#336 Don’t complain, you could buy an election too if you wanted (Supreme Court)
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Edition #336
Act 1: Who owns our politicians – Young Turks
Act 2: Corporate free speech – Colbert Report
Act 3: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 1 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 4: Dealing with the Supreme Court decision – New Yorker’s Political Scene
Act 5: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 2 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 6: Obama getting his fight back – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Buying the bench – Moyers’ Journal
Act 8: Americans hate corporate money in elections – Young Turks
Act 9: The Word – Prece-Don’t – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Supreme Court’s Five Circus Midgets – Ring of Fire
Music:
We could be friends – Freelance Whales
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
Bigmouth strikes again – The Smiths
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Nothing better – The Postal Service
Where’s my mind – The Pixies
Turn this boat around – Matt & Kim
Messages – Xavier Rudd
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#331 Some take on banks while others lie to protect them (Economics)
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Edition #331
Act 1: Obama takes on bankers – Daily Show
Act 2: Moyers on greed – Moyers’ Journal
Act 3: Economists being right isn’t enough – Counterspin
Act 4: Eliot Spitzer – Colbert Report
Act 5: Hasty freeze on budget – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Obama needs to tell a bank regulation story – Political Scene
Act 7: The gang of five – Slate Magazine
Act 8: Austan Goolsbee on the budget drop – Daily Show
Act 9: Leaked memo on lying to protect banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Manifest Density Economics – Colbert Report
Music:
Lost – Coldplay
Look what you’ve done – JET
Ain’t that unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
Candy everybody wants – 10,000 Maniacs
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
Story of a lonely guy – Blink 182
Cut it out – Anya Marina
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
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