#401 The Beckoning (Rights)
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Act 1: The ACLU on Obama’s ‘New normal’ – On the Media
Song 1: Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time – Reservoir
Act 2: The ACLU report on Obama – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: There’s Still Time – Midnight Souvenirs (Bonus Track Version)
Act 3: Cut Obama no slack on civil liberties – The Progressive
Song 3: Tragic Flaw – Jackson Square
Act 4: ACLU defends Nazis’ right to burn down ACLU headquarters – The Onion
Song 4: Play With Fire – The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack)
Act 5: Interview with Akbar Ahmed – Daily Show
Song 5: Edge of the Ocean – Long Distance
Act 6: Beck and Limbaugh devastating quotes – Young Turks
Song 6: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 7: Beck and the MLK legacy – Media Matters
Act 8: Cenk on Glenn Beck’s MLK rally – Young Turks
Song 8: Frontier Psychiatrist – Since I Left You
Act 9: Tea baggers going to DC – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Legend of Zelda – Apocalyptica
Act 10: Beck vs MLK – Media Matters
Act 11: Beck on God, blood and goldline – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Beckoning – Countdown
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#400 So much for don’t be evil (Net Neutrality)
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Edition #400
Act 1: So much for ‘don’t be evil’ – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Blueprint – Jackson Square
Act 2: Internet Exploiter – Daily Show
Song 2: Once Around the Block – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Act 3: Google and Verizon on net neutrality – Countdown
Song 3: Resurection (Space Club Mix) – Resurection
Act 4: Peter and the Wolf meets net neutrality – On the Media
Song 4: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Sting, Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Claudio Abbado
Act 5: Area man consults the Internet – The Onion
Song 5: Wait So Long – Palomino
Act 6: Google and Verizon have a deal – Young Turks
Song 6: Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – These Streets
Act 7: Net neutrality and the Google-Verizon deal – Thom Hartmann
Song 7: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 8: Internet outage plunges nation into productivity – The Onion
Song 8: The Office UK – Outro #1 – The Office UK Theme Music
Act 9: Net neutrality – Countdown
Song 9: The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
Act 10: Electronic frontier foundation – Colbert Report
Song 9: Cat Faces – Sharpen Your Teeth
Act 10: Cenk’s rant on net neutrality – Dylan Ratigan Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
At what point have we lost liberty because we lost privacy? – Thom Hartmann
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#392 WikiFrenzy (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #392
Act 1: Just got the carfax – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Aegean Wave – Pianissimo
Act 2: Documents – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Opportunity – See the Sun
Act 3: That’s the way I leak it – Colbert Report
Song 3: Mr. Maker – Konk
Act 4: Congrats to Wikileaks – The Progressive
Song 4: So Long – Honeymoon Is Over
Act 5: More on the Iraq inquiry – Le Show
Song 5: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 6: On the Wikileak – On the Media
Song 6: Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
Act 7: Secret info revealed – The Now Show
Song 7: Throwing Stones – Work
Act 8: Best Leak Ever – Daily Show
Song 8: Fall of the Star High School Running Back – All Hail West Texas
Act 9: Wikileak and video critique – Citizen Radio
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Frienemies – Mark Fiore
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#391 Not right, not fair and not justice (Law Enforcement)
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Edition #391
Act 1: Gary Johnson, Pro-pot activist – Colbert Report
Song 1: Drug Ballad – The Marshall Mathers LP
Act 2: How the drug war hurts communities – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Down On the Corner – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 3: Drug Czar toppled by drug Bolsheviks – The Onion
Song 3: Because I Got High – The Good Times
Act 4: Daniel Okrent on prohibition – Daily Show
Song 4: Drink the Water – Brushfire Fairytales
Act 5: Police tortured confessions – On the Media
Song 5: Behind Bars – Baga Tricks
Act 6: Cops taser family in their backyard – Young Turks
Song 6: Paperwork – Safety First
