#355 Don’t believe in any form of sorcery (Religion)

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Edition #355

Act 1: Man faces execution for sorcery – Young Turks
Act 2: Passover seder half-assed – The Onion
Act 3: Jesus, Reconsidered – NPR
Act 4: Student forced out of school over gay parents – Young Turks
Act 5: Corruption in the Catholic Church – Bill Maher
Act 6: Indian rationalist battles swamis and babas – Young Turks
Act 7: Desire to ejaculate motivates local Christian to wed – The Onion
Act 8: Study narrows gap between mind and brain – NPR
Act 9: Liberals and atheists smarter than conservatives and the religious – Young Turks
Act 10: The need for more warm, cuddly atheists – Citizen Radio

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Forgive and Forget Church scandal

Music:
Porcelain – Moby
Moby - Go - the Very Best of Moby - Porcelain
I’ve gotta be me – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me
Ebudae – Enya
Enya - Shepherd Moons - Ebudae
Early in the morning – Peter, Paul And Mary
Peter, Paul And Mary - The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary - Early In the Morning
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Shattered faith – Bad Religion
Bad Religion - Punk-O-Rama 8 - Shattered Faith
Like a virgin – Madonna
Madonna - Like a Virgin - Like a Virgin
New soul – Yael Naïm
Yael Naïm - Yael Naïm - New Soul
Halo – Beyoncé
Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Version) - Halo

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#354 Toxic assets from Wall St to West Virginia (Economics)

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Edition #354

Act 1: Lifestyles of the rich and despicable – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 2: We bought a toxic asset so you can watch it die – NPR
Act 3: Michael Lewis – The Big Short – Daily Show
Act 4: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: Is 2010 going to be 1994 or 1934 – Slate.com
Act 6: Joeseph Stiglitz on the economic freefall Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: No one would listen – Daily Show
Act 8: WV Mine blast conservatives fault – Young Turks

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Robin Hood Tax – A Good Idea – Green.tv

Music:
So long – Lodger
Lodger - Honeymoon Is Over - So Long
Toxicity – System of a Down
System of a Down - Toxicity (Bonus Track Version) - Toxicity
I second that emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Ultimate Collection: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - I Second That Emotion
The gambler – Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler - The Gambler
Dreamtime – Uberzone
Uberzone featuring Lida Husik - Faith In the Future - Dreamtime
Falling down – Oasis
Oasis - Falling Down - Single - Falling Down
Lights out – Santigold
Santigold - Santigold - Lights Out

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#342 Situation generally screwed up (Economics)

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Edition #342

Act 1: New financial fight – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Scott Patterson on The Quants – Daily Show
Act 3: Politicians admit they’re owned by Wall Street – Young Turks
Act 4: Is the economic ship sinking and rats jumping ship – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Elizabeth Warren interview – Real time with Bill Maher
Act 6: Elizabeth Warren interview – Daily Show
Act 7: Teeing off on Fareed Zakaria – Citizen Radio

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama just become a Herbert Hoover Republican? – Thom Hartmann

Music:
Right Now – Van Halen
Van Halen - The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 - Right Now
International Small Arms Traffic Blues – The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee - International Small Arms Traffic Blues
From blown speakers – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - From Blown Speakers
Scumbag – Green Day
Green Day - Shenanigans - Scumbag
Georgia on my mind – Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson - The Essential Willie Nelson - Georgia On My Mind
Kiss (When the sun don’t shine) – Venga Boys
Vengaboys - Greatest Hits! (Album) - Kiss (when the Sun Don?t Shine)

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