Dec 29 2017 62 mins 5
Air Date: 12/29/2017 Today we take a look back to 2008 in our third annual 10-years-hence retrospective spectacular! Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Support our Winter Fundraiser! Join the Best of the Left Social Network! Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Iowa caucus on Jan 3: We might have seen the beginning of our first black president - The Young Turks - BotL Air Date 1-5-08 Ch. 3: Song 1: Weathervane - CloudCover Ch. 4: Act 2: Hillary Clinton and her Super Delegates on Super Tuesday - Countdown - BotL Air Date 2-16-08 Ch. 5: Song 2: Front Runner - Union Hall Ch. 6: Act 3: There is an opening for populist politicians in both parties - Rachel Maddow - BotL Air Date 1-15-08 Ch. 7: Song 3: Shift of Currents - Aeronaut Ch. 8: Act 4: A Cure For Real Estate Amnesia - NPR - BotL Air Date 9-24-2008 Ch. 9: Song 4: The Cast and Favor - Bayou Birds Ch. 10: Act 5: Palin is not a maverick choice - CounterSpin - BotL Air Date 9-26-2008 Ch. 11: Song 5: Blue Jay - Feathers Ch. 12: Act 6: Hope in The Dream Act - N/A - BotL Air Date 6-8-08 Ch. 13: Song 6: periculum - Kai Engel Ch. 14: Act 7: Our torture methods came from the 50's-era Chinese - The Young Turks - BotL Air Date 8-31-08 Ch. 15: Song 7: Homegrown - The Pine Barrens Ch. 16: Act 8: Economic generic-off - The Daily Show - BotL Air Date 9-24-2008 Ch. 17: Song 8: PolyCoat - The Cabinetmaker Ch. 18: Act 9: Warrantless wiretapped phone sex - The Young Turks - BotL Air Date 10-26-08 Ch. 19: Song 9: Lacrima D'esperide - Damiano Baldoni Ch. 20: Act 10: Block the vote with RFK - Rachel Maddow - BotL Air Date 10-26-2008 Ch. 21: Song 9: Hundred Mile - K2 Ch. 22: Act 9: Conservative writer: Obama a worse speaker than Bush - The Young Turks - BotL Air Date 11-25-08 Ch. 23: Final comments to close out this years look back Support the future of this show! Become a member during our Winter Fundraiser! Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone (Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions & Free Music Archive) Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon & check out our Winter Fundraiser! Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!
