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

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

Song 1: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies

Act 2: The Murdoch’s testimony – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11

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

Song 3: Miss Misery – Good Will Hunting (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 4: Who Feels Sorry For Rupert Murdoch – Young Turks

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

Act 6: Addicted to hack Part 3 – The Bugle Air Date: 7-21-11

Song 6: Mother – Danzig

Act 7: Why the media loves the Murdoch scandal – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11

Song 7: Some Might Say – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Act 8: Murdoch reality show – Le Show Air Date: 7-24-11

Song 8: Mr. Jones – August and Everything After

Act 9: Should Fox News Be Investigated – Young Turks

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

Song 10: Fast Eddie – Eyes On Fire – EP

Act 11: Murdoch still in a lot of trouble – Citizen Radio

Final comments on empathy, rationality and food choices

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Pie-Thrower Vs Rupert Murdoch’s Wife – Young Turks

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#514 The manufactured debt crisis Part 2 (Special Event)

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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

Song 1: Broken – Awake

Act 2: Armadebtdon 2011- National Bullshit Ceiling – Daily Show Air Date: 7-18-11

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

Song 3: Better Off Alone – Who Needs Guitars Anyway?

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

Song 4: Blueprint – Jackson Square

Act 5: Media covering Obama and the debt negotiation – Counterspin Air Date: 7-28-11

Song 5: Logical Song – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 6: Debt to America! – The Bugle Air Date: 7-28-11

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

Song 7: Get ready – The Proclaimers

Act 8: The Lose-Lose Debt Situation – The Progressive Air Date: 7-29-11

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

Song 9: The Sound of Settling – Transatlanticism

Act 10: Father knows best how to compromise – Le Show Air Date: 7-31-11

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

Final comments, thanks to @OnyxShard for the Countdown clip tip

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
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)

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Act 1: Accountability In The UK – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-20-11

Song 1: Waltzing Matilda – Australia (Music from the Film) – EP

Act 2: Hack Attack, New Revelations – The Bugle – Air Date: 07-14-11

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

Song 3: Tie Me Kangaroo Down – COOEE

Act 4: Fox and Friends Covering Murdoch Scandal – Majority Report – Air Date: 07-15-11

Song 4: Australia – Wincing the Night Away

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

Song 5: Baka – Baka

Act 6: Murdoch defenders circle the wagons – Counterspin Air Date: 7-21-11

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

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

Act 9: Humanized by Pie – Colbert Report- Air Date: 07-20-11

Song 9: Kookaburra – Emerald City

Act 10: News Of The World Whistleblower Dead – Young Turks – Air Date 07-18-11

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)

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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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