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(2012/02/07) As we do unto others (Foreign Policy)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #573

As we do unto others

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Act 1: Bush Cancels Trip to Switzerland Over Threat of Torture Arrest - Majority Report Air Date: 12-4-11

Song 1: Vacation - Go Go's

Act 2: Iran Nuclear Scientists Executed With Car Bombs, Shootings - Young Turks Air Date: 1-11-12

Song 2: Not the only one - Hotrod Cadets

Act 3: Iran Scientist Assassinated - Citizen Radio Air Date: 1-1-12

Song 3: Drop dead blues - Anya Marina

Act 4: The Truth About War With Iran - Lee Camp Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 4: Such great heights - The Postal Service

Act 5: U.S. Must Tell Israel Not to Bomb Iran - The Progressive Air Date: 2-3-12

Song 5: I won't back down - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Act 6: Canada's Defense Ministry criticized for ordering 20 000 orange stress balls - The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 6: Fear is a villain - Theo Bard

Act 7: Marines Urinate On Dead Bodies In Afghanistan - Young Turks Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 7: War - Goldfinger

Act 8: Urinating on dead Afghanis - History of war - Rob Delaney Commentary - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 8: Legions (War) - Zeo Keating

Act 9: CNN Contributor Applauds Controversial Marine Video - Media Matters Air Date: 1-13-12

Act 10: Republicans boo the "golden rule" when applied to foreign policy - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 10: Tonight I have to leave it - Shout out Louds

Act 11: Congress Fights Automatic Defense Spending Cuts - Young Turks Air Date - 1-22-12

Song 11: It's a wonderful life - Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

Act 12: The Greatest Speech Ever Made - Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the importance of It Gets Better to be thought of as a first step - Daniel from CA

Ethically raised food and animals from your local CSA - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Excited about the next step of the "Make it Better" campaign - Dave from Olympia, WA

Thoughts on the Make it Better campaign - Jason from the cornfields of Iowa

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Final comments clarifying my story of the It Gets Better campaign

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(2012/02/04) Bad and badder (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #572

Bad and badder

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Act 1: Newt Ginrich's Performance and Mitt Romney's Tax - Colbert Report

Song 1: He's a pirate - Klaus Badelt

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 - Broadway sings for the Trevor Project

Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 4: So jealous - Tegan and Sara

Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida - The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12

Song 5: My heart sinks - Hotrod Cadets

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: Scene No. 10 Moderato from Swan Lake - London Philharmonic Orchestra

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 - Procol Harum

Act 10: Gingrich's New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism - The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12

Song 10: Crooked Teeth - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 11: Black to the Future - Newt Gingrich's Timing - Daily Show - Air Date 01-12-12

Song 11: The little light - The Montgomery Improvement Association

Act 12: Gingrich defends himself against Romney, adultery makes for a more viable candidate - Wait wait don't tell me - Air Date: 1-28-12

Song 12: Jelly Belly - Nai Bonet

Act 13: Newt's Reckless Rhetoric - The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12

Song 13: Bulletproof - La Roux

Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! - The Bugle - Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 14: Fly me to the moon - Burning Spear

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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Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short

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Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-11-12

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(2012/01/31) The President said some things (State of the Union)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #571

The President said some things

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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 - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis - Young Turks 1-24-12

Song 2: Mad world - Vitamin String Quartet

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 - 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 - State Radio

Act 6: The Downsides of Obama's State of the Union - The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12

Song 6: Dreams - The Corrs

Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU - The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12

Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard

Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU - On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 8: This magic moment - Drifters

Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU - Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12

Song 9: The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

Act 10: Obama's bad joke - Wait wait don't tell me Air Date: 1-28-12

Song 10: I want it all - 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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Final comments on the importance of choosing your words when speaking to those outside your own community, the need for 'wins'

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(2012/01/28) Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #570

Stop Internet Censorship

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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 - The Cranberries

Act 3: Wikipedia warns students before going dark - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - Air Date: 1-21-12

Song 3: Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley

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

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 Bravery

Act 6: The future of non-physical protests revealed by SOPA blackout day - The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12

Song 6: Physical - Olivia Newton-John

Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing - The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12

Song 7: Cast no shadow - Oasis

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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Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism

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SOPA & PIPA - Colbert Report

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(2012/01/25) Prison Nation - Then and Now (Police State)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #569

Prison Nation - Then and Now

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Act 1: Chris Anders - This is 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 - Mumford & Sons

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 - 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 - Andrew Jackson Jihad

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 - laughing sky

Act 9: The Prison (The Prison Nation) - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 9: Zombie Nation (Yelling Mix) - Kernkraft 400

Act 10: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community - The Onion

Song 10: Serial Killer - The Cassidy Project (Formerly of Antigone Rising)

Act 11: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Must Go - The Progressive Air Date: 12-27-11

Song 11: Sheriff - Oliver Onions

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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Final comments on the importance of context in the discussion of white privilege

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(2012/01/22) As the campaign rolls on (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #568

As the campaign rolls on

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Act 1: The media massaging Romney's reputation - Counterspin Air Date: 1-12-12

Song 1: North by North - Faded Paper Figures

Act 2: Thoughts on Santorum in the race - David Feldman Air Date: 1-18-12

Song 2: Go ahead - Rilo Kiley

Act 3: Reproductive issues in the GOP primary - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-9-12

Song 3: Only if - Enya

Act 4: GOP candidates are a bunch of liars about Keystone pipeline Part 1 - Green News Report Air Date: 1-17-12

Song 4: I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar

Act 5: Romney on his speaker fees: "Not very much" - Wait wait don't tell me Air Date: 1-21-12

Song 5: 3 Women Walking - Ottmar Liebert

Act 6: GOP candidates are a bunch of liars about Keystone pipeline Part 2 - Green News Report Air Date: 1-19-12

Song 6: The Persuaded - Faded Paper Figures

Act 7: Tim Wise on the racial implications of Obama being seen as a failed president - Blacking it up Air Date: 1-16-12

Song 7: My conversation - The Uniques

Act 8: Presidential campaign, people confused between "weaknesses" and "skills" - The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12

Song 8: Close your eyes - Young Love

Act 9: Shame on Newt Gingrich - The Progressive Air Date: 1-17-12

Song 9: Terrible - Harley Poe

Act 10: Not Mitt Romney's Super Pac - Colbert Report

Voicemails:

Experiencing white and straight privilege - Casey from Michigan

Thoughts on slave-owners perception of the value of animals vs slaves - Will from Oaklahoma

Thoughts on white privilege and veganism from a bi-racial American - Paul from Indiana

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Final comments on what I just leaned about the economics of slavery

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The Brits look down on all of the GOP candidates - BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-13-12

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(2012/01/19) Of the people, by the people and for the one percent (Economics)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #567

Of the people, by the people and for the one percent

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Act 1: Welfare Kids Hit With Parents Debt - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-07-11

Song 1: It's a mistake - Men at Work

Act 2: BP Oil Causing Shrimp Without Eyes - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 2: Swallowed In the Sea - Coldplay

Act 3: How to bring American green jobs home - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 3: If it is growing - Fanfarlo

Act 4: From Democracy to Plutocracy - Jim Hightower

Song 4: Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

Act 5: Firefighters Let Woman's House Burn over 75 Fee - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-07-11

Song 5: Nothing bad ever happens to me - Oingo Boingo

Act 6: 99% v 1% the data behind the Occupy movement Animation - Library Of Electronic Press - Air Date: 11-18-11

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

Song 7: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Will Smith

Act 8: Billionaire Donates 600 Million To Cornell - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 8: She works hard for the money - Donna Summers

Act 9: Boss's Threats Hilarious - The Onion

Song 9: Teddybear's picnic - The Lords

Act 10: Do congressional millionaires represent you? - Jim Hightower

Song 10: Opportunity - Pete Murray

Act 11: Why Republicans Love WH Chief Of Staff Jack Lew - Young Turks Air Date: 1-10-12

Song 11: Change your mind - The Killers

Act 12: ALEC And The Circumventing Of Our Democracy - Lee Camp - Air Date: 1-16-12

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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(2012/01/16) The state of the media continues to embarrass (Media)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #566

The state of the media continues to embarrass

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Act 1: Channel for the Rich Man - Counterspin - 8-25-11

