Summary: Featuring guests Bill Howell, Regional Organizer Middle Tennessee Office, Tennesseans for Fair Taxation, John Flansburgh, Senior Fellow, They Might Be Giants, and Karl Frish Senior Fellow for Media Matters for America.

Part 1: Makin’ a Little Birdhouse in Your Radio News roundup, three words to describe the Vancouver Olympics closing ceremonies, the to do list, Tennessee politics are important politics, and while our U.S. Senators refuse to fight for health care security for all Tennesseans, one lone State Senator takes a stand. Plus, our interview with Bill Howell of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation. Fair fair fair fair fair. [23.34MB download mp3]

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Part 2: Makin’ a Little Birdhouse in Your Radio We take your calls on what the lack of meaningful health care reform means to ordinary Tennesseans, plus John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants joins us for a rollicking interview in which we learn many, many secrets about New York Politics, kid-friendly rock shows, song lyrics, the Flood album, and bathtub conversations. We finish up with Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow for media watchdog organization Media Matters for America, and his take on the media coverage of President Obama’s health care summit and Freddie’s comments on Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp’s unchallenged assertions that mountaintop removal is “good for the environment.” [24.14MB download mp3]

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Summary: Our guests include Ben Smith of Politico, Brian Phelps of Transit Now Nashville, and Sean Flaherty of Verified Voting.

Part 1 – Care for a Cuppa? Intro, news items, to do list.
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Independence Day – Martina McBride
Cannonball – The Breeders (Last Splash)
Careless Whisper – Wham! – (Make It Big)

Part 2 – Interview with Brian Phelps Brian is a founding board member of Transit Now Nashville, which is working to raise awareness of the benefits of regional mass transit options for the people living in the Nashville area. [19.8 MB 17:15 download MP3]

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Jai Ho! – A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack)
Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Part 3 – The New Conservative Prohibition Don’t say gay, bullying, and the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. [21.1 MB 20:11 download MP3]

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Pure – Lightning Seeds (Like You Do)
Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Original Radio Edit Remix) – Cornershop (Norman Cook Mix)

Part 4 – Interview with Sean Flaherty Sean Flaherty works as a researcher and writes articles on electronic voting issues for the Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org. Why are paper ballots important, why paperless electronic voting machines suck, and if Tennesseans of all political leanings want to be assured that their votes have counted, what is the best thing we can do. [19.4MB 16:58 download MP3]

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

Part 5- Interview with Ben Smith Ben Smith is the Senior Political Writer for Politico, a political journalism organization based in Washington, D.C. for which he has an online running conversation about politics. When he decided to vacation in Nashville he didn’t know about the threat of tornados nor did he know that we bug him for an interview. [14.7MB 12:49 download MP3]

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The Step and the Walk – The Duke Spirit (Neptune)

Part 6 – Did we Lose the Culture War? – The recent Iowa Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, an update on checks and balances, and Dobson’s services are no longer needed. [12.9MB 11:15 download MP3]

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We’re In Yr Corner – Cornershop (When I Was Born for the 7th Time)

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