#340 The Blair House Project (I didn’t make the joke first) (Health Care)

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Edition #340

Act 1: Summit’s eve – Daily Show
Act 2: Help – Health care special comment – Countdown
Act 3: Wrap up of health care summit – Young Turks
Act 4: Name calling, racist attacks from right – Media Matters
Act 5: Reviewing the health care summit – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 6: Lies about ‘nuclear option’ – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Conflating nuclear option and reconciliation – Media Matters
Act 8: The med menace – Daily Show
Act 9: Obama disses single-payer systems – Young Turks
Act 10: Mocking the uninsured – Media Matters
Act 11: Health care by Easter – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Health Care Magic – Colbert Report

Music:
Disappointment – The Cranberries
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue - Disappointment
Help – Howie Day
Howie Day - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Help!
Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen & The Divine Comedy - Amelie from Montmartre - Les jours tristes (Instrumental)
You were the last high – The Dandy Warhols
You Were the Last High
A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - À Quai
Rapture – Laura Veirs
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier - Rapture
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

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#335 They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it (Rights)

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Edition #335

Act 1: First DADT hearing tomorrow – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: High court bans same-sex friendships – The Onion
Act 3: DADT popular in polls – Counterspin
Act 4: Dreaded Bliss in New Jersey – Daily Show
Act 5: They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it – The Bugle
Act 6: Fight to serve – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Be almost all that you can be – Colbert Report
Act 8: New law would ban loveless marriages – The Onion
Act 9: Praise for Obama on DADT – The Progressive
Act 10: Gays would get tattoos in the military – Wait wait, don’t tell me
Act 11: A few gay men and women – Daily Show
Act 12: Fight to serve 2 – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hermaphrodites Can’t Be Gay – Colbert Report

Music:
Move you – Anya Marina
Anya Marina - Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II - Move You [SSSPII]
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3
Starring – Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - Starring
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bob Marley & The Wailers: Gold - Redemption Song
Am I wrong – Love Spit Love
Love Spit Love - Love Spit Love - Am I Wrong
What difference does it make – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - What Difference Does It Make? (Peel Session, BBC)
Wild Night – Van Morrison
Van Morrison - Still On Top - The Greatest Hits (Remastered) - Wild Night
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - The Con - I Was Married
Cat faces – Ugly Casanova
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth - Cat Faces
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Old man – Neil Young
Neil Young - Neil Young: Greatest Hits - Old Man

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#329 Welcome President Brown (Special Election)

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Edition #329

Act 1: Recruiting a party with spine – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Act 2: Balance of the Senate – It’s all politics
Act 3: You have the majority, now act like it – The Young Turks
Act 4: Caller says election was Thom’s fault – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Dems must fight back – Colbert Report
Act 6: Ed Rendell on doing something – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Brown election and the filibuster – On the Media
Act 8: Give them a reason to vote for you – The Young Turks
Act 9: Obama’s ballsy speech – Le Show
Act 10: What to do with less than 60 – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Brown win allows Jon Stewart to retire – Daily Show

Music:
Runnin down a dream – Tom Petty
Tom Petty - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits - Runnin' Down a Dream
And it spread – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - And It Spread
Wake Up Little Suzie – Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers - 50s Greatest Moments - Wake Up Little Suzie
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Don't Look Back In Anger
Happy – SIster Hazel
Sister Hazel - Somewhere More Familiar - Happy
Finding something to do – Hellogoodbye
Piazza, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Piazza, New York Catcher
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Slight figure of speech – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Slight Figure of Speech

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#328 Corporations is people! (Supreme Court)

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Edition #328

Act 1: Supreme court blows up politics – It’s All Politics
Act 2: Corporate personhood floodgates – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The story of the case for corporate spending – On the Media
Act 4: Congress, brought to you by – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 5: Ever-living vampires – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Constitutional amendment – The Progressive
Act 7: Supreme court makes buying politicians legal – The Young Turks
Act 8: Barney Frank on fighting SC decision – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Nader on corporate personhood – Thom Hartmann
Act 10: Special Comment on worst decision ever – Countdown