Song 1: Dance music - The Mountain Goats

Act 2: Fox Censors Alec Baldwin Over NewsCorp Hacking Emmy Joke - Young Turks - Air Date: 9-19-11

Song 2: Don't hold me back - Alex Cornish

Act 3: Rush Limbaugh's Christian Killing Accusation - Colbert Report - Air Date: 10-9-11

Song 3: Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Act 4: Coverage of Obama is mostly negative - Counterspin

Song 4: Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

Act 5: Guest Calls Fox News Out on Obama Derangement Syndrome - Media Matters Air Date: 1-9-12

Act 6: Hank Williams Jr on The View Defending Obama Hitler Analogy - Young Turks - Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 6: Notorious - Duran Duran

Act 7: Making Sense of Hank Williams Jr's Obama Hitler Reference - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 7: Change of Time - Josh Ritter

Act 8: Comedian Christian Finnegan on why watching no news is better than watching Fox News - Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11

Song 8: The argument - This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb

Act 9: Fox News' Gretchen Carlson Can't Believe Poll Says Obama Will Win - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-16-11

Song 9: Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven

Act 10: Fox's Favorite Phrase: "Some Would Say" - Media Matters Air Date: 12-2-11

Act 11: Steve Jobs Ripped Fox News as A Destructive Force - Young Turks - Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 11: Little Embarrassing - Rosemary's Sons

Act 12: Why is NPR giving out Republican Talking Points - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 12: Beaux Dimanches - Amadou & Mariam

Act 13: John Boehner Cuts Off CSPAN Cameras When Republicans Ripped Apart - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-22-11

Song 13: Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67 - 1st Movement - Ludwig van Beethoven

Act 14: Fox: The Muppets are "Brainwashing" Your Children - Media Matters Air Date: 12-5-11

Act 15: Fox Muppets Turning Your Kids Into OWS Commies - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-6-11

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

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Final comments on Daryl from CA calling suggesting a new black perspective for the show

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(2012/01/13) Choose and lose (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #565

Choose and lose

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Act 1: Newt Gingrich is Running for A Hole in Chief - Majority Report Air Date: 12-08-11

Song 1: Crazy - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 2: Newt Gingrich's Most Outrageous Ideas - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 2: White blank page - Piano Tribute Players

Act 3: Fox's "Fair and Balanced" Interviews of DNC and RNC Chairs - Media Matters Air Date: 1-4-12

Act 4: Obama Strategy - Lesser of Two Evils - Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 4: Evil is alive and well - Jakob Dylan

Act 5: Obama can't think of one good reason to run for another term - The Onion

Song 5: Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman

Act 6: The Bad Circus Act that Is the Republican Race - The Progressive Air Date: 12-26-11

Song 6: Too close - VNV Nation

Act 7: Obama Campaign Collecting GOP Emails Brilliant Strategy - David Pakman Air Date 12-22-11

Song 7: Wonderwall - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 8: Fox's New Year's Resolution: Be Even More Partisan - Media Matters Air Date: 1-5-12

Act 9: Palestinians Are Terrorists - Newt Gingrich - Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 9: Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears

Act 10: Newt Gingrich's Invented People Explained - Majority Report Air Date: 12-12-11

Song 10: All this and Heaven too - Florence + The Machine

Act 11: Good News on the Citizens United Front - The Progressive Air Date: 1-5-12

Song 11: Wavin' Flag - K'naan

Act 12: Repeal the farce of "Corporate Personhood" - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-4-12

Song 12: Everyday people - Sly & The Family Stone

Act 13: GOP busted on sanctity of the vote - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-6-12

Song 13: Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen

Act 14: Fair and Balanced? Fox Reporter on Republicans: "We're Not Divided." - Media Matters Air Date: 1-10-12

Act 15: Did The Media Treat Bachmann Unfairly Because She's An Insane Woman? - The Onion

Song 15: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Act 16: Bachmann Announcing End of Campaign - Young Turks

Song 16: I'm gone - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Act 17: The Pundits Dissed Ron Paul - The Progressive Air Date: 1-11-12

Song 17: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann

Act 18: Fox News: Where Lies Are Allowed to Flow Freely - Media Matters Air Date: 1-11-12

Act 19: SuperPACs storm Iowa - Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-11-12

Song 19: I've got no strings - Gipsy Kings

Act 20: MTV Choose or Lose Election Campaign Name Change Lose or Lose - Majority Report Air Date: 12-20-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on libertarian island for future generations - Tim From Quincy, IL

Future needs of BotL and other liberal causes - Jim from the United Arab Emirates

Bank names on top of buildings in Cleveland - Colin from Cleveland, OH

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Final comments on Libertarian Island, progressive media in 2012 and the Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland

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Romney Vs Vietnam Vet on Gay Marriage - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-12-11

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(2012/01/10) Basic human rights (Gay Rights)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #564

Basic human rights

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Act 1: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 1 - Hillary Clinton

Song 1: Fuck you - Lily Allen

Act 2: Sanctity of Marriage + Anti-Gay Arguments = Huge Farce - David Pakman Show

Song 2: Hospital beds - Cold War Kids

Act 3: Small Town Throws Pride Parade For Only Gay Resident - The Onion

Song 3: Parade - Kimya Dawson

Act 4: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 2 - Hillary Clinton

Song 4: Gay boyfriend - Garfunkel and Oates

Act 5: Gay Resumes Hurt Job Prospects Study - Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11

Song 5: Never going back again - Glee Cast

Act 6: GOP God Can Give OK to Bully Gay Teens - Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 6: Me and God and Jesus - Crooked Roads Band

Act 7: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 3 - Hillary Clinton

Song 7: Protest song - Eric Himan

Act 8: DOMA Sweet DOMA - Beer & Anchor Nursing - Daily Show Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 8: Kiss me - Sixpence None The Richer

Act 9: New Deportation Rules Give Boost To Gay Rights - NPR Air Date: 8-26-11

Song 9: San Francisco - Scott Mckenzie

Act 10: Historic Speech on LGBT Human Rights: Gay rights are human rights Part 4 - Hillary Clinton

Voicemails:

Reread Marx before denouncing communism - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final comments on how libertarianism has been imposed upon us

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Joad Cressbeckler: Homosexuality A Necessity On Cold Mountaintops - The Onion

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(2012/01/07) This is Pottersville (Economics)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #563

This is Pottersville

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Act 1: Big Banks Behind Payday Loan Scams - Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 1: Spite - Vandaveer

Act 2: Alan Grayson: Trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve - Countdown Air Date: 11-29-11

Song 2: King - O.A.R.

Act 3: Bloomberg vs. The Fed - On the Media Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 3: Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna - London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox

Act 4: Teenager Learns Negligible Value Of A Dollar - The Onion

Song 4: Panning for gold - Ben Sollee

Act 5: Do The Rich Have Souls - Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 5: Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong

Act 6: Vulture Funds And The Greediest Men Alive - Lee Camp Air Date: 12-19-11

Song 6: More and more - Captain Hollywood Project

Act 7: Congressman Keith Ellison - How to get corporate money out of politics - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 7: Pottersville - Blank Squirrel as heard on The Majority Report - Air Date: 12-23-11

Act 8: Big corporation, tiny heart - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-14-11

Song 8: Breathe Me - Sia

Act 9: GOP Plan To Raise Your Taxes, Cut Taxes On Rich - Young Turks Air Date: 11-13-11

Song 9: Worried man - Paolo Nutini

Act 10: Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department - The Onion

Song 10: Yell fire - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 11: Payroll tax cut: Robert Reich breaks down the GOP's hypocrisy - Countdown Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 11: Maria - Blondie

Act 12: GOP Objects To 'Millionaires Surtax'; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much - NPR Air Date: 12-10-11

Song 12: The Silvery Light of a Dream - The Apples in Stereo

Act 13: Payroll Tax Cut Advice from the Wall Street Journal - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 13: Eclipse - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 14: A List Of Corporate Criminals Ravaging The World - Lee Camp Air Date: 12-12-11

Voicemails:

9/11 Truthers and the discussion of cults - Arkle

Hijacked by the bamboozle - Rochelle from TX

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Final Comments on "Opt-In-Island Economics"

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SuperCommittee - Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-16-11

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(2012/01/04) Occupy My Heart (Occupy Wall St Part 12)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #562

