(2012/03/02) Just some of the problems (Religion)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 3 March 2012
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Edition #581
Just some of the problems
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Act 1: Pat Robertson Says God Owns Poor Family's Money - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-16-11
Song 1: Just like heaven - The Cure
Act 2: Stephen's Lenten Sacrifice - Colbert Report Air Date: 2-22-12
Song 2: Mary Mary - Chumbawamba
Act 3: Muslim Attacks Atheist For Insulting Muhammad - The Young Turks - Air Date: 2-29-12
Song 3: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Act 4: Area Priest Plans To Leave Priesthood As Soon As Parents Die - The Onion
Song 4: Closest thing to heaven - Tears for Fears
Act 5: How to argue with a religious conservative - David Feldman Show Air Date: 2-21-12
Song 5: Eden - Phil Wickham
Act 6: The Mormon Plot to Proxy Baptize Jews - Majority Report - Air Date: 2-15-12
Song 6: Pray - Justin Bieber
Act 7: Mormons Baptize Anne Frank (Cenk Goes Off) - Young Turks 2-22-12
Song 7: God Gave Rock & Roll To You - Kiss
Act 8: Homeless Man Bestows God's Blessing Upon All Within Earshot - The Onion
Song 8: Blessed - Brett Dennen
Act 9: Othering the president through religion - Blacking it up Air Date: 2-21-12
Voicemails:
Thoughts on "too much rape" and women talking about TV - Joanna from Iowa
Transgendered perspective on negative narratives in the media - Scott from New York
Follow up about the transgender panic defense - Scott from New York
Thoughts on women discussing narratives of women on TV - Kira from Chicago
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Final comments on how society shapes everyone's perspective of themselves
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, where details |
| 0:06.0 | of visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Kupstay from the David Pakman |
| 0:12.7 | show, The Colbert Report, The Young Turks, The Onion Radio News, The David Feldman |
| 0:16.8 | Show, The Majority Report, and Blackened Up. |
| 0:19.7 | And note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode does contain suggestions that religion |
| 0:23.6 | is occasionally used in odd and ultimately destructive ways. |
| 0:30.4 | Another religious story for you, by the way, Pat Robertson, our good friend Pat Robertson |
| 0:33.7 | from the 700 Club, told a woman who can't pay her mortgage or her bills, that she's just |
| 0:37.9 | not managing her money properly, and she must keep tithing if she wants God's blessing. |
| 0:42.7 | Can you think of more irresponsible advice from Pat Robertson? |
| 0:46.4 | And this is sickening, and I would warn you that you probably don't want to let kids |
| 0:50.2 | see this, right? |
| 0:51.2 | We should issue a fair warning. |
| 0:53.4 | There's no nipples here. |
| 0:54.4 | It's not Janet Jackson's nipple or anything like that. |
| 0:57.4 | This is far, far more disturbing to children. |
| 0:59.7 | Smolissa, who says our family is struggling financially. |
| 1:02.6 | We can't pay our mortgage, and now it's getting to the point where our tithe to our |
| 1:06.4 | church is taking away from paying our bills. |
| 1:09.0 | I pray, but I don't get an answer. |
| 1:11.1 | Why? |
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