(2011/09/11) To both mock and defend (Religion) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

Edition #527

To both mock and defend

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Act 1: Kentucky Gives Bible Theme Park 75% Tax Break - David Pakman Air Date: 8-16-11

Song 1: Genesis - VNV Nation

Act 2: Teachers Can Mock Creationism - Young Turks  Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 2: Do you believe in magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful

Act 3: Paleontology Class Winces Whenever Fundamentalist Kid Raises Hand - The Onion

Song 3: I Am a Paleontologist - They Might Be Giants & Danny Weinkauf

Act 4: Atheists Have Best Sex Lives, Mormons Most Guilty About Sex: Dr Darrel Ray - David Pakman

Song 4: Early in the morning - Peter, Paul And Mary

Act 5: Christianity vs Atheism  - Johann Hari

Song 5: Rejoice - Andrew Jackson Jihad

Act 6: Priest Will Prove He's Not Gay By - Young Turks

Song 6: Halo - Beyoncé

Act 7: Things Get Uglier At Fox News - Media Matters

Song 7: Attendite - Libera

Act 8: A Ramadan Story Of Two Faiths Bound In Friendship - NPR Air Date: 8-22-11

Song 8: Hello bonjour - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 9: Yet ANOTHER Isolated Domestic Terror Incident, GOP Obsessed with American Muslims - David Pakman Air Date: 3-15-11

Song 9: I ain't afraid - Robin Roberts

Act 10: Priest Will Prove He's Not Gay - Young Turks

Song 10: Different names for the same thing - Death Cab For Cutie

Act 11: God Recalls Tracheas Of Millions Of Indonesians - The Onion

Song 11: Ebudae - Enya

Act 12: Park51 Center Would "Train the Same Kind of Terrorists That Caused" 9/11 - Media Matters Air Date: 9-1-11

Song 12: Ebudae - Enya

Act 13: Is Christian Jihad Coming to US  Around the World - David Pakman Air Date: 7-27-11

Song 13: Sometime around midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event

Act 14: $40 Million Spent To Spread Islamophobia - Young Turks Air Date: 8-29-11

Voicemails:

Thoughts on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 - Jake from NY Alt News

Call to action for Troy Davis on death row - Carlos From Chicagoland

Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on how I address religion on the show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

I ain't afraid - Robin Roberts

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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