Act 7: Drugs and Taser war – Citizen Radio
Song 7: New Slang – Oh, Inverted World
Act 8: Police taser trail – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Automatics for the People – Ilya Shapiro & Jackie Hilly – Colbert Report
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#388 Torture is Un-American so we don’t call it that (Media)
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Edition #388
Act 1: Blame – Daily Show
Song 1: Blame It On the Tetons – Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Act 2: Harvard’s study on torture – Young Turks
Song 2: Where Does the Good Go – So Jealous
Act 3: Yahweh or no way – Glenn Beck’s MLK rally – Colbert Report
Song 3: High – Back to Bedlam
Act 4: New ruling on media profanity – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 4: Escucha Me – The Best of the Gipsy Kings
Act 5: Father Guido Sarducci on Prophet Glenn Beck – Colbert Report
Song 5: Modern Way – Employment
Act 6: Torture in the media – On the Media
Song 6: Tell Me a Lie – Lost & Found
Act 7: People don’t like facts or failing – Citizen Radio
Song 7: Pony (It’s OK) – Love, Save the Empty (Bonus Track Version)
Act 8: Rush Limbaugh kids should dumpster-dive – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Media Fail On McChrystal Resignation – Young Turks
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#381 Wars, Crimes and War Crimes (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #381
Act 1: Back in Black – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Maple Leaf Rag – The Entertainer
Act 2: Bush admits to war crimes – Countdown
Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs (Remixes and B Sides)
Act 3: Water-boarding is a no-brainer – Bill Maher
Song 3: Monster – Not Accepted Anywhere
Act 4: Water-boarding USA – Le Show
Song 4: Waterboardin’ USA – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 5: Respect my authoritah – Daily Show
Song 5: Mount Doom (feat. Renée Fleming) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
Act 6: Following the constitution or not – Jimmy Dore
Song 6: California – null
Act 7: Sy Hersh story on battlefield executions – Young Turks
Song 7: You Got to Get Out of There – Back to Broke
Act 8: Comparing the Bush and Obama policies – Bill Maher
Song 8: Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass)
Act 9: U.S. Airliner Sajacked – The Onion
Song 9: Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr: Capitol Collectors Series
Act 10: Interview with Republican on Miranda Rights – Jimmy Dore
Song 10: 1901 – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Act 11: Clusterfuck to the war house – Korea and Middle East – Daily Show
Song 11: The Dead Heart – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)
Act 12: Killing Number 3 – On the Media
Song 12: Feet to the Fire – Before We Fall
Act 13: Obama’s Bush-like war comments – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Afghanistan Stability Chart – Daily Show
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#380 Oil Apologies (Oil Spill)
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Edition #380
Act 1: Trust me – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Stuck With You – Greatest Hits: Huey Lewis & The News
Act 2: We care about the small people – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 2: Always Mean It – Emilyn Brodsky’s Greatest T**s
Act 3: Oil apologies – Le Show
Song 3: Small People – Harry Shearer
Act 4: Oil companies lie about spill severity – On the Media
Song 4: Chicago – Ladders
Act 5: BP and the oil spill – The NOW show
Song 5: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 6: Defending BP – Media Matters
Act 7: Jobs lost in murderous, hateful industries – Bill Maher
Song 7: Working Class Hero – Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
Act 8: BP stock sinks – Colbert Report
Song 8: All In – Paper Empire (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: Chairman Barton – It’s all politics
Song 9: Sorry, Blame It On Me – Sorry, Blame It On Me – Single
Act 10: GOP glass jaw – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Alright Alright (Here’s My Fist Where’s the Fight) – Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: An energy-independent future – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Put the Cursed Monkey Paw Down – Colbert Report
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#379 The Breakup of the Year (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #379
Act 1: Never disparage civilian superiors – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: 16 Military Wives – Picaresque
