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Summary: Guests include Francie Hunt, Stand For Children, Timothy Karr, campaign director for Free Press, and Elbert Ventura, research fellow for Media Matters for America.

Part 1 – Dodging a Bullet – News, to do list, and Lydia Lenker. [15.2 MB 13:14 download MP3]

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Independence Day – Martina McBride
Cannonball – The Breeders
After Hours – We Are Scientists

Part 2 – A Vas Right Wing Conspiracy – Rep. Karen Camper has the Thatchers to take the fight for control of our reproductive health to the mat. If Republicans truly want the government out of the lives of ordinary people then they will pay attention to HJR132. Snip, snip! And a Republican caller finishes the sentence, “I probably shouldn’t be telling you this but…” [19.6 MB 17:07 download MP3]

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Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Part 3 – Interview with Francie Hunt Francie is the organizer for the Nashville chapter of Stand for Children, which is pushing for an innovative teacher quality program. She tells us what Stand does, what the program entails, and why its so important the our goal of turning public schools into palaces. [20.2 MB 17:37 download MP3]

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Pure – Lightening Seeds

Part 4 – It’s the Empathy, Stupid – Wait. That didn’t come out right. A listener has an interesting take on empathy which leads to a interesting discussion on who is responsible for giving a hand up to the least among us. Plus, Mary experienced a severe lack of the big “E” when she went down to the TNGOP sponsored “Tea Party” rally at the State Capitol, and the rally itself may not have been as spontaneous as some would like us to believe. [10.7MB 09:22 download MP3]

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Ooh La La – The Wiseguys (album: The Antidote)

Part 5 – Interview with Timothy Karr – Tim is the campaign director of Free Press, a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. He helps us take on the Fairness Doctrine (and identify who is really behind manipulating the issue) and tells us what we can expect from the FCC now that there’s a Democrat in charge. [17.2MB 14:59 download MP3]

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Part 6 – Media Matters for America Smackdown – The one where Elbert Ventura, research fellow at Media Matters for America, quizzes us on CPAC, reviles the revisionist Republicans and their Right-washing of history, and giggles about Andrew Breitbart’s myopic take on talk radio, and dreams of a sitcom starring Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken. [14.7MB 12:51 download MP3]

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Drivin’ Me Wild – Common w/ Lily Allen (Album: Finding Forever)

Part 7 – The Tea Party Debriefing – Conversations about big, important issues – like the ones we’re having about the economic stimulus, empathy, and giving people a hand up – are hard. And, unfortunately, it’s the most cynical of us that prey on their fellow Americans in times of crisis and use these conversations to divide the country and shore up their base. Plus, keep an eye on those Photo ID bills flying through the General Assembly. [25.6MB 16:00 download MP3]

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