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What’s up with that? S03E10 – 11-14-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:48 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Dancing in Borealis – Ribbons of Vivacity from Live at WFMU on Irene Trudel’s show 9/07/09 by Alexander Turnquist.

Questions:

You are allowed to fire people from their jobs. Who would you like to see unemployed?
Native Americans walk up to your parent’s house and knock on the door, asking for their land back. How do they respond?
Exxon Mobile and Mansanto CEOs are now EPA administrators. What should their first order of business be?
You are walking down the runway of life, being judged on your thoughts. What ideas do you drape around your body?
The world is going to end March 19th, 2010. What do you do with your remaining time?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

All You Need Is Love
Birthday
Boss
Breakfast Club
Bunny Reproduction
Campaign For Justice In Ecuador
CEO
Chocolate
Comet
Commute
Discrimination
Dominate The Businesses
Drugs
East Coast
Ethics
Filipino
Fine Linens
Freedom
Get Off My Land
Get Out Of Here
Go Back To Where You Came From
Golden Parachute
Grafitti
Greenpeace
Honesty
Journey
Love
Machismo
Make Love Not War
Masturbation
Mexican
Money
Mortal
My Land Now
Nurses
Obama
Oil Company
Over Commitment
Prove It
Rainforests
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reservations
Respect
Self Confidence
Sexism
Sharing
Slackers
Slave
Small Pox Blankets
Strength
Taco Bell
Tom Brady
Treehouse
Treehugger
Truth
Warrior
Water Crops With Oil
World Peace

What’s up with that? S03E09 – 10-24-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:40:07 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Is It Fire? from Live at WFMU on Liz Berg’s Show – 08-31-2009 by Jessie Evans.

Questions:

The Facebook owners commit suicide and close down the site. How do you know who your friends are?
Obama calls your family to give them an update on his administration. What does he tell them?
You are at the grocery store. What foods are labeled as poor choices?
Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, Comedy Central, NPR, Bloomberg, and CNN are banned from reporting. How do you get your news?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

Al Jazeera
Bill Maher
Bob Barker
Bok choy
Calories from Fat
Campaign/Election Promises
Depauw University
Doughnuts
Fark.com
Fat
Friendship
Hope
Jerry Springer Final Thoughts
Magic Wand
Marijuana Legalization
Neutering
Optimism
Pat Sajak
Poor People’s Food
Snuggie
Street Barricades
String Cheese
Tabloid
Tatoos
Thanksgiving
The Onion
Vegetarian
Walk

What’s up with that? S03E08 – 10-17-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:11:40 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Life on the Odyssean Wave from The Devil’s Dreamworld by Steven Arntson.

Questions:

The producers from your favorite television network are making a new reality show based on your life. Give us the details of the first season.
Due to the straining economy, hemorrhoids start appearing on the streets, buildings, and other entities. You go up to one and squeeze it, what happens?
Your vision has deteriorated and all of the private optometrists are dead. The White House sends you a pair of glasses in the mail. Describe your world view.
Giant squirrels are gathering humans to store and eat for winter. Who do you sacrifice and why?

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Independent Media Mentioned During the Show

Words with Joe Barlow

Some topics that came up in our talks:

AIDS
Bailout
Blackout
Celibate
Fiancé
Hemorrhoids
Hicks
Materialistic Shit
Obese
Old age
Preparation H
President Córdova
Presidential Fitness Test
Race
Rodents
Sexual intercourse
South Park
Video Games

What’s up with that? S03E07 – 10-03-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:32:45 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Resolutions Chris Summer Remix from netBloc Vol. 23: We Invented The Compilation by Entertainment for the Braindead.

Questions:

Last night you went on a date with capitalism, give us the details.
You are trying to get a mortgage, what do you wear to open up the banker’s minds?
You and your friends manage to kill a sacred cow, what do you do with the carcass?
You just woke up! Tell us your dreams or nightmares about health care.
You just got home from work or school and the Obama administration has redecorated your living space, what did they do to it?

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Shoutout to ezdoesit Productions (YouTube MySpace)

Some topics that came up in our talks:

Capitalism
Marriage material
Ron Paul
Federal Reserve System
American Economy
Suits
Chest hair
Poor
Sacred cow
Sacrifice
Health care in Canada
Evolution
Health insurance
Ikea
Flea market

What’s up with that? S03E06 – 09-26-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:28:10 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Lookout from Ruins of Berlin by Dex Romweber Duo.

