(2013/03/03) Privilege, context and offense (Racism)

Edition #694

Privilege and context

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: Jamie Foxx SNL Joke Makes Conservatives Cry Racism - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-12-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Carolina Dreams - Heroes & Villains

Ch. 4: Act 2: Arkansas GOP Struggling to Keep Up with America - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 2-1-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: What's going on - Marvin Gaye

Ch. 6: Act 3: Were Dorner's Complaints Legitimate? Who Burned the Cabin? - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-14-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Light & Day / Reach for the Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

Ch. 8: Act 4: Qualifying Accusations Of Police Brutality - CounterSpin - Air Date 2-15-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Lost kitten - Metric

Ch. 10: Act 5: The Dorner Manifesto - Mumia Abu-Jamal - Air Date: 2-26-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Old news - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

Ch. 12: Act 6: GOP Penitent Post-Election Minority Outreach Ritual - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 2-8-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: Between love & Hate - The Strokes

Ch. 14: Act 7: Duke Fraternity's 'Asian' Themed 'Racist Rager' - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-07-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Too much to ask - Bad Religion

Ch. 16: Act 8: White privilege unwittingly on display in hack joke from The Onion - This Week in Blackness - Air Date 2-25-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Going underground - The Jam

Ch. 18: Act 9: Louis CK explains historical context to Jay Leno - The Tonight Show

Ch. 19: Song 9: The confrontation - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin

Ch. 20: Act 10: I Looked Oriental! Said Fox News Panelist - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-13-13

Ch. 21: Song 10: I am a rock - Paul Simon

Ch. 22: Act 11: Stewart Lee on Political Correctness

Voicemails:

Ch. 23: Rebuttal to drone strike discussion - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

Ch. 24: The constitution are supposed to be a set of principles - Nathan from Vancouver, WA

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 25: Final comments on the fundamental difference between conservatism and progressivism

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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