#566 The state of the media continues to embarrass (Media)
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Act 1: Channel for the Rich Man – Counterspin – 8-25-11
Song 1: Dance Music – The Sunset Tree
Act 2: Fox Censors Alec Baldwin Over NewsCorp Hacking Emmy Joke – Young Turks – Air Date: 9-19-11
Song 2: Don’t Hold Me Back – Call Back
Act 3: Rush Limbaugh’s Christian Killing Accusation – Colbert Report – Air Date: 10-9-11
Song 3: Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Best of 1980-1990
Act 4: Coverage of Obama is mostly negative – Counterspin
Song 4: Moonlight Sonata – Classics for the Heart
Act 5: Guest Calls Fox News Out on Obama Derangement Syndrome – Media Matters Air Date: 1-9-12
Act 6: Hank Williams Jr on The View Defending Obama Hitler Analogy – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-12-11
Song 6: Notorious – Greatest
Act 7: Making Sense of Hank Williams Jr’s Obama Hitler Reference – Majority Report – Air Date: 10-7-11
Song 7: Change of Time – So Runs the World Away
Act 8: Comedian Christian Finnegan on why watching no news is better than watching Fox News – Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11
Song 8: The Argument – Front Seat Solidarity
Act 9: Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson Can’t Believe Poll Says Obama Will Win – David Pakman – Air Date: 12-16-11
Song 9: Für Elise – Classical Piano Chillout
Act 10: Fox’s Favorite Phrase: “Some Would Say” – Media Matters Air Date: 12-2-11
Act 11: Steve Jobs Ripped Fox News as A Destructive Force – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 11: Little Embarassing – St. Eleanor’s Park
Act 12: Why is NPR giving out Republican Talking Points – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 12-21-11
Song 12: Beaux Dimanches – Dimanche a Bamako
Act 13: John Boehner Cuts Off CSPAN Cameras When Republicans Ripped Apart – David Pakman – Air Date: 12-22-11
Song 13: Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67 – 1st Movement – Classical Moods – 100 Top Classical Favorites of All Time
Act 14: Fox: The Muppets are “Brainwashing” Your Children – Media Matters Air Date: 12-5-11
Act 15: Fox Muppets Turning Your Kids Into OWS Commies – Majority Report – Air Date: 12-6-11
Voicemails:
America is an invented country – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Thoughts on Policeman Jeff from Florida and his recent call re: Mumia Abu-Jamal – Ron from outside Philly
Dayrl’s original voicemail played and replied to on Ep #524, posted 9/2/11
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Ratatat
Final comments on Daryl from CA calling suggesting a new black perspective for the show
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#555 Go to the mat for liberty or to 3rd base with the TSA (Police State)
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Act 1: The FBI’s Next Generation Identification – The Progressive Air date: 7-18-11
Song 1: The Day The Violence Died (Medley) – The Simpsons
Act 2: UK Man Arrested For Planning Water Fight Via Mobile Phone – Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11
Song 2: Having a Good Time – Having a Good Time Single
Act 3: American Wrongful Convictions Part 1 – Truthdig
Song 3: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – On the Good Ship Lollipop
Act 4: Landmark Civil Rights Act Made Racism Slightly Less Overt – The Onion
Song 4: Harriet Tubman – Gonna Rise Again
Act 5: American Wrongful Convictions Part 2 – Truthdig
Song 5: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – In Between Dreams (Bonus Track Version)
Act 6: A Courageous Governor on the Death Penalty – The Progressive Air Date: 11-25-11
Song 6: Thanksgiving – George Winston
Act 7: Innocent Man Spends 25 Years In Prison For Wife’s Murder – Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11
Song 7: Big Mistake – Fair Ain’t Fair
Act 8: Rape Blocks – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11
Song 8: A Beautiful World – The Good Life – EP
Act 9: ACLU Obama Continues Bush Abuses – Young Turks Air Date: 7-9-11
Song 9: Leader – Burning Spear
Act 10: Less Free, More Lawless after 9/11 – The Progressive Air Date: 9-12-11
Song 10: Fight Back – Reggae Anthology: Music Is the Rod
Act 11: This Weak In National Secowardty – Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11
Song 11: Naked and Famous – The Presidents of the United States of America (10th Aniversary Edition)
Act 12: TSA Adult Diaper Controversy – Young Turks Air Date: 6-27-11
Song 12: I wish I knew – Years and Years
Act 13: How much privacy should we give up for safety? – Lee Camp
Voicemails:
Standing with the Occupiers – Brandon from Fort Worth, TX
Thoughts on the removal of Occupy LA – Todd from LA
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on how the Occupy Movement can be like the Industrial Revolution
