#329 Welcome President Brown (Special Election)
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Edition #329
Act 1: Recruiting a party with spine – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Act 2: Balance of the Senate – It’s all politics
Act 3: You have the majority, now act like it – The Young Turks
Act 4: Caller says election was Thom’s fault – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Dems must fight back – Colbert Report
Act 6: Ed Rendell on doing something – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Brown election and the filibuster – On the Media
Act 8: Give them a reason to vote for you – The Young Turks
Act 9: Obama’s ballsy speech – Le Show
Act 10: What to do with less than 60 – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Brown win allows Jon Stewart to retire – Daily Show
Music:
Runnin down a dream – Tom Petty
And it spread – The Avett Brothers
Wake Up Little Suzie – Everly Brothers
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Happy – SIster Hazel
Finding something to do – Hellogoodbye
Piazza, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Slight figure of speech – The Avett Brothers
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#328 Corporations is people! (Supreme Court)
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Edition #328
Act 1: Supreme court blows up politics – It’s All Politics
Act 2: Corporate personhood floodgates – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The story of the case for corporate spending – On the Media
Act 4: Congress, brought to you by – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 5: Ever-living vampires – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Constitutional amendment – The Progressive
Act 7: Supreme court makes buying politicians legal – The Young Turks
Act 8: Barney Frank on fighting SC decision – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Nader on corporate personhood – Thom Hartmann
Act 10: Special Comment on worst decision ever – Countdown
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme Corp – Daily Show
Music:
God’s Radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Crash – The Primitives
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) – Pilote
Recorded live in Copenhagen – Theo Bard
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
Taking over me – Evanescence
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#326 Underpants Bomb Fallout, choose your own pun (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #326
Act 1: Yemen Sad Libs – Daily Show
Act 2: Kill first harshly interrogate later – Countdown
Act 3: Bush terror policies wrongly glorified – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Missteps in the early days reporting on Yemen – On the Media
Act 5: Rove blames NCTC then backpedals – Young Turks
Act 6: Idiot lies about Obama’s response – Countdown
Act 7: Outright lies politicizing terrorism – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Idiots with big balls – Daily Show
Act 9: Rudy says something unspeakably ignorant – Le Show
Act 10: Nonsense GOP response cause for despair – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Ideal or no deal – Colbert Report
Music:
Back in the high life again – Steve Winwood
Send in the clowns – The Simpsons
Whatcha say – Jason Derulo
Let go – Frou Frou
Sorry, blame it on me – Akon
American idiot – Green Day
Ridiculous Thoughts – The Cranberries
Big balls – AC/DC
Diamond – Klint
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#304 Yeah, when it fits, we call you racist (Podcast)
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Edition #304
Act 1: The conservative media’s attack cycle – On the Media
Act 2: Comparing corruption of ACORN to Blackwater – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: The Word: Blackwashing – Colbert Report
Act 4: Covering the right-wing crazies in the media – Counterspin
Act 5: Pat Buchanan defends Hitler – The Young Turks
Act 6: The ‘Full Ginsburg’ – Daily Show
Act 7: Wingnut watch – Mother Jones Podcast
Act 8: Discussing the recent Glenn Beck chatter – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Target America – Daily Show
Music:
Love is a battlefield – Pat Benatar
Chicago X 12 – Rogue Wave
Paint it black – Vanessa Carlton
Love you ’till the end – The Pogues
Mad World – Tears for Fears
I’m not crying – Flight of the Conchords
Still crazy after all these years – Paul Simon
Burnout – Green Day
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#298 In the wake of Obama’s healthcare speech (Podcast)
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Act 1: Details still to be ironed out – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on stopping the filibuster – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Pastor Incites gun-toting Obama protesters – The Young Turks
Act 4: Checking some healthcare facts – Counterspin
Act 5: Why there’s no point in reading bills – On the Media
Act 6: More fact-free arguments against healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Breaking down Obama’s speech and the reaction to it – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Healthcare lies believed shows poll – The Young Turks
Act 9: Fixing healthcare by altering patient behavior – NPR
Act 10: Having to explain how a healthcare system works – Counterspin
Act 11: Talking about the lack of respect for the office of the President – It’s all politics
Music:
Hands down – Dashboard Confessional
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Am I wrong? – Love Spit Love
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Shout – Tears for fears
Make your own kind of music – Cass Elliot
We can work it out – Heather Nova
End it on this – No Doubt
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#297 Cheney’s tortured facts and logic (Podcast)
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Act 1: Blackwater’s corrupt crusade – Countdown
Act 2: Cheney’s interview prop with FOX – Le Show
Act 3: Planet Cheney – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Reporting on the torture report – On the Media
Act 5: Infotainment with a war criminal – Countdown
Act 6: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: Is using a minotaur to gore detainees torture? – The Onion
Act 8: Taking apart the FOX Cheney interview Part 2 – The Young Turks
Music:
Modern Crusaders – Enigma
Six Underground – Sneaker Pimps
Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
Pink Moon – Nick Drake
Billy – James Blunt
Where do I begin? – The Chemical Brothers
Crazy Maze – Desree
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#294 The very long battle continues, now without our General (Podcast)
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Act 1: Betsy McCaughey pounded by Jon Stewart – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: The history of pushing for universal healthcare – On the Media
Act 3: The powerful vs. the powerless – The Young Turks
Act 4: The Republican death machine – Slate.com
Act 5: Jonathan Cohn on healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 6: A detailed look at the possible death of the public option – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Kennedy’s lasting devotion to heathcare reform – NPR
Act 8: The profit of providing bad health insurance – Countdown
Music:
Mr. Maker – The Kooks
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourn
You could be happy – Snow Patrol
Unknown song 
A million ways – OK Go
Any way you want it – Journey
Close Your Eyes – Young Love