Occupy My Heart

Act 1: Introduction and background

Act 2: Occupy My Heart: A Revolutionary Christmas Carol

Act 3: Outroduction and thoughts on each of us having a place in the Occupy movement

Act 4: Occupy My Heart: A song by Ben and Fritz

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Occupy My Heart: A Revolutionary Christmas Carol:

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(2012/01/01) Sorry about that (Foreign Policy)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #561

Sorry about that

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Act 1: Victoryish - Mark Fiore Air Date 12-26-11

Act 2: Sorry - Al Franken Show

Act 3: General Pushes For U.S. War With Iran - Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 3: Auld Lang Syne - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 4: Shitzkrieg - European Wars - Daily Show Air Date: 8-9-11

Song 4: I Saved the World Today - The Eurythmics

Act 5: ACLU on Redacted Documents - On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 5: Secrets - OneRepublic

Act 6: US Spends 59% of Budget on Defense - Young Turks Air Date: 12-4-11

Song 6: Cuts like a knife - Soft

Act 7: New Fox Reality Show To Determine Ruler Of Iraq - The Onion

Song 7: Mickey - Toni Basil

Act 8: 9 Children killed in US Afghan Air Strike - Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 8: Cry - James Blunt

Act 9: Game Of Drones - Daily Show Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 9: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Act 10: For Afghan Women, Rape Law Offers Little Protection - NPR Air Date: 12-3-11

Song 10: Marry You - Bruno Mars

Act 11: Virginity Tests Banned - Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 11: Put it to the test - They Might be Giants

Act 12: Time Magazine Columnist - Tensions toward Pakistan - Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 12: Ruby - Kaiser Cheifs

Act 13: Lowe's Balls of the Week - Daily Show Air Date: 12-14-11

Song 13: Big Balls - AC/DC

Act 14: Syrian Government Attacking Citizens - Young Turks Air Date: 12-21-11

Song 14: Call for help - Clay Schneider

Act 15: Iraqi war invasion historiography, a rewriting - Counterspin Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 15: Turn it over - Bluegrazer

Act 16: U.S. Plans To Give Every Iraqi $3,544.91 And Let Free Market Do Rest - The Onion

Song 16: From the ashes - Gamma Ray

Act 17: Iran Sanctions, War, Israel, Gas Prices - Young Turks Air Date: 12-28-11

Final comments on a profoundly good idea to get people to call their reps in congress

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Year In Review: Revolution In Egypt Either Courageous Or Stupid Depending On Outcome - The Onion

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(2011/12/29) Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #560

Year of the uprising

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11

Song 1: The persuaded - Faded Paper Figures

Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 2: God be with you - The Cranberries

Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11

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

Song 4: Don't believe the hype - Public Enemy

Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity - J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 5: 2 atoms in a molecule - Noah and the Whale

Act 6: Infectious Global Protests - The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11

Song 6: Together we fight alone - Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11

Song 7: You gotta be - Desree

Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power - Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11

Song 8: Messages - Xavier Rudd

Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC "One United" speech - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11

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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Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

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Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters - Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11

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(2011/12/21) Our annual collective waste of time (War on the war on Christmas)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #559

Our annual collective waste of time

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Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O'Reilly's Response - Young Turks Air Date: 2010

Song 1: Have I got a present for you - Toby Keith

Act 2: Sam wont cut and run from the war on Christmas - Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years

Song 2: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams

Act 3: Fox News Gets Trigger-Happy in the War on Christmas - Media Matters Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 3: Rockin' around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

Act 4: War on Xmas - Santa under attack - Countdown Air Date: 12-13-10

Song 4: The holidays are here and we're still at war - Brett Dennen

Act 5: The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude - Colbert Report Air Date: 2010

Song 5: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? - Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson

Act 6: The ACLU of Tenn. Accused of Terrorism - The Progressive Air Date: 2010

Song 6: Lord's bright blessing - Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

Act 7: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition - Media Matters Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 7: Whoville welcomes Christmas - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Act 8: Glenn Beck's story of the three wise men - Le Show Air Date: 2010

Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist - Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years

Song 9: Sleigh ride - Amy Grant

Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? - Media Matters Air Date: 2010

Song 10: Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Andy Williams

Act 11: Church and State During the Holidays - The Progressive Air Date: 12-13-11

Song 11: There are much worse things to believe in - Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson

Act 12: Scrooge was not the hero of 'A Christmas Carol' - Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11

Song 12: Walking in the air - The Snowman

Act 13: War on Christmas: Part 4 - Media Matters Air Date: 2010

Song 13: Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat - Colbert Report Air Date: 2010

Final comments on a song correction and how people's tribal instincts can result in resentment

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(2011/12/17) The establishment vs the rabble at the gate (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #558

The establishment vs the rabble at the gate

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Act 1: The Country Really Needs Newt Gingrich! - Wait wait Don't Tell Me Air Date: 12-10-11

Song 1: Cheating - Jettingham

Act 2: Ron Paul Crushes Gingrich In New Ad - Young Turks

Song 2: A long December - The Counting Crows

Act 3: NY Times: Gingrich "smartest man in the room" - Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11

Song 3: The idiots are taking over - NOFX

Act 4: A political Buddy for the people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-14-11

Song 4: We could be friends - Freelance Whales

Act 5: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenk's crush on Ron Paul? - Young Turks

Song 5: I'm into something good - The Bird and the Bee

Act 6: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates - On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 6: If we make it through December - Merle Haggard

Act 7: The "big stick" of people power - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 7: Sticks and stone - Jónsi

Act 8: GOP debates Foreign Policy - Counterspin - Air Date: 12-08-11

Song 8: No questions asked - Fleetwood Mac

Act 9: Private RNC call on Obama attack plan leaked - Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11

Song 9: You're not going anywhere - Brad Sucks

Act 10: Jim Hightower on Ending Corporate Personhood Election Influence - David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 10: Move this - Technotronic

Act 11: 'NYT' article should have read, 'Republicans say voter fraud is a huge issue, but it turns out they're lying' - Young Turks

Song 11: Gerudo Valley - Nintendo

Act 12: A Great Week in the Campaign Against Corporate Personhood - The Progressive Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 12: Vagabond - Beirut

Act 13: It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 13: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Act 14: Sen. Bernie Sanders calls Citizens United 'a blow to democracy' - Countdown Air Date: 12-9-11

Voicemails:

Rocky Anderson has formed the Justice Party to run for president - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final comments on how to avoid joining a cult or defending the indefensible

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Execute Drug Users? - Newt Gingrich - Young Turks

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(2011/12/14) Why we're winning (Occupy Wall St Part 10)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #557

Why we're winning

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Act 1: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money - Majority Report Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 1: Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Act 2: If cops use force then your speech wasn't free (to say the least) - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 12-9-11

Song 2: Paranoia - Apoptygma Berzerk

Act 3: Good cop, bad cop and O'Reilly declares the Occupation dead - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 3: John Lennon - Arkells

Act 4: Occupying our homes - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 4: House of the rising sun - Bob Dylan

Act 5: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks

Song 5: Wild world - Cat Stevens

Act 6: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-8-11

Song 6: Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Act 7: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect - Lee Camp Air Date 12-5-11

Voicemails:

Retail manager's story of holiday hiring - Casey from Michigan

Direct message to Dave (Godless) Kinser - Chris the Carpenter

Asking that more women's voices be promoted on the show - April from Toronto

Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident - Dave from Olympia, WA

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Final comments on this show being the answer to the question of the point of Occupy Wall St

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Michael Moore connects the federal government to raids - Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11

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(2011/12/11) Keeping Wall St Occupied (Occupy Wall St Part 9)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #556

Keeping Wall St Occupied

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Act 1: We are the 0.99 Percent - David Feldman Air Date: 11-18-11

Song 1: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Einar Steen-Nokleberg

Act 2: Anatomy of an Occupy Wall Street Smear - Majority Report Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 2: Susan - The Exit

Act 3: OWS Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 1 - Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11

Act 4: OWS Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis on his arrest, Part 2 - Countdown Air Date: 11-23-11

Song 4: Candle in the wind (Ben's Song) - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 5: Occupy Wall Street Divided - Daily Show Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 5: Class Warfare - Chris Priest

Act 6: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election? Glenn Greenwald Interview - David Pakman Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 6: Anti-Hu - Pinback

Act 7: Whom Do They Represent? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Cotton Eyed Joe - Asleep At the Wheel

