#402 The economics of stupidity (Economics)
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Act 1: The Word – Ownership society – Colbert Report
Song 1: Different Names for the Same Thing – Plans
Act 2: Supply-side economics debunked – Young Turks
Song 2: Baby, It’s Fact – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and More!
Act 3: Unemployed voters – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Working Class Hero – Lennon Legend (Bonus Track Version)
Act 4: Wall street starving millions and getting away with it – Thom Hartmann
Song 4: Beautiful – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Act 5: Company you’ve never heard of wants to reward you – Onion
Song 5: Beyond the Sea – The Ultimate Bobby Darin
Act 6: Social security rant by Cenk – MSNBC
Song 6: Kandi – One EskimO (Deluxe Edition)
Act 7: Econo-misers – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Money for Nothing – Private Investigations – The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Act 8: Barney Frank on the Consumer protection agency – Colbert Report
Song 8: When You Were Young – Sam’s Town
Act 9: Were you born on the wrong continent – Thom Hartmann
Song 9: Summer In the City – Platinum & Gold Collection: The Lovin’ Spoonful
Act 10: The unpaved States of America – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
How Senators Protect The Richest Americans – Young Turks
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#401 The Beckoning (Rights)
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Edition #401
Act 1: The ACLU on Obama’s ‘New normal’ – On the Media
Song 1: Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time – Reservoir
Act 2: The ACLU report on Obama – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: There’s Still Time – Midnight Souvenirs (Bonus Track Version)
Act 3: Cut Obama no slack on civil liberties – The Progressive
Song 3: Tragic Flaw – Jackson Square
Act 4: ACLU defends Nazis’ right to burn down ACLU headquarters – The Onion
Song 4: Play With Fire – The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack)
Act 5: Interview with Akbar Ahmed – Daily Show
Song 5: Edge of the Ocean – Long Distance
Act 6: Beck and Limbaugh devastating quotes – Young Turks
Song 6: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [Instrumental Version] – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 7: Beck and the MLK legacy – Media Matters
Act 8: Cenk on Glenn Beck’s MLK rally – Young Turks
Song 8: Frontier Psychiatrist – Since I Left You
Act 9: Tea baggers going to DC – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Legend of Zelda – Apocalyptica
Act 10: Beck vs MLK – Media Matters
Act 11: Beck on God, blood and goldline – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Beckoning – Countdown
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#400 So much for don’t be evil (Net Neutrality)
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Edition #400
Act 1: So much for ‘don’t be evil’ – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Blueprint – Jackson Square
Act 2: Internet Exploiter – Daily Show
Song 2: Once Around the Block – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Act 3: Google and Verizon on net neutrality – Countdown
Song 3: Resurection (Space Club Mix) – Resurection
Act 4: Peter and the Wolf meets net neutrality – On the Media
Song 4: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Sting, Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Claudio Abbado
Act 5: Area man consults the Internet – The Onion
Song 5: Wait So Long – Palomino
Act 6: Google and Verizon have a deal – Young Turks
Song 6: Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – These Streets
Act 7: Net neutrality and the Google-Verizon deal – Thom Hartmann
Song 7: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 8: Internet outage plunges nation into productivity – The Onion
Song 8: The Office UK – Outro #1 – The Office UK Theme Music
Act 9: Net neutrality – Countdown
Song 9: The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
Act 10: Electronic frontier foundation – Colbert Report
Song 9: Cat Faces – Sharpen Your Teeth
Act 10: Cenk’s rant on net neutrality – Dylan Ratigan Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
At what point have we lost liberty because we lost privacy? – Thom Hartmann
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#395 Another giant distraction based on bigotry (Immigration)
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Edition #395
Act 1: Be nice to minorities – Bill Maher
Song 1: We Are Going to Be Friends (Live) – Under Great White Northern Lights (Live)
Act 2: Latino 911 – Daily Show
Song 2: Nothing Else Matters – Inquisition Symphony
Act 3: Championing the AZ law – Media Matters
Act 4: Obama’s weak immigration reform – Young Turks
Song 4: Loud Pipes – Classics
Act 5: Arizona’s photo radar – Daily Show
Song 5: Ballad of Hugo Chavez – Jackson Square
Act 6: Border violence, that’s bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: Cattle Call – Songs of the Trail
Act 7: Interview on reaction to AZ law ruling – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Breakneck Speed – Champ
Act 8: Hurray for courageous judge Suan Bolton – The Progressive
