#569 Prison Nation – Then and Now (Police State)
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Act 1: Chris Anders on what a police state looks like – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 11-29-11
Song 1: Underwater – Born Loser and the Hangers On
Act 2: Obama Insisted on Indefinite Detentions of Citizens – Young Turks – Air Date: 12-14-11
Song 2: The Cave – Sigh No More
Act 3: Obama’s Signing of Defense Authorization Act Makes Us a Lawless Country – The Progressive Air Date: 12-19-11
Song 3: Drums of Freedom – Theo Bard
Act 4: Mary from Verizon learns about the NDAA – Majority Report Air Date: 1-5-12
Song 4: A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree – The Best of Lawrence Welk
Act 5: Exponentially More Right Wing Terror Groups Than Left Wing – David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11
Song 5: Bad Bad Things – People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People In the World
Act 6: 98 Percent Of Americans Are Afraid Of 98 Percent Of Americans – The Onion
Song 6: Frasier Theme
Act 7: The Police Aren’t Supposed to Have the Pentagon on Call – The Progressive Air Date: 12-12-11
Song 7: Reel around the sun – Bill Whelan
Act 8: What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? – NPR Air Date: 7-31-11
Song 8: Eyes in the Sky – free inside
Act 9: The Prison (The Prison Nation) – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 9: Kernkraft 400 (Original Radio Edit) – Kernkraft 400 – EP
Act 10: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community – The Onion
Song 10: Serial Killer – Sink or Swim
Act 11: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Must Go – The Progressive Air Date: 12-27-11
Song 11: Sheriff – Bud Spencer & Terence Hill Greatest Hits Vol 6
Act 12: Minorities regularly victimized by the police – Young Turks Air Date: 1-5-12
Voicemails:
Pursuing animal rights while we still face human rights may be objectionable – Mike From Philadelphia
More on the history of slavery in politics – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Followup clarification to previous call – not all veganism comes from white privilege – Mike From Philadelphia
On speaking directly to the under privileged about veganism – John from Northfield, MN
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Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on the importance of context in the discussion of white privilege
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#564 Basic human rights (Gay Rights)
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Act 1: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 1 – Hillary Clinton
Song 1: F**k You – It’s Not Me, It’s You
Act 2: Sanctity of Marriage + Anti-Gay Arguments = Huge Farce – David Pakman Show
Song 2: Hospital Beds – Robbers & Cowards
Act 3: Small Town Throws Pride Parade For Only Gay Resident – The Onion
Song 3: Parade – Hidden Vagenda
Act 4: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 2 – Hillary Clinton
Song 4: Gay Boyfriend – All Over Your Face
Act 5: Gay Resumes Hurt Job Prospects Study – Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11
Song 5: Never Going Back Again (Glee Cast Version) – Never Going Back Again (Glee Cast Version) – Single
Act 6: GOP God Can Give OK to Bully Gay Teens – Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11
Song 6: Me and God and Jesus – Crooked Roads Band
Act 7: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 3 – Hillary Clinton
Song 7: Protest Song – Resonate
Act 8: DOMA Sweet DOMA – Beer & Anchor Nursing – Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11
Song 8: Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
Act 9: New Deportation Rules Give Boost To Gay Rights – NPR Air Date: 8-26-11
Song 9: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – The Graduate (Music from the Broadway Comedy)
Act 10: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 4 – Hillary Clinton
Voicemails:
Reread Marx before denouncing communism – Chuck in Salt Lake City
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Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on how libertarianism has been imposed upon us
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Joad Cressbeckler: Homosexuality A Necessity On Cold Mountaintops – The Onion
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#563 This is Pottersville (Economics)
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Act 1: Big Banks Behind Payday Loan Scams – Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11
Song 1: Spite – Dig Down Deep (Bonus Track Version)
Act 2: Alan Grayson: Trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve – Countdown Air Date: 11-29-11
