Episode 9.9 - Truncation
The NBER declares the recession has been over since mid-2009, but Jeff and John disagree on whether that is even relevant; who is to blame for the poor economy?; analyzing the constitutive factors of Tea Party anger.
Due to technical difficulties arising from the novelty of recording from across the country, the second half of the show is unavailable, but the first half is still, or course, well worth your time.
Episode 9.3 - On Philosophy, Iran, and the Queen
The show begins with a brief philosophical digression…; updates on the oil spill; Lots of primary results to discuss!; the Gaza flotilla raid, Israel’s present, and Israel’s future; One of this show’s best debates ever, on Iranian sanctions and the correct path of US policy; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must argue that Sarah Palin is (gasp) a feminist; Rants - Jeff on why the border shouldn’t be militarized, John on the need for a new course for economic policy; World Cup thoughts and predictions
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 8.9 - The State of Our Union
Jeff and John provide a comprehensive, full-on breakdown of Obama’s State of the Union and provide plenty of lively debate along the way; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must defend the decision to detain indefinitely 50 Gitmo prisoners after Gitmo shuts down; Tony Blair faces Britain’s officil Iraq War Inquiry, but what would it be like if the US had the same thing?; Hickenlooper takes on the oil and gas lobby - kind of; Rants - Jeff on J.D. Salinger and John on Howard Zinn
Episode 8.8 - Ivory Discord
Haiti; John Hickenlooper and the US Senate race; latest health care news and the Massachusetts Senate race; updates on medical marijuana in Colorado; one of the most contentious arguments yet as Jeff and John discursively spar over the Obama admin’s new flight security policies - does it constitute racial profiling?; more disagreement over the proposed bank tax to recover TARP funds; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend the planned execution of ‘Chemical Ali;’ Rants - John on the need for a new approach to North Korea; Jeff defends Obama’s first year
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 8.4 - 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 7.12 - ICC Smackdown
Jeff and John argue passionately about the future of the United States and the ICC and it gets quite heated; Is the economy headed for a rebound? - Jeff and John discuss employment numbers; Latest Blackwater updated - Erik Prince implicated in murder of former Blackwater employees; Sotomayor confirmed(!) and the future of the Supreme Court; Olberman/O’Reilly deal; education in Colorado; Rants - Jeff on crime in American society and John on the unserious (and dangerous?) coverage of town hill disruptions.
