#400 So much for don’t be evil (Net Neutrality)
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Edition #400
Act 1: So much for ‘don’t be evil’ – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Blueprint – Jackson Square
Act 2: Internet Exploiter – Daily Show
Song 2: Once Around the Block – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Act 3: Google and Verizon on net neutrality – Countdown
Song 3: Resurection (Space Club Mix) – Resurection
Act 4: Peter and the Wolf meets net neutrality – On the Media
Song 4: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Sting, Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Claudio Abbado
Act 5: Area man consults the Internet – The Onion
Song 5: Wait So Long – Palomino
Act 6: Google and Verizon have a deal – Young Turks
Song 6: Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – These Streets
Act 7: Net neutrality and the Google-Verizon deal – Thom Hartmann
Song 7: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 8: Internet outage plunges nation into productivity – The Onion
Song 8: The Office UK – Outro #1 – The Office UK Theme Music
Act 9: Net neutrality – Countdown
Song 9: The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
Act 10: Electronic frontier foundation – Colbert Report
Song 9: Cat Faces – Sharpen Your Teeth
Act 10: Cenk’s rant on net neutrality – Dylan Ratigan Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
At what point have we lost liberty because we lost privacy? – Thom Hartmann
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#398 This is a total waste of our time (Park 51)
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Edition #398
Act 1: Cat and Mosque – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Anywhere Is – The Very Best of Enya
Act 2: Municipal land-use update – Daily Show
Song 2: Tolerance – Yell Fire!
Act 3: Cantor on the mosque ‘Come on’ – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: It’s Alright – Live At 25
Act 4: Jimmy’s take on the mosque – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 4: Golden Brown – The Stranglers: Greatest Hits 1977-1990
Act 5: Islamic architecture – The Bugle
Song 5: Drums of freedom – Theo Bard
Act 6: Who are we as a nation – The Young Turks
Song 6: I Don’t Believe In That – Unglorious Hallelujah
Act 7: Citizen Radio talks on Cordoba – GRITtv
Song 7: Different People – Tragic Kingdom
Act 8: The sacred ground arguement – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 8: The Argument – Front Seat Solidarity
Act 9: How to know it’s election season – Sam Seder
Song 9: One Love – Songs Around the World (Audio/Video Version)
Act 10: Embarrassing moments – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: South Side – Play & Play: B Sides
Act 11: The ‘radical’ Imam behind the mosque – Young Turks
Song 11: Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 12: Mosque-Erade – Daily Show
Song 12: Missed the Boat – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Act 13: Special Comment on the mosque – Countdown
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Municipal Land-Use Update – Ground Zero Mosque – Daily Show
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#396 Mentally and morally bankrupt economics (Economics)
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Edition #396
Act 1: Killing an ant with a nuclear bomb – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: High Hopes – Frank Sinatra: Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Act 2: Barney Frank on Elizabeth Warren – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade
Act 3: Breaking down the impending tax “hike” – Jimmy Dore
Song 3: These things take time – Pummel
Act 4: Restore the estate tax! – Slate.com
Song 4: Modern Way – Employment
Act 5: Voodoo economics – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – The Sunlandic Twins
Act 6: Survival air for sale – Le Show
Song 6: Take a Look Around – Greatest Hits
Act 7: Honest and dishonest discussions of trade policy – Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Song 7: We Are Nowhere and It’s Now – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
Act 8: Goldman S@#%$ – Daily Show
Song 8: You Make Loving Fun – Greatest Hits
Act 9: Time to cut social security – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – The White Stuff – Colbert Report
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#395 Another giant distraction based on bigotry (Immigration)
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Edition #395
Act 1: Be nice to minorities – Bill Maher
Song 1: We Are Going to Be Friends (Live) – Under Great White Northern Lights (Live)
Act 2: Latino 911 – Daily Show
Song 2: Nothing Else Matters – Inquisition Symphony
Act 3: Championing the AZ law – Media Matters
Act 4: Obama’s weak immigration reform – Young Turks
Song 4: Loud Pipes – Classics
Act 5: Arizona’s photo radar – Daily Show
