Lies.com Podcast 25
Lies.com Podcast 25 is the “fucking jail” edition, featuring:
- Bush on torture
- Dana Perino on torture
- more Dana Perino on torture
- Music: The Weepies – Suicide Blonde
- Dana Perino on Condoleezza Rice being called a war criminal by Code Pink
- A different recording of Rice being called a war criminal; this one from Rice’s microphone, so you can hear her reaction
- Sean Penn on how George Tenet et al. should be in fucking jail
- Lawyer Candace Gorman on Guantanamo
- Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith on Guantanamo
- Capt. Pat McCarthy, the U.S. government’s lead counsel in Guantanamo, responding to Smith’s charges
- Music: Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Dead Flag Blues
- Act V, Jack Hitt’s piece for This American Life on the production of Hamlet performed in 2002 by inmates at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
- Music: Mute Math – Reset
In response to the feedback offered by Sven, I’ve cut back on the music (but the music I included is pretty badass). No Aly and AJ; I promise.
November 10th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Godspeed You Black Emporer! is badass. I look forward to downloading it Monday while I’m getting paid at work… I like your music selections normally. If you wanted to make a JBC monthly music selection podcast, I’d perhaps even subscribe. As long as you promise no more Aly and AJ. That would be awesome. Thanks!
November 18th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Few downloads? Little feedback? I hope not for long. Throw a little advertising on the main page making it clear that the podcast is much more than a regurgitation of the site.
What I’ve listened to so far is powerful, well produced, and a listening pleasure. I love the format. You owe a little to Ira Glass and friends, not only for content but style as well.
When shifting from one segment to another some king of transitional cue is in order. Maybe not a full song or anything elaborate, but a recognizable clip, maybe from history (“I am not a crook”, “I have a dream”) or a repeated quote from the week (“The US government does not torture” x3) at a higher volume or just extended silence.
I listen to a lot of podcasts. When this one plays it takes me a while to realize what I’m listening to. Maybe an opening theme song is called for.
Please continue what you’re doing. These are keepers. Thanks.