#401 The Beckoning (Rights)
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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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#399 Climate bill killed as the world melts (Climate Change)
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Edition #399
Act 1: The trouble with fracking – Rachel Maddow
Song 1: That’s All – Arrow
Act 2: Obama on respecting science – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Where Is My Mind? – Surfer Rosa
Act 3: News of the warm Part 1 – Le Show
Song 3: Let’s Dance to Joy Division – A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
Act 4: The cries from Pakistan – The Progressive
Song 4: Cry – Back to Bedlam
Act 5: Lose 300 million pounds of CO2 – Slate.com
Song 5: Don’t Let’s Start – Then: The Earlier Years
Act 6: Climate bill killed – Young Turks
Song 6: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – The Joshua Tree (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]
Act 7: The decline of the oil economy – The Bugle
Song 7: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 8: News of the warm Part 2 – Le Show
Song 8: Faster, Sooner, Now – Sell, Sell, Sell
Act 9: Greenland ice island – Countdown
Song 9: Juno – Elephant Shell
Act 10: 2010 hottest year so far on record – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Climate Bill – Rachel Maddow
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#397 The morale of the troops (Gay Rights)
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Edition #397
Act 1: Lt. Dan Choi finally discharged – Rachel Maddow
Song 1: Honesty – The Essential Billy Joel
Act 2: Dan Choi on LGBT support of Dems – Citizen Radio
Song 2: Gimme Sympathy – Fantasies
Act 3: Jonathan Hopkins on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Right to Complain – Backatown (Bonus Track Version)
Act 4: Targeting Target scores a direct hit – The Progressive
Song 4: Back On Earth – The Ozzman Cometh
Act 5: DADT comic book theatre – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: I’m Not Over – Coming to Terms
Act 6: The Gay Reichs – Daily Show
Song 6: Go Do – Go
Act 7: Katherine Miller on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: What’s Wrong – My Name Up In Lights
Act 8: Glorious nonviolent revolution – The Progressive
Song 8: Revolution – The Beatles
Act 9: Military survey on DADT revision – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: This Fickle World – Theo Bard
Act 10: Discussion of being gay on The View – Midweek Politics
Song 10: Two Sisters – Left Side of the Brain
Act 11: Final comments on gaining respect – Rachel Maddow
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Victor Fehrenbach on DADT – Rachel Maddow
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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
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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
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Cenk Rant On Gay Marriage and The Bible – Young Turks
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#392 WikiFrenzy (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #392
Act 1: Just got the carfax – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Aegean Wave – Pianissimo
Act 2: Documents – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Opportunity – See the Sun
Act 3: That’s the way I leak it – Colbert Report
Song 3: Mr. Maker – Konk
Act 4: Congrats to Wikileaks – The Progressive
Song 4: So Long – Honeymoon Is Over
Act 5: More on the Iraq inquiry – Le Show
Song 5: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 6: On the Wikileak – On the Media
Song 6: Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
Act 7: Secret info revealed – The Now Show
Song 7: Throwing Stones – Work
Act 8: Best Leak Ever – Daily Show
Song 8: Fall of the Star High School Running Back – All Hail West Texas
Act 9: Wikileak and video critique – Citizen Radio
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Frienemies – Mark Fiore
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#387 The state of the empire (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #387
Act 1: McChrystal article by Michael Hastings – Colbert Report
Song 1: The Moment I Said It – Speak for Yourself
Act 2: Gaps in Afghan government – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Out of Our Hands – Signs
Act 3: UK investigating war crimes – Citizen Radio
Song 3: All American Girl – My Private Nation
Act 4: Judge sides with detainee in Guantanamo – The Progressive
Song 4: Shuffle Your Feet – Howl
Act 5: Counter insurgency interview with General – Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Eve of Destruction – 60′s Gold
Act 6: Odd couple Frank and Paul on military spending – NPR
Song 6: No Need to Argue – No Need to Argue
Act 7: Obama authorizes assassinations on US citizens – Young Turks
Song 7: The Perfect Space – I and Love and You
Act 8: Afghanistan commentary – Rachel Maddow
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Petraeus takes over with same strategy – Rachel Maddow
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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
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Obamas BP Oil Spill Speech – Colbert Report
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#385 A flawed and broken paradigm (Economics)
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Edition #385
Act 1: Pros and cons of financial reform bill – Young Turks
Song 1: Satellite – Ganging Up On the Sun
Act 2: Estate tax discussion – Bill Maher
Song 2: I Want to Protect You – Useless Trinkets-B Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (Audio Version)
Act 3: Reinstate the estate tax – The Progressive
Song 3: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire
Act 4: Working on cutting social security – Counterspin
Song 4: Noctuary – Dial ‘M’ for Monkey
Act 5: Canadian banks vs US Banks – Young Turks
Song 5: Spare Change – Grand
Act 6: Social security broke – That’s Bullshit – Sam Seder
Song 6: 1234 – The Reminder
Act 7: Rich vs the middle class – Young Turks
Song 7: Buildings & Mountains – Keep Color
Act 8: America’s got nothing – Daily Show
Song 8: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 9: Obama needs to change budget dialogue – The Progressive
Song 9: Blessed – Brett Dennen
