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

Jay! — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney’s SOTU prebuttal lies – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12
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Song 1: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!

Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis – Young Turks 1-24-12
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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
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Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12
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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
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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
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Song 6: Dreams – Talk On Corners

Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12
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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
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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
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Song 9: The Gambler – The Gambler

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

Jay! — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:52 +0000

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Act 1: Big Banks Behind Payday Loan Scams – Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11
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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
[sharethis url="http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/alan-grayson-on-the-audit-revealing-trillions-in-bank-bailouts-by-the-federal-reserve" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Alan Grayson: Trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Alan Grayson: Trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve - Countdown #p2"]
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
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Song 3: Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna – Orff: Carmina Burana

Act 4: Teenager Learns Negligible Value Of A Dollar – The Onion
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Song 4: Panning for Gold – Learning to Bend

Act 5: Do The Rich Have Souls – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
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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
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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
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Song 7: Pottersville – Blank Squirrel as heard on The Majority Report – Air Date: 12-23-11
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Act 8: Big corporation, tiny heart – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-14-11
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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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0b-iI1eegg" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: GOP Plan To Raise Your Taxes, Cut Taxes On Rich - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: GOP Plan To Raise Your Taxes, Cut Taxes On Rich - Young Turks #p2"]
Song 9: Worried Man – Sunny Side Up

Act 10: Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department – The Onion
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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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSOZ_RzwpI" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Payroll tax cut: Robert Reich breaks down the GOPs hypocrisy - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Payroll tax cut: Robert Reich breaks down the GOPs hypocrisy - Countdown #p2"]
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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEcZaja5b3o" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: GOP Objects To Millionaires Surtax; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much - NPR" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: GOP Objects To Millionaires Surtax; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much - NPR #p2"]
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
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Song 13: Eclipse – Welcome to Earth

Act 14: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-12-11
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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”

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SuperCommittee – Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-16-11
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#561 Sorry about that (Foreign Policy)

Jay! — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:38 +0000

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Act 1: Victoryish – Mark Fiore Air Date 12-26-11
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Act 2: Sorry – Al Franken Show
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Act 3: General Pushes For U.S. War With Iran – Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11
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Song 3: Auld Lang Syne – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 4: Shitzkrieg – European Wars – Daily Show Air Date: 8-9-11
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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
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Song 5: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)

Act 6: US Spends 59 percent of Budget on Defense – Young Turks Air Date: 12-4-11
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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
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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
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Song 8: Cry – Back to Bedlam

Act 9: Game Of Drones – Daily Show Air Date: 12-7-11
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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
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Song 10: Marry You – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Deluxe Version)

Act 11: Virginity Tests Banned – Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11
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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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FcsDG1aWQ" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Time Magazine Columnist - Tensions toward Pakistan - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Time Magazine Columnist - Tensions toward Pakistan from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 12: Ruby – Kaiser Cheifs

Act 13: Lowe’s Balls of the Week – Daily Show Air Date: 12-14-11
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Song 13: Big Balls – AC/DC

Act 14: Syrian Government Attacking Citizens – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
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Song 14: Call for Help – Stale and Dry

Act 15: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting – Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhmuZi9XGs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzLS3VO7vk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: U.S. Plans To Give Every Iraqi $3,544.91 And Let Free Market Do Rest - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: U.S. Plans To Give Every Iraqi $3,544.91 And Let Free Market Do Rest - The Onion #p2"]
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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVppY2hcIHk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Iran Sanctions, War, Israel, Gas Prices - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Iran Sanctions, War, Israel, Gas Prices from @theyoungturks #p2"]

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

Jay! — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:24 +0000

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

Act 2: Ron Paul Crushes Gingrich In New Ad – Young Turks
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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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FpXx0wHdzc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: NY Times: Gingrich the smartest man in the room - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: NY Times: Gingrich the smartest man in the room from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
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
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Song 4: We Could Be Friends – Weathervanes

