#586 The US Empire and the Ring of Power (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Heart Mind-O-Matic – Mark Fiore – Air Date: 02-20-12
Song 1: M.I.B. Main Theme – Men In Black – The Album
Act 2: US government doesn’t talk about the drone war – Counterspin Air Date: 2-3-12
Song 2: Oh Lately It’s So Quiet – Oh No
Act 3: Syria’s Arab Spring that no one is hearing about – The Bugle Air Date: 2-3-12
Song 3: Catapult – Murmur
Act 4: Veto Of Syria UN Resolution Sparks Outrage – Young Turks – Air Date: 02-06-12
Song 4: Help! – The Beatles Box Set
Act 5: Veto to prevent violence in Syria – The Bugle – Air Date: 2-10-12
Song 5: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets
Act 7: Not a Happy International Women’s Day in Afghanistan – The Progressive Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 7: We were there – Robin Roberts
Act 8: Afghan Lady and Taliban News – The Bugle Air Date: 2-17-12
Song 8: Escalation – Dexter (Soundtrack from the TV Series)
Act 9: Afghanistan Massacre Fallout – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-12-12
Song 9: Come Home – Come Home – Single
Act 10: Son Of Haditha – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 3-12-12
Song 10: Baba O’Riley – Who’s Next (Remastered)
Act 11: Leave Afghanistan Now – The Progressive Air Date: 3-12-12
Song 11: Letter from an Occupant – Mass Romantic (Remastered)
Act 12: The consequences of the US killing spree in Afghanistan – Counterspin Air Date: 3-16-12
Song 12: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies
Act 13: The Reason War Will Go On Forever – Lee Camp
Song 13: Still Fighting It – Rockin’ the Suburbs
Act 14: An Army whistle-blower speaks truth about power – Jim Hightower Air Date: 3-14-12
Song 14: Tracked In Mud – Tracked In Mud – Single
Act 15: The US Empire and the Ring of Power – Common Sense – Air Date: 2-20-12
Voicemails:
Activist call to action on verbiage and word usage – Chris
Recomending ‘Godless Bitches’ podcast – Anonymous
Recommending “Women’s Magazine” podcast – Elka from Indiana
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Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments as an epilogue to the Jimmy Dore Show joke discussion
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#585 If it looks, walks and quacks like a nuclear duck (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Pending war with Iran – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 3-3-12
Song 1: For What It’s Worth – Rhino Hi-Five: Buffalo Springfield – EP
Act 2: American War Drums against Iran – On the Media – Air Date: 2-9-12
Song 2: Tusk – Have Some Faith In Magic
Act 3: Why Does Iran Always Seem To Be “Months Away” From a Nuclear Bomb? – Media Matters Air Date: 2-23-12
Act 4: War With Iran A Terrible Idea – Here’s Why – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-21-12
Song 4: Everybody’s Gone to War – Fires
Act 5: God Re-Floods Middle East – The Onion
Song 5: Deep Water – Angus (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 6: All of the options about war with Iran including no war – Counterspin Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 6: High Wire – The Best of Men at Work: Contraband
Act 7: Can We Stop A War With Iran – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-22-12
Song 7: Black & Blue – Miike Snow
Act 8: Obama Calls Out GOP Warhawks on Iran – Majority Report – Air Date: 3-7-12
Song 8: Lost and Found – Breaking Up
Act 9: Beating the drum in the media for war with Iran – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 3-9-12
Song 9: Daylight Robbery – Speak for Yourself
Act 10: Danger of Iran’s Nuclear Duck – The Bugle Air Date: 3-9-12
Final comments and conversation with Jimmy Dore on context being ‘everything’ in comedy
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#584 Bullies, bad words and birth control (Limbaugh v Fluke)
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Act 1: GOP Does Not Understand How Contraception Works – Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-2-12
Song 1: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – God Shuffled His Feet
Act 2: Bill O’Reilly Rips Sandra Fluke – Young Turks Air Date: 3-6-12
Song 2: The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 3: Guide to Are you a prostitute? by Rush Limbaugh – The Bugle Air Date: 3-9-12
Song 3: Oh, Pretty Woman – 16 Biggest Hits: Roy Orbison
Act 4: Limbaugh and the GOP war on women – Counterspin Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 4: Possibility – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Deluxe Version) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Act 5: Advertisers flee from Limbaugh’s radio program – On the Media Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 5: White Electric – Gloss Drop (Bonus Track Version)
Act 6: Rush Limbaugh Gets a Measure of Comeuppance – The Progressive Air Date: 3-5-12
Song 6: All Apologies (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 7: Insincere Apologies – Mitt Romney Has a Rush Limbaugh Problem – Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-5-12
Song 7: The Prettiest Weed – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 8: Fluke Isn’t the Only Woman Being Attacked By Limbaugh This Week – Media Matters Air Date: 3-8-12
Voicemails:
Follow up on comments regarding joke on the Jimmy Dore Show and standards in broadcasting – Joe from Nanjing China
Reaction to the Jimmy Dore Show vs Limbaugh comparison – Mara from Pittsburgh
Rush Limbaugh’s misunderstanding of contraception – Patrick from Dallas
Follow up comparison question to Limbaugh vs Jimmy Dore Show discussion – Andrew from Brooklyn, NY
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Final comments on the follow up comparing a Jimmy Dore Show joke and the Limbaugh controversy
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#574 We’re all the scarecrow now (Economics)
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Act 1: Wage stagnation coverage by media big leagues – Counterspin – Air Date: 2-3-12
Song 1: Sweet Disposition – (500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) [Bonus Track Version]
Act 2: Shoveling America’s wealth to the top – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-3-12
Song 2: A Change Is Gonna Come – 30 Greatest Hits – Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (Remastered)
Act 3: Dr. David Graeber – Debts as a promise and the story of The Wizard of Oz – Majority Report Air Date: 12-13-11
Song 3: I’m a Believer – The Best of the Monkees
Act 4: Disastrous Obama Choice for World Bank Chief – Young Turks 1-18-12
Song 4: Africa – The Essential Toto
Act 5: Newsweek’s Neil Ferguson on Convincing the Public for Austerity Measures – Counterspin – Air Date: 2-3-12
Song 5: Why Did I Listen to That Man? – Urinetown the Musical (The Original Cast Recording)
Act 6: An ugly surprise from big oil – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 6: Gorel – Babba Maal
Act 7: ExxonMobil Swears It’s Going To Start Taxes Early This Year – The Onion
Song 7: Elevator Love Letter – Heart
Act 8: The argument for refusing to leave your home – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 8: Winter Song – Winter Songs
Act 9: NY Times David Brooks Defends Economic Elite – Counterspin – Air Date: 2-3-12
Song 9: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me – Have Another Ball
Act 10: Tim Wise – Demonization of Minorities – Majority Report – Air Date: 1-30-12
Song 10: Just a Ride – Finally Woken
Act 11: Getting stuck on America’s economic ladder – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 11: Big Black Nothing – Outer South
Act 12: Subtle GOP Racism – Romney not concerned about very poor – Matthew Filipowicz – Air Date: 2-2-12
Voicemails:
Asking teenagers when they chose to be straight – Tony from Southern New Jersey
Recommending the Smiley and West Podcast – Max from Davis, CA
Wishing there had been a two-way teachable moment regarding It Gets Better – Adrianne from College Station. TX
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Final comments on the fringe LGBT movement against equality
Article:
Not the marrying kind – Activist Ryan Conrad critiques the gay equality movement
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