Questions:

There is a vaccine to protect you from anything, describe what you protect yourself from.
You are creating a personal (drinking) budget, describe how you would arrange your top priorities.
Your neighbor is encroaching upon your land, how would you terrorize them?
Why should the Internet remain net neutral?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

AIDS
Bigotry
Cancer
Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States
Freedom of speech
Hillbilly
HIV
Ignorance
Megalomania
Net neutrality
Patrón
Racism
School
Urine
Vandalism

What’s up with that? S03E05 – 09-19-2009 – Breakfast Club

The Media Collective — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:40:15 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Emo Step Show from She Hate Me by Custodian of Records.

Questions:

You have an iPhone, Android, Blackberry–some kind of handheld device–and there is an application on it linked to a missile system–how do you use it?
You are dating the United Nations and go over to their house to pick them up on a date. Describe their parents.
You look at a billboard infected with the propaganda virus and it gets inside your brain–what does it do to you?
What is the best way to facilitate peace talks?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

1955
Afganistan
AIDS
Alcohol
Anarchy
Anti-Proliferation Treaty
Bastards
Billboards
Communists
Conservative
Countries we Don’t Need
Dating
Douchebag
Drugs
Drunk
Education System
Equal Rights
Freedom
Gay Marriage
Greatest Nation
Hitler
Homosexuals
Hot Carl
Internet Radio
Iran
Iraq
Indiana University
Justice
Kanye West
Korea
League of Nations
Listening
LSD
Marijuana
Mental Exercise
Mexican
Middle East
Naked
Nationality
Neighbor
North Dakota Missile Silos
North Korea
Nuclear Warheads
Obama
Odor
Oregon
Osama Bin Laden
Peace Pipe
Pricks
Propaganda
Psychonaut
Purdue
Race
Healthcare Reform
Regulated
Saddam Hussein
Saudi Arabia
Sex
Sexual Orientation
Shotgun
Stuff you Don’t Need
Subliminal Messages
Syria
Ugly
Victimless Crimes
White Europeans

What’s up with that? S03E04 – 09-11-2009

The Media Collective — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:11:51 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Frankophiel from Zum Geburtstag von Moritz R und Frank F by Rockformation Diskokugel.

Questions:

What’s your confidence in you as a consumer?
The U.S. government probes your digital life, what do they find?
How do you live in this post 9/11 universe?
Your neighbor has just finished building a nuclear device, what to do you do?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

Griswald’s
John Hughes
Conservative
9/11
Universe
Appreciation of the military
Nuclear weapon

What’s up with that? S03E03 – 09-05-2009 (Breakfast Club)

The Media Collective — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:16:17 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Death Letter Blues from Live on Irwin’s show on WFMU 8/19/2009 by Jeremy Wallace.

Questions:

You are crossing a tollbooth of the recession, what do you pay to get on the road to recovery?
How would you Photoshop your body image?
A fire is burning out of control and is heading towards where you live, what’s the first thing you do?
You are in control of a death panel, what is your criteria?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

Integrity
Britney Spears
Photoshop
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Clone stamp
Teeth Whitening
Breast augmentation
Death Panels 1 2 3 4 5
A fire burning out of control
Family photo albums
Jewelry
Run
Sobriety
Breakfast Club
Sexual violence
Euthanasia
Terri Schiavo
Oregon’s Euthanasia Law
Texas
Beards

What’s up with that? S03E02 – 08-28-2009

The Media Collective — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:52:51 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was Sociedad Enferma from netBloc Vol. 03: La Plus Belle Guerre by Arai.

Questions:

What’s one thing you would change about your roommate?
You realize you are repeating yourself, how do you break the pattern?
Senator Ted Kennedy breaks out of his coffin and is alive. What is the first thing he does?
How would you regulate the government?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

Economic Systems
Legalizing Marijuana
Ramadan
Hygiene
Sandwiches
Power
Big Brother
Birther
Sky diving
Comparison of countries

What’s up with that? S03E01 08-21-2009

The Media Collective — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:45:49 +0000

What’s up with that? A show not hosted by Ryan Hill. Music used in this show was The Hard Blues from Live at the Cardner Museums Tapestry Room by Julius Hemphill Sextet.

Questions:

How have your career dreams been crushed by the recession?
The government is subsidizing your dinner, what is on the menu?
You just come home and your roommate has done something filthy, vile and it is stinking–what was it?
How are you mentally preparing for health care?

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Some topics that came up in our talks:

Nursing
Economics
Obama Money
France
Soup
Asparagus
Diet Cola
Global Warming Hoax
Stocks
Industry
Citizenship
Hippies
Natural gas
Wind Power
Bachelor degree
Super senior