Act 8: Keep Wall Street Occupied (Part 1) - Ransackedroom on YouTube

Song 8: Lost in the post - The Wombats

Act 9: U.S. Citizens Form Massive Special Disinterest Group - The Onion

Song 9: Don't vote - Cass McCombs

Act 10: Iraq vet Scott Olsen on what he hopes the movement will achieve - Countdown Air Date: 12-2-11

Song 10: Bloodstream - Stateless

Act 11: UC Davis Pepper-Spraying Cop John Pike Anti-Gay Slur Lawsuit - David Pakman Air Date: 11-28-11

Song 11: Sociopath - Anya Marina

Act 12: Walker's War on Free Speech - The Progressive Air Date: 12-6-11

Song 12: Heat of the moment - Asia

Act 13: Occupy Wall Street Leaked Memo, Banks Plan Attack - Young Turks Air Date: 11-21-11

Voicemails:

Looking for more info on Brian from TX - Josh from Dallas, TX

Follow up info in his run for congress in Texas - Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

Thoughts on tackling the casually pepper spraying cop - Ron from outside Philly

Occupying America: The Rest of Us - New project from the producer of the Watch it Burn podcast - Dave Kinser

Link to Dave's project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/279525328/occupying-america-the-rest-of-us?ref=city

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Voicemail Music:

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Final Comments on Dave Kinser, his old podcast and his new project

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Elderly Occupier Pepper Sprayed - Colbert Report

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(2011/12/08) Go to the mat for liberty or to 3rd base with the TSA (Police State)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #555

Go to the mat for liberty or to 3rd base with the TSA

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Act 1: The FBI's Next Generation Identification - The Progressive Air date: 7-18-11

Song 1: The Day The Violence Died (Medley) - The Simpsons

Act 2: UK Man Arrested For Planning Water Fight Via Mobile Phone - Young Turks Air Date: 8-17-11

Song 2: Having a good time - Theo Bard

Act 3: American Wrongful Convictions Part 1 - Truthdig

Song 3: Swing low sweet chariot - The Persuasions

Act 4: Landmark Civil Rights Act Made Racism Slightly Less Overt - The Onion

Song 4: Harriet Tubman - John McCutcheon

Act 5: American Wrongful Convictions Part 2 - Truthdig

Song 5: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson

Act 6: A Courageous Governor on the Death Penalty - The Progressive Air Date: 11-25-11

Song 6: Thanksgiving - George Winston

Act 7: Innocent Man Spends 25 Years In Prison For Wife's Murder - Young Turks Air Date: 5-10-11

Song 7: Big mistake - Tim Fite

Act 8: Rape Blocks - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 8: A beautiful world - Tim Myers

Act 9: ACLU Obama Continues Bush Abuses - Young Turks Air Date: 7-9-11

Song 9: Leader - Burning Spear

Act 10: Less Free, More Lawless after 9/11 - The Progressive Air Date: 9-12-11

Song 10: Fight back - Garnett Silk

Act 11: This Weak In National Cecowardty - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11

Song 11: Naked and famous - The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Act 12: TSA Adult Diaper Controversy - Young Turks Air Date: 6-27-11

Song 12: I wish I knew - Years and Years

Act 13: Excuse Us While We Fondle Your Privacy - Lee Camp

Voicemails:

Standing with the Occupiers - Brandon from Fort Worth, TX

Thoughts on the removal of Occupy LA - Todd from LA

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Final comments on how the Occupy Movement can be like the Industrial Revolution

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Buildings You Are Not Allowed to Photograph - David Pakman Air Date: 6-20-11

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(2011/12/05) The meaning of life (Feminism Adjacent)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #554

The meaning of life

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Act 1: Right Wing Wants to Occupy Your Womb in Mississippi - Majority Report Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 1: Living in America - James Brown

Act 2: Should Women Flaunt It at Work for Fun - Profit - David Pakman Air Date: 8-30-11

Song 2: Parade - Pretty Girls Make Graves

Act 3: Mississippi's Repressive Initiative 26 - The Progressive Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 3: Girls - The Beastie Boys

Act 4: Lactate Intolerance - Daily Show Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 4: Suffer - Stretford End

Act 5: Mississippi Personhood Crazy Implications - Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 5: Complicated - Avril Lavigne

Act 6: NYC Mandating Sex Ed For Students - Young Turks

Song 6: Loser like me - Glee Cast

Act 7: Rise In Teen Sexual Activity Comes As Surprise To Area Teen - The Onion

Song 7: The way I feel is sexual - Amber

Act 8: Let Mississippi be the Petri dish for Right Wing Craziness - Majority Report Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 8: Animal - Miike Snow

Act 9: Gloria Steinem - Colbert Report Air Date: 8-11-11

Song 9: Pretty - The Cranberries

Act 10: Mississippi Votes No on Radical Anti-Choice Contraception Personhood Amendment - David Pakman Air Date: 11-10-11

Song 10: Fantasy - Anya Marina

Act 11: Area Kindergartner Tackles The Shit Out Of Dream Girl - The Onion

Song 11: As long as the grass grows - Randy Wood

Act 12: Satan Wins in Mississippi Personhood Vote - Majority Report Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 12: Stop breaking down - The White Stripes

Act 13: Pregnancy Centers Lying to Women, Tell Jewish Women She Needs to Convert - David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on police actions during crowd control - Policeman Jeff from Florida

It's the politicians job to fix the problems - Alex from Texas

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Final Comments on how the Occupy Movement is headed towards a horizon rather than a point

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The Word - Shock The Vote GOP - Youth Vote - Colbert Report

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(2011/12/02) Our entire elections process is an art project (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #553

Our entire elections process is an art project

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Act 1: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren: You're a Socialist Whore - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 1: PTF2012 - VNV Nation

Act 2: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe - Media Matters Air Date: 11-10-11

Act 3: Super Pac Advertising - On the Media

Song 3: Get up and go - Broadcast 2000

Act 4: Declare independence from corporate power! - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 4: Monday - Jon Brion

Act 5: Herman Cain is a performance art project - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 5: Wait till you see my smile - Alicia Keys

Act 6: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture - Young Turks Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 6: Painted by numbers - The Sounds

Act 7: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid - David Pakman Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Higher and higher - Alice Deejay

Act 8: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads - Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 8: White rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Act 9: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-22-11

Voicemails:

Egyptian blogger arrested for inciting religious violence - Dennis from the UK

Thoughts on social media to help spread the show - Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final Comments on monthly dinner and a movie in Chicago and the need for a web developer for paid gig

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Oops, Rick Perry! - Wait Wait Air Date: 11-13-11

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(2011/11/29) Pepper spray is a weapon, not a seasoning (Occupy Wall St Part 8)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #552

Pepper spray is a weapon, not a seasoning

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Act 1: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 1: Nothing else matters - Apocalyptica

Act 2: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street - Media Matters Air Date: 11-16-11

Act 3: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 3: Librarian - My Morning Jacket

Act 4: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC - Counterspin Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 4: We are the champions - Queen

Act 5: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 5: Razor Wire - Chris Priest

Act 6: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range - David Pakman Air Date 11-21-11

Song 6: Uncommon Courtesy - Hugo

Act 7: You Can't Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-21-11

Song 7: Reinventing Kevin Bacon - Al Baker & The Dole Queue

Act 8: The pepper spray cop - Le Show Air Date: 11-27-11

Act 9: Protests now and from the past 50 years - Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 9: Protest song - Anti-Flag

Act 10: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11

Song 10: We shall overcome - Pete Seeger

Act 11: Pepper Spray is not a food product - Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 11-22-11

Voicemails:

Use screenshots in chapter markers for visual elements - Nick from Santa Clara, CA

Donate to National Lawyers Guild Occupy legal defense fund at www.NLG.org/occupy - Stacy from San Francisco Bay Area

Who's really the radicals? - Alex from Texas

Support the occupiers however you can - Bill From Lubbock, TX

Thoughts on Occupy and cuts to social programs - Ronald from Baltimore

Leave a message at 206-202-3410

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on www.occupythemovie.net and David Pakman's campaign to get on Current.tv

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

We are all Scott Olsen - short film - Occupy the Movie

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(2011/11/23) The police are the 99 percent too (Occupy Wall St Part 7)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #551

The police are the 99 percent too

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Act 1: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 1: You can go your own way - The Cranberries

Act 2: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 2: We are the many - Makana

Act 3: Don't just salute veterans, rally with them - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 3: Veterans - The Clips

Act 4: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps - Lee Camp Air Date 11-14-11

Song 4: Clowns (Can you see me now) - t.A.T.u.

