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#572 Bad and badder (Elections)

Jay! — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:19 +0000

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Act 1: Newt Ginrich’s Performance and Mitt Romney’s Tax – Colbert Report
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Song 1: He’s a Pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean (Original Soundtrack)

Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital – David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12
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Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me – Van Morrison

Act 3: Mitt’s Flamingly Wealthy – Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12
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Song 3: It Gets Better – It Gets Better

Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12
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Song 4: So Jealous – So Jealous

Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida – The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12
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Song 5: My Heart Sinks – Breaking Up

Act 6: The man from Bain – Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12
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Act 7: O’Reilly comes to Romney’s rhetorical rescue – Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12
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Song 7: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets

Act 8: Fox’s Huckabee “Birther-Lite” Comments – Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12
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Act 9: War Within The Bubble – Real Time with Bill Maher – Air Date: 01-13-12
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Song 9: A Whiter Shade of Pale – The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [15th Anniversary]

Act 10: Gingrich’s New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism – The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12
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Song 10: Crooked Teeth – Plans

Act 11: Black to the Future – Newt Gingrich’s Timing – Daily Show – Air Date 01-12-12
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Song 11: This Little Light – Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Act 12: Gingrich: adultery makes him a more viable candidate – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 1-28-12
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Song 12: Jelly Belly – The Shangri-Las & The ’60s Girl Group Garage Sound

Act 13: Newt’s Reckless Rhetoric – The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12
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Song 13: Bulletproof – La Roux (Bonus Track Version)

Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! – The Bugle – Air Date: 1-27-12
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Song 14: Fly Me To The Moon – Sampler 2

Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-18-12
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Voicemails:
The time is right to occupy the ballot – Brian from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on choosing one’s sexuality – Jeff from Florida
Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign – Casey from Michigan

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short

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Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-11-12
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#559 Our annual collective waste of time (War on the war Christmas)

Jay! — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:54 +0000

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Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O’Reilly’s Response – Young Turks Air Date: 2010
Song 1: Have I Got a Present for You – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 2: Sam wont cut and run from the war on Christmas – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
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Song 2: Christians and Pagans – Mortal City

Act 3: Fox News Gets Trigger-Happy in the War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 11-9-11
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Song 3: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee

Act 4: War on Xmas – Santa under attack – Countdown Air Date: 12-13-10
Song 4: The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – Single

Act 5: The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
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Song 5: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 6: The ACLU of Tenn. Accused of Terrorism – The Progressive Air Date: 2010
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Song 6: Lord’s Bright Blessing – Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Act 7: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition – Media Matters Air Date: 12-1-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4PmKa97o-Q" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition - Media Matters" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition from @mmfa #p2"]
Song 7: Whoville welcomes Christmas – How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Act 8: Glenn Beck’s story of the three wise men – Le Show Air Date: 2010
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Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
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Song 9: Sleigh Ride – Amy Grant Christmas: The Complete Collection

Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
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Song 10: Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season – The Andy Williams Christmas Album

Act 11: Church and State During the Holidays – The Progressive Air Date: 12-13-11
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Song 11: There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Act 12: Scrooge was not the hero of ‘A Christmas Carol’ – Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11
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Song 12: Walking In the Air – The Snowman

Act 13: War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
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Song 13: Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) – Christmas Eve and Other Stories

Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
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Final comments on a song correction and how people’s tribal instincts can result in resentment

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

Jay! — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:26 +0000

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Act 1: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11
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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
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Act 3: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-16-11
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Song 3: Librarian – Evil Urges

Act 4: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC – Counterspin Air Date: 11-17-11
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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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_zuzfn35No" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
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
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Song 6: Uncommon Courtesy – Uncommon Courtesy

Act 7: You Can’t Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-21-11
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Song 7: Reinventing Kevin Bacon – Causes and Cures

Act 8: The pepper spray cop – Le Show Air Date: 11-27-11
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Act 9: Protests now and from the past 50 years – Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11
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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
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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
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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

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We are all Scott Olsen – short film – Occupy the Movie
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#522 The Great Failing (Drug War)

Jay! — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:00:12 +0000

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Act 1: War on Drugs Keeps Failing, Countries Try Decriminalization – David Pakman Air Date: 6-7-11
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Song 1: Plug In, Plug Out – EP – Metric