Act 2: Firing generals – It’s all politics
Song 2: We Never Change – Parachutes
Act 3: Must have been high – Colbert Report
Song 3: Higher and higher – Alice Deejay
Act 4: Fox News hits the talking points – Young Turks
Song 4: Superman – All The Time In The World
Act 5: McChrystal’s Balls – The Bugle
Song 5: Popular – High / Low
Act 6: Unfettered access – On the Media
Song 6: It’s the Same Old Song – Essential Collection: Four Tops
Act 7: Honorable, yet oily, discharge – Daily Show
Song 7: All the Same to Me – Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II
Act 8: McChrystal’s last report and meeting – Le Show
Song 8: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – 60′s Gold
Act 9: Great Hastings quotes – Young Turks
Song 9: You’re the Best – The Karate Kid (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Act 10: Ore on Terror – Daily Show
Song 10: Fade to Black – Welcome to Earth
Act 11: Not just for opium wholesalers – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 11: Meet the Elements – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 12: The Word – Who War it Best – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
McChrystal’s Balls – Daily Show
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#378 Media is weak and getting weaker (Media)
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Edition #378
Act 1: Press you’re stuck – Daily Show
Song 1: Termite circus – Monkey Island 4
Act 2: Goodbye to Helen Thomas – On the Media
Song 2: Custom BotL promo instrumental – Chris Priest
Act 3: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 1 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 3: Loose Ends – Speak for Yourself
Act 4: Beck airs Israeli raid footage – Daily Show
Song 4: Timeless – Melankton
Act 5: Michael Copps on Net Neutrality Part 2 – Bill Moyers Journal
Song 5: Future Is Now – Dune
Act 6: David Gregory on rights to a lawyer – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Nuevo Marrow – Grim Fandango Soundtrack
Act 7: Impossibility of reporting on financial reform – On the Media
Song 7: Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 8: Obama is God’s punishment – Young Turks
Song 8: Mr. Blue Sky – The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
Act 9: Bush-like missteps – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
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#375 An Armada of Humanaterrorists (Israel)
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Edition #375
Act 1: Israel beat the Somalis to it – BBC News Quiz
Song 1: Hostage-O – Life’ll Kill Ya
Act 2: Release the prisoners, release the tapes – Young Turks
Song 2: Respect – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Act 3: Republican on Gaza – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 3: Danger Zone – Top Gun / Footloose / Sleepless In Seattle
Act 4: Obama mute on Israeli aggression – The Progressive
Song 4: Different Names for the Same Thing – Plans
Act 5: Discussing the flotilla – Bill Maher
Song 5: A Different Shore – Peace of Mind
Act 6: Dueling taped accounts – On the Media
Song 6: Sea of Love (Remastered) – Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 7: Obama helps obstruct Israel investigation – Young Turks
Song 7: Glycerine – Sixteen Stone
Act 8: Don’t cheer the departure of Helen Thomas – The Progressive
Song 8: Soir de fête – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 9: Fox on Helen Thomas – Media Matters
Act 10: Helen Thomas’s departure – Counterspin
Song 10: Slight Figure of Speech – I and Love and You
Act 11: Michael Oren and formidable opponent – Colbert Report
Song 11: We Could Be Friends – Weathervanes
Act 12: Joe Biden hits new low – The Progressive
Song 12: Doctor My Eyes – Anthology: Jackson 5
Act 13: Israel does something crazy/frustrating – The Bugle
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Israel Flotilla Raid – Breakdown of Who’s Right and Wrong – Young Turks
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#374 We’re all covered in oil (Oil Volcano)
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Edition #374
Act 1: The Spilling Fields – Daily Show
Song 1: Sweet Georgia Brown – Brother Bones and His Shadows
Act 2: Oil and energy policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Talk – Coldplay
Act 3: Obama’s non-anger – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: Talking to myself – Pummel
Act 4: Booming rant – Le Show
Song 4: Boom – Le Show
Act 5: Profits drive corner-cutting – Counterspin
Song 5: This year – The Mountain Goats