Song 5: Ballad of Hugo Chavez – Jackson Square
Act 6: Border violence, that’s bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: Cattle Call – Songs of the Trail
Act 7: Interview on reaction to AZ law ruling – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 8: Hurray for courageous judge Suan Bolton – The Progressive
Song 8: Fade to Black – Inquisition Symphony
Act 9: Susan Bolton ruling – Media Matters
Act 10: AZ immigration law stopped by federal judge – Young Turks
Song 10: Look After You – How to Save a Life
Act 11: Fake immigration stories – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Concrete Box – Nada Surf
Act 12: US will now offer platinum plus citizenship – The Onion
Song 12: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 13: Immigration stories now user generated – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Arturo Rodriguez on immigrant workers – Colbert Report
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#391 Not right, not fair and not justice (Law Enforcement)
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Edition #391
Act 1: Gary Johnson, Pro-pot activist – Colbert Report
Song 1: Drug Ballad – The Marshall Mathers LP
Act 2: How the drug war hurts communities – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Down On the Corner – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 3: Drug Czar toppled by drug Bolsheviks – The Onion
Song 3: Because I Got High – The Good Times
Act 4: Daniel Okrent on prohibition – Daily Show
Song 4: Drink the Water – Brushfire Fairytales
Act 5: Police tortured confessions – On the Media
Song 5: Behind Bars – Baga Tricks
Act 6: Cops taser family in their backyard – Young Turks
Song 6: Paperwork – Safety First
Act 7: Drugs and Taser war – Citizen Radio
Song 7: New Slang – Oh, Inverted World
Act 8: Police taser trail – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Automatics for the People – Ilya Shapiro & Jackie Hilly – Colbert Report
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#381 Wars, Crimes and War Crimes (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #381
Act 1: Back in Black – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Maple Leaf Rag – The Entertainer
Act 2: Bush admits to war crimes – Countdown
Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs (Remixes and B Sides)
Act 3: Water-boarding is a no-brainer – Bill Maher
Song 3: Monster – Not Accepted Anywhere
Act 4: Water-boarding USA – Le Show
Song 4: Waterboardin’ USA – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 5: Respect my authoritah – Daily Show
Song 5: Mount Doom (feat. Renée Fleming) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
Act 6: Following the constitution or not – Jimmy Dore
Song 6: California – null
Act 7: Sy Hersh story on battlefield executions – Young Turks
Song 7: You Got to Get Out of There – Back to Broke
Act 8: Comparing the Bush and Obama policies – Bill Maher
Song 8: Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass)
Act 9: U.S. Airliner Sajacked – The Onion
Song 9: Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr: Capitol Collectors Series
Act 10: Interview with Republican on Miranda Rights – Jimmy Dore
Song 10: 1901 – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Act 11: Clusterfuck to the war house – Korea and Middle East – Daily Show
Song 11: The Dead Heart – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)
Act 12: Killing Number 3 – On the Media
Song 12: Feet to the Fire – Before We Fall
Act 13: Obama’s Bush-like war comments – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Afghanistan Stability Chart – Daily Show
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#380 Oil Apologies (Oil Spill)
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Edition #380
Act 1: Trust me – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Stuck With You – Greatest Hits: Huey Lewis & The News
Act 2: We care about the small people – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 2: Always Mean It – Emilyn Brodsky’s Greatest T**s
Act 3: Oil apologies – Le Show
Song 3: Small People – Harry Shearer
Act 4: Oil companies lie about spill severity – On the Media
Song 4: Chicago – Ladders
Act 5: BP and the oil spill – The NOW show
Song 5: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 6: Defending BP – Media Matters
Act 7: Jobs lost in murderous, hateful industries – Bill Maher
Song 7: Working Class Hero – Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
Act 8: BP stock sinks – Colbert Report
Song 8: All In – Paper Empire (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: Chairman Barton – It’s all politics
Song 9: Sorry, Blame It On Me – Sorry, Blame It On Me – Single
Act 10: GOP glass jaw – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Alright Alright (Here’s My Fist Where’s the Fight) – Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: An energy-independent future – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Put the Cursed Monkey Paw Down – Colbert Report