Act 2: Report War On Drugs Wastes Billions In Mexico – Young Turks
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Song 2: Anti-Hu – Nautical Antiques – A Selection of Rarities from 1998-2001

Act 3: Columbian Bio-Engineers Create Gun-And-Drugs Tree – The Onion
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Song 3: The Bleeding Heart Show – Twin Cinema

Act 4: Portugal Treats Addicts, Does not Punish Them – Le Show Air Date: 07-17-11
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Song 4: Brain Stew – Insomniac

Act 5: War on Drugs Keeps Failing While Portuguese Drug Decriminalization Works – David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11
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Song 5: Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) – Please

Act 6: Medical Benefits Of Marijuana – National Cancer Institute – Young Turks Air Date: 3-28-11
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Song 6: Failure By Design – Your Favorite Weapon

Act 7: The war on cold medicine isn’t working – Jim Hightower
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Song 7: Moment of Tranquility – Welcome to Earth

Act 8: Corporations growing Cannabis for their needs, while you cannot – Majority Report Air Date: 06-13-11
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Song 8: This Is Why We Fight – The King Is Dead

Act 9: Florida’s Outrageous and Unconstitutional Welfare Drug-Testing Law – The Progressive
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Song 9: Lighting Myself On Fire – Let Live and Let Ghosts

Act 10: Drugs Now Legal If User Is Employed – The Onion
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Song 10: Smile Like You Mean It – Hot Fuss

Act 11: Drug Use Rising – Pot, Meth & Ecstasy – Young Turks
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Song 11: Try Not to Breathe – Automatic for the People

Act 12: A Former Crack Kingpin On The Economics Of Illegal Drugs – NPR
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Song 12: Come On Eileen (Single Edit) – Come On Eileen / Dubious – Single

Act 13: Drugs And Taxes – Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Song 13: Wavin’ Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) – Troubadour

Act 14: Senior Moment – Pot Smoking Seniors – Colbert Report
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Song 14: Old Man – Neil Young: Greatest Hits

Act 15: End The Failed War On Drugs – Young Turks
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Voicemails:
The need for campaign finance reform – Beth from New Brunswick, NJ
Thoughts on progressive messaging – Mike from Rochester, NY

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

Final comments on summery of excersized pro-meat-consumption voicemailer

Bonus Voicemails:
Getting smarter about food choices – Ken in Chicagoland
Guy who looks into the eyes of animals before killing them is a lunatic – Oni from Japan
Lesson on morals across countries regarding food choices – Michael From Glenn Bernie
Considering the condition of the workers in factory farms – Ashley from Syracuse, NY

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
More Blacks In Prison Than Slaves In 1850 – Young Turks

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#519 The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 3 (Special Event)

Jay! — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:00:46 +0000

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Act 1: Murdoch’s testimony to Parlement – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 7-23-11
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Song 1: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies

Act 2: The Murdoch’s testimony – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11
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Song 2: Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered)

Act 3: David Carr on new NY Times Documentary, Murdoch – Colbert Report Air Date: 07-19-11
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Song 3: Miss Misery – Good Will Hunting (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 4: Who Feels Sorry For Rupert Murdoch – Young Turks
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Song 4: Sur le fil – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 5: Fox News Lags on Hacking Scandal Coverage – Media Matters Air Date: 7-21-11
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Act 6: Addicted to hack Part 3 – The Bugle Air Date: 7-21-11
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Song 6: Mother – Danzig

Act 7: Why the media loves the Murdoch scandal – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11
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Song 7: Some Might Say – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Act 8: Murdoch reality show – Le Show Air Date: 7-24-11
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Song 8: Mr. Jones – August and Everything After

Act 9: Should Fox News Be Investigated – Young Turks
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Song 9: One – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 10: Bill O’Reilly’s coverage of the Murdoch scandal – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 7-21-11
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Song 10: Fast Eddie – Eyes On Fire – EP

Act 11: Murdoch still in a lot of trouble – Citizen Radio
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Final comments on empathy, rationality and food choices
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Pie-Thrower Vs Rupert Murdoch’s Wife – Young Turks
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#514 The manufactured debt crisis Part 2 (Special Event)

Jay! — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:00:13 +0000

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Act 1: Lincoln, the 14th amendment and full faith and credit of the U.S. – Melissa Harris Perry on TRMS Air Date: 7-26-11
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Song 1: Broken – Awake

Act 2: Armadebtdon 2011- National Bullshit Ceiling – Daily Show Air Date: 7-18-11
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Song 2: When I Grow Up – Version 2.0

Act 3: Obama Already Conceded He’ll Pay Ransom – The Progressive Air Date: 7-26-11
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Song 3: Better Off Alone – Who Needs Guitars Anyway?

