#383 A celebration of science (Climate Change)
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Edition #383
Act 1: NUMMI is reborn for electric cars – NPR
Song 1: Electric Car – Here Comes Science
Act 2: News of the warm 1 – Le Show
Song 2: Warning Sign – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 3: Bill McKibben Interview Part 1 – The Progressive
Song 3: Fake Empire – Boxer
Act 4: Climate change vs. Biblical Armageddon – The Onion
Song 4: The End’s Not Near – The O.C. Mix 6 – Covering Our Tracks
Act 5: Bill McKibben Interview Part 2 – The Progressive
Song 5: Big Black Nothing – Outer South
Act 6: How to draw attention to climate rallies – Counterspin
Song 6: Starsign – Welcome to Earth
Act 7: Bill McKibben Interview Part 3 – The Progressive
Song 7: Drive – EP – R.E.M.
Act 8: Denying science – Ring of Fire
Song 8: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science
Act 9: News of the warm 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Polar Bear – Make Some Noise
Act 10: What the fuck is wrong with you people – Bill Maher
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Quest For Arctic Riches – Colbert Report
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#367 Arrest the Pope (Religion)
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Edition #367
Act 1: Devil denounces Catholic Church – SNL
Song 1: Play With Fire – The Rolling Stones
Act 2: Dawkins wants to arrest the Pope – BBC News Quiz
Song 2: Jesus loved Judas – Jason Roseboom
Act 3: Continuing coverage of Catholic scandal – On the Media
Song 3: Jesus is just alright – The Doobie Brothers
Act 4: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 1 – The Bugle
Song 4: Eleanor Rigby (strings only) – The Beatles
Act 5: Catholic Church condemns metrosexuality – The Onion
Song 5: Pray for you – Jaron And The Long Road To Love
Act 6: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 2 – The Bugle
Song 6: Sorrow – Bad Religion
Act 7: RFK on the Catholic Church scandal – Ring of Fire
Song 7: Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Act 8: Why it’s OK to criticize religion – Citizen Radio
Song 8: Book of days – Enya
Act 9: Pope Opera – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Jesus in a Frying Pan – Young Turks
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#360 For the sake of dinosaur squeezings (Oil Spill)
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Edition #360
Act 1: Dinosaur squeezings – Mark Fiore
Act 2: Conversation with Joe Romm – Countdown
Act 3: One final taste of oysters – Young Turks
Act 4: Wind farm vs. oil spill – Colbert Report
Act 5: Discussion of oil spill – Ring of Fire
Act 6: BP oil spill – The Progressive
Act 7: George Will lies on wind vs. oil spill – Jimmy Dore
Act 8: Beyond Awful – Daily Show
Act 9: Right wing conspiracy – Media Matters
Act 10: Spill kills Obama energy bill – Young Turks
Act 11: Politics of the spill – Countdown
Act 12: GOP, Haliburton and the spill – Le Show
Act 13: Claiming drilling is safe – Media Matters
Act 14: Drill baby, drill – Colbert Report
Act 15: Lessons learned from Exxon Valdez – Young Turks
Act 16: No second thoughts – The Progressive
Act 17: Maddow’s final comments – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
BP’s Undersea Dome – Colbert Report
Music
Daydream – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Good day sunshine – The Beatles
Hold it in – Jukebox The Ghost
Beach song – The Dead Milkmen
Black water – Doobie Brothers
Into the ocean – Blue October
Take a look around – Limp Bizkit
La Valse d’Amélie – Yann Tiersen
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
Deep water – Pansy Division
Le Moulin – Yann Tiersen
Lessons learned – Matt & Kim
Don’t trust me – 3OH!3
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#354 Toxic assets from Wall St to West Virginia (Economics)
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Edition #354
Act 1: Lifestyles of the rich and despicable – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 2: We bought a toxic asset so you can watch it die – NPR
Act 3: Michael Lewis – The Big Short – Daily Show
Act 4: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Is 2010 going to be 1994 or 1934 – Slate.com
Act 6: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: No one would listen – Daily Show
Act 8: WV Mine blast conservatives fault – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Robin Hood Tax – A Good Idea – Green.tv
Music:
So long – Lodger
Toxicity – System of a Down
I second that emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The gambler – Kenny Rogers
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Falling down – Oasis
Lights out – Santigold
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#353 Backwards politics and the climate (Climate)
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Edition #353
Act 1: Annie Leonard on stuff – Colbert Report
Act 2: Dr. James Hansen – Storms of my grandchildren – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: Chamber of commerce and the climate – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Facing America’s energy crisis Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 5: British House of Commons on ‘climate gate’ – Counterspin
Act 6: Facing America’s energy crisis Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: Obama’s switcheroo on offshore drilling – The Progressive
Act 8: Oilmen fund anti-climate change groups – Young Turks
Act 9: Media reaction to offshore drilling – Counterspin
Act 10: Not taking ‘yes’ for an answer – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Tree Hugging Pentagon – Ring of Fire
Music:
Time to take out the trash – Brad Sucks
Breathe me – Sia
On the turning away – Pink Floyd
Energy – The Apples In Stereo
