#587 The lives and tragic deaths of media tyrants (Media)
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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Distract-O-Tron – Mark Fiore – Air Date – 1-11-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: In the Morning of the Magicians – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Ch. 4: Act 2: Controversy Over Old Mean-Spirited Obama Quote Recalls Old Bush Quotes – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 3-16-2012
Ch. 5: Song 2: Hate Me – Foiled
Ch. 6: Act 3: Andrew Breitbart’s CPAC OWS Plea for Help – Majority Report – Air Date: 2-13-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Drop Dead Blues – Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II
Ch. 8: Act 4: Andrew Breitbart Dies – On the Media – Air Date: 3-1-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Open Book – Fashion Nugget (Deluxe Version)
Ch. 10: Act 5: Andrew Breitbart Dead – Majority Report – Air Date: 3-1-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Ch. 12: Act 6: Conservative Media Group Makes Up Oil Statistics – Media Matters Air Date: 2-24-12
Ch. 14: Act 7: New Hosts Pretending Bigotry and Ignorance Just Matter of Opinion – Jimmy Dore – Air Date: 2-3-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: And We Got Older (Bonus Track) – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Ch. 16: Act 8: Gay Terrorism Ad – The O’Franken Factor Factor: The Very Best of the O’Franken Factor – Air Date: 2004
Ch. 18: Act 9: Pat Buchanan’s Blacklisted Swan Song – Majority Report – Air Date: 2-17-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: The Rose (as made famous by Bette Midler) – Piano Soft Rock
Ch. 20: Act 10: Limbaugh’s Changing Attitude on Racial and Religious Attacks – Media Matters Air Date: 3-16-12
Ch. 22: Act 11: James Murdoch steps down – On the Media – Air Date: 3-1-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Sweet Dreams – Marylin Manson
Ch. 24: Act 12: James Murdoch Getting Demoted – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-29-12
Ch. 25: Song 12: Finding Something to Do – Would It Kill You?
Ch. 26: Act 13: The Fall of Rupert Murdoch – Majority Report – Air Date: 2-28-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 27: Please don’t vote for third parties! – Jesse from Tokyo
Ch. 28: Thanks for focus on GOP state policies – Doug in Chicagoland
Ch. 29: Athiest raised as Mormon on religious fundamentalism – Rebecca from Salt Lake City
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Ch. 30: Final comments on the difficulty of tackling issues of privilege
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#585 If it looks, walks and quacks like a nuclear duck (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Pending war with Iran – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 3-3-12
Song 1: For What It’s Worth – Rhino Hi-Five: Buffalo Springfield – EP
Act 2: American War Drums against Iran – On the Media – Air Date: 2-9-12
Song 2: Tusk – Have Some Faith In Magic
Act 3: Why Does Iran Always Seem To Be “Months Away” From a Nuclear Bomb? – Media Matters Air Date: 2-23-12
Act 4: War With Iran A Terrible Idea – Here’s Why – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-21-12
Song 4: Everybody’s Gone to War – Fires
Act 5: God Re-Floods Middle East – The Onion
Song 5: Deep Water – Angus (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 6: All of the options about war with Iran including no war – Counterspin Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 6: High Wire – The Best of Men at Work: Contraband
Act 7: Can We Stop A War With Iran – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-22-12
Song 7: Black & Blue – Miike Snow
Act 8: Obama Calls Out GOP Warhawks on Iran – Majority Report – Air Date: 3-7-12
Song 8: Lost and Found – Breaking Up
Act 9: Beating the drum in the media for war with Iran – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 3-9-12
Song 9: Daylight Robbery – Speak for Yourself
Act 10: Danger of Iran’s Nuclear Duck – The Bugle Air Date: 3-9-12
Final comments and conversation with Jimmy Dore on context being ‘everything’ in comedy
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#584 Bullies, bad words and birth control (Limbaugh v Fluke)
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Act 1: GOP Does Not Understand How Contraception Works – Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-2-12
Song 1: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – God Shuffled His Feet
Act 2: Bill O’Reilly Rips Sandra Fluke – Young Turks Air Date: 3-6-12
Song 2: The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 3: Guide to Are you a prostitute? by Rush Limbaugh – The Bugle Air Date: 3-9-12
Song 3: Oh, Pretty Woman – 16 Biggest Hits: Roy Orbison
Act 4: Limbaugh and the GOP war on women – Counterspin Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 4: Possibility – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Deluxe Version) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Act 5: Advertisers flee from Limbaugh’s radio program – On the Media Air Date: 3-8-12
Song 5: White Electric – Gloss Drop (Bonus Track Version)
Act 6: Rush Limbaugh Gets a Measure of Comeuppance – The Progressive Air Date: 3-5-12
Song 6: All Apologies (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 7: Insincere Apologies – Mitt Romney Has a Rush Limbaugh Problem – Rachel Maddow Air Date 3-5-12
Song 7: The Prettiest Weed – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 8: Fluke Isn’t the Only Woman Being Attacked By Limbaugh This Week – Media Matters Air Date: 3-8-12
Voicemails:
Follow up on comments regarding joke on the Jimmy Dore Show and standards in broadcasting – Joe from Nanjing China
Reaction to the Jimmy Dore Show vs Limbaugh comparison – Mara from Pittsburgh
Rush Limbaugh’s misunderstanding of contraception – Patrick from Dallas
Follow up comparison question to Limbaugh vs Jimmy Dore Show discussion – Andrew from Brooklyn, NY
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Final comments on the follow up comparing a Jimmy Dore Show joke and the Limbaugh controversy
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#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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