#602 An examination of motivations (GOP)

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Both sides silence their moderates – Counterspin – Air Date: 3-8-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Waltzing Back – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]

Ch. 4: Act 2: Allen West 80 House Democrats are Communists – David Pakman – Air Date 4-13-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Little Lion Man – Sigh No More

Ch. 6: Act 3: Talking to real Americans in the south – Bill Maher – Air Date: 03-9-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Something, Somewhere, Sometime – Dear Companion

Ch. 8: Act 4: Abolish the GOP – Just A Question – Counter Spin – Air Date: 3-29-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Drift Away – Ultimate Collection: Dobie Gray

Ch. 10: Act 5: Biden ‘This isn’t your father’s Republican Party’ – Young Turks – Air Date: 4-2-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Starry-Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold

Ch. 12: Act 6: GOP, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Oil – David Feldman Show – Air Date: 4-10-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish – Strangeways, Here We Come (Remastered By Johnny Marr)

Ch. 14: Act 7: Secret Service Investigating Ted Nugent’s Anti-Obama Rant – David Pakman – Air Date: 4-18-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: Australia – Wincing the Night Away

Ch. 16: Act 8: Whatever Happened to the Tea Party Revolution? – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-16-12

Ch. 17: Song 8: Citronella – Notes from Aboveground

Ch. 18: Act 9: At War With Common Sense – Real Time Bill Maher – Air Date: 4-20-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Plastic or Paper – Songs for Tomorrow Morning

Ch. 20: Act 10: GOP Desperate Barack Obama Ate Dog Meat – David Pakman – Air Date: 4-18-12

Ch. 21: Song 10: Sick As a Dog – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing

Ch. 22: Act 11: Is This The TRUE Republican Motivation – Lee Camp – Air Date: 3-8-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Ashley calls back about Bin Laden one year later – Ashley from Syracuse, NY
Ch. 24: The generational divide hits home – Joseph from Aledo, TX
Ch. 25: Reflection on flying after Bin Laden’s death – Amy from Sioux Falls, SD

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Ch. 26: Final comments announcing Best of the Left Activism

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#598 The miracle of life and the prevention thereof (War on Women)

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Anti-Abortion Bill Says Hospitals Should Let Women Die – David Pakman – Air Date: 3-20-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: More Than This – Breaking Up

Ch. 4: Act 2: Planned Parenthood Bombing – Young Turks – Air Date 4-2-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Needle In the Hay – Elliott Smith

Ch. 6: Act 3: Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Bombing Spotlights Anti-Choicers in the State – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-3-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here – Weezer

Ch. 8: Act 4: How Not to Kill Your Baby – David Feldman Show – Air Date: 3-13-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: How to Save a Life – How to Save a Life

Ch. 10: Act 5: Women Don’t Care About Contraception says Gov. Nikki Haley – Young Turks – Air Date: 4-4-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Mrs. Robinson – The Atlantic Years – The Best of the Lemonheads

Ch. 12: Act 6: Scott Walker Quietly Signs Abstinence & Anti-Abortion Bills – David Pakman – Air Date 4-10-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: When the President Talks to God – Body of War – Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Ch. 14: Act 7: Women Are Just Like Livestock! Says Recently Passed Bill – Majority Report – Air Date: 4-11-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: Georgia On My Mind – The Essential Willie Nelson

Ch. 16: Act 8: Anti-Gay Politics Causes GOP to Flub Chance for War on Women push back – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 4-12-12

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Ch. 17: Final comments: Part 1 of 3 on the blindness of exuberance: Mike Daisey and they Apple Factory

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#597 GOP election plan to attack 53 percent of electorate (War on Women)

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Why Are You On Birth Control, Employers Asking – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-14-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana

Ch. 4: Act 2: Conservatives Viscious Attacks on Women: A GOP Strategy – Majority Report – Air Date: 3-15-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Female of the Species – Greatest Hits

Ch. 6: Act 3: Rush Limbaugh’s Advertisers Are Back – David Pakman – Air Date 4-9-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Cabin Music (Bonus Track) – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies

Ch. 8: Act 4: “War on Women”? What “War on Women”? – Media Matters – Air Date: 4-5-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Cabin Music (Bonus Track) – Jim Guthrie

Ch. 10: Act 5: Everyones Got A Studio In Their Pocket – Dan Savage – Air Date: 3-27-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Shame – Ophelia of the Spirits – EP