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Supreme Corp – Daily Show

Music:
God’s Radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - God's Radar
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Welcome to the Machine
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
Crash – The Primitives
The Primitives - Lovely - Crash
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) – Pilote
Pilote - One Offs (Remixes and B Sides) - Turtle (Bonobo Mix)
Recorded live in Copenhagen – Theo Bard
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer - Maple Leaf Rag
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits - Drown
Taking over me – Evanescence
Evanescence - Fallen - Taking Over Me

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#317 Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious (Podcast)

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Edition #317

Act 1: From here to neutrality – Daily Show
Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act – Young Turks
Act 3: The end of prohibition – Slate
Act 4: Don’t ask, don’t tell – Colbert Report
Act 5: Texas bans marriage – Young Turks
Act 6: Texas bans marriage – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Mormon trespassing – Colbert Report
Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays – Young Turks
Act 9: Gaywatch Gaywatch – Peter Vadala & William Phillips – Daily Show
Act 10: Skeletons in the closet – Colbert Report

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Can’t get queer from here – Daily Show

Music:
Here comes my baby – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Rushmore - Here Comes My Baby
Your ex-lover is dead – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend - A Change Is Gonna Come
What went wrong – Blink 182
It’s a mistake – Men at work
Men at Work - The Best of Men at Work: Contraband - It's a Mistake
Miss Misery – Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith - New Moon - Miss Misery (Early Version)
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn to Shine - Steal My Kisses
Build me up buttercup – The Foundations
The Foundations - The Very Best of the Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone

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#316 Join the war on Fox News today (Podcast)

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Edition #316

Act 1: Glenn Beck tragically not a victim of anything – The Onion
Act 2: Bush Sr. calls Maddow and Olberman Sick Puppies – The Young Turks
Act 3: Dobbs steps down – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 4: MSNBC in the crossfire – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Lou Dobbs goes Rogue – Daily Show
Act 6: Murdoch fosters racist work environment – Countdown
Act 7: Hannity apologizes to Jon – Daily Show
Act 8: Cenk goes off on Morning Joe – The Young Turks
Act 9: Untruth vs. Power – Daily Show

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Hannity misleadingly uses Glenn Beck’s rally video

Music:
Out of my mind – James Blunt
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam - Out of My Mind
Gone daddy gone – Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
I’ll meet you there – Owl City
Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming - I'll Meet You There
Habla Me – Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings - ¡Volare! - The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings - Habla Me
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Exit Clov - Jolly Roget Sessions - EP - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Overkill – Colin Hay
Colin Hay - Man @ Work - Overkill (Acoustic Version)
Celebration guns – Stars
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire - Celebration Guns

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#315 Big bill bothers bought off blowhards (Podcast)

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Edition #315

Act 1: Blow hards bloviate on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 2: Bill big, bill bad – Daily Show
Act 3: GOP Continues healthcare fear tactics – The Young Turks
Act 4: Fire hot – The Onion
Act 5: Grayson on fighting back Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Lieberman on wiggling – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Grayson on fighting back Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Absurd Republicans caught on tape – The Young Turks
Act 9: Wisconsin city is the best place to die – NPR
Act 10: Preggers can’t be choosers – Daily Show
Act 11: Restricting abortion rights in health reform – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Judge Napolitano Lies about Health Care Reform – The Young Turks

Music:
Tax man – The Beatles
Naive – The Kooks
The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out - Naive
Fearless – VNV Nation
Vnv Nation - Futureperfect - Fearless
World on Fire – Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan - Closer - The Best of Sarah McLachlan (Deluxe Version) - World On Fire
In a big country – Big Country
Big Country - The Best of Big Country - In a Big Country
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs - Winter Song
Brain stew – Green Day
Green Day - Insomniac - Brain Stew
So fast, so numb – R.E.M.
R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi - So Fast, So Numb
I know I know I know – Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara - So Jealous - I Know I Know I Know
Different people – No doubt
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - Different People

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#311 Unexpected leadership, totally expected treachery (Podcast)

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Edition #311

Act 1: Nancy Peloci, you’ll burn in hell for this – Wait Wait don’t tell me
Act 2: Rebranding health reform – Countdown
Act 3: Franken kicks conservative ass – The Young Turks
Act 4: Much to commend, much to condemn – The Progressive
Act 5: Health care systems comparison – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Even Republican voters favor public option – Ring of Fire
Act 7: The Word, You-Genics – Colbert Report
Act 8: Discussing healthcare working through congress – Mother Jones
Act 9: Stupid GOP don’t have plan for health reform – The Young Turks
Act 10: Healthcare fight within and without political parties – It’s all politics
Act 11: Lieberman to join filibuster against health reform – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: Joe Lieberman is a true independent – Colbert Report

