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

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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Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final Comments on "Opt-In-Island Economics"

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

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

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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