Act 5: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street - The Progressive Air Date: 11-14-11

Song 5: Stop the madness - Marty Dread

Act 6: Protesting at Berkley, past and present - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 6: This fickle world - Theo Bard

Act 7: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 7: Shake it out - Florence + The Machine

Act 8: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories - The Onion

Song 8: Seasons in the sun - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 9: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a "Which Side Are You On" Moment - The Progressive Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 9: All you fascists - Billy Bragg & Wilco

Act 10: Keith's Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg - Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11

Song 10: So I need you - 3 Doors Down

Act 11: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed - The Bugle Air Date: 11-17-11

Song 11: A change is gonna come - Ben Sollee

Act 12: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State - Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11

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

Leave a message at 206-202-3410

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

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

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Bloomberg Forever - short film - Occupy The Movie

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(2011/11/20) Advocating for selfish altruism (Economics)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #550

Advocating for selfish altruism

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Act 1: Wall Street wankers according to an Irishman abroad - TheDadgadman on YouTube

Song 1: The Czar of Munster - Seamus Egan

Act 2: Obama Moves Left For 2012 Election - Jimmy Dore 9-19-11

Song 2: I'm Free - The Soup Dragons

Act 3: Republican Businessman Suggest $3 Minimum Wage - David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 3: Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants

Act 4: The 1 percent didn't give workers weekends and child labor laws - Majority Report Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 4: Working Class Hero - Exit Clov

Act 5: Taco Bell Employee Somehow Dressed Down By Manager - The Onion

Song 5: So low - Self

Act 6: Why GDP Is Like GPA - NPR Air Date: 10-29-11

Song 6: World go 'round - No Doubt

Act 7: The disuniting of America - Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-10-11

Song 7: The Bare Necessities - Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris

Act 8: Bloomberg's Don't Blame the Banks Lie Debunked - Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 8: Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) - Travie McCoy

Act 9: Legalized Corruption of Government Exposed by Abramoff - Young Turks Air Date: 11-7-11

Song 9: Bling (Confessions of a king) - The Killers

Act 10: Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates - The Onion

Song 10: Slave song - Sade

Act 11: The Managers Of Money - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-13-11

Song 11: Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand Archives

Act 12: On Capitol Hill, Rand's 'Atlas' Can't Be Shrugged Off - NPR Air Date: 11-15-11

Song 12: Evil is alive and well - Jakob Dylan

Act 13: Pawning the Libertarians again - Majority Report Air Date: 9-16-11

Song 13: Selfish - This Providence

Act 14: Bank of America CEO Thank Us - Young Turks Air Date 10-30-11

Voicemails:

Responding regarding the Fairness Doctrine - Todd from LA

Thanks for elements of non-violence - Eric

Thoughts on medicare and student loans - Earland from Indiana

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on advocating for selfish altruism

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Republicans say tax the bottom 50 percent more - Young Turks

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(2011/11/18) Beyond the water's edge (Foreign Policy)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #549

Beyond the water's edge

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Act 1: Investigate Alleged U.S. War Crime in Iraq - The Progressive Air Date: 9-1-11

Song 1: One Million Miles - J Ralph

Act 2: What Do Peanuts Have To Do With Terrorism - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-11-11

Song 2: Peanut Butter - The Marathons

Act 3: Obama Continues No-Bid Contracts For Wars - Young Turks Air Date: 9-6-11

Song 3: A girl, a boy, and a graveyard - Jeremy Messersmith

Act 4: Anecdotal Iraqi Opinion Propaganda - Counterspin Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 4: One day - Matisyahu

Act 5: Robin Wright - Colbert Report Air Date: 9-7-11

Song 5: Rock the Casbah - The Clash

Act 6: NBC news links Occupy to Afghan War - Counterspin

Song 6: The holidays are here (and we're still at war) - Brett Dennen

Act 7: 6 Dead In West Point Panty Raid - The Onion

Song 7: Oops and move on - Henery Philips

Act 8: Al Qaeda Vs Ahmadinejad - Young Turks Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 8: If I ever feel better - Phoenix

Act 9: Who Benefits from the Far-Fetched Plot? - The Progressive Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 9: Ruby Soho - Rancid

Act 10: Ali Soufan - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-19-11

Song 10: Hotel California - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 11: Richard Engel on Iraq War - Counterspin

Song 11: I believe in that - Chip Taylor

Act 12: Obama's Welcome News on Iraq - The Progressive Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 12: WMD - Blow Up Hollywood

Act 13: Tough Enough - Mark Fiore Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 13: Cobrastyle - Robyn

Act 14: American Bases in Iraq - Common Sense with Dan Carlin

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on David Pakman, two straight men and an improvised nature documentary

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Democracy on the Lurch - Daily Show Air Date: 9-29-11

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(2011/11/14) 20 acts in 60 minutes (Immigration)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #548

20 acts in 60 minutes

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Act 1: 101-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen - Colbert Report

Song 1: Baby - Kevin "KO" Olusola

Act 2: Hate Group Pushes "Anchor Baby" Myth on Fox News - Media Matters

Act 3: Women Giving Birth Shackled By Police - Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 3: Unhappy birthday - The Smiths

Act 4: End the Secure Communities Program Now - The Progressive

Song 4: One - Apocalyptica

Act 5: Fox (hearts) Latinos...not really - Media Matters

Act 6: Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish - The Onion

Song 6: Think (Freedom) - Aretha Franklin

Act 7: Distorting the idea of "anchor babies" - Counterspin

Song 7: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen

Act 8: Fox News' Immigration Language: "Illegals" and "Anchor Babies" - Media Matters

Act 9: Undocumented Immigrant Goes Public- Young Turks Air Date: 6-22-11

Song 9: All for you - Sister Hazel

Act 10: Rep. Mo Brooks Wants to End Immigration - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 7-14-11

Song 10: Dog days are over - Vitamin String Quartet

Act 11: Lou Dobbs Can't Take a Joke - Media Matters

Act 12: How to hate "illegals" and have them too - Jim Hightower

Song 12: Walk a mile - Holly Golightly

Act 13: Rick Perry Retreats From Immigrant Tuition - Young Turks

Song 13: Mustache - FunkeyMonkeys

Act 14: Mexting - The Onion

Song 14: Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Act 15: Meet Doc Thompson: Immigration Policy Extraordinaire - Media Matters Air Date: 7/1/11

Act 16: Some Latinos See Obama 'Betrayal' On Immigration - NPR Air Date: 10-12-11

Song 16: Disappointment - The Cranberries

Act 17: U.S. Government Is a Home-Wrecker on Immigration - The Progressive Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 17: Break up the family - Morrissey

Act 18: Farmer Struggles To Hire Americans - Young Turks

Song 18: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann

Act 19: How Fox News Uses Anti-Immigrant Buzz Words - Media Matters Air Date: 8-22-11

Act 20: Alabama's Migrant Workers - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-26-11

Voicemails:

The GOP candidates don't care about us - Louis from Texas

Burn episodes to CD to spread the word! - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine - Joseph from Palo Alto, CA

We need some black perspective - EJ From Lyons, NY

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on burning CDs of the show and how this episode got it's name

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Aliens Vs Senator - Daily Show Air Date: 6-22-11

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(2011/11/11) Then they fight you (Occupy Wall St Part 6)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #547

Then they fight you (Occupy Wall St Part 6)

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Act 1: The Top 1% Vs YOU - Young Turks Air Date 10-31-11

Song 1: Give a damn - Spanky & Our Gang

Act 2: Occupy Wall Street Says "Stop, Thief!" - The Progressive Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 2: Stop thief - Fabian

Act 3: What's in a name at Occupy Wall St? - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-31-11

Song 3: Liberty Square - UDORA

Act 4: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street - Majority Report Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 4: Out of my mind - James Blunt

Act 5: The general strike in Oakland - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 5: If it weren't for the union - Robin Roberts

Act 6: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United - The Progressive Air Date: 11-2-11

