#591 Unconstitutional (Police State)

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Anti-Occupy Law Passed By Congress, White House Nearly Unanimously – Lee Camp – Air Date: 3-12-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Protest song – Anti-Flag

Ch. 4: Act 2: Protesting Has Been Criminalized HR347, S1794 – The David Pakman Show – Air Date: 3-13-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: The Sound of Settling – Transatlanticism

Ch. 6: Act 3: First Amendment Nefarious Bill “Federal Restricted Grounds and Improvement” – Matthew Filipowicz Show – Air Date: 3-1-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: La Paix – Dimanche à Bamako (Bonus Track Version)

Ch. 8: Act 4: NYPD Spying on Liberals, Using Fear Tactics – Majority Report – Air Date: 3-27-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Stop Spying – Making Perfect Sense

Ch. 10: Act 5: NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Political Groups – Young Turks – Air Date 3-26-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Campus – Vampire Weekend

Ch. 12: Act 6: NYPD Spies In New Orleans! – The Progressive – Air Date: 3-23-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: And It Spread – I and Love and You

Ch. 14: Act 7: US vs Jones (violation of 4th amendment rights) – On the Media – Air Date: 1-26-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: You Wish – In a Space Outta Sound

Ch. 16: Act 8: Life, Liberty, Indefinite Detention Without A Trial – Lee Camp – Air Date: 12-16-11

Ch. 17: Song 8: Yeats’ Grave – No Need to Argue

Ch. 18: Act 9: Eric Holder’s Shameful Defense of Assassinating U.S. Citizens – The Progressive Air Date: 3-7-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Overkill (Acoustic Version) – Man @ Work

Ch. 20: Act 10: Holder Defends Execution Without Charges – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-6-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Latino perspective on Trayvon Martin episode – Danny from Tampa Florida
Ch. 22: Liberal cop on the Trayvon Martin case – Dan
Ch. 23: Objection to being lumped in with privileged straight white males – Doug in Chicagoland

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Ch. 24: Final comments on the perception of attacks when discussing privilege

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#586 The US Empire and the Ring of Power (Foreign Policy)

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Act 1: Heart Mind-O-Matic – Mark Fiore – Air Date: 02-20-12

Song 1: M.I.B. Main Theme – Men In Black – The Album

Act 2: US government doesn’t talk about the drone war – Counterspin Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 2: Oh Lately It’s So Quiet – Oh No

Act 3: Syria’s Arab Spring that no one is hearing about – The Bugle Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 3: Catapult – Murmur

Act 4: Veto Of Syria UN Resolution Sparks Outrage – Young Turks – Air Date: 02-06-12

Song 4: Help! – The Beatles Box Set

Act 5: Veto to prevent violence in Syria – The Bugle – Air Date: 2-10-12

Song 5: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets

Act 6: Fox Contributor Karl Rove Condemns Obama Apology, Fails to Note Similar Bush Apology in 2008 – Media Matters Air Date: 2-28-12

Act 7: Not a Happy International Women’s Day in Afghanistan – The Progressive Air Date: 3-8-12

Song 7: We were there – Robin Roberts

Act 8: Afghan Lady and Taliban News – The Bugle Air Date: 2-17-12

Song 8: Escalation – Dexter (Soundtrack from the TV Series)

Act 9: Afghanistan Massacre Fallout – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-12-12

Song 9: Come Home – Come Home – Single

Act 10: Son Of Haditha – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 3-12-12

Song 10: Baba O’Riley – Who’s Next (Remastered)

Act 11: Leave Afghanistan Now – The Progressive Air Date: 3-12-12

Song 11: Letter from an Occupant – Mass Romantic (Remastered)

Act 12: The consequences of the US killing spree in Afghanistan – Counterspin Air Date: 3-16-12

Song 12: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies

Act 13: The Reason War Will Go On Forever – Lee Camp

Song 13: Still Fighting It – Rockin’ the Suburbs

Act 14: An Army whistle-blower speaks truth about power – Jim Hightower Air Date: 3-14-12

Song 14: Tracked In Mud – Tracked In Mud – Single

Act 15: The US Empire and the Ring of Power – Common Sense – Air Date: 2-20-12

Voicemails:
Activist call to action on verbiage and word usage – Chris
Recomending ‘Godless Bitches’ podcast – Anonymous
Recommending “Women’s Magazine” podcast – Elka from Indiana

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Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments as an epilogue to the Jimmy Dore Show joke discussion

