#561 Sorry about that (Foreign Policy)
Click here to show/hide the flash player.
Edition #561
Play or download here!
Share your favorite clips with your social networks! Join the virtuous cycle!
Act 1: Victoryish – Mark Fiore Air Date 12-26-11
Act 2: Sorry – Al Franken Show
Act 3: General Pushes For U.S. War With Iran – Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 3: Auld Lang Syne – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Act 4: Shitzkrieg – European Wars – Daily Show Air Date: 8-9-11
Song 4: I Saved the World Today – Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered)
Act 5: ACLU on Redacted Documents – On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11
Song 5: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)
Act 6: US Spends 59 percent of Budget on Defense – Young Turks Air Date: 12-4-11
Song 6: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 7: New Fox Reality Show To Determine Ruler Of Iraq – The Onion
Song 7: Mickey – Best of Toni Basil – Mickey & Other Love Songs
Act 8: 9 Children killed in US Afghan Air Strike – Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11
Song 8: Cry – Back to Bedlam
Act 9: Game Of Drones – Daily Show Air Date: 12-7-11
Song 9: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 10: For Afghan Women, Rape Law Offers Little Protection – NPR Air Date: 12-3-11
Song 10: Marry You – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Deluxe Version)
Act 11: Virginity Tests Banned – Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 11: Put It to the Test – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 12: Time Magazine Columnist – Tensions toward Pakistan – Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11
Song 12: Ruby – Kaiser Cheifs
Act 13: Lowe’s Balls of the Week – Daily Show Air Date: 12-14-11
Song 13: Big Balls – AC/DC
Act 14: Syrian Government Attacking Citizens – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 14: Call for Help – Stale and Dry
Act 15: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting – Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11
Song 15: Turn it Over – The Bluegrazer Album
Act 16: U.S. Plans To Give Every Iraqi $3,544.91 And Let Free Market Do Rest – The Onion
Song 16: From the Ashes – Land of the Free Pt. II
Act 17: Iran Sanctions, War, Israel, Gas Prices – Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Year In Review: Revolution In Egypt Either Courageous Or Stupid Depending On Outcome – The Onion
Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson
Thanks for listening!
Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store!
Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com
Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
Vote for us and leave comments at Podcast Alley or Review the show on iTunes.
#447 The Hammer and the Gavel Part 2 (Tom Delay)
Click here to show/hide the flash player.
Edition #447
Help Progressive Organizations win $1,000,000 by becoming a daily voter!
www.bit.ly/ProgressiveSlate
Act 1: The Hammer has fallen – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Delay – In his own words
Act 3: The Delay Litany – Al Franken
Act 4: Delay – In his own words
Act 5: Memorable moments – The Young Turks
Act 6: Delay – In his own words
Act 7: I’m just a bug man – Slate Podcast
Act 8: Delay – In his own words
Act 9: Good Riddance – Jack Cafferty
Song 9: Future Is Now – Dune
Act 10: Verdict is in – Young Turks
Song 10: Tonight I Have to Leave It – Our Ill Wills
Act 11: Commenting on Tom Delay – It’s all politics
Song 11: The Office UK – Outro #2 – The Office UK Theme Music
Act 12: Story behind the conviction – Jim Hightower
Song 12: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – 60′s Gold
Act 13: Sam announces the sentence – Majority Report
Song 13: Cigarette Smoker Fiona – Who the F*** Are Arctic Monkeys? – EP
Act 14: Allison announces the sentence – Citizen Radio
Song 14: Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol: Greatest Hits
Act 15: Cocky Delay gets three years – Jim Hightower
Song 15: Behind Bars – Baga Tricks
Act 16: Liberals to blame for the conviction – Countdown
Song 16: Montaña – Love & Liberte
Act 17: 3 years prison for Tom Delay – Young Turks
Source Story Series Featuring Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Big Buy Tom Delay’s Stolen Congress – Brave New Films
Find source links for this episode after the break!
Read the rest of this entry »
BONUS! Repost from May 8th, 2006 – He may be a failure, but he’s our failure (Colbert roasts Bush)
Click here to show/hide the flash player.
Edition – Bonus!
Sponsor: Visit GoToMeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast
Act 1: David Bender and Rachel discuss – Rachel Maddow Show
Song 1: Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection
Act 2: The Colbert Revolt – Slate.com
Song 2: Another Love Song – Organised for Hi Fi
Act 3: Dissecting the comedy – The Al Franken Show
Song 3: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 4: 9/11 was on a Tuesday – Young Turks
Song 4: In the Summertime – The Very Best of Mungo Jerry
Act 5: Why journalists didn’t like the routine – Counterspin
Song 5: Jerk It Out – Love for the Streets
Act 6: Rumors of death threats to Colbert – The Majority Report
Song 6: That non-song that has since become the outro music for the show
Act 7: Anniversary of Mission Accomplished – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 7: Circles – El Oso
Act 8: We shouldn’t even be doing this – On the Media
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Unedited video of Colbert’s original speech at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner
Find source links and Digg this episode after the break!
Read the rest of this entry »
#365 Valid and moronic arguments against Kagan (Supreme Court)
Click here to show/hide the flash player.
Edition #365
Act 1: Hang on Stevens – The Al Franken Show
Act 2: History of Supreme Court fights – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Act 3: Nomination predictions – Media Matters
Song 3: A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Act 4: Release the Kagan – Daily Show
Song 4: The great estates – Freelance Whales
Act 5: Kagan a bad pick by Obama – Young Turks
Song 5: Somebody Already Broke My Heart – Sade
Act 6: Swing and a miss – Countdown
Song 6: Gone to sleep – Moby
Act 7: Kagan the consensus builder – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
Act 8: Kagan and the military recruiters – Media Matters
Song 8: Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
Act 9: Kagan worship with Dahlia Lithwick – Colbert Report
Song 9: No questions – Fleetwood Mac
Act 10: Hypocrisy on Kagan – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: La Dispute – Yann Tiersen
Act 11: Kagan a leftist activist – Media Matters
Song 11: La Dispute – Yann Tiersen
Act 12: Conservatives pretend Kagan is gay – Young Turks
Song 12: Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Act 13: Comparison to H. Meyers nomination – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Confirming Elena – Colbert Report
Find source links and Digg this episode after the break!
Read the rest of this entry »
Review on ITunes
