#389 Religious Justice League (Religion)
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Edition #389
Act 1: Banning haircuts – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Painted By Numbers – Dying to Say This to You
Act 2: Political fashion news – The Bugle
Song 2: Garden State (Music from the Motion Picture) – Various Artists
Act 3: Pope whipped himself – Young Turks
Song 3: Hey, Soul Sister – Hey, Soul Sister – Single
Act 4: Bible more violent than Quran – NPR
Song 4: Monster Hospital – Metric
Act 5: God cites ‘moving in mysterious ways’ – The Onion
Song 5: Master Plan – It Still Moves
Act 6: News of the godly Part 1 – Le Show
Song 6: (Why Is Your) Heaven So Small – The Gospel Truth
Act 7: Stephen Prothero on the 8 religions – Colbert Report
Song 7: Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 8: Study says abstinence-only works – Young Turks
Song 8: Boadicea – The Very Best of Enya
Act 9: Heaven to return 3.6 billion souls for rejudging – The Onion
Song 9: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Guns N’ Roses: Greatest Hits
Act 10: News of the godly Part 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Kids – Oracular Spectacular
Act 10: Glenn Beck, Ignore Jesus, be selfish – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Modest-Con 2010 – Colbert Report
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#387 The state of the empire (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #387
Act 1: McChrystal article by Michael Hastings – Colbert Report
Song 1: The Moment I Said It – Speak for Yourself
Act 2: Gaps in Afghan government – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Out of Our Hands – Signs
Act 3: UK investigating war crimes – Citizen Radio
Song 3: All American Girl – My Private Nation
Act 4: Judge sides with detainee in Guantanamo – The Progressive
Song 4: Shuffle Your Feet – Howl
Act 5: Counter insurgency interview with General – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Eve of Destruction – 60′s Gold
Act 6: Odd couple Frank and Paul on military spending – NPR
Song 6: No Need to Argue – No Need to Argue
Act 7: Obama authorizes assassinations on US citizens – Young Turks
Song 7: The Perfect Space – I and Love and You
Act 8: Afghanistan commentary – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Petraeus takes over with same strategy – Rachel Maddow
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#383 A celebration of science (Climate Change)
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Edition #383
Act 1: NUMMI is reborn for electric cars – NPR
Song 1: Electric Car – Here Comes Science
Act 2: News of the warm 1 – Le Show
Song 2: Warning Sign – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 3: Bill McKibben Interview Part 1 – The Progressive
Song 3: Fake Empire – Boxer
Act 4: Climate change vs. Biblical Armageddon – The Onion
Song 4: The End’s Not Near – The O.C. Mix 6 – Covering Our Tracks
Act 5: Bill McKibben Interview Part 2 – The Progressive
Song 5: Big Black Nothing – Outer South
Act 6: How to draw attention to climate rallies – Counterspin
Song 6: Starsign – Welcome to Earth
Act 7: Bill McKibben Interview Part 3 – The Progressive
Song 7: Drive – EP – R.E.M.
Act 8: Denying science – Ring of Fire
Song 8: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science
Act 9: News of the warm 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Polar Bear – Make Some Noise
Act 10: What the fuck is wrong with you people – Bill Maher
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Quest For Arctic Riches – Colbert Report
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#373 Lots of swears about religion (Religion)
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Edition #373
Act 1: Pope song – Tim Minchin
Act 2: 90′s norms of priesthood – Le Show
Song 2: Lleva Me El Compas – Gipsy Kings
Act 3: How L.A. Archdiocese mishandled a priest – NPR
Song 3: Tomorrow, Wendy – Concrete Blonde
Act 4: 8-year old injured mimicking crucifixion – The Onion
Song 4: Crucify – Tori Amos
Act 5: US founded on the bible – Young Turks
Song 5: Great divide – The Cardigans
Act 6: White people prayer gap – Colbert Report
Song 6: Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
Act 7: Some religions crazier than others – Bill Maher
Song 7: Me and God and Jesus – Crooked Roads Band
Act 8: Church cancelled due to lack of God – The Onion
Song 8: Do you believe in magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Act 9: Witchcraft in Nigeria related to Christians – Young Turks
Song 9: La Réalité – Amadou & Mariam
Act 10: South Park death threats – Daily Show
Song 10: Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah – The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind
Act 11: Comedy stylings on religion – Jamie Kilstein
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Boobquake Day Causes Earthquake – Colbert Report
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#356 Yeah, I’m conflating the tea parties with the militia movement (Tea Parties)
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Edition #356
Act 1: Armed march on almost Washington – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: The history of April 19th and 20th – On the Media
Act 3: On the road with the Tea Party Express – Daily Show
Act 4: Echos of Oklahoma City – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: How the FBI arrested a militia – NPR
Act 6: FBI investigates tea party threats – Young Turks
Act 7: Interview with a teabagger – Le Show
Act 8: The un-tea party – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Tea America – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
At a tea party with a no medicare pledge – Thom Hartmann
Music:
1901 – Phoenix
Spring Came, Rain Fell – Club 8
