#564 Basic human rights (Gay Rights)

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Act 1: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 1 – Hillary Clinton

Song 1: F**k You – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Act 2: Sanctity of Marriage + Anti-Gay Arguments = Huge Farce – David Pakman Show

Song 2: Hospital Beds – Robbers & Cowards

Act 3: Small Town Throws Pride Parade For Only Gay Resident – The Onion

Song 3: Parade – Hidden Vagenda

Act 4: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 2 – Hillary Clinton
Song 4: Gay Boyfriend – All Over Your Face

Act 5: Gay Resumes Hurt Job Prospects Study – Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11

Song 5: Never Going Back Again (Glee Cast Version) – Never Going Back Again (Glee Cast Version) – Single

Act 6: GOP God Can Give OK to Bully Gay Teens – Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 6: Me and God and Jesus – Crooked Roads Band

Act 7: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 3 – Hillary Clinton
Song 7: Protest Song – Resonate

Act 8: DOMA Sweet DOMA – Beer & Anchor Nursing – Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 8: Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer

Act 9: New Deportation Rules Give Boost To Gay Rights – NPR Air Date: 8-26-11

Song 9: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – The Graduate (Music from the Broadway Comedy)

Act 10: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 4 – Hillary Clinton

Voicemails:
Reread Marx before denouncing communism – Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final comments on how libertarianism has been imposed upon us

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Joad Cressbeckler: Homosexuality A Necessity On Cold Mountaintops – The Onion

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#561 Sorry about that (Foreign Policy)

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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

Final comments on a profoundly good idea to get people to call their reps in congress – Jay!’s Commentary

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Year In Review: Revolution In Egypt Either Courageous Or Stupid Depending On Outcome – The Onion

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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

Act 13: Pregnancy Centers Lying to Women, Tell Jewish Women She Needs to Convert – David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

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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Loud Pipes – Classics

Final Comments on how the Occupy Movement is headed towards a horizon rather than a point

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The Word – Shock The Vote GOP – Colbert Report

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#548 20 acts in 60 minutes (Immigration)

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Act 1: 101-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen – Colbert Report

Song 1: Baby – Kevin “KO” Olusola

Act 2: Hate Group Pushes “Anchor Baby” Myth on Fox News – Media Matters

Act 3: Women Giving Birth Shackled By Police – Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 3: Unhappy Birthday – Strangeways, Here We Come (Remastered By Johnny Marr)

Act 4: End the Secure Communities Program Now – The Progressive

Song 4: One – Inquisition Symphony

Act 5: Fox (hearts) Latinos…not really – Media Matters

Act 6: Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish – The Onion

Song 6: Think – Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits

Act 7: Distorting the idea of “anchor babies” – Counterspin

Song 7: Le moulin – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 8: Fox News’ Immigration Language: “Illegals” and “Anchor Babies” – Media Matters

Act 9: Undocumented Immigrant Goes Public – Young Turks Air Date: 6-22-11

Song 9: All for You – Sister Hazel

Act 10: Rep. Mo Brooks Wants to End Immigration – Jimmy Dore Air Date: 7-14-11

Song 10: Dog Days Are Over – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2010 – EP

Act 11: Lou Dobbs Can’t Take a Joke – Media Matters

Act 12: How to hate “illegals” and have them too – Jim Hightower

Song 12: Walk a Mile – My First Holly Golightly Album

Act 13: Rick Perry Retreats From Immigrant Tuition – Young Turks

Song 13: Mustache – Mustache

Act 14: Mexting – The Onion

Song 14: Spanish Flea – Going Places

Act 15: Meet Doc Thompson: Immigration Policy Extraordinaire – Media Matters Air Date: 7-1-11

Act 16: Some Latinos See Obama ‘Betrayal’ On Immigration – NPR Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 16: Disappointment – No Need to Argue

Act 17: U.S. Government Is a Home-Wrecker on Immigration – The Progressive Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 17: Break Up the Family – Viva Hate

Act 18: Farmer Struggles To Hire Americans – Young Turks

Song 18: Nothing Is Good Enough – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 19: How Fox News Uses Anti-Immigrant Buzz Words – Media Matters Air Date: 8-22-11

Act 20: Alabama’s Migrant Workers – Colbert Report Air Date: 10-26-11

Voicemails:
The GOP candidates don’t care about us – Louis from Texas
Burn episodes to CD to spread the word! – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine – Joseph from Palo Alto, CA
We need some black perspective – EJ From Lyons, NY

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on burning CDs of the show and how this episode got it’s name

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Aliens Vs Senator – Daily Show Air Date: 6-22-11

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