#573 As we do unto others (Foreign Policy)

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Act 1: Bush Cancels Trip to Switzerland Over Threat of Torture Arrest – Majority Report Air Date: 12-4-11

Song 1: Vacation – Go Go’s

Act 2: Iran Nuclear Scientists Executed With Car Bombs, Shootings – Young Turks Air Date: 1-11-12

Song 2: Not the Only One – Breaking Up

Act 3: Iran Scientist Assassinated – Citizen Radio Air Date: 1-1-12

Song 3: Drop Dead Blues – Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II

Act 4: The Truth About War With Iran – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 4: Such Great Heights – Give Up

Act 5: U.S. Must Tell Israel Not to Bomb Iran – The Progressive Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 5: I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits

Act 6: Canada’s Defense Ministry criticized for ordering 20 000 orange stress balls – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 6: Fear is a villain – Theo Bard

Act 7: Marines Urinate On Dead Bodies In Afghanistan – Young Turks Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 7: War – Hello Destiny…

Act 8: Urinating on dead Afghanis – History of war – Rob Delaney Commentary – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 8: Legions (War) – Zeo Keating

Act 9: CNN Contributor Applauds Controversial Marine Video – Media Matters Air Date: 1-13-12

Act 10: Republicans boo the “golden rule” when applied to foreign policy – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 10: Tonight I Have to Leave It – Our Ill Wills

Act 11: Congress Fights Automatic Defense Spending Cuts – Young Turks Air Date – 1-22-12

Song 11: It’s a Wonderful Life – A Call to Arms – EP

Act 12: The Greatest Speech Ever Made – Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

Voicemails:
Thoughts on the importance of It Gets Better to be thought of as a first step – Daniel from CA
Ethically raised food and animals from your local CSA – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Excited about the next step of the “Make it Better” campaign – Dave from Olympia, WA
Thoughts on the Make it Better campaign – Jason from the cornfields of Iowa

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Final comments clarifying my story of the It Gets Better campaign

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

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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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#557 Why we’re winning (Occupy Wall St Part 10)

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Act 1: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money – Majority Report Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 1: Eye of the Tiger – Eye of the Tiger (Remastered)

Act 2: If cops use force then your speech wasn’t free (to say the least) – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 2: Paranoia – Welcome to Earth

Act 3: Good cop, bad cop and O’Reilly declares the Occupation dead – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 3: John Lennon – Jackson Square

Act 4: Occupying our homes – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 4: House of the Risin’ Sun – Bob Dylan

Act 5: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks

Song 5: Wild World – Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits

Act 6: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 6: Little Lies – Greatest Hits

Act 7: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect – Lee Camp Air Date 12-5-11

Voicemails:
Retail manager’s story of holiday hiring – Casey from Michigan

Direct message to Dave (Godless) Kinser – Chris the Carpenter
Asking that more women’s voices be promoted on the show – April from Toronto
Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident – Dave from Olympia, WA

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Final comments on this show being the answer to the question of the point of Occupy Wall St

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Michael Moore connects the federal government to raids – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11

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#552 Pepper spray is a weapon, not a seasoning (Occupy Wall St Part 8)

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Act 1: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 1: Nothing Else Matters – Inquisition Symphony

Act 2: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street – Media Matters Air Date: 11-16-11

Act 3: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 3: Librarian – Evil Urges

Act 4: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC – Counterspin Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 4: We Are the Champions – Queen: Greatest Hits

Act 5: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 5: Razor Wire – Chris Priest

Act 6: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range – David Pakman Air Date 11-21-11

Song 6: Uncommon Courtesy – Uncommon Courtesy

Act 7: You Can’t Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Reinventing Kevin Bacon – Causes and Cures

Act 8: The pepper spray cop – Le Show Air Date: 11-27-11

Act 9: Protests now and from the past 50 years – Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 9: Protest song – Anti-Flag

Act 10: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 10: We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits

Act 11: Pepper Spray is not a food product – Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 11-22-11

Voicemails:
Use screenshots in chapter markers for visual elements – Nick from Santa Clara, CA
Donate to National Lawyers Guild Occupy legal defense fund at www.NLG.org/occupy – Stacy from San Francisco Bay Area
Who’s really the radicals? – Alex from Texas
Support the occupiers however you can – Bill From Lubbock, TX
Thoughts on Occupy and cuts to social programs – Ronald from Baltimore

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Voicemail Music:
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Final comments on www.occupythemovie.net and David Pakman’s campaign to get on Current.tv

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
We are all Scott Olsen – short film – Occupy the Movie

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