#460 Dying for economic justice (Economics)
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Edition #460
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Act 1: The big bank theory – Daily Show
Song 1: Grapevine Fires – Narrow Stairs
Act 2: Robbery of the middle class – Ratigan
Song 2: Daylight Robbery – Speak for Yourself
Act 3: Is the federal deficit actually bad – The Breakdown
Song 3: Starring – Weathervanes
Act 4: US takes out debt consolidation loan – The Onion
Song 4: Buildings & Mountains – Keep Color
Act 5: Cities for sale – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 5: The Man Who Sold the World (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 6: Record profits during recession – Young Turks
Song 6: Great Divide – First Band on the Moon
Act 7: I like big cuts – Daily Show
Song 7: Only If – The Very Best of Enya (Deluxe Video Edition)
Act 8: Obama’s budget not progressive – The Progressive
Song 8: Tears and Rain – Back to Bedlam
Act 9: Cutting immorality – Jim Hightower
Song 9: My Favourite Game – Gran Turismo
Act 10: Economic-induced suicide – Thom Hartmann
Song 9: Take Me Home, Country Roads – The Essential John Denver
Act 10: GOP budget cut lie exposed – Young Turks
Song 9: Class Warfare – Divided We Fall LP
Act 10: Conservative rule leads to increased suicides – Thom Hartmann
Voicemails:
Youth will save the future – Ken from IL
Nathan from NYC on whether the deficit matters
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on whether the deficit matters
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama Lurches Further Right on Economic Policy – The Progressive
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#448 The United States of America has gone mad (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #448
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Act 1: How to spend 1.5 billion dollars – The Pinky Show
Song 1: Billionaire – Billionaire
Act 2: Invest in the US, not Afghanistan – MSNBC
Song 2: Girl in the War (Josh Ritter cover) – Chris Priest
Act 3: Bullets or bucks – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 3: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 4: Gay agenda comes to airport security – Majority Report
Song 4: See Me, Feel Me (Single Version) – The Ultimate Collection
Act 5: Obama on Afghanistan echos Vietnam – The Progressive
Song 5: Everybody lies – Melissa Lusk
Act 6: Wikileaks uncovers pressure to attack Iran – Young Turks
Song 6: One Million Miles Away – The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu
Act 7: Allies in lies – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 7: Scene No. 13 Segment IV Dance Of The Little Swans – Swan Lake
Act 8: Bush helped Iran’s foreign policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 8: Thank You – No Angel
Act 9: The immorality of America at war – Jim Hightower
Song 9: Casualties of War – The 18th Letter – The Book of Life
Act 10: Ike’s warning still challenges a nation – NPR
Song 10: Enzymes – Enzymes – Single
Act 11: MLK didn’t want US troops in 177 countries – The Progressive
Song 11: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 12: The United States of America has gone mad – Democracy Now!
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Trust but verify – Rachel Maddow
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#445 Health Care Debate Past and Present (Health Care)
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Edition #445
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Act 1: Medicare for all should be clear to all – The Progressive
Song 1: Choctaw Hayride – New Favorite
Act 2: Reflecting on health care opt-out – Liberal Oasis Podcast
Song 2: Powerless – The Big Picture
Act 3: Man paralyzes man from waist up – The Onion
Song 3: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa – Vampire Weekend
Act 4: Record-breaking fine for health care company – Young Turks
Song 4: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 5: Lie of the year – Media Matters
Act 6: Wendell Potter’s background in health care – David Pakman Show
Song 6: Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 7: Doctors have cure for head-bonk amnesia – The Onion
Song 7: Blue Bird Tattoo – More Songs!
Act 8: Rush’s take on health care – Young Turks
Song 8: Middle Class Boy – Listen Carefully E.P
Act 9: AZ death panel continues – Countdown
Song 9: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 10: Algae alternative fuel report – ABC News
Act 11: Scandal of the uninsured – The Progressive
Song 11: Suffer – Prelude
Act 12: McSurance – Slate.com
Song 12: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 13: Return of the myth of death panels – Media Matters
Song 13: No Myth – March
Act 14: Death panels are back – Rachel Maddow
Song 14: Clubbed to Death – Furious Angels
Act 15: Insane health insurance profits – MSNBC
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Tea Party Elect Complains His Gov’t Health Care Doesn’t Start For 28 Days – Young Turks
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#440 Governments Verus Journalism (Wikileaks)
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Edition #440
Act 1: The campaign to ruin Julian Assange – The Progressive
Song 1: And So It Goes – The Essential Billy Joel
Act 2: Assange released from jail – The Bugle
Song 2: Jailhouse Rock – The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered)
Act 3: Full Exclusive Assange interview – MSNBC
Song 3: Hurt – American IV: Man Comes Around
Act 4: Thomas Friedman’s approval of wikileaks – Counterspin
Song 4: Morning Sun – Shayna Zaid & the Catch
Act 5: US reaps what it sows – Majority Report
Song 5: What You Get – Bastards of the Beat
Act 6: Open letter signatory on wikileaks – On the Media
Song 6: What we’ve got – Anthony da Costa and Emilyn Brodsky
Act 7: Media should stand up for Assange – Young Turks
Song 7: Time to Ride – Sammy Davis, Jr.: Greatest Hits (Live)
Act 8: Nothing bad about wikileaks – David Feldman Podcast
Song 8: One Day – Light (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: Losing liberties over wikileaks – The Progressive
Song 9: Flamencos En El Aire – Gipsy Kings
Act 10: Inhumane treatment of PFC. Manning – Young Turks
Song 9: Drift Away – Brothers In Blues & Sisters In Soul – 18 Classic Tracks (Re-Recorded Version)
Act 10: Michael Moore on wikileaks – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
How to handle Julian Assange – Daily Show
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