Act 4: America’s Bucket List – Colbert Report Air Date: 7-26-11
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Song 4: Blueprint – Jackson Square

Act 5: Media covering Obama and the debt negotiation – Counterspin Air Date: 7-28-11
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Song 5: Logical Song – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 6: Debt to America! – The Bugle Air Date: 7-28-11
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Song 6: Play With Fire – The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack)

Act 7: Who’s lying more on the debt ceiling debate? – On the Media Air Date: 7-29-11
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Song 7: Get ready – The Proclaimers

Act 8: The Lose-Lose Debt Situation – The Progressive Air Date: 7-29-11
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Song 8: Cool to Hate – Ixnay on the Hombre

Act 9: GOP ready for compromise and common purpose – Wait wait Air Date: 7-30-11
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Song 9: The Sound of Settling – Transatlanticism

Act 10: Father knows best how to compromise – Le Show Air Date: 7-31-11
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Song 10: Growing Up – Only God Can Judge Me

Act 11: The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal – Countdown Air Date: 8-1-11
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Final comments, thanks to @OnyxShard for the Countdown clip tip

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Armadebtdon 2011- The End of the World As We Owe It – Daily Show
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#513 The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 2 (Special Event)

Jay! — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:00:23 +0000

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Act 1: Accountability In The UK – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-20-11
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Song 1: Waltzing Matilda – Australia (Music from the Film) – EP

Act 2: Hack Attack, New Revelations – The Bugle – Air Date: 07-14-11
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Song 2: Wallaby – Bits And Pieces Of A Major Spectacle

Act 3: The Guardian Apologizes re: Gordon Brown’s Son – Le Show – Air Date: 07-17-11
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Song 3: Tie Me Kangaroo Down – COOEE

Act 4: Fox and Friends Covering Murdoch Scandal – Majority Report – Air Date: 07-15-11
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Song 4: Australia – Wincing the Night Away

Act 5: Horrible Bosses – Fox News Won’t Dumpster Dive – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-19-11
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Song 5: Baka – Baka

Act 6: Murdoch defenders circle the wagons – Counterspin Air Date: 7-21-11
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Song 6: Down Under – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 7: Does British Scandal Risk Murdoch’s Hold On Empire? – NPR Air Date: 07-21-11
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Song 7: Dance the Devil Away – Dance the Devil Away

Act 8: Murdoch Doesn’t Accept Responsibility For Hacking Scandal – Media Matters Air Date: 07-19-11
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Act 9: Humanized by Pie – Colbert Report- Air Date: 07-20-11
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Song 9: Kookaburra – Emerald City

Act 10: News Of The World Whistleblower Dead – Young Turks – Air Date 07-18-11
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Voicemails:
Reaction to Mumia Abu-Jamal comments on Libya – Dave from Olympia, WA
Reaction to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s comments on Libya – Carter from Denver
Reaction to Dan Carlin clip – Dave from Olympia, WA
Call to donate to preserve the rain forest in Ecuador – Nying(?) from Ecuador

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on the irony of BotL talking against news cocoons

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Accountability In The UK part 2 – Murdoch’s Crime-Fighting Wife – Daily Show

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#497 It gets worse (Elections)

Jay! — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:00:29 +0000

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Act 1: Republican Candidates- It Gets Worse – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Dancing Queen – ABBA Gold – Greatest Hits
Act 2: Michele Bachmann Compares Herself to Obama – David Pakman
Song 2: New Slang – Oh, Inverted World
Act 3: Anti-Muslim GOP candidate Herman Cain – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 3: Your Racist Friend – Flood
Act 4: Fox News Decides GOP Primary – Young Turks
Song 4: Viva la Vida – Vitamin String Quartet Presents Strung Out, Vol. 9
Act 5: Fox News REALLY Wants Chris Christie to Run – Media Matters
Act 6: Herman Cain Wants Small Bills – Colbert Report
Song 6: Girlfriend In a Coma – The Sound of the Smiths (Remastered)
Act 7: Fighting back against the war on Labor – Thom Hartmann
Song 7: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 8: Republicans Running and Not Running for President – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 8: New Shoes – These Streets
Act 9: Bill O’Reilly, PR Consultant Extraordinaire – Media Matters
Act 10: Newt Gingrich’s criticism of Paul Ryan – Le Show
Song 10: All Apologies (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 11: Don’t Celebrate Obama’s 2012 Victory Yet – The Progressive
Song 11: Submarine Symphonika – Honeysuckle Weeks
Act 12: The Word – The Business End – Colbert Report
Song 12: I Want It All (Single) – Classic Queen
Act 13: Jon Stewart Disappointed In Obama – Young Turks

