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#569 Prison Nation – Then and Now (Police State)

Jay! — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:52 +0000

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Act 1: Chris Anders on what a police state looks like – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 11-29-11
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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
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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
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Song 3: Drums of Freedom – Theo Bard

Act 4: Mary from Verizon learns about the NDAA – Majority Report Air Date: 1-5-12
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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
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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
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Song 6: Frasier Theme

Act 7: The Police Aren’t Supposed to Have the Pentagon on Call – The Progressive Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 7: Reel around the sun – Bill Whelan

Act 8: What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? – NPR Air Date: 7-31-11
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Song 8: Eyes in the Sky – free inside

Act 9: The Prison (The Prison Nation) – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 12-28-11
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Song 9: Kernkraft 400 (Original Radio Edit) – Kernkraft 400 – EP

Act 10: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community – The Onion
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Song 10: Serial Killer – Sink or Swim

Act 11: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Must Go – The Progressive Air Date: 12-27-11
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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
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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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Final comments on the importance of context in the discussion of white privilege

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#567 Of the people, by the people and for the one percent (Economics)

Jay! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:23 +0000

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Act 1: Welfare Kids Hit With Parents Debt – Young Turks – Air Date: 12-07-11
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Song 1: It’s a Mistake – The Best of Men at Work: Contraband

Act 2: BP Oil Causing Shrimp Without Eyes – David Pakman – Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 2: Swallowed In the Sea – X & Y

Act 3: How to bring American green jobs home – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 11-14-11
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Song 3: If It Is Growing – Reservoir

Act 4: From Democracy to Plutocracy – Jim Hightower
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Song 4: Smooth Criminal – ANThology

Act 5: Firefighters Let Woman’s House Burn over 75 Fee – Young Turks – Air Date: 12-07-11
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Song 5: Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me – Good for Your Soul

Act 6: 99% v 1% the data behind the Occupy movement Animation – Library Of Electronic Press – Air Date: 11-18-11
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Song 6: Revolutions – Cody Long and the Red Beauty

Act 7: If I Was A Poor Black Kid – Majority Report – Air Date: 12-14-11
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Song 7: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Theme from “The Fresh Prince”) – Will Smith: Greatest Hits

Act 8: Billionaire Donates 600 Million To Cornell – Young Turks – Air Date: 12-21-11
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Song 8: She Works Hard for the Money – She Works Hard for the Money

Act 9: Boss’s Threats Hilarious – The Onion
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Song 9: Teddybear’s Picnic – De Rock ‘n Roll Methode 4

Act 10: Do congressional millionaires represent you? – Jim Hightower
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Song 10: Opportunity – See the Sun

Act 11: Why Republicans Love WH Chief Of Staff Jack Lew – Young Turks Air Date: 1-10-12
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Song 11: Change Your Mind – Hot Fuss

Act 12: ALEC And The Circumventing Of Our Democracy – Lee Camp – Air Date: 1-16-12
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Voicemails:
Music suggestion for economics show – Dave from Olympia, WA
Thoughts on how to have some medical bill pardoned – George From South Florida
Thoughts on Daryl and white privilege – Sean Dotson

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Final comments on how a contract is like a promise

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Grover Norquist: ‘I Engaged In A Week-Long Drug-Fueled Orgy With Corporate Income Taxes’ – The Onion
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#566 The state of the media continues to embarrass (Media)

Jay! — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:39 +0000

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Act 1: Channel for the Rich Man – Counterspin – 8-25-11
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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
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Song 2: Don’t Hold Me Back – Call Back

Act 3: Rush Limbaugh’s Christian Killing Accusation – Colbert Report – Air Date: 10-9-11
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Song 3: Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Best of 1980-1990

Act 4: Coverage of Obama is mostly negative – Counterspin
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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
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Act 6: Hank Williams Jr on The View Defending Obama Hitler Analogy – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-12-11
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Song 6: Notorious – Greatest

Act 7: Making Sense of Hank Williams Jr’s Obama Hitler Reference – Majority Report – Air Date: 10-7-11
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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
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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
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Song 9: Für Elise – Classical Piano Chillout