Song 2: King (feat. Russell Simmons & DJ Logic) – King (Deluxe Version)
Act 3: Bloomberg vs. The Fed – On the Media Air Date: 12-2-11
Song 3: Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna – Orff: Carmina Burana
Act 4: Teenager Learns Negligible Value Of A Dollar – The Onion
Song 4: Panning for Gold – Learning to Bend
Act 5: Do The Rich Have Souls – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 5: Money (That’s What I Want) [Single] – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barrett Strong
Act 6: Vulture Funds And The Greediest Men Alive – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-19-11
Song 6: More and More (Original Single Version) – More and More
Act 7: Congressman Keith Ellison – How to get corporate money out of politics – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-7-11
Song 7: Pottersville – Blank Squirrel as heard on The Majority Report – Air Date: 12-23-11
Act 8: Big corporation, tiny heart – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-14-11
Song 8: Breathe Me – Breathe Me – Single
Act 9: GOP Plan To Raise Your Taxes, Cut Taxes On Rich – Young Turks Air Date: 11-13-11
Song 9: Worried Man – Sunny Side Up
Act 10: Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department – The Onion
Song 10: Yell Fire! – Yell Fire!
Act 11: Payroll tax cut: Robert Reich breaks down the GOP’s hypocrisy – Countdown Air Date: 12-6-11
Song 11: Maria – Blondie: Greatest Hits
Act 12: GOP Objects To ‘Millionaires Surtax’; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much – NPR Air Date: 12-10-11
Song 12: The Silvery Light of a Dream Pt. 2 – Tone Soul Evolution
Act 13: Payroll Tax Cut Advice from the Wall Street Journal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 13: Eclipse – Welcome to Earth
Act 14: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-12-11
Voicemails:
9/11 Truthers and the discussion of cults – Arkle
Hijacked by the bamboozle – Rochelle from TX
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final Comments on “Opt-In-Island Economics”
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SuperCommittee – Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-16-11
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#561 Sorry about that (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Victoryish – Mark Fiore Air Date 12-26-11
Act 2: Sorry – Al Franken Show
Act 3: General Pushes For U.S. War With Iran – Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 3: Auld Lang Syne – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Act 4: Shitzkrieg – European Wars – Daily Show Air Date: 8-9-11
Song 4: I Saved the World Today – Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered)
Act 5: ACLU on Redacted Documents – On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11
Song 5: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)
Act 6: US Spends 59 percent of Budget on Defense – Young Turks Air Date: 12-4-11
Song 6: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 7: New Fox Reality Show To Determine Ruler Of Iraq – The Onion
Song 7: Mickey – Best of Toni Basil – Mickey & Other Love Songs
Act 8: 9 Children killed in US Afghan Air Strike – Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11
Song 8: Cry – Back to Bedlam
Act 9: Game Of Drones – Daily Show Air Date: 12-7-11
Song 9: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 10: For Afghan Women, Rape Law Offers Little Protection – NPR Air Date: 12-3-11
Song 10: Marry You – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Deluxe Version)
Act 11: Virginity Tests Banned – Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 11: Put It to the Test – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 12: Time Magazine Columnist – Tensions toward Pakistan – Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11
Song 12: Ruby – Kaiser Cheifs
Act 13: Lowe’s Balls of the Week – Daily Show Air Date: 12-14-11
Song 13: Big Balls – AC/DC
Act 14: Syrian Government Attacking Citizens – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 14: Call for Help – Stale and Dry
Act 15: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting – Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11
Song 15: Turn it Over – The Bluegrazer Album
Act 16: U.S. Plans To Give Every Iraqi $3,544.91 And Let Free Market Do Rest – The Onion
Song 16: From the Ashes – Land of the Free Pt. II
Act 17: Iran Sanctions, War, Israel, Gas Prices – Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11
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Year In Review: Revolution In Egypt Either Courageous Or Stupid Depending On Outcome – The Onion
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