Song 6: Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner

Act 7: The dignity of the Occupation and the coverage of it - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 7: Dignified and old - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

Act 8: Occupation teach-ins on environmental issues - Green News Report Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 8: Return to sender - Elvis Presley

Act 9: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers - The Onion

Song 9: Night of the dancing flame - Róisín Murphy

Act 10: Who Are The 1 Percent? - Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 10: What are their names - David Crosby

Act 11: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question - Counterspin Air Date: 11-4-11

Song 11: The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 12: What Do They Want? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-6-11

Song 12: Too much information - Duran Duran

Act 13: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet - Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11

Song 13: Still fighting it - Ben Folds

Act 14: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police - Countdown Air Date: 11-8-11

Song 14: Sorrow - Bad Religion

Act 15: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Don't Have Free Speech - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-31-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the occupartion in Oakland - Max from Davis, CA

Call for a mass Occupy event in the spring - Daniel from Chicago, IL

Thoughts on what non-violence means - D from Chicago

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the fundamental appeal of the occupation

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must repent or resign - Countdown

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(2011/11/08) The whole world is, in fact, watching and taking part (Occupy Wall St. Part 5)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Edition #546

The world is, in fact, watching and taking part

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Act 1: Thanks for Nothin' - Mark Fiore Air Date 10-27-11

Song 1: Looking through you - The Wallflowers

Act 2: Erroneous reporting on the Occupation - Counterspin Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 2: Down the line - José González

Act 3: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 1 - Majority Report 10-25-11

Song 3: Generation - Emerson Hart

Act 4: Why Don't The Occupy Protesters Stop Whining, Just Work Hard - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-28-11

Song 4: Have you had enough? - Rickie Lee Jones & The Squirrel Nut Zippers

Act 5: Prophetic article calling for the occupation Part 2 - Majority Report 10-25-11

Song 5: I can help - Billy Swan

Act 6: Comparing the Occupation to the Bonus Army encampment - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 6: Down the drain - Will Dailey

Act 7: Protest update and thoughts on tear gas - The Bugle Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 7: Touch of grey - Grateful Dead

Act 8: Poll Americans Distrust Government - Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 8: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Act 9: Missing Howard Zinn, Oracle of OWS - The Progressive Air Date: 10-31-11

Song 9: Back to life - Soul II Soul

Act 10: Shockupy Wall Street Fad - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-27-11

Song 10: Ave Maria (Pavarotti / O'Riordan) - The Cranberries

Act 11: The world is, in fact, watching the Oakland Occupation - Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 10-27-11

Voicemails:

Call to action: go visit an occupation and bring food and water - Todd from LA

Disappointment in election results and education system in Colorado - Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado

Request for a union episode - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Occupy protests hitting on emotions and logic to take down the system - John from Tulsa, OK

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on the irrelevance of other news

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Parks & Demostrations - Oakland Riot - Daily Show Air Date: 10-26-11

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(2011/11/05) Excessive inequality (Economics)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #545

Excessive inequality

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Act 1: CEO's are to Pedophiles as Corporate Greed is to Touching Children - Lee Camp Air Date: 11-3-11

Song 1: Turn this boat around - Matt & Kim

Act 2: Economic Inequality on the News - Counterspin Air Date: 9-30-11

Song 2: The importance of being idle - Oasis

Act 3: GE CEO: Root For Corporations! - Young Turks

Song 3: Our town - The Adjusters

Act 4: CEO's Marital Duties Outsourced To Mexican Groundskeeper - The Onion

Song 4: I think we're alone now - Tiffany

Act 5: Avoiding Last Place: Some Things We Don't Outgrow - NPR

Song 5: Left behind - VNV Nation

Act 6: Pro-corporate coverage of trade deals - Counterspin

Song 6: The mosquito song - Born Loser and the Hangers On

Act 7: Obama, Dems, Cave to Corporate Power on Free Trade Deals - The Progressive Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 7: Looking at the sun - Gramercy Arms

Act 8: Day Job Officially Becomes Job - The Onion

Song 8: Don't hold me back - Alex Cornish

Act 9: Growth of the wealth divide - Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Solo, Solo Dire - Gipsy Kings

Act 10: Reason for Hope, and Reason for Concern, in New Poll - The Progressive Air Date: 10-26-11

Song 11: House of the rising sun - Bob Dylan

Act 12: Tea Party Nation Pledge and Spirit Airlines Ad Revenue - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-20-11

Song 12: Let's live for today - The Grass Roots

Act 13: The world without the sheriff of Wall St - Rachel Maddow

Song 13: Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Act 14: Top 1 percent Doubled Income In Last 30 Years - Young Turks Air Date: 10-26-11

Voicemails:

Reaction to conversation with Jimmy Dore on Pat Robertson - Ken in Chicagoland

In reaction to Oakland police brutality against Occupy protests - Chris from Middletown, NY

Michael invents the tweet bomb - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on how Michael didn't really invent the tweet bomb

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The Word - Bite The Hand That Feeds You - Colbert Report

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(2011/11/02) Well, that's settled then (Climate Change)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #544

Well, that's settled then

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Act 1: Bobby Kennedy discusses the Public Trust Doctrine - Ring of Fire

Song 1: Clocks - Coldplay

Act 2: Dim bulbs in Congress - Jim Hightower Air Date: 8-12-11

Song 2: Don't turn off the light - Enrique Iglesias

Act 3: Maggie Fox - The Reality of Climate Change Thom Hartmann Air Date 09-13-11

Song 3: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Act 4: That Custom Tailored Obama Scandal You Ordered Is Finally Here - Daily Show Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 4: Sunshine goodtime - Minnutes

Act 5: Record Breaking Temps, James Inhoff thinks it's a Conspiracy - Green News Report Air Date: 8-23-11

Song 5: Find the river - R.E.M.

Act 6: Koch Bros study confirm climate change - Majority Report Air Date: 10-24-11

Song 6: You spin me right round - Dead or Alive

Act 7: New Anger-Powered Cars May Revolutionize The Way We Drive - The Onion

Song 7: Driving sideways - Aimee Mann

Act 8: Dr. Doug Inkley - New Gulf spill report... Not the end of the story - Thom Hartman Air Date: 9-19-11

Song 8: Secrets - OneRepublic

Act 9: Supporting the EPA and the Koch Bros accidentally fund accurate climate research - Green News Report Air Date: 10-25-11

Song 9: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance

Act 10: CO2 - They call it pollution, we call it life - Al Franken

Voicemails:

Thoughts on Jim Hightower's airport security comments - Michael From Benicia, CA

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 - Ratatat

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

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Weathering Fights - Daily Show

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(2011/10/30) The peace process (Israel)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #543

The peace process

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Act 1: Obama's Lofty Rhetoric - The Progressive

Song 1: You talk too much - Joe Jones

Act 2: Breakdown of Netanyahu's Appearance in US Congress - Young Turks Air Date: 5-24-11

Song 2: War - Edwin Starr

Act 3: Obama Israeli Palestinian Resolution Statement - Counterspin

Song 3: Ten thousand words - The Avett Brothers

Act 4: Obama Reiterates Comments On Israel's Borders - NPR

Song 4: Come undone - Duran Duran

Act 5: Mel Gibson Launches Rockets Into Israel - The Onion

Song 5: Rocketman - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 6: NY Times Subjectivity on Israel - Counterspin Air Date: 7-07-11

Song 6: Sweet lullaby - Deep Forest

Act 7: Losing Our Minds Over Israel - Young Turks

Song 7: Common sense - Justin Mcroberts

Act 8: Suspend U.S. Aid to Israel after Golan Heights Massacre - The Progressive

Song 8: Our hearts are wrong - Jessica Lea Mayfield

Act 9: Gaza Raids, Israeli and US Propaganda - Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11

Song 9: I go blind - Hootie And The Blowfish

Act 10: Palestine Appoints New Minister Of Rubble And Urban Development - The Onion

Song 10: Back on earth - Ozzy Osbourne

Act 11: Palestine At The U.N.: Nationhood - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-18-11

Song 11: Claire De Lune - Claude Debussy

Act 12: Fox: Obama Set Up UN Vote Just So He Can Veto It - Media Matters

Act 13: Palestine Asks UN for official State Status - The Bugle

Song 13: Run, Freedom Run - Urinetown

Act 14: Obama Wrong About Palestinian State - Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 14: These days - Luxury