Act 10: Fox’s Favorite Phrase: “Some Would Say” – Media Matters Air Date: 12-2-11
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Act 11: Steve Jobs Ripped Fox News as A Destructive Force – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-26-11
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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
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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
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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
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Act 15: Fox Muppets Turning Your Kids Into OWS Commies – Majority Report – Air Date: 12-6-11
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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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Final comments on Daryl from CA calling suggesting a new black perspective for the show

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#563 This is Pottersville (Economics)

Jay! — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:52 +0000

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Act 1: Big Banks Behind Payday Loan Scams – Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11
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Song 1: Spite – Dig Down Deep (Bonus Track Version)

Act 2: Alan Grayson: Trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve – Countdown Air Date: 11-29-11
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Song 2: King (feat. Russell Simmons & DJ Logic) – King (Deluxe Version)

Act 3: Bloomberg vs. The Fed – On the Media Air Date: 12-2-11
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Song 3: Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna – Orff: Carmina Burana

Act 4: Teenager Learns Negligible Value Of A Dollar – The Onion
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Song 4: Panning for Gold – Learning to Bend

Act 5: Do The Rich Have Souls – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
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Song 5: Money (That’s What I Want) [Single] – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barrett Strong

Act 6: Vulture Funds And The Greediest Men Alive – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-19-11
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Song 6: More and More (Original Single Version) – More and More

Act 7: Congressman Keith Ellison – How to get corporate money out of politics – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-7-11
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Song 7: Pottersville – Blank Squirrel as heard on The Majority Report – Air Date: 12-23-11
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Act 8: Big corporation, tiny heart – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-14-11
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Song 8: Breathe Me – Breathe Me – Single

Act 9: GOP Plan To Raise Your Taxes, Cut Taxes On Rich – Young Turks Air Date: 11-13-11
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Song 9: Worried Man – Sunny Side Up

Act 10: Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department – The Onion
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Song 10: Yell Fire! – Yell Fire!

Act 11: Payroll tax cut: Robert Reich breaks down the GOP’s hypocrisy – Countdown Air Date: 12-6-11
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Song 11: Maria – Blondie: Greatest Hits

Act 12: GOP Objects To ‘Millionaires Surtax’; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much – NPR Air Date: 12-10-11
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Song 12: The Silvery Light of a Dream Pt. 2 – Tone Soul Evolution

Act 13: Payroll Tax Cut Advice from the Wall Street Journal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpeBnqzzzc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Payroll Tax Cut Advice from the Wall Street Journal - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Payroll Tax Cut Advice from the Wall Street Journal - Young Turks #p2"]
Song 13: Eclipse – Welcome to Earth

Act 14: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World – Lee Camp Air Date: 12-12-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAUvUkM9kbY" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World - Lee Camp #p2"]

Voicemails:
9/11 Truthers and the discussion of cults – Arkle
Hijacked by the bamboozle – Rochelle from TX

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final Comments on “Opt-In-Island Economics”

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SuperCommittee – Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-16-11
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#560 Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)

Jay! — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:17 +0000

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW_tYazSKk4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 1: The Persuaded – Dynamo

Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njk4sR5umsU" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 2: God Be with You (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlDd8T6w4E" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: America: a beacon of social justice? - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: America: a beacon of social justice? from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) – DJ Keoki

Act 4: Obama – Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUBUw3e2Gk4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Obama - Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama - Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 4: Don’t Believe the Hype – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity – J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU28hcGuOo0" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity - J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity from @JAMyerson for @citizenradio #p2"]
Song 5: 2 Atoms In a Molecule – Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

Act 6: Infectious Global Protests – The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvIu_njvNA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Infectious Global Protests - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Infectious Global Protests from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 6: Together we fight alone – Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino – Occupy the Courts – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZDSkcCIpM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 7: You Gotta Be – I Ain’t Movin’

Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power – Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmG5KaTDX1Q" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 8: Messages – Food In the Belly

Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC “One United” speech – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqaY0sqEBxw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC One United speech - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC One United speech - Rachel Maddow #p2"]