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind – The Lovin’ Spoonful
We shall overcome – Pete Seeger
Let’s work together – Canned Heat
Smokin from shootin – My Morning Jacket
Spaceman – The Office, BBC
Unbirthday song – Camarata Chorus and Orchestra
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#355 Don’t believe in any form of sorcery (Religion)
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Edition #355
Act 1: Man faces execution for sorcery – Young Turks
Act 2: Passover seder half-assed – The Onion
Act 3: Jesus, Reconsidered – NPR
Act 4: Student forced out of school over gay parents – Young Turks
Act 5: Corruption in the Catholic Church – Bill Maher
Act 6: Indian rationalist battles swamis and babas – Young Turks
Act 7: Desire to ejaculate motivates local Christian to wed – The Onion
Act 8: Study narrows gap between mind and brain – NPR
Act 9: Liberals and atheists smarter than conservatives and the religious – Young Turks
Act 10: The need for more warm, cuddly atheists – Citizen Radio
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Forgive and Forget Church scandal
Music:
Porcelain – Moby
I’ve gotta be me – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Ebudae – Enya
Early in the morning – Peter, Paul And Mary
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
Shattered faith – Bad Religion
Like a virgin – Madonna
New soul – Yael Naïm
Halo – Beyoncé
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#354 Toxic assets from Wall St to West Virginia (Economics)
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Edition #354
Act 1: Lifestyles of the rich and despicable – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 2: We bought a toxic asset so you can watch it die – NPR
Act 3: Michael Lewis – The Big Short – Daily Show
Act 4: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Is 2010 going to be 1994 or 1934 – Slate.com
Act 6: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: No one would listen – Daily Show
Act 8: WV Mine blast conservatives fault – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Robin Hood Tax – A Good Idea – Green.tv
Music:
So long – Lodger
Toxicity – System of a Down
I second that emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The gambler – Kenny Rogers
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Falling down – Oasis
Lights out – Santigold
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#345 Blowing up mountains and our future (Climate Change)
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Edition #345
Act 1: Lorax Coal – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Ed Markey on climate bill Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Oil spill improves wildlife viscosity – The Onion
Act 4: Ed Markey on climate bill Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Cookies and carbon – NPR
Act 6: Plans for another energy crisis squashed – Thom Hartmann
Act 7: NY Times gives fair shake to climate loons – Counterspin
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: Maria Cantwell on the CLEAR Act – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Nuclear gets another comeback – Counterspin
Act 11: Coal Comfort – Margaret Palmer – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Knock-on effects – Green.tv
Music:
Flyswatter – Eels
The perfect space – The Avett Brothers
Greased lightnin’ – Grease Soundtrack
Goodbye blue sky – Pink Floyd
I’m free – Soup Dragons
Horchata – Vampire Weekend
Foolish games – Jewel
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Planting seeds – Ten Story Relapse
Friend of the devil – Counting Crows
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#341 Flagrant ignorance (Climate Change)
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Edition #341
Act 1: Unusually large snow storm – Daily Show
Act 2: Snowpocalypse vs. climate change – Media Matters
Act 3: GOP doesn’t believe in climate change – Countdown
Act 4: Does winter snow disprove climate change – Young Turks
Act 5: Climate change deniers given second wind – Counterspin
Act 6: Denial also an inexplicable position on climate change – The Bugle
Act 7: Full court shot on climate change – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: False balance on snow vs. climate change – Counterspin
Act 9: Belief in climate change hinges on worldview – NPR
Act 10: Fox and Friends don’t understand that it’s cold in winter – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Colbert We’re Off to See the Blizzard – Colbert Report
Music:
MySpace.com/TheoBard
When the cold days come – Theo Bard
Late Afternoon – Theo Bard
Having a good time – Theo Bard
All the orders gone – Theo Bard
Everything you have – Theo Bard
Evil eyes – Theo Bard
This fickle world – Theo Bard
Drums of freedom – Theo Bard
Middle class boy – Theo Bard
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#334 No bridges to burn (Healthcare)
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Edition #334
Act 1: The healthcare debate is making me sick – Brian Unger
Act 2: Pass healthcare, DUH – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: 6 facts on Obama and Dems being bipartisan – Young Turks
Act 4: Reconciliation deemed risky – Counterspin
Act 5: Secondhand smoke linked to secondhand coolness – The Onion
Act 6: Haiti vs healthcare – Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast
Act 7: Obama gets tough(er) with GOP – Young Turks
Act 8: The Word, Political Suicide – Colbert Report
Act 9: Real life death panels = Countdown
Act 10: The apparent trap and Hawaiian healthcare – Daily Show
Act 11: Obama has no bridges to burn – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama Decided Not to Do Health Care Anymore? – Young Turks
Music:
All the same – Sick Puppies
Build me up Buttercup – The Foundations