Act 15: Palestinian Gambit UN efforts - Counterspin Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 15: Void of a legend - Antoniette Costa & Kevin "K.O." Olusola

Act 16: Obama's Shortsighted and Cowardly UN Speech - The Progressive Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 16: Between Love and Hate - The Strokes

Act 17: Netanyahu No Settlement Freeze - Young Turks Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 17: Sandstorm - Darude

Act 18: Palestinian prisoner hyper inflation - The Bugle

Voicemails:

Reaction to Troy Davis Death Penalty episode - Joseph from Palo Alto, CA

Arguing for anti-religion episodes - Daniel from CA

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on taking action and Wolf-PAC.com

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Obama Meets With Israeli PM Netanyahu - Young Turks

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(2011/10/27) Greed is no longer good (Occupy Wall St Part 4)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #542

Greed is no longer good

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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

Song 1: Bathroom girl - Air

Act 2: The Occupation - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 2: Late Afternoon (Live) - Theo Bard

Act 3: False reporting about Soros connection to Occupy Wall St - Counterspin

Song 3: Run Screaming (Live) - Stockdale and Shapiro

Act 4: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 4: The walls are coming down - Fanfarlo

Act 5: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement - Countdown Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 5: Cat faces - Ugly Casanova

Act 6: The Numbers Behind Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp Air Date 10-20-11

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

Song 7: I shall not be moved - Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band

Act 8: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St - Counterspin Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 8: Serre-moi - Tryö

Act 9: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign - Young Turks Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 9: Never again - Enter the Worship Circle

Act 10: Knee jerks defend Wall Street - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 10: United we stand - The Brotherhood of Man

Act 11: Tonight at Liberty Plaza 'The American People Agree with Us' - Michael Moore Air Date: 10-20-11

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

Song 12: Clean up - Ari Herstand

Act 13: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges - Young Turks Air Date 10-17-11

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 - Ratatat

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

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(2011/10/24) Unite like an Egyptian (Occupy Wall St Part 3)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

dition #541

Unite like an Egyptian

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Act 1: A Detailed Plan On How To Decrease Corporate Power - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 1: What we've got (Live) - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Act 2: News Coverage Numbers of the Occupy Protests vs Tea Party protests - On the Media

Song 2: Fake plastic trees - Radiohead

Act 3: Bill O'Reilly Rips Occupy Wall Street Protesters - Young Turks

Song 3: You can't always get what you want - Glee Cast

Act 4: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 1 - Planet Money

Song 4: Union strike song - Lisa Simpson

Act 5: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 2 - Planet Money

Song 5: Rinse me down - Bombay Bicycle Club

Act 6: President's Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face - The Onion

Song 6: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) - Outernational

Act 7: Chris Hedges speech at Occupy DC - Chris Hedges

Song 7: You're the best - Joe Esposito

Act 8: Are We The Modern Day Pompeii - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-02-11

Song 8: Golden slumbers - Ben Folds

Act 9: Then Meets Now - Mark Fiore Air Date 10-19-11

Voicemails:

Touting the human megaphone at 'occupy' protests - John from Tulsa, OK

Personal 'occupy' story from Phoenix, AZ and Sheriff Joe's jail - Kim from Phoenix, AZ

Encouragement for people to join their local 'occupy' protest - Alex from Richmond, VA

Call to occupy the media - Jake from NY Alt News

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on why I'm exactly as smart as Steve Jobs

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Al Sharpton - Daily Show - Air Date: 10-19-11

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(2011/10/21) Echoes of war (Foreign Policy)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #540

Echoes of war

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Act 1: Don't Give the President More Warmaking Power - The Progressive Air Date: 9-16-11

Song 1: Heads will roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Act 2: Libya NYT Misinformation - Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11

Song 2: Banking on a myth - Andrew Bird

Act 3: Drone Strike in Yemen Al Queda Americans - On the Media

Song 3: Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries

Act 4: Libya's vs US culpability on terrorist acts - Counterspin Air Date: 9-01-11

Song 4: I won't share you - The Smiths

Act 5: Not Cheering Obama's Rub Out of Al-Awlaki - The Progressive Air Date: 9-30-11

Song 5: Animal - Neon Trees

Act 6: Ron Paul Right About Terrorism Al Qaeda - Young Turks Air Date: 9-14-11

Song 6: Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend and lover

Act 7: Area Neighbors Protest Tree-House Acquisition of M-80 Technology - The Onion

Song 7: We car work it out - The Beatles

Act 8: American Prisoners Released in Iran - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 8: Under my skin - Jukebox The Ghost

Act 9: Searching for the Truth - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 9: Truth - Vaughan Penn

Act 10: The Afghan War, a Ten-Year Toll - The Progressive Air Date: 10-6-11

Song 10: This is not the end - The Bravery

Act 11: Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War - NPR Air Date: 10-6-11

Song 11: War - Goldfinger

Act 12: Jose Padilla Sentencing - Counterspin Air Date: 9-23-11

Song 12: Timeless - Kate Havnevik

Act 13: U.S. Leaves a Trail of Torture - The Progressive Air Date: 10-11-11

Song 13: Loose ends - Imogen Heap

Act 14: Radicalism against Iraqi's - Majority Report Air Date: 9-12-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on using anti-religious clips on the show - Zach from Detroit

Thoughts on genetically modified food and family farms - Len from St. Paul, Minnesota

Call to action - Keystone XL tarsands pipeline - Perry from Green County, IN

Acceptable use of Abu-Jamal - Policeman Jeff from Florida

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on the US ending the war in Iraq

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Declaration of Thingamajig - Mark Fiore Air Date: 7-01-11

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(2011/10/18) We are the other 99 percent (Occupy Wall St Part 2)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #539

We are the other 99 percent (Occupy Wall St Part 2)

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Act 1: Police Are On The Wrong Side At The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 1: All these things that I've done - The Killers

Act 2: Romney Would Complain About Class Warfare - The Progressive Air Date: 10-5-11

Song 2: Revolution - Grandaddy

Act 3: The Screaming Majority song on Occupy Wall St - Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 3: Up nights - Amsterband

Act 4: The TRUTH About The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 4: Free to decide - The Cranberries

Act 5: Panic of the plutocrats - Green News Report Air Date: 10-11-11

Song 5: Take 'em down - Dropkick Murphys

Act 6: CNNs Erin Burnett informs viewers about protesters - Counterspin Air Date: 10-06-11

Song 6: I'm a worried man - Willie Nelson & Toots Hibbert

Act 7: Erin Burnett's horrible Occupy Wall St report - Majority Report Air Date: 10-7-11

Song 7: We're simple minds - Club 8

Act 8: Occupy DC Event 'Infiltrated' By Conservative from American Spectator - Young Turks Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 8: Solidarity forever - Pete Seeger

Act 9: Purge the agitators at Occupy Wall St - David Feldman Show Air Date: 10-9-11

Song 9: The world has turned and left me here - Weezer

Act 10: How staying peaceful means we will win - Citizen Radio Air Date: 10-11-11

Voicemails:

Talk about cutting teachers salaries - Mark From Salisbury, MD

Call to action: Support Occupy Baltimore action - Kevin from Timonium, MD

Thank you to 'Occupy' protesters - Matt in Redding, PA

Thanks for Lee Camp! - Vicki from Oregon

Time to look for solidarity with real tea partiers - Michael From Glenn Bernie

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on converting a death penalty advocate

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Police misconduct on Wall St. - David Feldman Show Air Date: 9-27-11

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(2011/10/15) The 99 Percent Wakes Up (Occupy Wall St Part 1)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #538

The 99 Percent Wakes Up (Occupy Wall St Part 1)

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Act 1: Congrats to Wall St. Protesters - The Progressive Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 1: Hi - Psapp

Act 2: Irony of Police Attacks on Protestors - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 2: Pumped up kicks - Foster the people

Act 3: World Economy Going to Hell - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 3: Eleanor Rigby (Strings only) - The Beatles

Act 4: Fox News Gives Wall Street Protesters the "Fair & Balanced" Treatment - Media Matters Air Date: 10-3-11

Act 5: Keith Olbermann reads first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street - Countdown

Song 5: The times they are a changing - Bob Dylan

Act 6: Protesting is a Privilege? - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11

