Politipunk: News and Music Podcast

Music: Less than Jake, David McMillin, Mutant Press, Anthony Neff, Bright Eyes. News: Jet crash in Kentucky, Katrina anniversary, Rumsfeld visits Alaska, Bush and God

INTRO

"Second, the government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval."

—George W. Bush

PLAYLIST

• Less Than Jake: My Very Own Flag
• David McMillin: Goodbye Southern Skies
• Mutant Press: White Guys in Suits
• Anthony Neff: American Fire
• Bright Eyes: When the President Talks to God

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Bush and God

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: 2 percenter

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

Music: Anti-Flag, Hired Gun, Langhdon Neveu, Jessy Moss and The Majestic Twelve. News: Baghdad pilgrimage shootings, the War on Drugs, "America is less safe", NSA program ruled illegal.

INTRO

"Second, the government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval."

�George W. Bush

PLAYLIST

• Anti-Flag: Turncoat
• Langhdon Nevue: Gun Shots to the Sky
• Hired Gun: US is Gangsta
• Jessy Moss: Old Glory
• The Majestic Twelve: Are You Ready

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Judge rules NSA program is illegal while NSA is running out of electricity

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: Raining at the Crescent House

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

Music: Strike Anywhere, Quantum Soul, The Pages, The Parlatones, The Underground Hippy. News: Israel and Lebanon airstrikes, UK terrorist plot, Oil leak, Wal-Mart goes green.

INTRO

"I think George Bush is driving this country into a ditch and if Joe Lieberman won't challenge him, I will."

–Ned Lamont on the Colbert Report

PLAYLIST

• Strike Anywhere: Prisoner Echoes
• The Parlotones: Louder than Bombs
• Quantum Soul: I See Merka
• The Underground Hippy: Blood is Thicker than Oil
• The Pages: Creatures of the Earth

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Walmart goes green

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: 2 percent er

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

Music: My Morning Jacket, One Eleven Archer, US Bombs, Secret Dakota Ring, Toasters not Torpedoes, thehipcola. News: Clinton vs. Rumsfeld, Bush vacations, Tibet, Electric Vehicles.

INTRO

"We hear a lot of happy talk and rosy scenarios. But because of the administration's strategic blunders, and frankly, the record of incompetence in executing, you are presiding over a failed policy."

–Hillary Clinton to Donald Rumsfeld

PLAYLIST

• One Eleven Archer: Car Accidents in Taxis
• US Bombs: The World
• My Morning Jacket: One Big Holiday
• thehipcola: I Know My Rights
• Secret Dakota Ring: Broken Cars

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Who Killed the Electric Car? and who's bringing it back to life?

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: 2 percent er

Nadir: Conspiracy Theory

Music: Bad Religion, John Anaya, Inner Surge, Waiting on Wendy. News: Israeli cease fire, new Guantanamo jail, heat waves, clown week!

INTRO

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

�George W. Bush, LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

PLAYLIST

• The Sugar Report: The A & B Conversation
• Bad Religion: Suffer
• Inner Surge: No Profit in the Cure
• Waiting on Wendy: Set the World on Fire
• John Anaya: Cabaret Politico

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Clown week!

INTRO MUSIC

Electric Frankenstein: Burn Bright, Burn Fast + Skitzo: Prom Night

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Williamson: rubber