Song 8: Fade to Black – Inquisition Symphony
Act 9: Susan Bolton ruling – Media Matters
Act 10: AZ immigration law stopped by federal judge – Young Turks
Song 10: Look After You – How to Save a Life
Act 11: Fake immigration stories – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Concrete Box – Nada Surf
Act 12: US will now offer platinum plus citizenship – The Onion
Song 12: Solid Action – Playing Favourites
Act 13: Immigration stories now user generated – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Arturo Rodriguez on immigrant workers – Colbert Report
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#394 A battle finally won in the war (Gay rights)
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Edition #394
Act 1: Lesbian mothers – Colbert Report
Song 1: Middle Class Boy – Listen Carefully E.P
Act 2: Crazy gay marriage speech – Young Turks
Song 2: The Bleeding Heart Show – Twin Cinema
Act 3: Kentucky bans gay pet weddings – The Onion
Song 3: Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Fashion Nugget (Deluxe Version)
Act 4: Time to pay reparations to gays – Thom Hartmann
Song 4: January Wedding – I and Love and You
Act 5: Breakdown of prop 8 – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 6: Commentary on prop 8 – Countdown
Song 6: One – Inquisition Symphony
Act 7: Right wing reactions to Prop 8 ruling – Media Matters
Act 8: Californigaytions – Daily Show
Song 8: Curtains close – The Arctic Monkeys
Act 9: Landmark ruling on same-sex marriage – The Progressive
Song 9: Solid Ground – Dougie Maclean
Act 10: The winning lawyers – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: Dreams – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 11: Prop 8 tossed out – It’s all politics
Song 11: Goodbye Stranger – The Very Best of Supertramp
Act 12: Gay marriage is inevitable – Young Turks
Song 12: Time to Take Out the Trash – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
Act 13: How to ruin same-sex marriages – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Cenk Rant On Gay Marriage and The Bible – Young Turks
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#391 Not right, not fair and not justice (Law Enforcement)
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Edition #391
Act 1: Gary Johnson, Pro-pot activist – Colbert Report
Song 1: Drug Ballad – The Marshall Mathers LP
Act 2: How the drug war hurts communities – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Down On the Corner – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 3: Drug Czar toppled by drug Bolsheviks – The Onion
Song 3: Because I Got High – The Good Times
Act 4: Daniel Okrent on prohibition – Daily Show
Song 4: Drink the Water – Brushfire Fairytales
Act 5: Police tortured confessions – On the Media
Song 5: Behind Bars – Baga Tricks
Act 6: Cops taser family in their backyard – Young Turks
Song 6: Paperwork – Safety First
Act 7: Drugs and Taser war – Citizen Radio
Song 7: New Slang – Oh, Inverted World
Act 8: Police taser trail – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Automatics for the People – Ilya Shapiro & Jackie Hilly – Colbert Report
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#389 Religious Justice League (Religion)
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Edition #389
Act 1: Banning haircuts – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Painted By Numbers – Dying to Say This to You
Act 2: Political fashion news – The Bugle
Song 2: Garden State (Music from the Motion Picture) – Various Artists
Act 3: Pope whipped himself – Young Turks
Song 3: Hey, Soul Sister – Hey, Soul Sister – Single
Act 4: Bible more violent than Quran – NPR
Song 4: Monster Hospital – Metric
Act 5: God cites ‘moving in mysterious ways’ – The Onion
Song 5: Master Plan – It Still Moves
Act 6: News of the godly Part 1 – Le Show
Song 6: (Why Is Your) Heaven So Small – The Gospel Truth
Act 7: Stephen Prothero on the 8 religions – Colbert Report
Song 7: Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (Live) – MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana
Act 8: Study says abstinence-only works – Young Turks
Song 8: Boadicea – The Very Best of Enya
Act 9: Heaven to return 3.6 billion souls for rejudging – The Onion
Song 9: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Guns N’ Roses: Greatest Hits
Act 10: News of the godly Part 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Kids – Oracular Spectacular
Act 10: Glenn Beck, Ignore Jesus, be selfish – Young Turks
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Modest-Con 2010 – Colbert Report
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#386 Thank you BP (Oil Spill)
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Edition #386
Act 1: Endless bummers – Daily Show
Song 1: My Name Is Jonas – Weezer
Act 2: Shep Smith slams Fox News defending BP – Young Turks
Song 2: Real World – Exile On Mainstream
Act 3: ThreatDown – Dawn – Colbert Report
Song 3: Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix) – U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb
Act 4: BP CEO acts like Star Trek character – Young Turks
Song 4: House of the Rising Sun – Retrospective
