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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2010/04/06) Who didn't see this coming? (Religion) (MP3)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2010

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Edition #349

Who didn't see this coming

Act 1: Gay sex scandal involving Vatican - Young Turks

Act 2: Little deaf boys, it's a thing - Le Show

Act 3: The fixer in the Catholic church Part 1 - This American Life

Act 4: Holy Shit - Daily Show

Act 5: The fixer in the Catholic church Part 2 - This American Life

Act 6: Bill Donohue comments on church scandal - Young Turks

Act 7: Christopher Hitchens on Church scandal - Bill Maher

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Bill Donohue comments on church scandal Part 2 - Young Turks

Music:

Heaven - Los Lonly Boys

Little deaf boys song - Le Show

Pale Horses - Moby

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Only if - Enya

Genesis - VNV Nation

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Young Turks

0:13.8

will show this American life the daily show and real time with Bill Maher.

0:18.8

The bonus clip for our iPhone app users is a follow-up clip today from the Young Turks.

0:30.5

Well a ceremonial usher and a member of the elite choir in the same Peter Zabasulika

0:36.4

have been caught in a gay prostitution ring.

0:38.9

Yeah, who would have figured?

0:40.9

All right, here are the things that I love about the story.

0:44.3

One of them is in an elite choir and they didn't get that he was gay.

0:49.3

Okay, the other one is a gentleman usher.

0:52.6

I know he's a ceremonial usher and he's like the ceremonial usher is gay

0:58.5

and I believe it's the usher he is part of the elite gentleman of his holiness.

1:05.6

Come on dude, come on, come on, where funny dresses they call themselves a gentleman of his

1:09.2

holiness and there's ceremonial ushors and part of the choir.

1:13.4

That doesn't mean everybody in a choir is gay, oh fine, all right,

1:17.0

but you shouldn't be overwhelmingly surprised.

1:19.9

They're not allowed to have sex with anybody.

1:21.5

Of course something is going to go wrong.

1:23.1

Okay, I mean whether it's straight sex or gay sex at some point they're going to blow.

1:27.7

Sorry, okay, hold up, hold up.

1:30.5

Did you, oh, there's two different articles on this.

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