Discussing how the breakdown of our privacy rights also breaks down the core of democracy. How the officials are trying to sell the spying program to us and how the media isn't asking the right questions. Plus, could anything positive come out of the revelations about the spying program?

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: NSA Back Up, Always On, Always Watching – The Good Fight – Air Date 11-14-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Don’t Worry, We'll Be Watching You - Making Mirrors

Ch. 4: Act 2: Without Privacy There can be no Democracy – Thom Hartmann – Air Date: 09-25-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: Shout - Songs from the Big Chair (Bonus Tracks)

Ch. 6: Act 3: Heidi Boghosian on Spying and Civil Liberties – Moyers And Company – Air Date 11-8-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: Too Much Information - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)

Ch. 8: Act 4: Not asking the right questions – Counterspin – Air Date: 11-01-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: No Questions Asked - Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits

Ch. 10: Act 5: Heidi Boghosian on Spying and Civil Liberties Part 2 – Moyers And Company – Air Date 11-8-13

Ch. 11: Song 5: Democracy - The Essential Leonard Cohen

Ch. 12: Act 6: Revealed: NSA’s 9/11 Talking Points – Majority Report – Air Date: 11-11-13

Ch. 13: Song 6: So Long - Honeymoon Is Over

Ch. 14: Act 7: Everybody snoops: Official response to NSA spying ‘the opposite of reassuring’ – The Bugle – Air Date: 11-01-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Ain't No Reason - So Much More (Special Edition)

Ch. 16: Act 8: The Good that Could Come Out of the NSA Scandal – Progressive Magazine – Air Date: 10-25-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Closer to Free – Go Slow Down

Ch. 18: Act 9: Spying On Allies Opposed By Diane Feinstein, NRA, Many Others – Young Turks – Air Date: 10-30-13