Act 5: BP’s PR campaign – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 5: Sinnerman – The Thomas Crown Affair (Music from the MGM Motion Picture)
Act 6: BP’s criminal negligence – The Progressive
Song 6: Politic Amagni ” La politique, c’est pas bon ” – Dimanche a Bamako
Act 7: Carl Safina on oil regulation – Colbert Report
Song 7: Soft Serve – Irresistible Bliss
Act 8: Extreme energy – Slate.com
Song 8: I Go to Extremes – The Essential Billy Joel
Act 9: Josh Fox talks about toxic materials – Daily Show
Song 9: Classical Gas – Classical Gas
Act 10: Entire oil rig searches for pizza cutter – The Onion
Song 10: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 11: Oil invested judge OKs offshore drilling – Young Turks
Song 11: Stop the Madness – Versatile Roots
Act 12: Lube Job – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obamas BP Oil Spill Speech – Colbert Report
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#383 A celebration of science (Climate Change)
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Edition #383
Act 1: NUMMI is reborn for electric cars – NPR
Song 1: Electric Car – Here Comes Science
Act 2: News of the warm 1 – Le Show
Song 2: Warning Sign – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Act 3: Bill McKibben Interview Part 1 – The Progressive
Song 3: Fake Empire – Boxer
Act 4: Climate change vs. Biblical Armageddon – The Onion
Song 4: The End’s Not Near – The O.C. Mix 6 – Covering Our Tracks
Act 5: Bill McKibben Interview Part 2 – The Progressive
Song 5: Big Black Nothing – Outer South
Act 6: How to draw attention to climate rallies – Counterspin
Song 6: Starsign – Welcome to Earth
Act 7: Bill McKibben Interview Part 3 – The Progressive
Song 7: Drive – EP – R.E.M.
Act 8: Denying science – Ring of Fire
Song 8: Science Is Real – Here Comes Science
Act 9: News of the warm 2 – Le Show
Song 9: Polar Bear – Make Some Noise
Act 10: What the fuck is wrong with you people – Bill Maher
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Quest For Arctic Riches – Colbert Report
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#381 Wars, Crimes and War Crimes (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #381
Act 1: Back in Black – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Maple Leaf Rag – The Entertainer
Act 2: Bush admits to war crimes – Countdown
Song 2: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) – One Offs (Remixes and B Sides)
Act 3: Water-boarding is a no-brainer – Bill Maher
Song 3: Monster – Not Accepted Anywhere
Act 4: Water-boarding USA – Le Show
Song 4: Waterboardin’ USA – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 5: Respect my authoritah – Daily Show
Song 5: Mount Doom (feat. Renée Fleming) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
Act 6: Following the constitution or not – Jimmy Dore
Song 6: California – null
Act 7: Sy Hersh story on battlefield executions – Young Turks
Song 7: You Got to Get Out of There – Back to Broke
Act 8: Comparing the Bush and Obama policies – Bill Maher
Song 8: Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass)
Act 9: U.S. Airliner Sajacked – The Onion
Song 9: Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr: Capitol Collectors Series
Act 10: Interview with Republican on Miranda Rights – Jimmy Dore
Song 10: 1901 – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Act 11: Clusterfuck to the war house – Korea and Middle East – Daily Show
Song 11: The Dead Heart – Diesel and Dust (2007 Remastered)
Act 12: Killing Number 3 – On the Media
Song 12: Feet to the Fire – Before We Fall
Act 13: Obama’s Bush-like war comments – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Afghanistan Stability Chart – Daily Show
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#373 Lots of swears about religion (Religion)
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Edition #373
Act 1: Pope song – Tim Minchin
Act 2: 90′s norms of priesthood – Le Show
Song 2: Lleva Me El Compas – Gipsy Kings
Act 3: How L.A. Archdiocese mishandled a priest – NPR
Song 3: Tomorrow, Wendy – Concrete Blonde
Act 4: 8-year old injured mimicking crucifixion – The Onion
Song 4: Crucify – Tori Amos
Act 5: US founded on the bible – Young Turks
Song 5: Great divide – The Cardigans
Act 6: White people prayer gap – Colbert Report
Song 6: Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
Act 7: Some religions crazier than others – Bill Maher
Song 7: Me and God and Jesus – Crooked Roads Band
Act 8: Church cancelled due to lack of God – The Onion
Song 8: Do you believe in magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Act 9: Witchcraft in Nigeria related to Christians – Young Turks
Song 9: La Réalité – Amadou & Mariam
Act 10: South Park death threats – Daily Show
Song 10: Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah – The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Walter Susskind
Act 11: Comedy stylings on religion – Jamie Kilstein
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Boobquake Day Causes Earthquake – Colbert Report
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#372 You (nearly) have the right to remain honest (Gay Rights)
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Edition #372
Act 1: Un-gay – Mark Fiore
Song 1: It’s the End of the World As We Know It – R.E.M.
