(2011/05/19) Examine, critique, ridicule and defend (Religion)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 19 May 2011
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Examine, critique, ridicule and defend
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Act 1: Verdict on Jews: Not Guilty! - The Bugle
Song 1: Diamond (Remix) - Klint
Act 2: John Paul II made a saint for good press - Counterspin
Song 2: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Act 3: Is this war or is this hearts? - This American Life
Song 3: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams
Act 4: Jesus surprises '700 Club' with walk-on appearence - The Onion
Song 4: Rejoice - Andrew Jackson Jihad
Act 5: Divining doomsday: An old practice with new tricks - NPR
Song 5: Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 6: Allison Warden from WeCanKnow.com - David Pakman
Song 6: Me and God and Jesus - Crooked Roads Band
Act 7: France's anti-burqa law enforced - BBC News Quiz
Song 7: Oh my God - Ida Maria
Act 8: Big Mohammed's house - Daily Show
Song 8: True Faith - New Order
Act 9: FBI: Muslims may be creating nuclear families - The Onion
Song 9: Nuclear Family - Trentalange
Act 10: Rep. Keith Ellison explains liberty and justice for all - C-SPAN
Voicemails:
Another youth reaction about Bin Laden - Shane from Philadelphia
How to argue the climate change issue - Patrick
Redeemed myself by playing 'What is Love?' - Michael From Glenn Bernie
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter - Rjd2
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
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Bonus Voicemails:
Thoughts on a primary candidate against Obama - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Reaction to Bin Laden's death - Michael From Glenn Bernie
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Statue Of Jesus - Colbert Report
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.1 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from The Bugle, Counter |
| 0:13.2 | Spin, This American Life, The Onion Radio News, NPR, The David Pakman Show, The BBC News |
| 0:18.1 | Quiz, The Daily Show, and Representative Keith Ellison from C-SPAN, with a bonus video |
| 0:23.7 | clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the Colbert Report. |
| 0:27.8 | Top story this week, Jews News! |
| 0:33.1 | Andy, this is huge. |
| 0:37.4 | Pope Benedict is set to announce in a new book next week that Jewish people are, wait for |
| 0:43.5 | it, not responsible for the death of Jesus. |
| 0:47.6 | Not guilty Andy, not guilty. |
| 0:50.4 | It's not the OJ trial all over again except this time you actually didn't commit |
| 0:55.0 | the murder. |
| 0:56.0 | Congratulations, this must be a massive relief for you. |
| 1:00.6 | Well it's huge John, we're off the hook, I mean a couple of thousand years late, but |
| 1:04.6 | better late than I guess, I mean, well first of all it's surprising it's taken people |
| 1:08.8 | so long to get over it, it was just one guy, you know, and you know we'd have died anyway. |
| 1:12.8 | But it was a bloody good career move for the lad as well, so many have copied him since |
| 1:17.0 | the boot, flogging popularity and the thing was John, from Jesus' point of view, he's |
| 1:22.8 | lost a couple of parables, he got pretty lukewarm reviews, particularly the parable of a half |
| 1:27.4 | eating sandwich in the cleaning lady, and the parable of the dog with no nose, the family |
| 1:32.6 | would have smelled terrible, lacking, he would have done the ol' factory self-awareness |
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