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Public Option Limited – Daily Show

Music:
He got game – Public Enemy
Public Enemy & Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island - Power to the People and the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits - He Got Game
Close to me – The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids - Eudora - Close to Me
The wrestler – Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler - Single - The Wrestler
Who’ll stop the rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits - Who'll Stop the Rain
Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir (Deluxe Version) - Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time
Classical gas – Vanessa Mae
Oh my god – Ida Maria
Ida Maria - Fortress 'Round My Heart (Deluxe Edition) - Oh My God
White Blank Page – Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons - Future Sounds 33 - White Blank Page
Kelsey – Metro Station
Metro Station - Metro Station - Kelsey
Don’t let me down – The Stereophinics
Stereophonics - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Don't Let Me Down
Look what you’ve done – JET
JET - Get Born - Look What You've Done

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#307 Snowe in October and other healthcare nonsense (Podcast)

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Edition #307

Act 1: Will it Snowe or wont it? – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: Bogus report commissioned by the health lobby – Countdown
Act 3: The majority leader of the senate – It’s all politics
Act 4: GOP claim healthcare costs will rise with reform – The Young Turks
Act 5: Special healthcare comment Part 1 – Countdown
Act 6: Fat baby and getting Snowe’s vote – Daily Show
Act 7: Misleading healthcare opinion research – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Special healthcare comment Part 2 – Countdown

Music:
Tell me tell me – Burning spear
Sunday bloody Sunday – U2
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Because the night – 10,000 maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night
The world is new – Save Ferris
Save Ferris - It Means Everything - The World Is New 1
Ill with want – The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - Ill With Want
I think we’re alone now – Tiffany
Tiffany - Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Soft serve – Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss - Soft Serve

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#301 Compromise catastrophe soaked in corporate cash (Podcast)

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Edition #301

Act 1: Baucus stands alone – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: Does the GOP care more about property than people? – The Young Turks
Act 3: The terrible result of the Baucus compromise – Counterspin
Act 4: Bill Clinton on healthcare reform – Daily Show
Act 5: Health insurance whistle-blower – Bill Maher
Act 6: Rick Sanchez investigates corruption in healthcare debate – CNN
Act 7: Candidate Obama on healthcare negotiations – The Young Turks
Act 8: Better know a lobby: Healthcare for America NOW – Colbert Report
Act 9: GOP fear leads to victim-blame – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Sen. Conrad outlines how weak he is – The Young Turks

Music:
Anthem, Pt 1 – Blink-182
Blink-182 - Enema of the State - Anthem
Passing storm – Ottmar Liebert
Ottmar Liebert - Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition - Passing Storm
Good – Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra - Better Than Ezra: Greatest Hits - Good
I gotta feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) - I Gotta Feeling
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Footsteps in the Dark - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) – Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys - Essential Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
Simple Minds - The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Don't You (Forget About Me)
We’re simple minds – Club 8
Club 8 - Spring Came, Rain Fell - We're Simple Minds

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#300 Looks back, layoffs, tax cuts and stock drops (Podcast)

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Edition #300

Act 1: Laying off the robots – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 2: The Lehman shock – Slate.com
Act 3: Champagne drained from corporate pool – The Onion
Act 4: Consensus On Fixing Financial System Erodes – NPR
Act 5: Krugman on the ‘return of depression economics – Colbert Report
Act 6: Hannity misleads on unemployment numbers – Counterspin
Act 7: Discussing Lehman Bros and the economic politics – New Yorker
Act 8: 1-year anniversary of Lehman Bros collapse – Daily Show
Act 9: Deficits as the bogeyman – Counterspin
Act 10: Area coach calls star athlete ‘too big to fail’ – The Onion
Act 11: Bush vs. Clinton Do tax cuts work? – The Young Turks
Act 12: Good news / bad news America’s recession – Daily Show