Act 2: Alpha Dog of the Week – Colbert Report
Song 2: Dog days are over – Florence And The Machine
Act 3: Closeted gays hurting the rest – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Unforgiven – Apocalyptica
Act 4: Teens turn gay spontainiously – Young Turks
Song 4: Jenny says – Cowboy Mouth
Act 5: New life in the closet – The Onion
Song 5: Brand new lover – Dead or alive
Act 6: They Gay – Colbert Report
Song 6: Take my hand – Dido
Act 7: DADT update – Young Turks
Song 7: When you’re gone – The Cranberries
Act 8: Beginning on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 8: The Climb – No Doubt
Act 9: Good riddance to DADT – The Progressive
Song 9: This is not the end – The Bravery
Act 10: Can’t trust gay soldiers – The Young Turks
Song 10: The passenger – Iggy Pop
Act 11: Discussion with Dan Savage – Countdown
Song 11: I’m looking through you – The Wallflowers
Act 12: On the road to overt sexuality – Young Turks
Song 12: Run around – Blues Traveler
Act 13: DADT nowhere near over – Rachel Maddow
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Family Research Council’s European Gaycation – Daily Show
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#368 Their fault, our fault, your fault, my fault (Oil Spill)
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Edition #368
Act 1: Proud to be British – The Bugle
Song 1: Crazy train – Ozzy Osbourn
Act 2: GOP runs from drill baby drill – Young Turks
Song 2: Accidental Mambo – Mambo All-Stars
Act 3: Impacts and comparisons – On the Media
Song 3: Sea – George Winston
Act 4: Spreading the blame – BBC News Quiz
Song 4: Hole in the bucket – Spearhead
Act 5: Oil spills not a big deal – Counterspin
Song 5: Don’t worry baby – The Beach Boys
Act 6: Texas Gov blames God for spill – Young Turks
Song 6: Better days – Citizen King
Act 7: Oil spill results in improved wildlife viscosity – The Onion
Song 7: A beautiful world – Tim Myers
Act 8: Political consequences – The Political Scene
Song 8: Heart still beating – Ottmar Liebert
Act 9: Oil spill is your fault – Mark Fiore
Song 9: Anthem Pt. 2 – Blink 182
Act 10: Getting off of oil – Bill Maher
Song 10: In the aeroplane over the sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Act 11: Oil containment solutions randomizer – Colbert Report
Song 11: Shove it – Santigold
Act 12: Lasting legacy of oil spills – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
There Will Be Blame – Daily Show
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#367 Arrest the Pope (Religion)
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Edition #367
Act 1: Devil denounces Catholic Church – SNL
Song 1: Play With Fire – The Rolling Stones
Act 2: Dawkins wants to arrest the Pope – BBC News Quiz
Song 2: Jesus loved Judas – Jason Roseboom
Act 3: Continuing coverage of Catholic scandal – On the Media
Song 3: Jesus is just alright – The Doobie Brothers
Act 4: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 1 – The Bugle
Song 4: Eleanor Rigby (strings only) – The Beatles
Act 5: Catholic Church condemns metrosexuality – The Onion
Song 5: Pray for you – Jaron And The Long Road To Love
Act 6: Volcano/Earthquake news Part 2 – The Bugle
Song 6: Sorrow – Bad Religion
Act 7: RFK on the Catholic Church scandal – Ring of Fire
Song 7: Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
Act 8: Why it’s OK to criticize religion – Citizen Radio
Song 8: Book of days – Enya
Act 9: Pope Opera – Daily Show
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Jesus in a Frying Pan – Young Turks
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#358 Forced to lie to serve with honor (Gay Rights)
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Edition #358
Act 1: Busted anti-gay republican comes out – Young Turks
Act 2: Repealing DADT popular in polls – Counterspin
Act 3: Bait and snitch – Colbert Report
Act 4: Gay Saudi gets arrested – Young Turks
Act 5: Letter from old military on DADT Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Gay gene isolated, ostracized – The Onion
Act 7: Letter from old military on DADT Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Gays in military leads to genocide – Young Turks
Act 9: New law to ban unloving marriages – The Onion
Act 10: Dutch ask Dutch tell – Rachel Maddow
Act 11: Bigots likely dumber and poorer, duh – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Trying to support the military and hate gays – Colbert Report
Music:
Close to me – The Cure
Minority – Green Day
Take your mama – Scissor Sisters
The argument – This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard – Paul Simon
Your Heart Is An Empty Room – Death Cab For Cutie
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
January Wedding – The Avett Brothers
Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse (Willy Wonka)
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