Act 5: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenk’s crush on Ron Paul? – Young Turks
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4eQqNnV63g" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenks crush on Ron Paul? - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenks crush on Ron Paul? from @theyoungturks #p2"]
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
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUw5x7h0rM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates - On the Media" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates - On the Media #p2"]
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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#553 Our entire elections process is an art project (Elections)

Jay! — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:18 +0000

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Act 1: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren: You’re a Socialist Whore – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
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Song 1: PTF2012 – Praise the Fallen

Act 2: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe – Media Matters Air Date: 11-10-11
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Act 3: Super Pac Advertising – On the Media
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Song 3: Get Up and Go – Broadcast 2000

Act 4: Declare independence from corporate power! – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-26-11
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Song 4: Monday – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 5: Herman Cain is a performance art project – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-17-11
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Song 5: Wait Til You See My Smile – The Element of Freedom (Deluxe Version)

Act 6: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture – Young Turks Air Date: 11-14-11
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Song 6: Painted By Numbers – Dying to Say This to You

Act 7: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid – David Pakman Air Date: 11-21-11
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Song 7: Higher and higher – Alice Deejay

Act 8: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads – Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11
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Song 8: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship & Starship: Hits

Act 9: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-22-11
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Egyptian blogger arrested for inciting religious violence – Dennis from the UK
Thoughts on social media to help spread the show – Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final Comments on monthly dinner and a movie in Chicago and the need for a web developer for paid gig

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Oops, Rick Perry! – Wait Wait Don’t Tell me Air Date: 11-13-11

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#541 Unite like an Egyptian (Occupy Wall St Part 3)

Jay! — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:00:02 +0000

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Act 1: A Detailed Plan On How To Decrease Corporate Power – Lee Camp Air Date: 9-21-11
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Song 1: What we’ve got (Live) – Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Act 2: News Coverage Numbers of the Occupy Protests vs Tea Party protests – On the Media
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Song 2: Fake Plastic Trees – The Best of Radiohead

Act 3: Bill O’Reilly Rips Occupy Wall Street Protesters – Young Turks
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Song 3: You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Glee Cast Version) – Glee: The Music, Vol. 2

Act 4: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 1 – Planet Money
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Song 4: Union strike song – Lisa Simpson

Act 5: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 2 – Planet Money
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Song 5: Rinse Me Down – Flaws

Act 6: President’s Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face – The Onion
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Song 6: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) – Eyes On Fire – EP

Act 7: Chris Hedges speech at Occupy DC – Chris Hedges
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Song 7: You’re The Best (Theme From The Karate Kid) [Originally Performed by Joe Esposito] – You’re The Best

Act 8: Are We The Modern Day Pompeii – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-02-11
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Song 8: Golden Slumbers – I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)

Act 9: Then Meets Now – Mark Fiore Air Date 10-19-11
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Voicemails:
Touting the human megaphone at ‘occupy’ protests – John from Tulsa, OK
Personal ‘occupy’ story from Phoenix, AZ and Sheriff Joe’s jail – Kim from Phoenix, AZ
Encouragement for people to join their local ‘occupy’ protest – Alex from Richmond, VA
Call to occupy the media – Jake from NY Alt News

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on why I’m exactly as smart as Steve Jobs

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Al Sharpton on Occupy Wall St – Daily Show – Air Date: 10-19-11
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#540 Echoes of war (Foreign Policy)

Jay! — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:00:18 +0000

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Act 1: Don’t Give the President More Warmaking Power – The Progressive Air Date: 9-16-11
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Song 1: Heads Will Roll – It’s Blitz! (Deluxe Edition)

Act 2: Libya NYT Misinformation – Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11
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Song 2: Banking on a myth – Andrew Bird

Act 3: Drone Strike in Yemen Al Queda Americans – On the Media
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Song 3: Daffodil Lament – No Need to Argue