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#580 The War on Women Part 2: Subjugation

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Act 1: O’Reilly: Drunk Women Get Pregnant – Young Turks – Air Date: 07-25-11

Song 1: Resist – Katy McAllister

Act 2: Virginia government wants to physically penetrate you – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-14-12

Song 2: Gimme Sympathy (Acoustic) – Plug In, Plug Out – EP

Act 3: Girlfriend Acting All Clingy After Getting Pregnant – The Onion

Song 3: Fidelity – Begin to Hope (Bonus Track Version)

Act 4: Rectal Exam Amendment To Anti-Abortion Bill – The Young Turks – Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 4: Timeless – Melankton

Act 5: Susan G. Komen Reverses, Returns Planned Parenthood Funding – David Pakman -Air Date: 02-06-12

Song 5: Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane

Act 6: Stop Normalizing Rape – The Progressive Air Date: 12-15-11

Song 6: Winter Winds – Mumford & Sons Piano Tribute

Act 7: Sexual Assault Prevention in the Military is Bureaucracy Upon Bureaucracy – Media Matters Air Date: 2-13-12

Act 8: Komen’s Anti-Abortion VP Wanted To Defund Planned Parenthood – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-6-12

Song 8: Foundations (Full Explicit Version) – Made of Bricks (Bonus Track Version)

Act 9: The Right Wing Is Taking Rights Away From Women, But Were They Really Using Them – Lee Camp – Air Date 2-20-12

Song 9: A Beautiful Mine (Theme Music from “Mad Men”) – A Beautiful Mine (Theme Music from “Mad Men”) – Single

Act 10: Komen VP Handel Resigns Over Planned Parenthood Dispute – Young Turks Air Date: 2-7-12

Song 10: Enough – Angus (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 11: How the needle moves as conservatives push their anti-woman agenda – Double X Gabfest Air Date: 2-22-12

Song 11: Save Me – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 12: The fear over giving women power over their own bodies – Opinionated Air Date: 2-22-12

Final comments on analyzing the societal narrative of women in popular culture

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#575 Where the money hits the road (Climate Change)

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Act 1: Former Climate Skeptic Admits Global Warming is Real – David Pakman – Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 1: Don’t Stop Believin’ (Live) – Greatest Hits Live

Act 2: Climate Change Deniers Koch Blocked – Majority Report – Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 2: Mr. Blue Sky – ELO’s Greatest Hits

Act 3: Another Foot Drag by Obama on Global Warming – The Progressive Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 3: I Melt With You – After the Snow

Act 4: Sen. Inhoff, Tea Party, brags about ‘debunking’ Climate Change – Green News Report – Air Date: 12-08-11

Song 4: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire

Act 5: Koch Brothers Exposed for Cancer Causing Pollution – Young Turks

Song 5: The fiddler’s ballad – Jen Osha w/Wolf Creek Session

Act 6: Landowners Get Fracked By Oil Companies – Majority Report – Air Date: 12-07-11

Song 6: Live and Let Die – Guns N’ Roses: Greatest Hits

Act 7: Consequences of increasing emissions – Green News Report – Air Date: 11-08-11

Song 7: Don’t Stop – Greatest Hits

Act 8: Solyndra Real Scandal Is Dirty Energy Subsidies – Young Turks – Air Date: 01-22-12

Song 8: Circles – El Oso

Act 9: Fukushima and Global Warming – The Progressive Air Date: 12-29-11

Song 9: Beds Are Burning – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)

Act 10: How To Destroy The Environment, Steal Money, Look Good Doing It – Lee Camp – Air Date: 01-30-12

Song 10: Goodbye Blue Sky – The Wall (Remastered)

Act 11: ‘Gasland’ Journalists Arrested At Fracking Hearing – Young Turks Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 11: I Turn My Camera On – Gimme Fiction

Act 12: GOP “mad as a hatter” about EPA mercury regs – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 12: World Spins Madly On – Say I Am You

Act 13: Strong climate advocate unseated in the Maldives – The Bugle Air Date: 2-10-12

Song 13: Take A Chance – Take A Chance

Act 14: GOP Still Pushing Keystone XL Pipeline – Young Turks – Air Date 2-6-12

Voicemails:
Thoughts on sustainable agriculture and care for farm animals – Ben from Le Grange, KY
Call to action on art exhibition on women of color. Details at idistudios.com – Ijeoma in New York City
Thoughts and call to action on new mortgage deal just signed – Todd from LA

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on my fundraising ride from NYC to DC in May

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