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#289 The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gay demon on the loose – Colbert Report
Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war – Countdown
Act 3: A look inside of “C Street” Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian – The Onion
Act 5: A look inside of “C Street” Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Satellite Sheiks – On the Media
Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo – The Onion
Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on “The Family” – Daily Show
Act 9: A look inside of “C Street” Part 3 – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Mind Excursion – The trade winds
A few honest words – Ben Sollee
Auto-tune the news #5 – YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday – The Smiths
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Wild world – Cat Stevens
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#286 You know, Napoleon wasn’t exactly French either (Podcast)
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Act 1: Obama’s Waterloo – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: News and notes on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – On the Media
Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision – This American Life
Act 6: Dems can’t get their act together – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare – Daily Show
Act 8: Special comment on healthcare – Countdown
Music:
Waterloo – Abba
Can’t help falling in love – UB40
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
Naked as we came – Iron & Wine
Oh my God – Ida Maria
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
If I ever feel better – Phoenix
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#284 Some fundamentals going wrong (Podcast)
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Act 1: Cheney Predactied – Daily Show
Act 2: John Hodgman on Obama vs Bush
Act 3: Obama continues secrecy around Cheney – Countdown
Act 4: Secret CIA/Cheney program uncovered – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Off the record with Obama’s administration – On the Media
Act 6: Obama Pwns himself on signing statements – The Young Turks
Act 7: Criticism for inactivity on liberal issues – Real Time with Bill Maher
Act 8: Secrecy in government argued for – Counterspin
Act 9: More critique of Obama and Dems for weakness – The Young Turks
Music:
Grapevine Fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows – Brand New
Believe – Cher
West Coast – Coconut Records
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
Nap hangs up the phone – John Swihart
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#282 Too racist to judge, not racist enough to be a Republican (Podcast)
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Act 1: Confirmation in 60 seconds – Slate.com
Act 2: Reviewing the confirmation hearings – On the Media
Act 3: Live coverage of hearings – Le Show
Act 4: Graham and Buchanan on Sotomayor – The Young Turks
Act 5: White men can’t judge – Daily Show
Act 6: GOP’s most ironic argument against Sotomayor – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Did conservatives give more straightforward answers? – The Young Turks
Act 8: Lot’s o’ splainin’ to do! – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 9: Pat Buchanan can’t hide his racism – The Young Turks
Music:
Auto-tune the news #4 – YouTube
L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold
The end is not near – Band of Horses
San Antonio, TX – Frank Black & The Catholics
Don’t dream it’s over – Sixpence None The Richer
Young Hearts – Rod Stewart
Baby please don’t go – Van Morrison
Secret heart – Feist
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#281 Institutional bias and general stupidity (Podcast)
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Act 1: Fox & Friends’ Lingerie Football romp – Daily Show
Act 2: 50/50, the MSM mantra – The Young Turks
Act 3: The Stephen Colbert study analyzed further – On the Media
Act 4: “I” on news – Daily Show
Act 5: The Iranian question Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 6: Bin Laden needs to attack America – Counterspin
Act 7: The Iranian question Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 8: The ambush interview – On the Media
Act 9: Bin Laden needs to attack America – Daily Show
Music:
M79 – Vampire Weekend
Either way – Wilco
Too much information – Duran Duran
We like to party – Venga Boys
Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer
Kyoko’s House – Philip Glass
No questions asked – Fleetwood Mac
Dancing in the dark – Bruce Springsteen
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#275 The Iranian “Election” (Podcast)
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Act 1: Today in Iran: an election that can’t possibly be right – Daily Show
Act 2: Introduction to the dispute – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Journalism in Iran – On the Media
Act 4: Iran-like tyranny against the GOP – Daily Show
Act 5: Obama fights off right-wing critics – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: “Up to here” with Al Gore – Le Show
Act 7: GOP civil war over the Iran elections – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Discussion on the Iran Election – Bill Maher
Music:
The world at large – Modest Mouse
Girl afraid – The Smiths
I Was a Kaleidoscope – Death Cab for Cutie
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Help = Howie Day
Stolen – Dashboard Confessional
Civil War – Guns N’ Roses
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#274 Supreme Court debate starts nasty, gets worse (Podcast)
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Act 1: P.R. Move – Daily Show
Act 2: The Politics industry of the Supreme Court – On the Media
Act 3: Supreme Court Executioner to retire – The Onion
Act 4: Conservatives unhinged – The Young Turks
Act 5: Supreme Court Press – Colbert Report
Act 6: Sotomayor shaped by her ‘Nuyorican’ roots – NPR
Act 7: Some GOP fed up with childish attacks – Countdown
Act 8: Discussing the nomination with Jeffery Toobin – Colbert Report
Act 9: Originalism vs. ? – NPR
Act 10: Three strikes on the Supreme Court Debate – Rachel Maddow
Music:
It’s my life – No doubt
I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen
Overkill – Colin Hay
How – Cranberries
Mexico – The Refreshments
Suerte – Shakira
You’re wrong – NOFX
Anthem, Pt.1 – Blink-182
Solid Ground – Dougie Maclean
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#272 In sickness and health and other rights denied (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC – The Daily Show
Act 2: All aren’t happy with health insurance for all – NPR
Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare – The Daily Show
Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us – On the Media
Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress – Thom Hartman
Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands – The Young Turks
Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama – Mike Malloy
Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business – The Daily Show
Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo – Countdown
Music:
Drug Ballad – Eminem
Luna – Smashing Pumpkins
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
Only ones who know – Arctic Monkeys
Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
I’m a pilot – Fanfarlo
Think (Freedom) – Aretha Franklin
Liquid Sun – DJ Keoki
Another lesson in love – Danger Radio
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