#571 The President said some things (State of the Union)

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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney’s SOTU prebuttal lies – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12

Song 1: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!

Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis – Young Turks 1-24-12

Song 2: Mad World – VSQ Film School: Cult Classics and Indie Favs

Act 3: Right Wing Response to President’s SOTU Address: “CLASS WARFARE!” – Media Matters Air Date: 1-25-12

Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 4: The Wind – The Very Best of Cat Stevens

Act 5: He probably wont do the good or the bad laid out in SOTU – Majority Report Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 5: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)

Act 6: The Downsides of Obama’s State of the Union – The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 6: Dreams – Talk On Corners

Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 7: These Quiet Times – From the Ground Up

Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU – On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 8: This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded) – The Drifters: All-Time Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)

Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU – Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 9: The Gambler – The Gambler

Act 10: Obama’s bad joke – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 1-28-12

Song 10: I Want It All (Single) – Classic Queen

Act 11: Don’t trust but verify, just verify – Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 1-26-12

Voicemails:
Other health-related uses for hormonal birth control – Rachel from Boston, Mass
Recommending Sojourner’s Truth, Occupied Territory and 99% Report podcasts – EJ From Lyons, NY
Evidence of our need for a social safety net – Patrick from Dallas
Thoughts on what it means to be treated like an animal – Carl from New Jersey
Time to sign up for your local community farm share program – Curtis from Baltimore

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Final comments on the importance of choosing your words when speaking to those outside your own community, the need for ‘wins’

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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

Final comments on a profoundly good idea to get people to call their reps in congress – Jay!’s Commentary

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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#558 The establishment vs the rabble at the gate (Elections)

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Act 1: The Country Really Needs Newt Gingrich! – Wait wait Don’t Tell Me Air Date: 12-10-11

Song 1: Cheating – Jettingham

Act 2: Ron Paul Crushes Gingrich In New Ad – Young Turks

Song 2: A Long December – Films About Ghosts: The Best of Counting Crows

Act 3: NY Times: Gingrich “smartest man in the room” – Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 3: The Idiots Are Taking Over – The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us)

Act 4: A political Buddy for the people – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-14-11

Song 4: We Could Be Friends – Weathervanes

Act 5: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenk’s crush on Ron Paul? – Young Turks

Song 5: I’m Into Something Good – I’m Into Something Good – Single

Act 6: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates – On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 6: If We Make It Through December – 40 Greatest Hits

Act 7: The “big stick” of people power – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 7: Sticks & Stone – How to Train Your Dragon (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 8: GOP debates Foreign Policy – Counterspin Air Date: 12-08-11
Song 8: No Questions Asked – Greatest Hits

Act 9: Private RNC call on Obama attack plan leaked – Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 9: You’re Not Going Anywhere – Out of It

Act 10: Jim Hightower on Ending Corporate Personhood Election Influence – David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 10: Move This – Pump Up the Jam

Act 11: NYT article should have read, Republicans say voter fraud is a huge issue, but it turns out they’re lying – Young Turks
Song 11: Gerudo Valley – Nintendo

Act 12: A Great Week in the Campaign Against Corporate Personhood – The Progressive Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 12: Vagabond – The Rip Tide

Act 13: It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 13: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides

Act 14: Sen. Bernie Sanders calls Citizens United ‘a blow to democracy’ – Countdown Air Date: 12-9-11

Voicemails:
Rocky Anderson has formed the Justice Party to run for president – Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final comments on how to avoid joining a cult or defending the indefensible

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Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Execute Drug Users? – Newt Gingrich – Young Turks

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