Act 4: Libya’s vs US culpability on terrorist acts – Counterspin Air Date: 9-01-11
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Song 4: I Won’t Share You – Strangeways, Here We Come (Remastered By Johnny Marr)

Act 5: Not Cheering Obama’s Rub Out of Al-Awlaki – The Progressive Air Date: 9-30-11
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Song 5: Animal – Habits (Bonus Track Version)

Act 6: Ron Paul Right About Terrorism Al Qaeda – Young Turks Air Date: 9-14-11
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Song 6: Reach Out Of The Darkness – Lost Oldies But Goodies

Act 7: Area Neighbors Protest Tree-House Acquisition of M-80 Technology – The Onion
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Song 7: We Can Work It Out – Past Masters, Vols. 1 & 2

Act 8: American Prisoners Released in Iran – Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11
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Song 8: Under My Skin – Let Live and Let Ghosts

Act 9: Searching for the Truth – Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11
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Song 9: Truth – Somebody Besides Yourself

Act 10: The Afghan War, a Ten-Year Toll – The Progressive Air Date: 10-6-11
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Song 10: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon

Act 11: Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War – NPR Air Date: 10-6-11
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Song 11: War – Goldfinger

Act 12: Jose Padilla Sentencing – Counterspin Air Date: 9-23-11
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Song 12: Timeless – Melankton

Act 13: U.S. Leaves a Trail of Torture – The Progressive Air Date: 10-11-11
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Song 13: Loose Ends – Speak for Yourself

Act 14: Radicalism against Iraqi’s – Majority Report Air Date: 9-12-11
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Voicemails:
Thoughts on using anti-religious clips on the show – Zach from Detroit
Thoughts on genetically modified food and family farms – Len from St. Paul, Minnesota
Call to action – Keystone XL tarsands pipeline – Perry from Green County, IN
Acceptable use of Abu-Jamal – Policeman Jeff from Florida

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on the US ending the war in Iraq

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Declaration of Thingamajig – Mark Fiore Air Date: 7-01-11
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#535 You are what and how you eat (Food)

Jay! — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:39 +0000

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Act 1: National French Fry Day – Daily Show Air Date: 7-13-11
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Song 1: Baby Elephant Walk – The Best of Lawrence Welk

Act 2: Obesity Rates up 90 percent in 17 States since 1995 – David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11
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Song 2: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – The Queen Is Dead

Act 3: Gordita Supreme Court – Colbert Report
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Song 3: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Agents of Fortune

Act 4: McDonalds Stock Tumbles As Consumers Turn To Food – The Onion
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Song 4: Hungry Like the Wolf – Greatest

Act 5: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback – NPR Air Date: 7-29-11
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Song 5: Back to One – King (Deluxe Version)

Act 6: The Invisible Food Crisis – Slate Magazine
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Song 6: Folding Chair – Far

Act 7: Hog Executed Farmland Style – The Onion
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Song 7: Gangsta’s Paradise – Rhino Hi-Five: Coolio – EP

Act 8: Monsanto – Snarkipedia Air Date: 6-11-11
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Song 8: Planting Seeds – Frequency

Act 9: Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-03-11
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Song 9: Don’t Stop Believing (The String Quartet Tribute to Journey) – Vitamin String Quartet Presents Strung Out Volume 8

Act 10: Watching Fox News is Bad for Your Health – Media Matters Air Date: 9-26-11
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Song 10: Held – Knock Knock

Act 11: Legislation criminalizing investigative food Journalism – On the Media
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Song 11: Like Humans Do – David Byrne: Live from Austin, TX

Act 12: Suing FDA to stop antibiotics in animal feed – Green News Report
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Song 12: Catch My Disease – Awake Is the New Sleep

Act 13: Lobbyists Gets Candy On Food Pyramid – The Onion
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Song 13: Baba O’Riley – Who’s Next (Remastered)

