#480 The monkey is not a reference to Obama (Economics)
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Act 1: Federal gov almost shut down over Planned Parenthood – Double X Gabfest from Slate.com
Song 1: I wish I knew – Years and Years
Act 2: Deficits are sustainable – Majority Report
Song 2: Forever Yellow Skies – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls
Act 3: Deficits are unsustainable with Chris Martenson – David Pakman
Song 3: Lone Star – Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
Act 4: President Obama, Chief Negotiator – Citizen Radio
Song 4: Play With Fire – The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack)
Act 5: Obama let’s us know how he really feels – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 5: Shuffle Your Feet – Howl
Act 6: Follow up on Obama the negotiator – Citizen Radio
Song 6: Talented Tailor (Live) – Laura Hocking
Act 7: Embracing the class war – Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
Thoughts on fixing the budget issue – Sean from Atlanta, GA
Asking leniency for Obama re: Gitmo – Pamela from Virginia
Socialism and communism are part of the left in the US – Max from Berkley, CA
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments apologizing for failing to properly label an explicit clip from Dan Savage and more thoughts on political rhetoric
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
GOP Cuts Education – Why? – Young Turks
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#478 Between Scylla and Charybdis (Elections 2012)
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Act 1: Lackluster launch of Obama’s campaign – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Ottoman – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
Act 2: Kicking the base – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Ain’t That a Kick In the Head – Dino – The Essential Dean Martin
Act 3: President Obama’s un-kept campaign promises – David Pakman
Song 3: The Promise – When in Rome
Act 4: As the media frames the Democrats – Counterspin
Song 4: Candy Everybody Wants – Our Time In Eden
Act 5: Meet potential GOP candidate Michele Bachmann – Young Turks
Song 5: Baby Elephant Walk – The Best of Lawrence Welk
Act 6: Donald goes full Birther – Media Matters
Act 7: Base race, Bachman, Cain, Gingrich – Daily Show
Song 7: The Thoughts That Give Me the Creeps – Would It Kill You?
Act 8: Huckabee on gay marriage – Dan Savage
Song 8: In Your Eyes – The String Quartet Tribute to Peter Gabriel
Act 9: Palin supports Trump’s birtherism – Media Matters
Act 10: Pawlenty declares candidacy before he’s ready – Colbert Report
Song 10: Desire – The Best of 1980-1990
Act 11: Bachmann Overdrive by David Weigel – Slate.com
Song 11: Pale Horses – Wait for Me
Act 12: Base race, Santorum, Barbour, Trump – Daily Show
Song 12: Easy – Born On Flag Day
Act 13: Trump 2012 – Media Matters
Act 14: Colbert PAC – Colbert Report
Song 14: Just for Now – Speak for Yourself
Act 15: Poll trouble for GOP in 2012 elections – Young Turks
Voicemails:
Show suggestions: War news radio – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Show suggestions: TAL and The Moth – Eric from Eagle Mountain, Utah
Show suggestions: Sound of Young America, Sound Opinions, Judge John Hodgman and lots of comedy shows – Steve from Richmond, VA
Responding to Ryan and the Vietnam war – Carter from Denver
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments on the NLC fundraiser
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Nation Elects First Openly Drunk Senator – The Onion
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#471 And it begins (Elections)
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Act 1: Election hangover – Slate.com
Song 1: Razorblade – First Impressions of Earth
Act 2: Senator Hatch gives absurd speech – Young Turks
Song 2: Momentum – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 3: Republicans flirt with presidential candidacy – Colbert Report
Song 3: Use Somebody – Only By the Night (Deluxe Version)
Act 4: Anti-Muslim GOP candidate Herman Cain – Young Turks
Song 4: North By North – Dynamo
Act 5: Newt is faking it – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Money (That’s What I Want) – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barrett Strong
Act 6: Newt Gingrich wants to screw America – Colbert Report
Song 6: Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise – I and Love and You
Act 7: Morbid Curiosity leading many voters to support Palin – The Onion
Song 7: Good (for a woman) – Alien Ant Farm
Act 8: Sarah Palin destroyed by conservatives – Young Turks
Song 8: Solsbury Hill – The String Quartet Tribute to Peter Gabriel
Act 9: Huckabee doubles down – Media Matters
Act 10: Amending the constitution to deny corporate personhood – The Progressive
Song 10: This Is the Day – Soul Mining
Act 11: Some states cancelling primaries – Young Turks
Song 11: Out of Our Hands – Signs
Act 12: Ballotproof elections – Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
Message trumps the messenger – Matt from Alabama
Supporter of Abu-Jamal written statement – Garrett
17-year old reaction to Pakman stat on troops in Afghanistan – Colin from Sacramento, CA
Response to Colin – David Pakman from Mass
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments on new video version of the show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Colbert PAC Ad – Colbert Report
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#470 The Idiots are taking over (Congress)
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Act 1: Boehner’s People – Jim Hightower
Song 1: Tears and Rain – Back to Bedlam
Act 2: Ineffective GOP – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: If you’ve got trouble – The Beatles
Act 3: The do-nothing congress – Slate.com
Song 3: Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears
Act 4: Congress forgets how to pass a bill – The Onion
Song 4: Kill the Director – The Wombats – EP
Act 5: Three quarters of Senate Republicans don’t believe in science – David Pakman
Song 5: The Idiots Are Taking Over – The War On Errorism
Act 6: Congress slumps back to Tom Delay ethics – Jim Hightower
Song 6: These Are the Days – Ibiza After Dark – Late Night Luxury Grooves
Act 7: Boehner is bad at his job Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Theme from “Greatest American Hero” (Believe It or Not) – America’s Greatest Hero
Act 8: Useless GOP distractions – Bill Maher
Song 8: Radio – As Smart As We Are
Act 9: Boehner OK with Americans losing jobs – Young Turks
Song 9: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Act 10: Johnnie “Business as usual” Boehner – Jim Hightower
Song 10: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 11: Boehner is bad at his job Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
BYU basketball player kicked off for honor code violation – Scott from California
Supporting Mumia because he’s based on facts – John From Omaha
Excitement about YouTube playlists – Max from Berkley, CA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Power Shift, new video version of the show and the listener of the year
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
John Boehner’s Large Gavel – Colbert Report
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