#260 Worked up, angry and totally misdirected (Podcast)

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Act 1: Cutting the defense budget – The Daily Show
Act 2: Republican fake outrage – The Young Turks
Act 3: Cutting the defense budget – The Colbert Report
Act 4: AIG looking to rebrand – LeShow
Act 5: Tea party at The Alamo – The Clolbert Report
Act 6: Conservatives about teabagging – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties – On the Media
Act 8: The other meaning of ‘teabagging’ – The Colbert Report
Act 9: Hardball debating economic systems – The Young Turks

Music:
You’re the best – Joe Esposito
Joe "Bean" Esposito - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - You're the Best
Crash – The Primitives
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Welcome to the Machine
My name is Jonas – Weezer
Weezer - Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
It’s my party – Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore - 60's Gold - It's My Party
Tea for two – Mambo All-Stars
New shoes – Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini - These Streets - New Shoes
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner - The Very Best of Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

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Building out of a hole (Podcast)

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Act 1: The green collar economy – Democaracy NOW!
Act 2: The Blue Green Alliance Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Alternative fuel SUV – The Onion
Act 4: The Blue Green Alliance Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: News of the warm – LeShow
Act 6: Can cities save the planet? – Slate.com

Music:
Directions – Josh Rouse
Josh Rouse - Home - Directions
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Exit Clov - Jolly Roget Sessions - EP - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Still Life – Men at work
Men at Work - The Best of Men at Work: Contraband - Still Life
She moves – Stigmata
100 years – Five for fighting
Five for Fighting - 100 Years - Single - 100 Years

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Where we are now and where we should go (Podcast)

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Act 1: Friedman on “Drill baby, drill” – NPR
Act 2: We Can Solve It ad not shown on ABC – CounterSpin
Act 3: Friedman on taxing what we don’t want – NPR
Act 4: Life jackets issued to all Americans – The Onion
Act 5: News of the warm – LeShow
Act 6: The religious right on global warming – Point of Inquiry
Act 7: Tom Freidman Interview – The Colbert Report

Music:
I saved the world today – The Eurythmics
Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection - I Saved the World Today
The end of medicine – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - The End of Medicine
This is the day – The The
The The - Soul Mining - This Is the Day
Nap hangs up the phone – Napoleon Dynamite
John Swihart - Napoleon Dynamite - Nap Hangs Up the Phone
Knock yourself out – Jon Brion
Jon Brion - I Heart Huckabees - Knock Yourself Out
Hey there Delilah – Plain White T’s
Plain White T's - All That We Needed - Hey There Delilah

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Preaching politics from the pulpit and other bad ideas (Podcast)

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Act 1: Summoning the Devil – This American Life
Act 2: Pastors preaching politics Part 1 – On the Media
Act 3: Hammer-induced thumb injury – The Onion
Act 4: Pastors preaching politics Part 2 – On the Media
Act 5: Issac Hayes’ death & Scientology – The Young Turks
Act 6: Spanish the official language of Christianity – The Onion
Act 7: Faith, fraud and Republicans – Marc Maron
Act 8: Muslim toilets for the London Olympics – LeShow
Act 9: The birth of Islam – The Young Turks (Explicit)
Act 10: 2007 Chrismas had lowest mirical tally on record – The Onion

Music:
Camp Granada – Alan Sherman
Like a prayer – Rufio
Rufio - Punk Goes Pop - Like a Prayer
Shed a little light – James Taylor
James Taylor - James Taylor: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Shed a Little Light
Letters to God – Box Car Racer
Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer - Letters to God
Mani Mani Kuru – Streets of Spain (Album)
Stairway to heaven – Apocalyptica
Show me what I’m looking for – Carolina Liar
Carolina Liar - Coming to Terms - Show Me What I'm Looking for
Viva la vida – Coldplay
Coldplay - Viva la Vida - Viva la Vida

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