Ch. 12: Act 6: War on Women Claim Based on Real Policies Not Rhetoric – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-13-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: You and I Are So Awfully Different – Family Guy

Ch. 14: Act 7: ‘War On Women’ False Equivalency by Erin Burnett On CNN – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-20-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: Call It Even – The Start of Something – EP

Ch. 16: Act 8: Assistant Manager Accused Of Sexual Indiscrimination – The Onion

Ch. 17: Song 8: Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) – The Definitive Rod Stewart

Ch. 18: Act 9: Bad Publicity May Force State GOP to Back Off Anti-Abortion Legislation – Rachel Maddow – Air Date 3-21-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Slip Slidin’ Away – The Essential Paul Simon

Ch. 20: Act 10: Women disadvantaged because we set up society so only they get pregnant – Throwing Shade – Air Date: 4-9-12

Ch. 21: Song 10: Throwing Shade Theme – Throwing Shade

Ch. 22: Act 11: Mitch McConnell Unaware GOP Women Aren’t on His Side – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-9-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Misunderstanding breeds fear – Mara from Pittsburgh
Ch. 24: Genuine confusion about Fox News – Garnet from Anchorage, Alaska
Ch. 25: Reactions to Olbermann commentaries – Marty from Laurel, MD
Ch. 26: Guilty of loving Keith Olbermann – Anthony from Oakland, MD

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Ch. 27: Final comments introducing Throwing Shade

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#596 Al fresco brunch apocalypse (Climate)

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Ch. 1: Intro – Theme: A Fond Farewell – From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: 20,000 High Temp Records Broken – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – Air Date: 4-14-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Picnic – Play

Ch. 4: Act 2: Warmer Colder Wetter And More Severe – Green News Reports – Air Date: 4-1-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: Crumbling Down – “Its Pronounced Yah-Ves”

Ch. 6: Act 3: Global Warming Is Here – The Progressive – Air Date: 4-2-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Warning – Warning

Ch. 8: Act 4: Sunny Days Are Here Again — But Is That Good? – NPR – Air Date: 4-8-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Like the Weather (Live) – MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs

Ch. 10: Act 5: Obama Approves New Keystone Pipeline Project – Young Turks – Air Date: 2-28-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Never Gonna Learn – Whole Again

Ch. 12: Act 6: Republicans claim Keystone will lower gas prices, but analysis says otherwise – Green News Report – Air Date: 3-1-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: Hey There, Delilah (String Quartet Tribute to Plain White T’s) – Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Emo Anti-Valentine’s Day Collection

Ch. 14: Act 7: Despite Scientific Evidence, Fox Continues to Call Global Warming a “Hoax” – Media Matters Air Date: 2-29-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: Hey there, Delilah – Vitamin String Quartet

Ch. 16: Act 8: Leaked Heartland Institute E-mails Inside the Climate Denier – Majority Report – Air Date: 2-23-12

Ch. 17: Song 8: This Is the Day – Soul Mining

Ch. 18: Act 9: Reviewing the Reality Behind Climate-Gate – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 3-15-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Safe – Heaven & Earth (Expanded Edition)

Ch. 20: Act 10: Santorum Mocks Global Warming – The Progressive Air Date: 3-21-12

Ch. 21: Song 10: Galileo – Expose Yourself: The Singles Collection 1977-1991

Ch. 22: Act 11: All Hail The Least Deserving – Green News Report – Air Date: 3-29-12

Ch. 23: Song 11: Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker Live

Ch. 24: Act 12: Climate-Friendly GOPers Abandoning Policies Previously Supported – Rachel Maddow – Air Date: 4-5-12

Ch. 25: Song 12: La valse des vieux os – Amélie (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Ch. 26: Act 13: Fox Host: “If A Polar Bear Dies, I Don’t Feel Bad” – Media Matters – Air Date: 4-12-12

Ch. 27: Song 13: La Valse Des Vieux Os – Yann Tiersen

Ch. 28: Act 14: Bill Maher Guest: ‘Climate Change A Crock Of Shit’ – Young Turks – Air Date: 3-12-12

Voicemails:
Ch. 29: Mormon perspective on posthumous baptisms – Eric from Provo, UT
Ch. 30: If you don’t believe in Mormonism then why do you care about posthumous baptisms? – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Ch. 31: Detailed explanation of posthumous Mormon baptisms – Todd from Salt Lake City

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Ch. 32: Final comments on why Fox News is like a bad parody of a bad news channel

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