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#498 Big brother and getting bigger (Police State)

Jay! — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:00:19 +0000

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Edition #498

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Act 1: TinyTriumps – Drug Shortage – Colbert Report
Song 1: How to Save a Life – How to Save a Life
Act 2: Undercover gun purchase – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 3: Homer at a gun shop – The Simpsons
Act 4: Son of TIPS: Suspicious Activity Reporting – The Progressive
Song 4: My Private Nation – My Private Nation
Act 5: Slate: Privacy Rights Inc. – Slate Magazine
Song 5: Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Act 6: Obama’s Karmatic Pretzel – Jim Hightower
Song 6: Twisting – Flood
Act 7: With Preventive Detention, Obama Seeks Kingly Powers – The Progressive
Song 7: Royal American Medley – Spirit Of America
Act 8: We Have More People In Jail Than Any Other Country – USA Is #1 – Lee Camp
Song 8: Behind Bars – Baga Tricks
Act 9: Rand Paul: Arrest Deport People For Attending Radical Speeches – Young Turks
Song 9: Galapogos – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Act 10: Airports: Surrender All Liberty, All Who Enter By Me – Jim Hightower
Song 10: Fly Me To The Moon – Sampler 2
Act 11: Policing The Police: U.S. Steps Up Enforcement – NPR
Song 11: Mr. Jones – August and Everything After
Act 12: FBI: Six Dead Not Really ‘Mass’ Murder – The Onion
Song 12: Overkill (Acoustic Version) – Man @ Work
Act 13: Congress Reauthorization of Patriot Act – On the Media
Song 13: You or Your Memory – The Sunset Tree
Act 14: Harry Reid, Stop Your Fearmongering About Rand Paul – The Progressive
Song 14: Creature Fear – For Emma, Forever Ago
Act 15: Obama, Dems Cave On Patriot Act – Young Turks

Voicemails:
Thanks for the YouTube links – Jeff in New York
New member, thanks for the show – Mark From Salisbury, MD
Reaction to misogynistic use of terms – Wendy from Olympia, WA

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs… Remixes & B Sides

Final comments on Limbaugh Vs Camp on distrusting the media

Bonus voicemails:
Citizen Radio expects more from their listeners and calls them out – Fred
Calling back to clarify points on Citizen Radio – Eric from York, PA

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama Order On Indefinite Detentions – Young Turks

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#433 The honorable class of 2010 (Elections)

Jay! — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:29:10 +0000

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Edition #433

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Act 1: Campaign ads might not matter – On the Media
Song 1: It Don’t Matter – Southern Discomfort
Act 2: Too early, too often – Need to Know
Song 2: Faith – Faith
Act 3: Campaign ads might still matter – On the Media
Song 3: Battle For The Beat – Battle For The Beat
Act 4: Mad as Hell – Mark Fiore
Song 4: My Favourite Game – Gran Turismo
Act 5: Adult Spin – Daily Show
Song 5: The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – Vampire Weekend
Act 6: Midterm Election Update – The Bugle
Song 6: Drowning Men – Reservoir
Act 7: Freshman orientation – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 7: Book of Days – The Very Best of Enya
Act 8: Uncompromise – Mark Fiore
Song 8: Goodbye Blue Sky – The Wall (Remastered)
Act 9: GOP misses Clinton – Daily Show
Song 9: I don’t mind if you forget me – The Smiths
Act 10: Which brand are your crooks? – Young Turks
Song 9: Let’s Work Together – The Very Best of Canned Heat
Act 10: Michael Moore on the administration – Bill Maher

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Faith-Based Vote – Slate.com

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#331 Some take on banks while others lie to protect them (Economics)

Jay! — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:33:48 +0000

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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