The airway – Owl City
Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Annie Lennox
Sill can’t – The Cranberries
Fake plastic trees – Radiohead
Shut your eyes – Shout Out Louds
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#352 Destroying the media in more ways than one (Media)
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Edition #352
Act 1: Some bullshit happening somewhere – The Onion
Act 2: We need less media consolidation – The Progressive
Act 3: Anchor management – Daily Show
Act 4: Internet freedom in danger – Young Turks
Act 5: Beck makes it harder for FOX to fool people – Counterspin
Act 6: Glenn Beck on net neutrality – Young Turks
Act 7: Beck on Obama’s politics of fear – Media Matters
Act 8: Beck attacks social justice – Colbert Report
Act 9: Glen Beck’s hate train crashes – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Context, lies and videotape – Rachel Maddow
Act 11: Fox brings on anyone against health reform – Media Matters
Act 12: CNN hires Erick Erickson – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Blogs Must Be Crazy – Daily Show
Music:
Been it – The Cardigans
And it spread – Avett Brothers
Everything to everyone – Everclear
Do it again – Five Times August
Green eyes – Coldplay
Soir De Fête – Yann Tiersen
Spirit in the sky – Norman Greenbaum
La Valse Des Vieux Os – Yann Tiersen
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#348 The new law of the land Part 2 (Health Care)
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Edition #348
Act 1: Crystal clear debate – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Tea party protesters hurl slurs at congressmen – Young Turks
Act 3: Plea to bring down the violence – Countdown
Act 4: Reactions to health care law – Media Matters
Act 5: Predictable reactions of hate – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Intimidation Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Health care hate talk – Media Matters
Act 8: GOP’s health care repeal strategy – Young Turks
Act 9: GOP leaders must denounce brownshirt tactics – The Progressive
Act 10: Dismissing political treats – Media Matters
Act 11: Intimidation Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Blogger inciting vandalism and violence – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Dems To Blame For Tea Party Threats – Young Turks
Music:
I can see clearly now – Jimmy Cliff
Shout – Tears for Fears
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Mad world – Gary Jules
Les Jours Tristes (Instrumental) – Yann Tiersen
Under the gun – The Killers
Sur Le Fil – Yann Tiersen
Leader – Burning Spear
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#345 Blowing up mountains and our future (Climate Change)
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Edition #345
Act 1: Lorax Coal – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Ed Markey on climate bill Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Oil spill improves wildlife viscosity – The Onion
Act 4: Ed Markey on climate bill Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Cookies and carbon – NPR
Act 6: Plans for another energy crisis squashed – Thom Hartmann
Act 7: NY Times gives fair shake to climate loons – Counterspin
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: Maria Cantwell on the CLEAR Act – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Nuclear gets another comeback – Counterspin
Act 11: Coal Comfort – Margaret Palmer – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Knock-on effects – Green.tv
Music:
Flyswatter – Eels
The perfect space – The Avett Brothers
Greased lightnin’ – Grease Soundtrack
Goodbye blue sky – Pink Floyd
I’m free – Soup Dragons
Horchata – Vampire Weekend
Foolish games – Jewel
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Planting seeds – Ten Story Relapse
Friend of the devil – Counting Crows
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#343 Religious cults, the Christian Right and evangelists, evil and not (Religion)
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Edition #343
Act 1: Are religious cults killing democracy – Thom Hartmann
Act 2: Why are some Christians mad over Avatar – Young Turks
Act 3: Bait and switch evangelism – This American Life
Act 4: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Glen Beck against ‘social justice’ in religion – Media Matters
Act 6: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Pat Robertson on Haiti’s pact with the devil – Counterspin
Act 8: Pat Robertson says Islam is not a religion – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Evangelist explains “23 Minutes in Hell” to Thom – Thom Hartmann
Music:
Hello bonjour – Michael Franti And Spearhead
In God’s country – U2
Knockin’ on heaven’s door – Guns N’ Roses
Lacrymosa – Libera
Mary Mary – Chumbawamba
Shattered faith – Bad Religion
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#339 Who, what and how we’re fighting (GOP)
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Edition #339
Act 1: CPAC 2010 Rage within the machine – Daily Show
Act 2: CPAC Conference – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: CPAC – US has the best health care – Young Turks
Act 4: Rage within the machine – Progressivism – Daily Show
Act 5: American’s don’t know R’s block everything – Young Turks
Act 6: George Will totally consistent on filibuster = Counterspin
Act 7: Filibuster is too neat and simple – Bill Maher
Act 8: Let’s go nuclear – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Teabaggers and teabaggees – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Sarah Palin at Teabagger convention – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
AmeriGasm CPAC – Daily Show
Music:
Hello, My Treacherous Friends – OK GO
Graceland – Paul Simon
