#500 Election-Related 500TH EPISODE SPECTACULAR
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Edition #500
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Act 1: Kindergarten GOP -Youth Vote – Colbert Report
Song 1: Desperately Wanting – Better Than Ezra: Greatest Hits
Act 2: Gingrich is Uncle Fester – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 2: Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 3: Newt threatens American with “The Texas Miracle” – Jim Hightower
Song 3: Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass)
Act 4: Newt Gingrich Advisers Resign En Masse – David Pakman Show
Song 4: One Day – Light (Bonus Track Version)
Act 5: Palin supporters change history – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 5: Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker Live
Act 6: Candidates flip flop on support of cap and trade – Green News Report
Song 6: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)
Act 7: Can Any Candidate Keep the GOP Together? – The Breakdown
Song 7: What I’m Looking For (Ad Version) – What I’m Looking For (Ad Version) – Single
Act 8: Indecision 2012 – Tim Pawlenty & Herman Cain – Daily Show
Song 8: Take My Hand – No Angel
Act 9: Mitt Romney Mormon Gay Rights Switched Position – Young Turks
Song 9: All These Things That I’ve Done – Hot Fuss
Act 10: Huntsman enters the race but is too reasonable to win – Green News Report
Song 10: One Million Miles Away – The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu
Act 11: Obama Turns to Corporate Insider Campaign Manager Jim Messina – Democracy NOW!
Song 11: Little Lion Man – Sigh No More
Act 12: GOP debate full of ridiculous – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 12: Close Your Eyes – Too Young to Fight It
Act 13: Turns out Bachman might be crazy – Counterspin
Song 13: Cosmic Love – Lungs
Act 14: Religious tests and pro-constitution – Jimmy Dore Show
Final comments on Netroots Nation 2011, how many episodes I’ve produced because of the member’s support and urging everyone to become a donor to causes they believe in
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West Wing Story – Latino Vote- Puerto Rico Visit – Daily Show
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#491 Land of the free, home of the brave (Police State)
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Act 1: Supreme Court & Private Prison Guards – Young Turks
Song 1: Chain Gang – 30 Greatest Hits – Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (Remastered)
Act 2: Supreme Court Takes a Power Drill to the Fourth Amendment – The Progressive
Song 2: Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix) – Take Me Home Tonight (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Act 3: Michigan State Police Copying Data from Cell Phones: Mark Fancher of ACLU – David Pakman
Song 3: Strawberry Fields Forever – I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
Act 4: Bill James on history of crime – Colbert Report
Song 4: Kids – Oracular Spectacular
Act 5: Thomas Tamm Obama’s Retro-Active Immunity Outrageous – Democracy NOW!
Song 5: Wait Up (Boots of Danger) – Champ
Act 6: Obama Executive Order On Miranda Rights – Young Turks
Song 6: What we’ve got – Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa
Act 7: Obama’s Domestic Spying Binge – The Progressive
Song 7: Karma Police – The Best of Radiohead
Act 8: Police On Lookout For Poorly Drawn Man – The Onion
Song 8: Once Around the Block – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Act 9: Chertoff Company Porno Scanners Emitting 10 Times Radiation We Were Told – David Pakman
Song 9: La Réalité – Dimanche à Bamako (Bonus Track Version)
Act 10: The Answer to Police Brutality – Lee Camp
Song 10: Rambo Theme – Rambo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Act 11: American Corrections – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 11: Folsom Prison Blues (Live) – The Essential Johnny Cash
Act 12: Jury Selection Proving Difficult In Trial Of ‘The Jury Killer’ – The Onion
Song 12: Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare – Grand
Act 13: Patriot Act Extension Makes Me Miss Feingold – The Progressive
Song 13: The Logical Song – The Very Best of Supertramp
Act 14: McCain Bill to Allow Indefinite Detention Without Miranda or Charges for Any Reason – David Pakman
Voicemails:
Reaction to newest religion episode and promo for waterforsudan.org – Marianna
Reaction to Citizen Radio and consistency – Eric from York, PA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Final comments on criticizing Obama and seeing the bigger picture
Bonus Voicemails:
Yet another youth reaction to Bin Laden’s death – Brett from Omaha
Thoughtful response to Bin Laden – Jason from Rupert Idaho
Comparisons of reactions to Bin Laden and 9/11 – Daniel from CA
Thoughts on bringing Bin Laden to the US for trial – Ashley from Syracuse, NY
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Exclusive – Reporter Gets Nailed by San Francisco Cop – Colbert Report
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#482 Oil spill anniversary and Power Shift 2011 (Environment)
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Edition #482
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Act 1: Obama’s Sophistry on Nuclear Power – The Progressive
Song 1: Planet Earth – Steve Eschleman
Act 2: Over-reactor – Colbert Report
Song 2: These Things Take Time – The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]
Act 3: Update on off-shore drilling – Green New Report
Song 3: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)
Act 4: Oil Spill Execs Want Bonuses – Young Turks
Song 4: Back In the High Life Again – Back In the High Life
Act 5: Sunken Oil Tanker Will Be Habitat For Marine Life, Shell Executives Say With Straight Face – The Onion
Song 5: Evil eyes – Theo Bard
Act 6: You know the drill in the gulf – Rachel Maddow
Song 6: Swallowed In the Sea – X & Y
Act 7: One year after Deep Horizon – Green News Report
Song 7: Don’t Worry Baby – Sounds of Summer – The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Act 8: Obama’s failures in light of the BP Oil Spill Anniversary – Young Turks
Song 8: Welcome to Paradise – Dookie
Act 9: Bill McKibben speaking at the Power Shift 2011 – Democracy Now!
Song 9: Dark Flute – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 10: Climategate Debunked but Corporate Media Ignores – David Pakman Show
Song 10: Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago
Act 11: Activists Occupy Interior Dept. at End of PowerShift Conference – Democracy Now!
Song 11: Kilimanjaro – One
Act 12: Van Jones speaking at the Power Shift 2011 – Democracy Now!
Voicemails:
Show suggestions, Stop using MSNBC, join a socialist organization – Nicoli from Oakland
The disclosure project – Grant from San Francisco
I’ve gone too far this time – Michael From Glenn Bernie
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments apologizing for playing a Justin Bieber song, comments on using MSNBC, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s sentence repealed
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President Obama’s Energy Plan – Young Turks
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#448 The United States of America has gone mad (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #448
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Act 1: How to spend 1.5 billion dollars – The Pinky Show
Song 1: Billionaire – Billionaire
Act 2: Invest in the US, not Afghanistan – MSNBC
Song 2: Girl in the War (Josh Ritter cover) – Chris Priest
Act 3: Bullets or bucks – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 3: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 4: Gay agenda comes to airport security – Majority Report
Song 4: See Me, Feel Me (Single Version) – The Ultimate Collection
Act 5: Obama on Afghanistan echos Vietnam – The Progressive
Song 5: Everybody lies – Melissa Lusk
Act 6: Wikileaks uncovers pressure to attack Iran – Young Turks
Song 6: One Million Miles Away – The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu
Act 7: Allies in lies – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 7: Scene No. 13 Segment IV Dance Of The Little Swans – Swan Lake
Act 8: Bush helped Iran’s foreign policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 8: Thank You – No Angel
Act 9: The immorality of America at war – Jim Hightower
Song 9: Casualties of War – The 18th Letter – The Book of Life
Act 10: Ike’s warning still challenges a nation – NPR
Song 10: Enzymes – Enzymes – Single
Act 11: MLK didn’t want US troops in 177 countries – The Progressive
Song 11: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 12: The United States of America has gone mad – Democracy Now!
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Trust but verify – Rachel Maddow
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