Voicemails:
NPR and the GOP debates – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
Complement for the War on Christmas episode – Doug in Chicagoland
Thoughts on Mumia from the policeman who initiated the original discussion on the topic – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
A call for more African American voices on the show – Jacoby from Hawaii
Thoughts on the future of the Occupy movement – Vicki from Oregon
Asking for updates on the congressional candidate in Texas – Big fan of the show
Update on US House Candidate in Texas – www.brianingram.org – Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters – Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11
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#551 The police are the 99 percent too (Occupy Wall St Part 7)

Jay! — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
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Song 1: Go Your Own Way (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 2: Who are the one percent – Robert Greenwald – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 11-3-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReAypcOKGs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 2: We are the many – Makana

Act 3: Don’t just salute veterans, rally with them – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9t1vrK27Jc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Veterans – The Clips

Act 4: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps – Lee Camp Air Date 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL36f08pnUA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 4: Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane

Act 5: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street – The Progressive Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0Dm-b-V8k" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 5: Stop the Madness – Versatile Roots

Act 6: Protesting at Berkley, past and present – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-0KiaWYlw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 6: This fickle world – Theo Bard

Act 7: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQdEGFAvAI" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 7: Shake It Out – Ceremonials (Deluxe Version)

Act 8: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories – The Onion
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWeLw9Qwsh4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion #p2"]
Song 8: Seasons In the Sun – Have a Ball

Act 9: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a “Which Side Are You On” Moment – The Progressive Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV_iiPLkC4A" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a Which Side Are You On Moment - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a "Which Side Are You On" Moment from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 9: All You Fascists – Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II

Act 10: Keith’s Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGd2rjmVJs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Keiths Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Keiths Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 10: So I Need You – The Better Life

Act 11: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed – The Bugle Air Date: 11-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGQUY12cIk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed - The Bugle" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed from @hellobuglers #p2"]
Song 11: A Change Is Gonna Come – Learning to Bend

Act 12: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4WtgKHC11o" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State from @TheYoungTurks #p2"]

Voicemails:
A new take on the Occupation – Lea from Boulder, CO
A call for cops to call in with their thoughts on the police at Occupy protests – Max from Davis, CA
Agreeing with Mumia on the media’s willful ignorance on the Occupation – Michael From Glenn Bernie
Call to action: general strike in Davis on November 28, 2011 – Max from Davis, CA

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments asking for calls from police officers regarding Occupy Wall St

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Bloomberg Forever – short film – Occupy The Movie
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#544 Well, that’s settled then (Climate Change)

Jay! — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:00:48 +0000

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Act 1: Bobby Kennedy discusses the Public Trust Doctrine – Ring of Fire
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Song 1: Clocks – A Rush of Blood to the Head

Act 2: Dim bulbs in Congress – Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-12-11
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Song 2: Don’t Turn Off the Lights – Escape

Act 3: Maggie Fox – The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann Air Date 09-13-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzSxN7RuG90" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Maggie Fox - The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Maggie Fox - The Reality of Climate Change from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 3: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Act 4: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here – Daily Show Air Date: 9-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-15-2011/that-custom-tailored-obama-scandal-you-ordered-is-finally-here" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here - Daily Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here - Daily Show #p2"]
Song 4: Sunshine Goodtime – Pretty Baby

Act 5: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it’s a Conspiracy – Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjzuQyPoo2Q" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it's a Conspiracy - Green News Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it's a Conspiracy from @greennewsreport #p2"]
Song 5: Find the River – Automatic for the People

Act 6: Koch Bros study confirm climate change – Majority Report Air Date: 10-24-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdue4zsmal0" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Koch Bros study confirm climate change - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Koch Bros study confirm climate change from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 6: You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) [2009 Version] – You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) – EP

Act 7: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive – The Onion
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TU2nITYCqY" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive - The Onion" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive - The Onion #p2"]
Song 7: Driving Sideways – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 8: Dr. Doug Inkley – New Gulf spill report… Not the end of the story – Thom Hartman Air Date: 9-19-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XHf1tdxEsM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Dr. Doug Inkley - New Gulf spill report... Not the end of the story - Thom Hartman" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Dr. Doug Inkley - New Gulf spill report... Not the end of the story from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 8: Secrets – Waking Up (Deluxe Version)

