California Ending Death Penalty – Liberal Viewer Air Date 09-12-11

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