Act 10: Unemployment benefits with Paul Krugman – Colbert Report
Song 10: Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran: Greatest
Act 11: GOP on the deficit – Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Believe – The Sun and the Moon
Act 12: Conservatives don’t understand – Jimmy Dore
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Holier Than Dow – Daily Show
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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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#377 Yet another oil spill show (Oil Spill)
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Edition #377
Act 1: Crude and Unusual – Colbert Report
Song 1: White Flag – Life for Rent
Act 2: BP RIP – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Addicted to Oil – Songs Pointed and Pointless
Act 3: The gall of BP’s Tony Hayward – The Progressive
Song 3: Back In the High Life Again – Back In the High Life
Act 4: Hayward’s apology from BP – Le Show
Song 4: Hard to Say I’m Sorry – The Best of Chicago (40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]
Act 5: GOP wants you to pay for the spill – Young Turks
Song 5: Rude Awakening – The Awakening
Act 6: Strike it mucky – The Bugle
Song 6: Not Sorry – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
Act 7: Philippe Cousteau interview – Bill Maher
Song 7: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) (club mix) – DJ Keoki
Act 8: Dead, dying and headless carcases – Countdown
Song 8: Black Water – The Very Best of The Doobie Brothers (Remastered)
Act 9: The Petro science dude – Le Show
Song 9: I Am a Paleontologist – Here Comes Science (Audio + Video Version)
Act 10: Comparing ACORN with BP – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
America’s Strained Relationship With England – Colbert Report
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#375 An Armada of Humanaterrorists (Israel)
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Edition #375
Act 1: Israel beat the Somalis to it – BBC News Quiz
Song 1: Hostage-O – Life’ll Kill Ya
Act 2: Release the prisoners, release the tapes – Young Turks
Song 2: Respect – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Act 3: Republican on Gaza – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 3: Danger Zone – Top Gun / Footloose / Sleepless In Seattle
Act 4: Obama mute on Israeli aggression – The Progressive
Song 4: Different Names for the Same Thing – Plans
Act 5: Discussing the flotilla – Bill Maher
Song 5: A Different Shore – Peace of Mind
Act 6: Dueling taped accounts – On the Media
Song 6: Sea of Love (Remastered) – Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)
Act 7: Obama helps obstruct Israel investigation – Young Turks
Song 7: Glycerine – Sixteen Stone
Act 8: Don’t cheer the departure of Helen Thomas – The Progressive
Song 8: Soir de fête – Amélie (Sountrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 9: Fox on Helen Thomas – Media Matters
Act 10: Helen Thomas’s departure – Counterspin
Song 10: Slight Figure of Speech – I and Love and You
Act 11: Michael Oren and formidable opponent – Colbert Report
Song 11: We Could Be Friends – Weathervanes
Act 12: Joe Biden hits new low – The Progressive
Song 12: Doctor My Eyes – Anthology: Jackson 5
Act 13: Israel does something crazy/frustrating – The Bugle
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Israel Flotilla Raid – Breakdown of Who’s Right and Wrong – Young Turks
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#374 We’re all covered in oil (Oil Volcano)
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Edition #374
Act 1: The Spilling Fields – Daily Show
Song 1: Sweet Georgia Brown – Brother Bones and His Shadows
Act 2: Oil and energy policy – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Talk – Coldplay
Act 3: Obama’s non-anger – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: Talking to myself – Pummel
Act 4: Booming rant – Le Show
Song 4: Boom – Le Show
Act 5: Profits drive corner-cutting – Counterspin
Song 5: This year – The Mountain Goats
Act 6: Interview with Republican on oil – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours – The Smiths
Act 7: BP should go under – The Progressive
Song 7: Shady River – The Chapin Sisters
Act 8: Talking about oil – Bill Maher
Song 8: Electric Version – The New Pornographers
Act 9: BP’s media blockade – On the Media
Song 9: Clubbed to Death – Rob Dougan
Act 10: BP blocks reporter – Young Turks
Song 10: Einstein On The Beach – Counting Crows
Act 11: Obama’s kick-ass PR skills – BBC News Quiz
Song 11: Common people – William Shatner featuring Joe Jackson
Act 12: Test of functioning media and politics – Rachel Maddow
Song 12: A change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Act 13: Who’s really covered in oil – Le Show
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Oils well that never ends – 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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#371 Stop me if you’ve heard this before (Oil Spill)
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Edition #371
Act 1: Moving on to depressed resignation Part 1 – The Bugle
Song 1: Witness – Roots Manuva
Act 2: Obama responds to BP disaster – The Progressive
Song 2: Like a Criminal – The Sheila Divine
Act 3: Moving on to depressed resignation Part 2 – The Bugle
Song 3: Cold cash, colder hearts – Thrice
Act 4: Oil regulation break down – Rachel Maddow
Song 4: Instrumental – Chris Priest
Act 5: Just blow it up – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 5: Death to traitors – Beloved
Act 6: Obama’s non-anger – Countdown
Song 6: Roosevelt Room – Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Act 7: No dog feces on BP gas pump handles – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 7: Rebel Hearts – Roots Manuva
Act 8: Oil spill may be a message from God – Young Turks
Song 8: Harrisburg – Josh Ritter
Act 9: Interview with BP Exec – Le Show
Song 9: Spandex Man – Mr. Scruff
Act 10: Oil spill rant – Thom Hartmann
Song 10: Change of time – Josh Ritter
Act 11: Macho failures – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 11: Big black nothing – Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Act 12: Gulf oil spill from the 70′s – Rachel Maddow
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Nature of corporations and oil – Rachel Maddow
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