Voicemails:
Supporting labor strikes to fight back for the middle class – Max from Berkley, CA
Objecting to Mumia Abu-Jamal – Bob from New Hartford, NY
Comments on people complaining about sources – Matt in South Carolina

Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides

Final comments on listener meet up at Netroots and progressive promoters campaign

Bonus Voicemails:
Long-time listener/supporting of Citizen Radio – Valentina from Miami
Citizen Radio takes too long to get to the interesting stuff – Don from Wisconsin
Why Chuck had to stop listening to Citizen Radio – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Citizen Radio expects more from their listeners and calls them out – Fred

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Mitt Romney Leads in Fox News Poll – Colbert Report

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#492 Dumb as the fossils we burn (Energy and climate)

Jay! — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:38 +0000

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Act 1: Rocks – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 2: Fracking linked to well contamination – Green News Report
Act 3: Watch It, Gas Hole – Thom Hartmann
Song 3: Home – Up From Below (Deluxe Edition)
Act 4: Nuclear and the climate – Le Show
Song 4: As Long As the Grass Grows – Round Dance the Night Away
Act 5: Island’s Recovery May Set Example For Gulf Residents – NPR
Song 5: Dudeman – Viktor Krauss II
Act 6: Exxon Paleontologists Call For Increased U.S. Fossil Production – The Onion
Song 6: La Paix – Dimanche a Bamako
Act 7: 2011 sets weird weather record – Green News Report
Song 7: Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 8: Mark Moffett – Colbert Report
Song 8: Mexico – James Taylor: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Act 9: Safe, clean, too cheap to meter – Le Show
Song 9: Go Sadness – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Act 10: More weird weather, new records set – Green News Report

Voicemails:
Thoughts on the future of climate change – Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado
Responding on federal funding of Planned Parenthood – Patrick from Dallas
Details on government reimbursments for non-profits – Shane from Cleveland, OH

Voicemail Music:
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

Final comments on Stitcher.com and DonateYourAccount.com

Bonus Voicemail:
Deeper understanding reaction to Bin Laden – Andrew from NY

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
How green is my country? – Need to Know

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#490 A 1-year oil spill retrospective (Oil Spill)

Jay! — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:00:45 +0000

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Act 1: Coffee safety at BP – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: The Ocean – The Sun and the Moon
Act 2: Oil spill and GOP fundraising – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: The Funeral – Everything All the Time
Act 3: The oil is missing – Colbert Report
Song 3: If I Had a Hammer – Roots, Rock & Revolution
Act 4: The strife aquatic – Daily Show
Song 4: Someone Keeps Moving My Chair – Flood
Act 5: Gov. covers up BP oil spill worst case scenario – Young Turks
Song 5: Dreaming of You – The Coral
Act 6: RFK Jr. discusses similarities between Exxon and BP oil spills – Ring of Fire
Song 6: The Killing Moon – Ocean Rain
Act 7: All’s well that ends well – Michael Blum – Colbert Report
Song 7: Beautiful Life – Ace of Base: Greatest Hits
Act 8: Repeal of drilling moratorium – Countdown
Song 8: Here It Goes Again – Oh No
Act 9: The upshot for BP – Le Show
Song 9: Shake It – Metro Station
Act 10: The Gulf of Mexico one year later – Thom Hartmann
Song 10: The Dead Heart – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)
Act 11: BP oil spill anniversary – Obama’s failure – Young Turks

Voicemails:
Call for amazement – Chris the carpenter from Cap Cod, Mass

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments introducing Louis C.K. clip

Post-show clip:
Everything is amazing and nobody’s happy – Louis C.K. on Conan O’Brien

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The Killing Fields – Vietnamese Fisherman – Daily Show

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