Act 9: Supporting the EPA and the Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research – Green News Report Air Date: 10-25-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr3eOu_Cfec" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research - Green News Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research from @greennewsreport #p2"]
Song 9: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade

Act 10: CO2 – They call it pollution, we call it life – Al Franken
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Voicemails:
Thoughts on Jim Hightower’s airport security comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Links from the email I read:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/xray-body-scanners-arriving-at-airports
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/11/17/whats-the-real-radiation-risk-of-the-tsas-full-body-x-ray-scans/Emailer wrote: “read comment 19, i trust the phd”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
Debunking of voicemailer who decried Jim Hightower – Mara from Pittsburgh
Follow up on Jim Hightower scanner comments – Michael From Benicia, CA
Responding to Michael From Benicia on airport scanners – Mara from Pittsburgh

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments wondering if we’ll hear back from Michael again

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Weathering Fights – Daily Show
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#542 Greed is no longer good (Occupy Wall St Part 4)

Jay! — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:41 +0000

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Act 1: Occupy Wall Street Is A Thought Revolution – And It Won’t Be Minimized – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-10-11
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Song 1: Bathroom Girl – Virgin Suicides (Original Motion Picture Score)

Act 2: The Occupation – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11
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Song 2: Late Afternoon (Live) – Theo Bard

Act 3: False reporting about Soros connection to Occupy Wall St – Counterspin
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Song 3: Run Screaming (Live) – Stockdale and Shapiro

Act 4: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. – Jimmy Dore Air Date: 10-13-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_Q73p_xlY" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 4: The Walls Are Coming Down – Reservoir

Act 5: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement – Countdown Air Date: 10-13-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3y4PE-TKKM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement - Countdown" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement from @CountdownKO #p2"]
Song 5: Cat Faces – Sharpen Your Teeth

Act 6: The Numbers Behind Occupy Wall Street – Lee Camp Air Date 10-20-11
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Song 6: Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand

Act 7: This Is the Movement We’ve Been Waiting For – The Progressive Air Date: 10-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSRtdbP9dJA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: This Is the Movement Weve Been Waiting For - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: This Is the Movement Weve Been Waiting For from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 7: I Shall Not Be Moved – The Gospel Album

Act 8: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St – Counterspin Air Date: 10-13-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9eYYYN420" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 8: Serre-moi – Tryö

Act 9: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign – Young Turks Air Date: 10-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2by4G1Sdyw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 9: Never Again – Fourth Circle

Act 10: Knee jerks defend Wall Street – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0xlRoAau_o" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Knee jerks defend Wall Street - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Knee jerks defend Wall Street from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 10: United We Stand – Sing the 70′s

Act 11: Tonight at Liberty Plaza ‘The American People Agree with Us’ – Michael Moore Air Date: 10-20-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bT8ust5oIw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Tonight at Liberty Plaza: The American People Agree with Us - Michael Moore" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Tonight at Liberty Plaza: The American People Agree with Us from @mmflint #p2"]
Song 11: Stand by me – Playing For Change

Act 12: Wall Street Is Dirtier Than Occupy Wall Street – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClbiGR75nqY" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Wall Street Is Dirtier Than Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Wall Street Is Dirtier Than Occupy Wall Street from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 12: Clean Up – Clean Up EP

Act 13: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges – Young Turks Air Date 10-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUW24mUNp78" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges from @theyoungturks #p2"]

Voicemails:
Write on your car to promote Occupy protests – Amy from Florida
Context for Ted’s voicemail – Jay!
Call to action against Keystone XL pipeline in DC – Ted Glick from CCAN
Complaint about me quoting Steve Jobs – Ryan from New York

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on why it’s OK to quote anyone and rethinking how to protest corporations