Music:
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 [Main Title] – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 [Main Title]
Never recover – The Cardigans
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon - Never Recover
Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Philip Glass
Philip Glass - Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass) - Kyoko's House  ("stage blood is not enough")
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Green Day
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Single - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Bury my with my car – Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend - Bury Me With My Car
Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - Little Lies
Save me – Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) - Save Me
Torn Blue Foam Couch – Grand archives
Grand Archives - The Grand Archives - Torn Blue Foam Couch
Trouble me – 10,000 maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – Of Montreal
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (Album Version)
Keepsake – State Radio
State Radio - Peace Between Nations - EP - Keepsake

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#298 In the wake of Obama’s healthcare speech (Podcast)

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Act 1: Details still to be ironed out – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on stopping the filibuster – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Pastor Incites gun-toting Obama protesters – The Young Turks
Act 4: Checking some healthcare facts – Counterspin
Act 5: Why there’s no point in reading bills – On the Media
Act 6: More fact-free arguments against healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Breaking down Obama’s speech and the reaction to it – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Healthcare lies believed shows poll – The Young Turks
Act 9: Fixing healthcare by altering patient behavior – NPR
Act 10: Having to explain how a healthcare system works – Counterspin
Act 11: Talking about the lack of respect for the office of the President – It’s all politics

Music:
Hands down – Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar - Hands Down
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
Daft Punk - Discovery - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Don't Look Back In Anger
Am I wrong? – Love Spit Love
Love Spit Love - Love Spit Love - Am I Wrong
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - EP - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don?t Stand a Chance
Shout – Tears for fears
Tears for Fears - Shout - The Very Best of Tears for Fears - Shout
Make your own kind of music – Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Mamas and The Papas - Make Your Own Kind of Music
We can work it out – Heather Nova
Heather Nova - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - We Can Work It Out
End it on this – No Doubt
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - End It on This

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#290 The danger is not theoretical (Podcast)

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Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change – The Young Turks
Act 3: Glenn Beck’s operation – Daily Show
Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare – Politico
Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama’s townhall – The Young Turks
Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence – Countdown

Music:
Live and let die – Guns N’ Roses
Guns N' Roses - Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits - Live and Let Die
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke - 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 - A Change Is Gonna Come
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Pete Townshend - Gold - Let My Love Open the Door
99 red balloons – Nena
Nena - 99 Luftballons - 99 Red Balloons
Put me down – The Cranberries
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) - Put Me Down
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Erin McCarley - Love, Save the Empty (Bonus Track Version) - Pony (It's OK)
Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me – Abba
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Take a Chance on Me

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#286 You know, Napoleon wasn’t exactly French either (Podcast)

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Act 1: Obama’s Waterloo – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: News and notes on healthcare – Counterspin
Act 4: Birthers, deathers and healthcare – On the Media
Act 5: Stories of healthcare recision – This American Life
Act 6: Dems can’t get their act together – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 7: Bill Kristol on healthcare – Daily Show
Act 8: Special comment on healthcare – Countdown

Music:
Waterloo – Abba
ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Waterloo
Can’t help falling in love – UB40
UB40 - The Very Best of UB40, 1980-2000 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Take a chance – The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers - Take a Chance - Single - Take a Chance
Naked as we came – Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days - Naked As We Came
Oh my God – Ida Maria
Ida Maria - Fortress 'round My Heart - Oh My God
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
If I ever feel better – Phoenix
Phoenix - United - If I Ever Feel Better

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#283 Your money or your health – Sounds like a robbery (Podcast)

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Act 1: Quizzed on healthcare – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: Bernie Sanders on the Dems and healthcare – Countdown
Act 3: Glenn Beck loses his mind over healthcare – The Young Turks
Act 4: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 1 – Daily Show
Act 5: Message strategy meeting – HAARM.org
Act 6: Kathleen Sebelius interview Part 2 – Daily Show
Act 7: Obama strikes back, is it enough? – The Young Turks
Act 8: Your money or your health – Slate.com
Act 9: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform – The Young Turks

Music:
Bushfire – Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon - Bushfire
All will be well – The Gabe Dixon Band
The Gabe Dixon Band - The Gabe Dixon Band - All Will Be Well
Call me – Blondie
Blondie - Greatest Hits - Call Me
No easy way out – Robert Tepper
Robert Tepper - Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky - No Easy Way Out
Some girls are bigger than others – The Smiths
Hands Down – Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar - Hands Down
Finish Line – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir - Finish Line
Title And Registration – Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - Title and Registration

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