Harry Shearer: Le Show

00:00 Open/ NYT headline on Russian hacking, compared with the actual IC report 05:29 Cold NOLA 05:44 Norway change to digital radio and kill FM 07:05 'FM' by Steely Dan 11:25 News of the Warm: a way to get rid of the CO2? 14:57 Our Freedom-Loving Friends: lashes for protests 16:23 News of Microplastics: mealworm bacteria eat Styrofoaam! 20:15 News of Bad Banks: economists assumed we act rationally 22:55 Inauguration set-up 24:09 Clintonsomething: Going to the Inauguration? 31:04 'The Creole Nightingale Sings' by The Hub City All-Stars 35:44 Reading the Trades: live torture vid on Facebook might scare advertisers 41:10 Trump's week 43:53 The Appresidentice: Episode 3 47:58 'Cold to the Bone' by Harry Shearer 52:41 The Apologies of the Week: Facebook, Sarah Palin 55:54 'Lingus' by Snarky Puppy /Close

00:00 Open 00:38 We ARE #1: arms sales 04:36 Thought experiment: How you treat a President-elect 06:50 'You're On Fire' by They Might Be Giants 09:39 News of Microplastics: way down deep, they're eating the stuff 14:00 News of AfPak: beheaded for going out w/out a husband 15:28 Our Freedom-Loving Friends: 200 lashes for being gang-raped 19:18 News of the Godly: running wild at a school for students with impaired hearing 25:02 'Deaf Boys' by Harry Shearer 28:21 'Small Day Tomorrow' by Jamie Cullum 32:32 News of the Atom: safe at Fuk is not cheap 41:43 News of Secrets: judge orders preservation of the Senate torture report, Mitchell writes a book about teaching the CIA to torture 47:07 'Mitchell & Jessen' by Harry Shearer 49:45 The Apologies of the Week: Facebook, Dentsu 56:54 'March of the Mascots' by C. J. Vanston /Close

00:00 Open 00:29 The Apologies of the Week: Newt 'made a big boo-boo' 04:29 'The Best Things' by Judith Owen 07:33 'Christmas a la Trump' by Harry Shearer 10:38 'How Did This Thing Get in Me?' by Amy Engelhardt 13:13 'I Don't Want Nuthin' for Christmas' by Tom McDermott 16:05 'High Tech Santa' by Harry Shearer 19:46 'Louisiana Santa' by Wayne Toups 23:31 'The Day It Snows On Christmas' by Allen Toussaint 26:44 'Pimp My Sleigh' by Houseman 30:27 Fred Willard - 'The True Story of Christmas' 35:56 'Too Many Notes' by Harry Shearer, feat. Jane Lynch, Alice Russell, Ian Shaw, Davell Crawford and Dave Koz 40:32 'Glenn Beck’s Christmas Gold Song' by Harry Shearer 45:29 'When Santa Claus Came To Guantanamo Bay' by Harry Shearer 49:29 'Night Bethlehem' by The Singers Unlimited 51:12 'A Christmas Carol' by Tom Lehrer 52:55 'I'll Sing Silent Night for You' by Judith Owen 55:38 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies' by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones /Close

00:00 Open/ Who are the rebels in Syria? Just askin' 04:14 Dr. Bill and Donald Trump 11:48 News of the Olympic Movement: an all-Olympics channel, because you didn't watch the Olympics enough 14:50 News of AfPak: China runs into security problems in Afghanistan 16:46 Karzai Talk 24:43 Trump campaign: rallies and more rallies 25:51 Trump's 'I Don't Like Mosquitoes' 26:57 Reading the Trades: Facebook—not just fake news, fake numbers 32:19 The ousert of Roger Ailes 33:10 Keeping Up with the Murdochs: Roger's Out 35:29 Presidential debates set-up 35:47 Larry King's Foreign-Policy Town Hall with Clinton and Trump (?) 41:37 Trump University set-up 42:32 Trump University Alma Mater: Caveat Discipulus 44:41 Hillary Clinton set-up 45:05 Clintonsomething: Hil and Henry 52:14 Tony Blair set-up 52:41 Tony Blair Associates spot 55:36 'Brown and Blue' by Poncho Sanchez /Close

00:00 Open/ The Year in Rebuke 2016 02:07 Nixon In Heaven: the Erlichman problem 09:48 'Refined Sugar' by Harry Shearer 14:31 The Fruit Salad of My Life 20:46 Clintonsomething: Bill and Tony Blair 28:24 Trump Skips the Inauguration 37:53 Donald Trump Calls Megyn Kelly 42:19 Dick Cheney Confidential 51:12 Newt calls Trump 54:52 'Lucky Man' by Emerson, Lake & Palmer /Close

Le Show with Harry Shearer - December 4, 2016 by Harry Shearer

00:00 Open/ Let Us Try: the Corps closes down a protest 03:38 What the Frack?: how fracking causes quakes 06:29 'Can't Stop' by Reel People 11:23 News of the Olympic Movement: waiting for the medal-stripping ceremony 15:41 News of Bad Banks: Wells Fargo goes the extra step 20:03 The Apologies of the Week: Delta Airlines, Korean TV 34:04 'Miss Marlene' by Steely Dan 38:36 Trump this week 40:45 Donald Trump Visits CPR 47:34 Trump and waterboarding 49:14 'Waterboarding USA' by Harry Shearer 52:14 News of the Warm: tipping point in the Arctic? 55:49 'The King of Treme' Evan Christopher /Close