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Jean Ross – Nurses Offer Free Health Care to #OWS – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 10-20-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOM1vGRSdOI" title="I heard this on Best of the Left! Check out: Jean Ross - Nurses Offer Free Health Care to #OWS - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Jean Ross - Nurses Offer Free Health Care to #OWS from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]

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#536 Give me an actual number (Troy Davis and the Death Penalty)

Jay! — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:00:34 +0000

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Act 1: Examining the death penalty in the run up to Troy Davis execution – Rachel Maddow
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Song 1: Free Troy Davis! – The Last Internationale

Act 2: Troy Davis Execution – Young Turks
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Song 2: Hurricane – The Essential Bob Dylan

Act 3: The morning after Troy Davis execution – Majority Report
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Song 3: Certain Death – Out of It

Act 4: Mercy in Short Supply for Troy Davis – The Progressive
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Song 4: Mercy – Dreaming Out Loud (Bonus Track Version)

Act 5: Dave Zirin on the questions he can’t unask – Citizen Radio
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Song 5: Death Penalty – What’s So Strange About Me

Act 6: Troy Davis: Movement Lessons – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-25-11
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Song 6: Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song) – Transcendental Blues

Act 7: Barry Scheck – Troy Davis case Thom Hartmann Air Date: 9-22-11
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Song 7: Ain’t No Reason – So Much More (Special Edition)

Act 8: Death Penalty Hypocrisy, Troy Davis and Samuel David Crowe – David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11
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Song 8: Death Penalty – Love Is for the Rich

Act 9: Interview with an executioner – Rachel Maddow
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Song 9: Great Beyond – @#%&*! Smilers (Deluxe Version)

Act 10: Give me an actual number – Matthew Filipowicz Show
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Voicemails:
Outraged by Troy Davis execution – Ves from North Dakota
Outraged by right wing reaction to Troy Davis execution – Ves from North Dakota

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on why the death penalty is fun

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
California Ending Death Penalty – Liberal Viewer Air Date 09-12-11
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#535 You are what and how you eat (Food)

Jay! — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:39 +0000

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Act 1: National French Fry Day – Daily Show Air Date: 7-13-11
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Song 1: Baby Elephant Walk – The Best of Lawrence Welk

Act 2: Obesity Rates up 90 percent in 17 States since 1995 – David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11
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Song 2: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – The Queen Is Dead

Act 3: Gordita Supreme Court – Colbert Report
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Song 3: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Agents of Fortune

Act 4: McDonalds Stock Tumbles As Consumers Turn To Food – The Onion
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Song 4: Hungry Like the Wolf – Greatest

Act 5: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback – NPR Air Date: 7-29-11
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Song 5: Back to One – King (Deluxe Version)

Act 6: The Invisible Food Crisis – Slate Magazine
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Song 6: Folding Chair – Far

Act 7: Hog Executed Farmland Style – The Onion
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Song 7: Gangsta’s Paradise – Rhino Hi-Five: Coolio – EP

Act 8: Monsanto – Snarkipedia Air Date: 6-11-11
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Song 8: Planting Seeds – Frequency

Act 9: Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-03-11
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Song 9: Don’t Stop Believing (The String Quartet Tribute to Journey) – Vitamin String Quartet Presents Strung Out Volume 8

Act 10: Watching Fox News is Bad for Your Health – Media Matters Air Date: 9-26-11
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Song 10: Held – Knock Knock

Act 11: Legislation criminalizing investigative food Journalism – On the Media
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Song 11: Like Humans Do – David Byrne: Live from Austin, TX

Act 12: Suing FDA to stop antibiotics in animal feed – Green News Report
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Song 12: Catch My Disease – Awake Is the New Sleep

Act 13: Lobbyists Gets Candy On Food Pyramid – The Onion
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Song 13: Baba O’Riley – Who’s Next (Remastered)

Act 14: Is factory farming manufacturing superbugs – and endangering us all? – Johann Hari
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Voicemails:
Detailed dissection of food choice arguments – Mara from Pittsburgh
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments wrapping up the show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
New Psychedelic Weight Loss Drug Transforms Food Into Monstrous Hallucinations – The Onion
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