#572 Bad and badder (Elections)
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Act 1: Newt Ginrich’s Performance and Mitt Romney’s Tax – Colbert Report
Song 1: He’s a Pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean (Original Soundtrack)
Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital – David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12
Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me – Van Morrison
Act 3: Mitt’s Flamingly Wealthy – Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12
Song 3: It Gets Better – It Gets Better
Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12
Song 4: So Jealous – So Jealous
Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida – The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12
Song 5: My Heart Sinks – Breaking Up
Act 6: The man from Bain – Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12
Act 7: O’Reilly comes to Romney’s rhetorical rescue – Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12
Song 7: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets
Act 8: Fox’s Huckabee “Birther-Lite” Comments – Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12
Act 9: War Within The Bubble – Real Time with Bill Maher – Air Date: 01-13-12
Song 9: A Whiter Shade of Pale – The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [15th Anniversary]
Act 10: Gingrich’s New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism – The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12
Song 10: Crooked Teeth – Plans
Act 11: Black to the Future – Newt Gingrich’s Timing – Daily Show – Air Date 01-12-12
Song 11: This Little Light – Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Act 12: Gingrich: adultery makes him a more viable candidate – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 12: Jelly Belly – The Shangri-Las & The ’60s Girl Group Garage Sound
Act 13: Newt’s Reckless Rhetoric – The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12
Song 13: Bulletproof – La Roux (Bonus Track Version)
Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! – The Bugle – Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 14: Fly Me To The Moon – Sampler 2
Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-18-12
Voicemails:
The time is right to occupy the ballot – Brian from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on choosing one’s sexuality – Jeff from Florida
Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign – Casey from Michigan
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-11-12
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#571 The President said some things (State of the Union)
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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney’s SOTU prebuttal lies – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 1: Sweet Little Lies – Yell Fire!
Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis – Young Turks 1-24-12
Song 2: Mad World – VSQ Film School: Cult Classics and Indie Favs
Act 3: Right Wing Response to President’s SOTU Address: “CLASS WARFARE!” – Media Matters Air Date: 1-25-12
Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 4: The Wind – The Very Best of Cat Stevens
Act 5: He probably wont do the good or the bad laid out in SOTU – Majority Report Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 5: Keepsake – Weeds (Music from the Series, Vol. 3)
Act 6: The Downsides of Obama’s State of the Union – The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 6: Dreams – Talk On Corners
Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU – The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 7: These Quiet Times – From the Ground Up
Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU – On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 8: This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded) – The Drifters: All-Time Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU – Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 9: The Gambler – The Gambler
Act 10: Obama’s bad joke – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 10: I Want It All (Single) – Classic Queen
Act 11: Don’t trust but verify, just verify – Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 1-26-12
Voicemails:
Other health-related uses for hormonal birth control – Rachel from Boston, Mass
Recommending Sojourner’s Truth, Occupied Territory and 99% Report podcasts – EJ From Lyons, NY
Evidence of our need for a social safety net – Patrick from Dallas
Thoughts on what it means to be treated like an animal – Carl from New Jersey
Time to sign up for your local community farm share program – Curtis from Baltimore
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
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Jay! Tomlinson
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#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)
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Act 1: Stop Online Piracy Act – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 11-18-11
Song 1: Union Warriors – Robin Roberts
Act 2: Wikipedia Leaves GoDaddy Over Stop Online Piracy Act – Young Turks
Song 2: Wanted – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]
Act 3: Wikipedia warns students before going dark – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – Air Date: 1-21-12
Song 3: Silver Lining – Under the Blacklight
Act 4: SOPA Supporter: Our Media Blackout on SOPA is Cool. Your Internet Blackout in Protest of It is not – Majority Report – Air Date: 01-18-12
Song 4: Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits
Act 5: Analysis of the online protest and the future of SOPA – Common Sense Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 5: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon
Act 6: The future of non-physical protests revealed by SOPA blackout day – The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12
Song 6: Physical – Physical
Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing – The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12
Song 7: Cast No Shadow – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Act 8: Congress never moved so far so fast as with SOPA – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-18-12
Voicemails:
Thanks for Tim Wise, thoughts on whites working through their white privilege – Elka from Indiana
Personal insights on privilege and thoughts on PETA’s new campaign referencing slavery – Alyson from Colorado
The science of African Americans from 1911 – Christopher from Texas
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SOPA & PIPA – Colbert Report
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#569 Prison Nation – Then and Now (Police State)
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Act 1: Chris Anders on what a police state looks like – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 11-29-11
Song 1: Underwater – Born Loser and the Hangers On
Act 2: Obama Insisted on Indefinite Detentions of Citizens – Young Turks – Air Date: 12-14-11
Song 2: The Cave – Sigh No More
Act 3: Obama’s Signing of Defense Authorization Act Makes Us a Lawless Country – The Progressive Air Date: 12-19-11
Song 3: Drums of Freedom – Theo Bard
Act 4: Mary from Verizon learns about the NDAA – Majority Report Air Date: 1-5-12
Song 4: A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree – The Best of Lawrence Welk
Act 5: Exponentially More Right Wing Terror Groups Than Left Wing – David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11
Song 5: Bad Bad Things – People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People In the World
Act 6: 98 Percent Of Americans Are Afraid Of 98 Percent Of Americans – The Onion
Song 6: Frasier Theme
Act 7: The Police Aren’t Supposed to Have the Pentagon on Call – The Progressive Air Date: 12-12-11
Song 7: Reel around the sun – Bill Whelan
Act 8: What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? – NPR Air Date: 7-31-11
Song 8: Eyes in the Sky – free inside
Act 9: The Prison (The Prison Nation) – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 12-28-11
Song 9: Kernkraft 400 (Original Radio Edit) – Kernkraft 400 – EP
Act 10: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community – The Onion
Song 10: Serial Killer – Sink or Swim
Act 11: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Must Go – The Progressive Air Date: 12-27-11
Song 11: Sheriff – Bud Spencer & Terence Hill Greatest Hits Vol 6
Act 12: Minorities regularly victimized by the police – Young Turks Air Date: 1-5-12
Voicemails:
Pursuing animal rights while we still face human rights may be objectionable – Mike From Philadelphia
More on the history of slavery in politics – Colin from Cleveland, OH
Followup clarification to previous call – not all veganism comes from white privilege – Mike From Philadelphia
On speaking directly to the under privileged about veganism – John from Northfield, MN
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on the importance of context in the discussion of white privilege
Produced By:
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