00:00 Open/ Mose Allison, Leon Russell, Sharon Jones pass away in one week 01:38 'Everybody's Cryin' Mercy' by Mose Allison 04:32 BP spill: land loss is worse in heavily-oiled areas 08:09 News of the Warm: coal is winning the war on coal 17:09 News of the Godly: a 'corporate memory' problem 20:32 Superbugs!: now threatening Europe 23:23 News of the Olympic Movement: 2008 competitors found guilty of drugs offenses 25:45 Let Us Try: the steelhead and the new, improved turbines 26:42 'Hummingbird' by B. B. King 30:27 News of Inspectors General: Pot Mail 37:11 Trump this week 40:21 The Appresidentice: Episode 1 43:51 'Your Mind is on Vacation' by Mose Allison 46:25 The Apologies of the Week: Trump aftermath edition 56:02 'The Breaks' by Henry Butler /Close

00:00 Open/ Presidential election 00:54 This Is Your Brain on the War on Drugs: wonky testing in MA 03:24 'I'm an Adult Now' by Pursuit of Happiness 07:55 News of the Olympic Movement: baseball at Fuk? 11:00 The World of Microplastics: seabirds like 'em 12:53 News of the Godly: Guam edition 17:25 The Apologies of the Week: Azaealia Banks, Hillary Clinton 24:39 Clintonsomething: Is it O-V-A-H? 31:39 'Mas Não Dá' by Sônia Rosa 34:05 News of the Atom: not in 'Nam? 39:25 News of Secrets: CIA makes public the names of the designers of 'enhanced interrogation' 45:00 'Mitchell & Jessen' by Harry Shearer 47:38 News from Outside the Bubble: UK minister lied to about Saudis 53:40 'Driftin'' by Stanton Moore Trio /News of the Warm /Close

00:00 Open/ Presidential campaign: reviewing the endless campaign 02:30 'How Long' by Ace 05:57 Our Freedom-Loving Friends: another Saudi beheading 09:40 Clintonsomething: looking for a campaign theme 17:25 News of the Godly: Church sex vote D, go to hell 23:56 Donald Trump Calls Megyn Kelly 27:11 The Apologies of the Week: EU commissioner, S. Korean President 31:31 Clintonsomething: Bill’s airport chat with Loretta Lynch 37:44 'The Song is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)' by Nellie Lutcher 40:11 The First Annual Grand National Trumpathon 51:31 News of the Warm: drive a car, kill sea ice 55:31 'The Sidewinder' by Lee Morgan /Close

00:00 Open/ nothingburgers for everybody 01:48 We're Not #1: generosity 03:39 Bees: Bayer settles with Massachusetts 05:38 'Darling Be Home Soon' by The Lovin' Spoonful 09:34 What the Frack?: big quake in Oklahoma 10:44 News of Scary Clowns 16:42 Let Us Try: dams killing whales 19:24 News of Dominion: we're losing the wildlife 24:43 News of the Olympic Movement: Japan walks back its threat 29:02 ‘Josephine’ by Judith Owen 32:02 News of AfPak: the IS moves in, some Taliban move over 38:00 Karzai Talk - Trump and a Taliban turncoat call 45:23 'Autumn in New Orleans’ by Dr. John 49:57 The Apologies of the Week: Israel, 76ers 54:22 News from Outside the Bubble: Russia off Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia on 55:35 'Overture to Candide—original cast recording' by Leonard Bernstein /Close

00:00 Open 00:25 We're #1: free speech 02:46 'When in Rome' by Blossom Dearie 06:13 News of Clowns: Scary Clowns to Scared Clowns 12:05 Abbott & Costello/Tyrone 'Who's on First' battle 13:59 The Credibility Gap Who's on First sketch 18:13 News of the Olympic Movement: Tokyo costs 'explode' 22:31 Reading the Trades: the official tablet of the NFL 27:11 'Buona Sera' by Louis Prima 30:06 Our Freedom-Loving Friends: Saudi Arabia gives to Trump, too 32:12 Clintonsomething: Is It Over? 37:40 News of the Atom: the Ice Wall Goeth 49:49 The Apologies of the Week: DNC bus, Andy Dick 56:55 'The Toy Trumpet' by Raymond Scott /Close

00:00 Open/ on the probity of polls and pageants 04:37 'Putin' by Randy Newman 08:24 News of the Warm: here comes the Megadrought 16:38 F-35 jet—it’s a jobs thing 18:35 Our Freedom-Loving Friends: Saudis investigate, admit, apologize 21:51 News from Outside the Bubble: the Yemen story 27:13 'Shiny Houses' by Judith Owen 31:29 Trump Calls In and Meredith Vouches for Him 38:37 News of the Atom: a priority, just not a high priority 47:13 The Apologies of the Week: Hope Solo, Samsung 54:46 'Sugar Doosie' by Galactic /Close

00:00 Open/ Presidential campaign 04:22 'Give Me the Night' by George Benson 08:01 We're Not #1 09:54 Our Freedom-Loving Friends 11:36 We're Not So Exceptional After All: clown sightings spread to UK 22:44 News from Outside the Bubble: the Libya 'crapshow' 26:18 News of Inspectors General 31:03 'Gentle Ghosts' by Alain Johannes 33:47 Ted Cruz statement about Trump tape 40:38 News from the Olympic Movement 44:56 News of Microplastics 48:09 The Apologies of the Week 54:30 Trump Backstage Pre-Debate Tape 56:20 'Come On, Come Over' by Jaco Pastorius /Close

Le Show with Harry Shearer - October 2, 2016 by Harry Shearer