Act 14: Is factory farming manufacturing superbugs – and endangering us all? – Johann Hari
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Voicemails:
Detailed dissection of food choice arguments – Mara from Pittsburgh
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments wrapping up the show

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New Psychedelic Weight Loss Drug Transforms Food Into Monstrous Hallucinations – The Onion
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#520 If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine (Media)

Jay! — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:00:24 +0000

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Act 1: CNN Asks Psychics to Predict Economic Future. Does it Make Sense? – David Pakman Air Date: 06-28-11
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Song 1: Close to Me – The Cure: Greatest Hits

Act 2: Cult Of Centrism, Paul Krugman Nails It – Young Turks
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Song 2: Naive – Inside In / Inside Out

Act 3: When Media Is Master – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 07-18-11
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Song 3: Hey, Soul Sister – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister”

Act 4: Fox Business: “I Don’t Remember Any Terrorist Attacks on American Soil” 2000-2008 – Media Matters
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Act 5: CNN Anchor Don Lemon Appears Not To Care For CNN – Daily Show – Air Date: 07-26-11
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Song 5: Island In the Sun – Weezer (Green Album)

Act 6: Local News = Uninformed Americans – Jimmy Dore on TYT
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Song 6: Dance Music – The Sunset Tree

Act 7: Data Mining for Individual Online Media Trends – On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
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Song 7: Legend of Zelda, Main Theme – Apocalyptica

Act 8: What Won’t Fox News Politicize? – Media Matters Air Date: 8-10-11
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Act 9: Online Algorithms, Individual Agency vs Passivity – On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
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Song 9: No Easy Way Out – Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Act 10: Stop Giving Equal Time to Every Absurd Notion Anyone Proposes – David Pakman Air Date: 08-09-11
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Song 10: Nothing Is Good Enough – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 11: After Lying All Week, Limbaugh Surprised People Complain – Media Matters Air Date: 8-16-11
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Act 12: Why Cenk Uygur left MSNBC – Young Turks
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Voicemails:
There’s no ethical way to eat meat – Jose from Miami
Comments on Jose’s voicemail
It’s not ethical to eat anything – Bobby from Mesa, AZ
Comments on a pathetically asinine voicemail
We evolved to eat meat – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Comments on the evolution of eating meat
Meat-eating is like child, sweatshop labor – Patrick from Dallas
Final comments on changing morality
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides
Ghostwriter – Deadringer

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Why Cenk Uygur Left MSNBC – Part 2 – Young Turks
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#519 The Great Newscorp Scandal Part 3 (Special Event)

Jay! — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:00:46 +0000

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Edition #519

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Act 1: Murdoch’s testimony to Parlement – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 7-23-11
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Song 1: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies

Act 2: The Murdoch’s testimony – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11
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Song 2: Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered)

Act 3: David Carr on new NY Times Documentary, Murdoch – Colbert Report Air Date: 07-19-11
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Song 3: Miss Misery – Good Will Hunting (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 4: Who Feels Sorry For Rupert Murdoch – Young Turks
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Song 4: Sur le fil – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 5: Fox News Lags on Hacking Scandal Coverage – Media Matters Air Date: 7-21-11
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Act 6: Addicted to hack Part 3 – The Bugle Air Date: 7-21-11
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Song 6: Mother – Danzig

Act 7: Why the media loves the Murdoch scandal – On the Media Air Date: 7-22-11
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Song 7: Some Might Say – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Act 8: Murdoch reality show – Le Show Air Date: 7-24-11
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Song 8: Mr. Jones – August and Everything After

Act 9: Should Fox News Be Investigated – Young Turks
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Song 9: One – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 10: Bill O’Reilly’s coverage of the Murdoch scandal – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 7-21-11
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Song 10: Fast Eddie – Eyes On Fire – EP

Act 11: Murdoch still in a lot of trouble – Citizen Radio
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Final comments on empathy, rationality and food choices
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Pie-Thrower Vs Rupert Murdoch’s Wife – Young Turks
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