#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
Leave a message at 206-202-3410
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
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Year In Review: Revolution In Egypt Either Courageous Or Stupid Depending On Outcome – The Onion
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#550 Advocating for selfish altruism (Economics)
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Act 1: Wall Street wankers according to an Irishman abroad – TheDadgadman on YouTube
Song 1: The Czar of Munster – When Juniper Sleeps
Act 2: Obama Moves Left For 2012 Election – Jimmy Dore 9-19-11
Song 2: I’m Free – Played In Full: the 90′s
Act 3: Republican Businessman Suggest 3 dollar Minimum Wage – David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11
Song 3: Minimum Wage – Flood
Act 4: The 1 percent didn’t give workers weekends and child labor laws – Majority Report Air Date: 10-28-11
Song 4: Working Class Hero (John Lennon) – Jolly Roget Sessions – EP
Act 5: Taco Bell Employee Somehow Dressed Down By Manager – The Onion
Song 5: So low – Self
Act 6: Why GDP Is Like GPA – NPR Air Date: 10-29-11
Song 6: World Go ‘Round – Tragic Kingdom
Act 7: The disuniting of America – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-10-11
Song 7: The Bare Necessities – The Jungle Book (Original Soundtrack)
Act 8: Bloomberg’s Don’t Blame the Banks Lie Debunked – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
Song 8: Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) – Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) – Single
Act 9: Legalized Corruption of Government Exposed by Abramoff – Young Turks Air Date: 11-7-11
Song 9: Bling (Confession of a King) – Sam’s Town
Act 10: Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates – The Onion
Song 10: Slave Song – Lovers Rock
Act 11: The Managers Of Money – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-13-11
Song 11: Torn Blue Foam Couch – The Grand Archives
Act 12: On Capitol Hill, Rand’s ‘Atlas’ Can’t Be Shrugged Off – NPR Air Date: 11-15-11
Song 12: Evil Is Alive and Well – Seeing Things
Act 13: Pawning the Libertarians again – Majority Report Air Date: 9-16-11
Song 13: Selfish – Who Are You Now? (Deluxe Version)
Act 14: Bank of America CEO Thank Us – Young Turks Air Date 10-30-11
Voicemails:
Responding regarding the Fairness Doctrine – Todd from LA
Thanks for elements of non-violence – Eric
Thoughts on medicare and student loans – Earland from Indiana
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final Comments on advocating for selfish altruism
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Republicans say tax the bottom 50 percent more – Young Turks
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#548 20 acts in 60 minutes (Immigration)
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Act 1: 101-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen – Colbert Report
Song 1: Baby – Kevin “KO” Olusola
Act 2: Hate Group Pushes “Anchor Baby” Myth on Fox News – Media Matters
Act 3: Women Giving Birth Shackled By Police – Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11
Song 3: Unhappy Birthday – Strangeways, Here We Come (Remastered By Johnny Marr)
Act 4: End the Secure Communities Program Now – The Progressive
Song 4: One – Inquisition Symphony
Act 5: Fox (hearts) Latinos…not really – Media Matters
Act 6: Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish – The Onion
Song 6: Think – Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits
Act 7: Distorting the idea of “anchor babies” – Counterspin
Song 7: Le moulin – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 8: Fox News’ Immigration Language: “Illegals” and “Anchor Babies” – Media Matters
Act 9: Undocumented Immigrant Goes Public – Young Turks Air Date: 6-22-11
Song 9: All for You – Sister Hazel
Act 10: Rep. Mo Brooks Wants to End Immigration – Jimmy Dore Air Date: 7-14-11
Song 10: Dog Days Are Over – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2010 – EP
Act 11: Lou Dobbs Can’t Take a Joke – Media Matters
Act 12: How to hate “illegals” and have them too – Jim Hightower
Song 12: Walk a Mile – My First Holly Golightly Album
Act 13: Rick Perry Retreats From Immigrant Tuition – Young Turks
Song 13: Mustache – Mustache
Act 14: Mexting – The Onion
Song 14: Spanish Flea – Going Places
Act 15: Meet Doc Thompson: Immigration Policy Extraordinaire – Media Matters Air Date: 7-1-11
Act 16: Some Latinos See Obama ‘Betrayal’ On Immigration – NPR Air Date: 10-12-11
Song 16: Disappointment – No Need to Argue
Act 17: U.S. Government Is a Home-Wrecker on Immigration – The Progressive Air Date: 11-4-11
Song 17: Break Up the Family – Viva Hate
Act 18: Farmer Struggles To Hire Americans – Young Turks
Song 18: Nothing Is Good Enough – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 19: How Fox News Uses Anti-Immigrant Buzz Words – Media Matters Air Date: 8-22-11
Act 20: Alabama’s Migrant Workers – Colbert Report Air Date: 10-26-11
Voicemails:
The GOP candidates don’t care about us – Louis from Texas
Burn episodes to CD to spread the word! – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine – Joseph from Palo Alto, CA
We need some black perspective – EJ From Lyons, NY
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on burning CDs of the show and how this episode got it’s name
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Aliens Vs Senator – Daily Show Air Date: 6-22-11
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