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 9.7 - The Final Colorado Progressive Voice Episode, but not the end of the Show
Elena Kagan confirmed; Prop 8 ruling!; Arizona SB 1070 ruling; Feisty debate over WikiLeaks; Bennet/Romanoff update and Colorado primary predictions; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must defend the crazies who think the Cordoba House mosque and cultural center shouldn’t be built; Rants - Jeff on Kenya’s new constitution and John on more Obama broken promises re: civil liberties and privacy.
This is the end of the Colorado Progressive Voice as we know it, but we announce our plans for the future (new name! slightly new format! more frequent shows! podcasting!) at the end of the show!
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 9.5 - Patriotism Drugs
Discord over Michael Steele’s Afghanistan comments and the DNC response; Obama gives a big speech on immigration, but does it matter?; Hickenlooper issues an oil and gas mea culpa - kind of; New ballot measure proposes partisan elections for judges; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must defend the NYT’s 2001 decision to and current justification of not using the word ‘torture’ to describe waterboarding; Mexican elections; an extended debate over legalizing all drugs in the US; what Presidents are overrated? underrated?; Special 4th of July Rants!
Episode 9.4 - A Deserted Pitch
The US World Cup loss to Ghana in perspective; With McChrystal out and Petraeus in, where does Afghanistan policy go from here?; Is the oil spill really an oil spill?; BP escrow fund; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend allowing students to carry concealed weapons on the University of Colorado campus; Hickenlooper betrays his environmental record - again; Elena Kagan confirmation hearings preview; an evaluation of the merged financial regulation legislation; Rants - Jeff on the iPhone 4 and the future; John on Obama’s failure to close Guantanamo
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 9.2 - John’s Inferiority Complex
Jeff and John discuss why John has an inferiority complex vis-a-vis Jeff; Breakdown of primaries in KY, PA, and AR; intense debate over how much (if at all) to blame the Obama admin for the response to the Gulf oil spill; In wake of scientists creating a living cell artificially, J&J theorize and moralize about the future; Iran signs an agreement over nuclear fuel with Turkey and Brazil - should this be welcomed?; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend the Bush Doctrine; Financial regulation passes! (the Senate, at least…); Rants - Jeff on drawing Mohammed, John on the US War on Drugs; Breaking news from Colorado party assemblies
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.