It’s not impossible – Ben Sollee
Don’t vote – Cass McCombs
Losers – The Cardigans
There’s something wrong – Brad Sucks
One fine day – The Chiffons
Failure by design – Brand New
Be my angel – Mazzy Star
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#333 Soulless, Clueless, Feckless, Brazen (Media)
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Edition #333
Act 1: Limbaugh’s Haiti comment – Countdown
Act 2: Limbaugh the hyena – Ring of Fire
Act 3: O’Reilly and the Haiti telethon – Countdown
Act 4: Even better than the real thing – The Daily Show
Act 5: Daughter Cheney can’t debate – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The Word – Two-faced – Colbert Report
Act 7: The Wash Post and the Fiscal Times – Counterspin
Act 8: Gretchen Carlson dumbs down – Daily Show
Act 9: Brian Williams on Jon Stewart – NPR
Act 10: How awful it is when media is weak – Counterspin
Act 11: Q and O – Fox News cuts the feed – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Wag of the finger to Fox News – Colbert Report
Music:
Like humans do – David Byrne
Circle of life – Faca Kulu, Lebo M., The Lion King Ensemble & Tsidii Le Loka
The man in me – Bob Dylan
Fairytale – Sara Bareilles
Duck and run – 3 Doors Down
The asshole song – Jimmy Buffett
Highly suspicious – My Morning Jacket
Plum dumb – The Dead Milkmen
Good people – Jack Johnson
Live like you’re dying – Lenka
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#332 The Futility of Leaning Right (Congress)
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Edition #332
Act 1: Obama crushes house GOP – Young Turks
Act 2: Doris Kearns Goodwin on weak Dems – Daily Show
Act 3: Change terrifies conservatives – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Obama nails Rep and Cenk debunks lies – Young Turks
Act 5: The word Siren Song – Colbert Report
Act 6: Killing the filibuster – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Polls show GOP are nuts – Young Turks
Act 8: Introducing the Dem Opossum – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Political Shift in D.C. – How to succeed – Daily Show
Music:
Walk on the wild side – Lou Reed
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
The right thing to do – Carly Simon
Naive – The Kooks
Once around the block – Badly Drawn Boy
I can’t – Ben Sollee
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#330 Impending Mending or Coming Crash? (Economics)
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Edition #330
Act 1: Financial inquiry report – Daily Show
Act 2: Another economic disaster coming – Young Turks
Act 3: Banker are America’s new thugs – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Bernie Madoff M.D. – Slate
Act 5: Matt Taibbi on Goldman Sachs – Colbert Report
Act 6: Obama starts to revamp economic team – Young Turks
Act 7: Regulation fundamentally works – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: David Walker’s plan for the economy – Daily Show
Act 9: Obama finally standing up to banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama’s Bailout Fee: Is It Enough – Young Turks
Music:
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Jump jive and wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
Say hey – Michael Franti & Spearhead
All will be well – The Gabe Dixon Band
The Bubble Machine – Leslie Bricusse (From Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
I stand corrected – Vampire Weekend
This is twice now – Lydia
I saved the world today – The Eurythmics
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#327 Stealth Care is Mass Backwards (Healthcare)
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Edition #327
Act 1: Stelth care reform – Daily Show
Act 2: Fixing the wrong healthcare problems – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 4: Limbaugh on healthcare costs – Young Turks
Act 5: Robert Knutter and Matt Taibbi on health reform Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 6: Michael Pollen interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Alan Grayson on health reform – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Health lobbyists rule the system – Young Turks
Act 9: Mass Backwards – Daily Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Kathleen Sebelius – Colbert Report
Music:
This too shall pass – OKGO
Mushaboom – Feist
I’m Not over – Carolina Liar
I go blind – Hootie And The Blowfish
You can do it – No Doubt
All U can eat – Ben Folds
Sinnerman – Nina Simone
Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
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#323 Obama moves Hopelessly forward in Afghanistan (Podcast)
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Edition #323
Act 1: Rushing a decision on Afghanistan – Counterspin
Act 2: Obama mimics Bush on Afghanistan – The Progressive
Act 3: Bunker-buster averts doomed marriage – The Onion
Act 4: Report released on Afghanistan – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Dan Rather on Afghanistan – Daily Show
Act 6: Jim Hightower discusses Obama’s war Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Why aren’t there bigger protests – The Progressive
Act 8: Jim Hightower discusses Obama’s war Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Moore and Feingold speak against escalation – Young Turks
Act 10: Lara Logan on Afghanistan – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Cenk debates war escalation – Countdown
Music:
Trouble me – 10,000 Maniacs
Choke – The Cardigans
Celebration Guns – Stars
Million faces – Paolo Nutini
Oh Lately It’s So Quiet – OK GO
Everybody’s gone to war – Nerina Pallot
Up against the wall – Peter Bjorn & John
Meteor Show – Owl City
Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
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