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| 10/27/09 To Your Health! A quick and dirty conversation about the byzantine issues straddling health insurance, universal health care, and Americans' exercise (or lack thereof). Todd and Aubrey present, for your edification, some thoughts on health care CEOs' salaries, American infant mortality rates, and what happens over that mysterious border to the North. With some lovely background music, courtesy of black grape Jimmy Luxury, Firewater, Tom Waits, Morphine, Keith Frank.etc... to listen (59:59) or click here |
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| 4/25/09 Science Todd and Aubrey discuss why and how people (mis)understand the scientific and technological vectors that shape their lives. featuring music by underworld...cornelius...soul coughing...the hives...Fred Astaire.. to listen (59:56) or click here |
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| 11/6/08 "The Graveyard of Empires" (with apologies to Afghanistan) Tonight, Aubrey and Todd discuss the end of America--amid all the fear-mongering of the recent election's political narratives, have the systemic problems of America pushed it past the point of greatness? Filled with the usual moronic banter, vulgar intellections, and better music than your stupid friends listen to: Bouncing Souls, Tom Waits, Soul Coughing, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Patsy Cline, and Frank Sinatra. Perfect listening for those of you wending your way through Der Untergang des Abendlandes, Das Kapital, Caligula, I, Claudius, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, or Final Exit!. to listen or click here |
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| 6/19/08 Fight Club Is War permanent and an indellible part of the human condition? Your hosts talk about this and direct you antiwar.com, exile.ru, buffalobeast.com. Music by Talking Heads, Iron Maiden, Edwin Starr, Matisyahu, Reel Big Fish. to listen or click here |
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| 5/01/08 Addiction Addiction is a metaphor for all aspects of society, especially in America. Includes songs by Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love, Saving Abel: Addicted, Amy Winehouse: Addicted, Simple Plan: Addicted, The Prodigy: Poison, Enrique Inglesias: Addicted, Nightmare of You: Heaven Runs on Oil, Unknown Artist: Circe Madina . to listen or click here |
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| 12/08/07 Money What is the basis of money? What backed up the dollar after it went off the gold standard? What caused the recent collapse of the sub prime mortgage market? Is leasing a car financially prudent? Background music includes "Money, that's what I want" by the Flying Lizards, "Money Talks" by AC/DC, a track by Old Dirty Bastard, "If I had a lot of money" by unknown artist, "Bitch better have money" by Easy E, and "Money" by Pink Floyd. to listen or click here |
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| 09/22/07 Labor Unions: Have they outlived their usefullness? CEO's used to earn 30 times the wage of the average worker. Today they earn over 300 times the wage of the average worker. How did the unions let this happen? Background music includes "The Internationale", "Get up" by the Dropkick Murphys, "against the law", "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen, a Woodie Guthre song, "Boys on the dock" by Dropkick Murphys, and "bombtrack" by Rage against the Machine. to listen or click here |
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| 06/23/07 Religion and the World of Me (Part 1: You should have seen the look on his face) Among the topics discussed are the role of self interest in choosing a religion, the psychology of religion, making sense out of a crazy world, The Council of Nicaea, Christianity separating itself from Judaism, The Children's Crusade, The Council of Trent, the man who recently lunged at the Pope, the history of religion in America, the evangelicals who support Israel, and Salman Rushdie. to listen or click here |
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| 05/12/07 "I know it when I see it" Among the topics discussed are The Museum of Sex in NY City, Blue Ray v. HD-DVD, Female friendly porn, Nancy Friday's book Women on Top , The use of sex in advertising, Tatiana de la Tierra, Peter Acworth's website kink.com. false idols in the porno industry and young girls getting boob jobs to listen or click here |