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Buildings You Are Not Allowed to Photograph – David Pakman Air Date: 6-20-11
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#554 The meaning of life (Feminism Adjacent)
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Act 1: Right Wing Wants to Occupy Your Womb in Mississippi – Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11
Song 1: Living In America – James Brown: Greatest Hits Fourth Decade
Act 2: Should Women Flaunt It at Work for Fun and Profit – David Pakman Air Date: 8-30-11
Song 2: Parade – Élan Vital
Act 3: Mississippi’s Repressive Initiative 26 – The Progressive Air Date: 11-7-11
Song 3: Girls – Licensed to Ill
Act 4: Lactate Intolerance – Daily Show Air Date: 8-11-11
Song 4: Suffer – Prelude
Act 5: Mississippi Personhood Crazy Implications – Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11
Song 5: Complicated – Let Go
Act 6: NYC Mandating Sex Ed For Students – Young Turks
Song 6: Loser Like Me (Glee Cast Version) – Loser Like Me (Glee Cast Version) – Single
Act 7: Rise In Teen Sexual Activity Comes As Surprise To Area Teen – The Onion
Song 7: The way I feel is sexual – Amber
Act 8: Let Mississippi be the Petri dish for Right Wing Craziness – Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11
Song 8: Animal – Miike Snow
Act 9: Gloria Steinem – Colbert Report Air Date: 8-11-11
Song 9: Pretty – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]
Act 10: Mississippi Votes No on Radical Anti-Choice Contraception Personhood Amendment – David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11
Song 10: Fantasy – Miss Halfway
Act 11: Area Kindergartner Tackles The Shit Out Of Dream Girl – The Onion
Song 11: As Long As the Grass Grows – Round Dance the Night Away
Act 12: Satan Wins in Mississippi Personhood Vote – Majority Report Air Date: 11-9-11
Song 12: Stop Breaking Down – The White Stripes
Voicemails:
Thoughts on police actions during #OWS occupations from socialist Policeman Jeff
It’s the politicians job to fix the problems – Alex from Texas
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final Comments on how the Occupy Movement is headed towards a horizon rather than a point
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Shock The Vote GOP – Colbert Report
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#546 The whole world is, in fact, watching and taking part (Occupy Wall St Part 5)
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Act 1: Thanks for Nothin’ – Mark Fiore Air Date 10-27-11
Song 1: I’m Looking Through You – I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
Act 2: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation – Counterspin Air Date: 10-27-11
Song 2: Down the Line – Down the Line – Single
Act 3: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 1 – Majority Report 10-25-11
Song 3: Generation – Emerson Hart
Act 4: Why Don’t The Occupy Protesters Stop Whining, Just Work Hard – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-28-11
Song 4: Have you had enough? – Rickie Lee Jones & The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Act 5: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 2 – Majority Report 10-25-11
Song 5: I Can Help – The Best of Billy Swan
Act 6: Comparing the Occupation to the Bonus Army encampment – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 6: Down the Drain – Torrent, Vol. 1 & 2: Will Dailey
Act 7: Protest update and thoughts on tear gas – The Bugle Air Date: 11-3-11
Song 7: Touch of Grey – The Very Best of Grateful Dead
Act 8: Poll Americans Distrust Government – Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11
Song 8: I didn’t fuck it up – Katie Goodman
Act 9: Missing Howard Zinn, Oracle of OWS – The Progressive Air Date: 10-31-11
Song 9: Back to Life – Keep On Movin’
Act 10: Shockupy Wall Street Fad – Colbert Report Air Date: 10-27-11
Song 10: Ave Maria (Pavarotti / O’Riordan) – To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)
Act 11: The world is, in fact, watching the Oakland Occupation – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 10-27-11
Voicemails:
Call to action: go visit an occupation and bring food and water – Todd from LA
Disappointment in election results and education system in Colorado – Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado
Request for a union episode – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Occupy protests hitting on emotions and logic to take down the system – John from Tulsa, OK
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final Comments on the irrelevance of other news
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Parks & Demostrations – Oakland Riot – Daily Show Air Date: 10-26-11
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