This episode features the audio from a get-out-the-vote ad called “Dear Young People, Don't Vote”. For the love of all things sacred, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6th FOR DEMOCRATS. The stakes really couldn't be higher.
No sound clips, but the music I talked over was "Omnyakane" by Royal Players, "Beer Club" by Orlando Six, "Midnight Ska" by Reggie Msomi's Hollywood Jazz Band, and "Loafers Corner" by Orlando Seven all off the wonderful South African Jazz and Jive (1954-1960) album.
This episode features a clip from Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che cover Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimonies as the GOP tries to get yet another sexual predator installed on the Supreme Court.
This episode features a clip from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher’s New Rules from September 14th, where Bill lays out how the Democrats should respond to accusations of “socialism” by Republicans. Also mentioned, the PBS documentary by Fredrick Wiseman about the New York Public Library called Ex Libris, and this NYT interview with Billy Joel.
This episode doesn’t have any talking interruptions, but it does feature an extended clip from the August 17th, episode of The New York Times’ podcast The Daily where pop music critic Jon Pareles offers a great appreciation of Aretha Franklin who passed away last week. Watch the longer version they put on their site.
This episode features a clip from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on the topic of why the “Party of Reagan” (aka the Republicans) are so eager to bow to Vladimir Putin. What is it exactly they find so appealing about Russia? Bill has a guess.