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#378 Media is weak and getting weaker (Media)
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Edition #378
Act 1: Press you’re stuck – Daily Show
Song 1: Termite circus – Monkey Island 4
Act 2: Goodbye to Helen Thomas – On the Media
Song 2: Custom BotL promo instrumental – Chris Priest
Act 3: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 1 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 3: Loose Ends – Speak for Yourself
Act 4: Beck airs Israeli raid footage – Daily Show
Song 4: Timeless – Melankton
Act 5: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 2 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 5: Future Is Now – Dune
Act 6: David Gregory on rights to a lawyer – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Nuevo Marrow – Grim Fandango Soundtrack
Act 7: Impossibility of reporting on financial reform – On the Media
Song 7: Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 8: Obama is God’s punishment – Young Turks
Song 8: Mr. Blue Sky – The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
Act 9: Bush-like missteps – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
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#374 We’re all covered in oil (Oil Volcano)
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Edition #374
Act 1: The Spilling Fields – Daily Show
Song 1: Sweet Georgia Brown – Brother Bones and His Shadows
Act 2: Oil and energy policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Talk – Coldplay
Act 3: Obama’s non-anger – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: Talking to myself – Pummel
Act 4: Booming rant – Le Show
Song 4: Boom – Le Show
Act 5: Profits drive corner-cutting – Counterspin
Song 5: This year – The Mountain Goats
Act 6: Interview with Republican on oil – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours – The Smiths
Act 7: BP should go under – The Progressive
Song 7: Shady River – The Chapin Sisters
Act 8: Talking about oil – Bill Maher
Song 8: Electric Version – The New Pornographers
Act 9: BP’s media blockade – On the Media
Song 9: Clubbed to Death – Rob Dougan
Act 10: BP blocks reporter – Young Turks
Song 10: Einstein On The Beach – Counting Crows
Act 11: Obama’s kick-ass PR skills – BBC News Quiz
Song 11: Common people – William Shatner featuring Joe Jackson
Act 12: Test of functioning media and politics – Rachel Maddow
Song 12: A change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Act 13: Who’s really covered in oil – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Oils well that never ends – Colbert Report
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#367 Arrest the Pope (Religion)
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Edition #367
Act 1: Devil denounces Catholic Church – SNL
Song 1: Play With Fire – The Rolling Stones
Act 2: Dawkins wants to arrest the Pope – BBC News Quiz
Song 2: Jesus loved Judas – Jason Roseboom
Act 3: Continuing coverage of Catholic scandal – On the Media
Song 3: Jesus is just alright – The Doobie Brothers
Act 4: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 1 – The Bugle
Song 4: Eleanor Rigby (strings only) – The Beatles
Act 5: Catholic Church condemns metrosexuality – The Onion
Song 5: Pray for you – Jaron And The Long Road To Love
Act 6: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 2 – The Bugle
Song 6: Sorrow – Bad Religion
Act 7: RFK on the Catholic Church scandal – Ring of Fire
Song 7: Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Act 8: Why it’s OK to criticize religion – Citizen Radio
Song 8: Book of days – Enya
Act 9: Pope Opera – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Jesus in a Frying Pan – Young Turks
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#364 Delusions of fascism, journalism and grandeur (Media)
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Edition #364
Act 1: Glenn Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s – Daily Show
Song 1: Better be quite now – Elliott Smith
Act 2: The power of conservative media – Young Turks
Song 2: Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
Act 3: Dissecting NBC report on financial reform – Jimmy Dore
Song 3: Too much information – Duran Duran
Act 4: Bernie Goldberg fires back – Daily Show
Song 4: Knock yourself out – Jon Brion
Act 5: Fox News spins net neutrality – Young Turks
Song 5: So much more – Marc Robillard
Act 6: Jon Meacham on sale of Newsweek – Daily Show
Song 6: Who will buy – Oliver Twist
Act 7: Goldman defended in the media – Counterspin
Song 7: You’re a wolf – Sea Wolf
Act 8: Glenn to the mountaintop – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama Slams Tea Party Rallies & Fox News Reacts – Young Turks
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#360 For the sake of dinosaur squeezings (Oil Spill)