Act 6: Interview with Republican on oil – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours – The Smiths
Act 7: BP should go under – The Progressive
Song 7: Shady River – The Chapin Sisters
Act 8: Talking about oil – Bill Maher
Song 8: Electric Version – The New Pornographers
Act 9: BP’s media blockade – On the Media
Song 9: Clubbed to Death – Rob Dougan
Act 10: BP blocks reporter – Young Turks
Song 10: Einstein On The Beach – Counting Crows
Act 11: Obama’s kick-ass PR skills – BBC News Quiz
Song 11: Common people – William Shatner featuring Joe Jackson
Act 12: Test of functioning media and politics – Rachel Maddow
Song 12: A change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Act 13: Who’s really covered in oil – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Oils well that never ends – Colbert Report
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#368 Their fault, our fault, your fault, my fault (Oil Spill)
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Edition #368
Act 1: Proud to be British – The Bugle
Song 1: Crazy train – Ozzy Osbourn
Act 2: GOP runs from drill baby drill – Young Turks
Song 2: Accidental Mambo – Mambo All-Stars
Act 3: Impacts and comparisons – On the Media
Song 3: Sea – George Winston
Act 4: Spreading the blame – BBC News Quiz
Song 4: Hole in the bucket – Spearhead
Act 5: Oil spills not a big deal – Counterspin
Song 5: Don’t worry baby – The Beach Boys
Act 6: Texas Gov blames God for spill – Young Turks
Song 6: Better days – Citizen King
Act 7: Oil spill results in improved wildlife viscosity – The Onion
Song 7: A beautiful world – Tim Myers
Act 8: Political consequences – The Political Scene
Song 8: Heart still beating – Ottmar Liebert
Act 9: Oil spill is your fault – Mark Fiore
Song 9: Anthem Pt. 2 – Blink 182
Act 10: Getting off of oil – Bill Maher
Song 10: In the aeroplane over the sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Act 11: Oil containment solutions randomizer – Colbert Report
Song 11: Shove it – Santigold
Act 12: Lasting legacy of oil spills – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
There Will Be Blame – Daily Show
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#367 Arrest the Pope (Religion)
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Edition #367
Act 1: Devil denounces Catholic Church – SNL
Song 1: Play With Fire – The Rolling Stones
Act 2: Dawkins wants to arrest the Pope – BBC News Quiz
Song 2: Jesus loved Judas – Jason Roseboom
Act 3: Continuing coverage of Catholic scandal – On the Media
Song 3: Jesus is just alright – The Doobie Brothers
Act 4: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 1 – The Bugle
Song 4: Eleanor Rigby (strings only) – The Beatles
Act 5: Catholic Church condemns metrosexuality – The Onion
Song 5: Pray for you – Jaron And The Long Road To Love
Act 6: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 2 – The Bugle
Song 6: Sorrow – Bad Religion
Act 7: RFK on the Catholic Church scandal – Ring of Fire
Song 7: Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Act 8: Why it’s OK to criticize religion – Citizen Radio
Song 8: Book of days – Enya
Act 9: Pope Opera – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Jesus in a Frying Pan – Young Turks
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#359 Bulls, Bears, Bailouts and Fraud (Economics)
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Edition #359
Act 1: Luntz memo of reform-killing talking points – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Dishonest and diversionary rhetoric – The Progressive
Act 3: Dow over 11,000 – Colbert Report
Act 4: Dodd speech on financial reform – Countdown
Act 5: Senate hearing scoldings – Daily Show
Act 6: 10-hour banker interrogation – On the Media
Act 7: GOP blocks reform because they love Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 8: Elizabeth Warren on financial reform – Colbert Report
Act 9: Moyers on the American Dream – Bill Moyers Journal
Act 10: These F@#king guys – Goldman Sachs – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Roll Out the Cots – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Sweet little lies – Michael Franti And Spearhead
Re: Stacks – Bon Iver
How to see the sun rise – Ben Sollee
Monday – Jon Brion
Such great heights – The Postal Service
Solid Action – The Wes Hollywood Show
You’re a wolf – Sea Wolf
Grapevine fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Possibility – Lykke Li
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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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