Don’t worry baby – Beach Boys
Never there – Cake
Cigarette Smoke – Arctic Monkeys
Lives in the balance – Jackson Browne
Directions – Josh Rouse
Play with fire – Rolling Stones
Pura Carroceria – Los Del Rio
King Kamehameha – The Waikiki Hula Boys
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#333 Soulless, Clueless, Feckless, Brazen (Media)
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Edition #333
Act 1: Limbaugh’s Haiti comment – Countdown
Act 2: Limbaugh the hyena – Ring of Fire
Act 3: O’Reilly and the Haiti telethon – Countdown
Act 4: Even better than the real thing – The Daily Show
Act 5: Daughter Cheney can’t debate – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The Word – Two-faced – Colbert Report
Act 7: The Wash Post and the Fiscal Times – Counterspin
Act 8: Gretchen Carlson dumbs down – Daily Show
Act 9: Brian Williams on Jon Stewart – NPR
Act 10: How awful it is when media is weak – Counterspin
Act 11: Q and O – Fox News cuts the feed – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Wag of the finger to Fox News – Colbert Report
Music:
Like humans do – David Byrne
Circle of life – Faca Kulu, Lebo M., The Lion King Ensemble & Tsidii Le Loka
The man in me – Bob Dylan
Fairytale – Sara Bareilles
Duck and run – 3 Doors Down
The asshole song – Jimmy Buffett
Highly suspicious – My Morning Jacket
Plum dumb – The Dead Milkmen
Good people – Jack Johnson
Live like you’re dying – Lenka
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#325 Where religion and ignorance meet (Religion)
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Edition #325
Act 1: Conservapedia working on conservative bible – Colbert Report
Act 2: Hume on Woods and religion – Counterspin
Act 3: Interview on conservative bible – Colbert Report
Act 4: Exporting homophobia to Uganda – The Progressive
Act 5: Uganda be kidding me Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Christmas billboard stirs seasonally inappropriate emotions – The Onion
Act 7: Kill the gays law hits major news in US – Thom Hartmann
Act 8: Prayer effort seeks right-thinking from liberals – NPR
Act 9: Killing people to make magic potions Part 1 – Young Turks
Act 10: Christ returns to NBA – The Onion
Act 11: Killing people to make magic potions Part 2 – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Uganda be kidding me Part 1
Music:
Blacking Out The Friction – Death Cab For Cutie
Redemption song – Bob Marley
God – The Dodos
Hate me – Blue October
Directions – Josh Rouse
Carol of the bells – United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus
Gods gonna cut you down – Johnny Cash
Like a prayer – Rufio
You’re wrong – NOFX
Jammin – Bob Marley
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#322 Reason to celebrate? (Podcast)
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Edition #322
Act 1: Episode recap from The DC – Daily Show
Act 2: Lincoln conservative on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 3: GOP weakens health bill and then bash it – Young Turks
Act 4: Is GOP serious about fixing healthcare – Slate
Act 5: Open letter on free health clinics – Countdown
Act 6: Obama defends health bill from the left – NPR
Act 7: For he’s a jowly good fellow – Colbert Report
Act 8: Media misleads on opinions of health reform – Counterspin
Act 9: Devastating healthcare quotes from Obama – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Idiot Democrats Think It’s Good News Their Voters are Pissed at Them – The Young Turks
Music:
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
I need to know – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Why pretend – Mandi Perkins
Objection – Shakira
Fake Empire – The National
Serre-moi РTry̦
Haunting me – Oona Garthwaite
Everybody’s fool – Evanescence
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#319 1st world party, 3rd world clean up (Podcast)
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Edition #319
Act 1: Aziz Ansari on Copenhagen – It’s getting ha in here
Act 2: Gore urges Obama to take lead on climate – NPR
Act 3: Al Gore – Daily Show
Act 4: Gore the wonky bore – Counterspin
Act 5: The Story of Cap and Trade – Annie Leonard
Act 6: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: DOT to add walking lanes to highways – The Onion
Act 8: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: News of the warm – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Act Now – Green.tv
Music:
Hold my hand – Hootie and the blowfish
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
If we make it through December – Merle Haggard
Cloud Nine – Ben Howard
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Classical Gas – Mason Williams
Walk beside me – Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien
Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison
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#315 Big bill bothers bought off blowhards (Podcast)
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Edition #315
Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 2: Bill big, bill bad – Daily Show
Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics – The Young Turks
Act 4: Fire hot – The Onion
Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape – The Young Turks
Act 9: Wisconsin city is the best place to die – NPR
Act 10: Preggers can’t be choosers – Daily Show
Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform – The Young Turks
Music:
Tax man – The Beatles
Naive – The Kooks
Fearless – VNV Nation
World on Fire – Sarah McLachlan
In a big country – Big Country
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Brain stew – Green Day
So fast, so numb – R.E.M.
I know I know I know – Tegan and Sara
Different people – No doubt
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