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Edition #360
Act 1: Dinosaur squeezings – Mark Fiore
Act 2: Conversation with Joe Romm – Countdown
Act 3: One final taste of oysters – Young Turks
Act 4: Wind farm vs. oil spill – Colbert Report
Act 5: Discussion of oil spill – Ring of Fire
Act 6: BP oil spill – The Progressive
Act 7: George Will lies on wind vs. oil spill – Jimmy Dore
Act 8: Beyond Awful – Daily Show
Act 9: Right wing conspiracy – Media Matters
Act 10: Spill kills Obama energy bill – Young Turks
Act 11: Politics of the spill – Countdown
Act 12: GOP, Haliburton and the spill – Le Show
Act 13: Claiming drilling is safe – Media Matters
Act 14: Drill baby, drill – Colbert Report
Act 15: Lessons learned from Exxon Valdez – Young Turks
Act 16: No second thoughts – The Progressive
Act 17: Maddow’s final comments – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
BP’s Undersea Dome – Colbert Report
Music
Daydream – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Good day sunshine – The Beatles
Hold it in – Jukebox The Ghost
Beach song – The Dead Milkmen
Black water – Doobie Brothers
Into the ocean – Blue October
Take a look around – Limp Bizkit
La Valse d’Amélie – Yann Tiersen
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
Deep water – Pansy Division
Le Moulin – Yann Tiersen
Lessons learned – Matt & Kim
Don’t trust me – 3OH!3
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#359 Bulls, Bears, Bailouts and Fraud (Economics)
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Edition #359
Act 1: Luntz memo of reform-killing talking points – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Dishonest and diversionary rhetoric – The Progressive
Act 3: Dow over 11,000 – Colbert Report
Act 4: Dodd speech on financial reform – Countdown
Act 5: Senate hearing scoldings – Daily Show
Act 6: 10-hour banker interrogation – On the Media
Act 7: GOP blocks reform because they love Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 8: Elizabeth Warren on financial reform – Colbert Report
Act 9: Moyers on the American Dream – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 10: These F@#king guys – Goldman Sachs – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Roll Out the Cots – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Sweet little lies – Michael Franti And Spearhead
Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
How to see the sun rise – Ben Sollee
Monday – Jon Brion
Such great heights – The Postal Service
Solid Action – The Wes Hollywood Show
You’re a wolf – Sea Wolf
Grapevine fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Possibility – Lykke Li
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#357 Cowardice and callousness (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #357
Act 1: We can’t be overly accepting – Citizen Radio
Act 2: Girl has nose and ears cut off – Young Turks
Act 3: Reza Aslan on Afghanistan – Daily Show
Act 4: Boxing the US in Afghanistan – The Progressive
Act 5: Rep Grayson’s stunning points on our wars – Young Turks
Act 6: Obama’s courage on nukes – The Progressive
Act 7: Commanders using media to sell war – Young Turks
Act 8: Wikileaks video – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Support the troops is not unconditional – The Progressive
Act 10: Iraq shooting video analysis – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Big Bang Treaty – Daily Show
Music:
Handsome Devil – The Smiths
Warchild – The Cranberries
So long Jimmy – James Blunt
President – Wyclef Jean
Hero of war – Rise Against
Cloud Nine – Ben Howard
Casualties Of War – Rakim
Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
1 Trillion Dollars – Anti-Flag
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#356 Yeah, I’m conflating the tea parties with the militia movement (Tea Parties)
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Edition #356
Act 1: Armed march on almost Washington – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: The history of April 19th and 20th – On the Media
Act 3: On the road with the Tea Party Express – Daily Show
Act 4: Echos of Oklahoma City – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: How the FBI arrested a militia – NPR
Act 6: FBI investigates tea party threats – Young Turks
Act 7: Interview with a teabagger – Le Show
Act 8: The un-tea party – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Tea America – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
At a tea party with a no medicare pledge – Thom Hartmann
Music:
1901 – Phoenix
Spring Came, Rain Fell – Club 8
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind – The Lovin’ Spoonful
We shall overcome – Pete Seeger
Let’s work together – Canned Heat
Smokin from shootin – My Morning Jacket
Spaceman – The Office, BBC
Unbirthday song – Camarata Chorus and Orchestra
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