Song 6: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Act 7: Fox Host: Tea Party was Organic, Occupy Wall Street is Not - Media Matters Air Date: 10-5-11

Act 8: Michael Moore: We oppose the way our economy is structured - Countdown

Voicemails:

Call to action: Come to Occupy Wall St of join at occupytogether.org - Curtis from Baltimore

Having just come from Occupy Wall St. - Jake from NY Alt News

The Death Penalty goes against the teachings of the bible - Todd from Washington State

The Rhetoric of Aggitation and Control for Occupy Wall St. protesters - Sherise from NY

Just attended the Occupy Blacksburg rally in Virginia - Pamela from Virginia

Why aren't liberals pointing out the failure of capitalism to solve our problems? - Chuck in Salt Lake City

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on the podcast awards

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Errol Louis contextualizes Occupy Wall Street march - Countdown

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(2011/10/12) Embarrassing pack of losers (Elections)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #537

Embarrassing pack of losers

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Act 1: You could still be brighter than the president - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: You're the one that I want - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Act 2: Can Republicans Ever Appeal to Young People - David Pakman Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 2: Put it to the test - They might be giants

Act 3: The Enronization of presidential politics - Jim Hightower Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 3: Drop dead blues - Anya Marina

Act 4: Rick Perry Ripped By Fox News Hosts - Young Turks Air Date: 9-26-11

Song 4: To build a home - The Cinematic Orchestra

Act 5: Rick Perry isn't a *cheap* whore - Majority Report

Song 5: Lights out - Santigold

Act 6: Manipulating employment numbers in Texas - Counterspin

Song 6: Cowboy - Anya Marina

Act 7: Putting their thumb of the electoral scale - Rachel Maddow

Song 7: Neopolitan Dreams - Lisa Mitchell

Act 8: Campaign Obama Calls Out GOP - Young Turks

Song 8: Wax & Wire - Loch Lomond

Act 9: Mitt, Prick and Whatshername - The Screaming Majority

Song 9: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Piano) - Yann Tiersen

Act 10: Not Trying to Compare You to Hitler, But... - Media Matters Air Date: 9-28-11

Act 11: Obama 'Stop Complaining' Ripped By CBC's Waters - Young Turks

Song 11: All for swinging you around - The New Pornographers

Act 12: Can Republicans Ever Appeal to Young People - David Pakman Air Date: 9-06-11

Song 12: L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah & The Whale

Act 13: My Calm, Collected Assessment of The GOP Field - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-19-2011

Voicemails:

Jobs not cuts event call to action - Katie from Chicago

Thoughts on freedom from worry and transportation - Vicki from Oregon

Thoughts on Jim Hightower's airport security comments - Michael From Benicia, CA

Positive reaction to my Pat Robertson commentary - Sean from Chico, CA

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments responding to all of the voicemails

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Michele Bachmann Dangerous Food - Young Turks

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(2011/10/09) Give me an actual number (Troy Davis and the Death Penalty)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #536

Give me an actual number

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Act 1: Examining the death penalty in the run up to Troy Davis execution - Rachel Maddow

Song 1: Free Troy Davis - The Last Internationale

Act 2: Troy Davis Execution - Young Turks

Song 2: The Hurricane - Bob Dylan

Act 3: The morning after Troy Davis execution - Majority Report

Song 3: Certain death - Brad Sucks

Act 4: Mercy in Short Supply for Troy Davis - The Progressive

Song 4: Mercy - OneRepublic

Act 5: Dave Zirin on the questions he can't unask - Citizen Radio

Song 5: Death penalty - Eight Dayz

Act 6: Troy Davis: Movement Lessons - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 9-25-11

Song 6: Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song) - Steve Earle

Act 7: Barry Scheck - Troy Davis case - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 9-22-11

Song 7: Ain't no reason - Brett Dennen

Act 8: Death Penalty Hypocrisy, Troy Davis Samuel David Crowe - David Pakman Air Date: 9-27-11

Song 8: Death Penalty - Surrogate

Act 9: Interview with an executioner - Rachel Maddow

Song 9: Great beyond - Aimee Mann

Act 10: Give me an actual number - Matthew Filipowicz Show

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 - Ratatat

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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(2011/10/06) You are what and how you eat (Food)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #535

You are what and how you eat

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Act 1: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback - NPR Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 1: Baby Elephant Walk - Lawrence Welk

Act 2: Obesity Rates up 90 percent in 17 States since 1995 - David Pakman Air Date: 7-19-11

Song 2: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths

Act 3: Gordita Supreme Court - Colbert Report

Song 3: Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Act 4: McDonald's Stock Tumbles As Consumers Turn To Food - The Onion

Song 4: Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran

Act 5: From Kings To The Average Joe: Gout Makes A Comeback - NPR Air Date: 7-29-11

Song 5: Back to one - O.A.R.

Act 6: The Invisible Food Crisis - Slate Magazine

Song 6: Folding chair - Regina Spektor

Act 7: Hog Executed Farmland Style - The Onion

Song 7: Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

Act 8: Monsanto - Snarkipedia - Air Date: 6-11-11

Song 8: Planting seeds - Ten Story Relapse

Act 9: Recalling 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-03-11

Song 9: Don't stop believing - Vitamin String Quartet

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

Song 10: Held - Smog

Act 11: Legislation criminalizing investigative food Journalism - On the Media

Song 11: Like humans do - David Byrne

Act 12: Suing FDA to stop antibiotics in animal feed - Green News Report

Song 12: Catch my disease - Ben Lee

Act 13: Lobbyists Gets Candy On Food Pyramid - The Onion

Song 13: Baba O'Riley - The Who

Act 14: Is factory farming manufacturing superbugs - and endangering us all? - Johann Hari

Voicemails:

Detailed dissection of food choice arguments - Mara from Pittsburgh

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

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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(2011/10/02) As the class war rages (Economics)

jay@bestoftheleft.com (BestOfTheLeft.com) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Edition #534

As the class war rages

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Act 1: Italy downgraded by S and P rating agency - BBC News Quiz

Song 1: Leap - The Cave Singers

Act 2: Numbers 'N' Stuff - Mark Fiore Air Date: 9-15-11

Song 2: Alright - Huey Lewis And The News

Act 3: World economics in "the danger zone" - The Bugle

Song 3: Deep in the sweetwater - Rasputina

Act 4: Solutions To America's Finanacial Worries - WWIII - Colbert Report

Song 4: This war - Ophelia of the Spirits

Act 5: Obama Advisers Exposed In New Book - Young Turks

Song 5: Evil eyes - Theo Bard

Act 6: Poverty Stats Are an Indictment - The Progressive Air Date: 9-14-11

Song 6: The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Act 7: 40% of Single Mothers Living in Poverty - David Pakman Air Date: 9-20-11

Song 7: Girls - Walter Meego

Act 8: Poverty stats, especially regarding women and children - Majority Report

Song 8: Hide your tears - Daniel Licht

Act 9: Fox News Host: Gutting Poverty Programs Actually "Brings Down the Poverty Rate" - Media Matters Air Date: 9-20-11

Act 10: Media debunks an Obama speech on economics he didn't give - Counterspin

Song 10: Baby, it's fact - Hellogoodbye

Act 11: Class Warfare Is a Lie - Young Turk Air Date: 9-19-11

Song 11: Nearly lost you - Screaming Trees

Act 12: Class Warfare? Give Me a Break! - The Progressive Air Date: 9-20-11

Song 12: Dark flute - Jim Guthrie

Act 13: Limbaugh Revisits "Poor Aren't Really Poor" Argument - Media Matters Air Date: 9-14-11

Act 14: Fund War, Cut Social Security & Medicare - Young Turks

Song 14: Maggie - Rod Steward

Act 15: This is not class warfare, it's math - Jimmy Reefercake

Song 15: Your ex-lover is dead - Stars

Act 16: Economics populism popular with Americans - Rachel Maddow

Voicemails:

Call to action to Occupy Wall Street - Max from Davis, CA

Update on Occupy Wall Street movement - Jake from NY Alt News

Mumia Abu-Jamal should be allowed to speak regardless of his history - Anonymous

Will my membership renew automatically? - Shane from Chicago

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments asking about Mumia Abu-Jamal commenting on the death penalty

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Govt Wastes Money On Private Contractors - Young Turks

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