#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
Leave a message at 206-202-3410
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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#549 Beyond the water’s edge (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Investigate Alleged U.S. War Crime in Iraq – The Progressive Air Date: 9-1-11
Song 1: One Million Miles Away – The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu
Act 2: What Do Peanuts Have To Do With Terrorism – Lee Camp Air Date: 9-11-11
Song 2: Peanut Butter – Greatest Hits Of The 1960′s
Act 3: Obama Continues No-Bid Contracts For Wars – Young Turks Air Date: 9-6-11
Song 3: A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard – The Reluctant Graveyard
Act 4: Anecdotal Iraqi Opinion Propaganda – Counterspin Air Date: 9-15-11
Song 4: One Day – Light (Bonus Track Version)
Act 5: Robin Wright on rejecting extremism in foreign policy – Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11
Song 5: Rock the Casbah – The Essential Clash
Act 6: NBC news links Occupy to Afghan War – Counterspin
Song 6: The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – Single
Act 7: 6 Dead In West Point Panty Raid – The Onion
Song 7: Oops and move on – Henery Philips
Act 8: Al Qaeda Vs Ahmadinejad – Young Turks Air Date: 9-28-11
Song 8: If I Ever Feel Better – United
Act 9: Who Benefits from the Far-Fetched Plot? – The Progressive Air Date: 10-12-11
Song 9: Ruby Soho – …And Out Come the Wolves
Act 10: Ali Soufan on interrogation techniques used on Al Qaeda operatives – Colbert Report Air Date: 10-19-11
Song 10: Hotel California – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Act 11: Richard Engel on Iraq War – Counterspin
Song 11: I Don’t Believe In That – Unglorious Hallelujah
Act 12: Obama’s Welcome News on Iraq – The Progressive Air Date: 10-24-11
Song 12: WMD – Body of War – Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Act 13: Tough Enough – Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-3-11
Song 13: Cobrastyle – Robyn
Act 14: American Bases in Iraq – Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on David Pakman, two straight men and an improvised nature documentary
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Democracy on the Lurch – Daily Show Air Date: 9-29-11
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#518 Choosing among disasters (Elections)
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Act 1: GOP Voter Suppression? – Young Turks Air Date: 7-6-11
Song 1: On the Turning Away – A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Remastered)
Act 2: Justice Department Should Sue Walker over Voter ID – The Progressive Air Date: 8-4-11
Song 2: 40 Day Dream – Up From Below (Deluxe Edition)
Act 3: Herman Cain Train – Colbert Report Air Date: 07-12-11
Song 3: I Could Never Go for You – Sex On Sunday
Act 4: Breaking corporate control of politics – Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-4-11
Song 4: Lullaby for a Realist – Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II
Act 5: Indecision 2012 – Survival of the Funded – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-21-11
Act 5A – Indecision 2012 – King of the Funded – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-21-11
Song 5: Believe – The Sun and the Moon
Act 6: Made In America: Who Cares? Herman Cain – Young Turks Air Date: 8-3-11
Song 6: Dreaming of You – The Coral
Act 7: God Calls Rick Perry To Run – Colbert Report Air Date: 07-19-11
Song 7: Rainbow Connection – Are a Drag
Act 8: Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama Part 1 – Common Sense Air Date: 8-3-11
Song 8: Drums of freedom – Theo Bard
Act 9: Newt’s White Whale – Colbert Report – Air Date: 07-19-11
Song 9: Bus Rider – Napoleon Dynamite (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 10: Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama Part 2 – Common Sense Air Date: 8-3-11
Voicemails:
More reaction to the talking points war strategy – Dave from Olympia, WA
Suggestion of Smiley and West podcast – Cliff from Bloomington, IN
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments on how to survive media burnout by sharing your favorite clips
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Colbert Super PAC- Campaign Finance – Matthew Dowd & Ham Rove – Colbert Report – Air Date: 07-28-11
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#512 The manufactured debt crisis Part 1 (Special Event)
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Act 1: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 1 – Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11
Song 1: Candle In the Wind (Ben’s Song) – Only God Can Judge Me
Act 2: Obama and the Politics of Surrender – The Progressive Air Date: 07/11/11
Song 2: Surrender – Heaven Tonight (Remastered)
Act 3: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 2 – Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11
Song 3: Lives In the Balance – The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Act 4: Cut Medicare, SS & Taxes For Rich – Gang of Six – Young Turks
Song 4: Right Here, Right Now – The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
Act 5: Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy – Jim Hightower Air Date: 07/11/11
Song 5: My Favourite Game – Gran Turismo
Act 6: U.S Debt Ceiling – The Bugle – Air Date: 07-14-11
Song 6: Serre-moi – Grain de sable
Act 7: Manufactured crises get solved easily and cynically – Common Sense Air Date: 7-20-11
Song 7: Hey Ya – VSQ Tribute to Outkast’s “Hey Ya”
Act 8: Rhetoric Surrounding Debt Ceiling Debate Gets Ridiculous – Media Matters Air Date: 07/12/11
Act 9: Obama Trying To Be A Republican Accidental Admission – Jimmy Dore on TYT
Song 9: Where Have All Your Good Words Gone – Beasts of Seasons
Act 10: Washington Game of ‘Chicken’ Dems v GOP – On the Media – 07-15-11
Song 10: A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours – Strangeways, Here We Come
Act 11: Immovable object vs irresistible force – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-19-11
Voicemails:
Personal story of workers rights – Whitney from Missouri
Correlation between rebuilding the dream voting and messaging works – Anonymous
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Rebuilding the American Dream with Van Jones’ speech clip
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Broke Back Mounting – America’s Dystopian Future – Daily Show
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