Episode 9.6 - Techno-utopia in Colorado
Scott McInnis’ plagiarism faces off against Tom Tancredo’s racism and egomania, but where is Dan Maes in all of this?; Ken Buck makes a sexist quip - or does he?; Updates on the Bennet-Romanoff race, and a brief digression of the Green Party candidacy of Bob Kinsey; the CPV Colorado politics game!; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend the exclusion of birth control as free preventative medicine under health care reform; financial regulation reform signed; contesting Obama’s legacy (thus far); Rants - Jeff on China’s role in the world and John on the end of hope for climate legislation
Episode 9.1 - On Top of that Giant Dome
Arizona’s draconian immigration law and what immigration reform should look like nationally (but won’t in reality); Implications of the BP Gulf oil spill; Disagreement over the Obama’s administration’s application of the Miranda ruling; Breakdown of the British elections; Should Obama have joked about using a Predator drone on the Jonas Brothers at the WH Correspondent’s Dinner?
Note: Due to technical issues, the rest of the show is lost forever. It might be the Jonas Brothers’ fault. However, we promise that this first 3/4 of it will still blow your mind.
Episode 8.13 - A Dreamy Jeff & John Anniversary
That’s right, your hosts celebrate the three year anniversary of their show; John has a Glenn Beck dream; health care passes, finally; student loan reform too!; some talk on financial regulation (including philosophical debate between Jeff and John); how worried should we be about violence by anti-government types?; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff has to defend Obama’s offshore drilling decision; Suicide bombings in Moscow - what does this mean for Russia, and what broader lessons can we draw about the nature of ‘terrorism?’; US and Russia agree on a new START treaty; Rants - John on Obama and state secrets, Jeff on Jon Stewart and Glenn Beck, and both discuss their 3 year anniversary; stay tuned through the end to find out what song John dedicates to Jeff on this special occasion.
Episode 8.10 - Podcasting Olympics
Obama’s upcoming meeting with the Dalai Lama and the future of US-China relations; a new strategy for Iran?; bad congressional strategy on a jobs bill; Devil’s Advocate - John must be the one, the only, Sarah Palin; John Hickenlooper questions climate change - or maybe not?; Blackwater has billed the US for strippers and prostitutes - and might get more US contracts; Major news from Great Britain on the issue of torture; Rants - Jeff on the Winter Olympics, John (after dissenting on the Olympics) on the Obama missile defense lie
Episode 8.6 - Angst-Ridden Souls
Even when they agree, Jeff and John can’t help but argue about the health care compromise winding its way through Congress; Should we be celebrating the Copenhagen agreement?; John swears off optimism; marijuana in Colorado and the prospects for legalization; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff has to defend TIME for naming Bernanke person of the year and Bernanke’s inexplicable reluctance to give a damn about unemployment; news on Iran; Rants - Jeff questions our priorities when DoD gets $626 billion for 1 year and we can’t agree to spend $870 billion on health care; John on a small glimmer of hope for real negotiations between Israel and Palestine
Episode 8.5 - The Danish Panopticon of Health Care, Obama, and Tiger Woods
John has an important statement to make; a surprising discussion on health care reform; Government to pay Native Americans in a $3.4 billion legal settlement; Copenhagen climate talks updates; new polls on Colorado Senate races; Obama’s Nobel speech + J&J get into a heated argument on his foreign policy record; Devil’s Advocate - John has to defend Tony Blair’s admission that no WMDs in Iraq = NBD; is facebook the modern Panopticon?; Rants - John on ACORN’s vindication, Jeff on Jenny Sanford and Tiger Woods
Episode 8.4 - A Show of Epic Proportions
Jeff and John return from their unintended hiatus and deliver the most epic CPV show episode ever; Afghanistan debate; Copenhagen and other climate news; Updates on Colorado Senate and Governor races; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff defends bad economic policy and high unemployment; Surprise, Surprise, J & J argue about Obama admin’s approach to detainees; what to make of the UC student protests?; Rants - Jeff on his two favorite totalitarian regimes, John gives Obama a belated and not happy anniversary message.
Episode 8.2 - A Real-Life Remote (no kidding) from the DU Dems BBQ
Jeff and John are on location at the DU Dems/Denver Dems BBQ: Interviews with Dillon Doyle, President of the DU Dems and with Dr. Irene Aguilar, President of Health Care for All Colorado; Hearty debate on the meaning and consequences of new Iran nuclear information; local Najibullah Zazi is arrested and accused of plotting a terrorist attack; Hypocrisy on defunding ACORN; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff has to direct vitriol at the Obama admin for dropping Bush-era missile defense plans; Rants - John on the fear that Obama is giving up on a global climate deal months before the Copenhagen conference and Jeff on the lack of perspective in discussions on Afghanistan
