Host Paul Fischer used to work for Dan Rather (hence the title of the show), and now remixes the news each week with new music.

This week: Neanderthals in Texas and Humans on Mars. Covid Relief and No Relief from Phone Scam Robo-Calls. Etc. Beware The Ides of March 2021. ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites).
Truckin' (excerpt) The Grateful Dead American Beauty. Warner Bros Rec 1970 02:30 Lux Jane Weaver Flock. Fire Rec 2021 01:28 The Pet Parade Fruit Bats The Pet Parade . Merge Rec 2021 06:42 Melting Pot Moment 3 Patti Cudd Still Motion. Sideband Rec 2021 03:11 Hyaline Ossuary Dan Blackburn and Julius Masri Superlith II. Public Eyesore Rec 2021 04:24 I'm So Excited ( excerpt) The Pointer Sisters So Excited. RCA Rec 1982 02:10 All Is Well Lloyd Aquae. Anyines Rec 2020 01:17 What's Goin' On Cabaret Voltaire Shadow of Fear. Mute Rec 2021 06:24 Life Is Not a Lesson Glitterer Life Is Not A Lesson. Anti Rec 2021 02:28 Alley Oop The Hollywood Argyles single. Lute 5905 Rec 1960 02:36 Au Fond du Cosmos Robert Cohen-Solal Les Shadoks (50th Anniversary Edition). WRWTFWW Rec 2018 04:12 Seven Months Mouse on Mars AAI. Thrill Jockey Rec 2021 02:31 I Was Never Really Here KAS Like Sunlit Threads. Iliantape Rec 2021 02:23 Emergency Telephone Billy Nomates Emergency Telephone . Invada Rec 2021 04:08 You're Not Wrong Eve Adams Metal Bird. self released Eve Adams 2021 03:32 JSLOIPNIE Jlin and SOPHIE Intermission Compilation Album (Various Artists) . Unsound Festival Rec 2021 02:21 Depersonalised 3D Llyr 3D Reworks EP. Mesh Rec 2021 05:34 Oversharers Anonymous ( Radio Edit) Wild Pink A Billion Little Lights. Royal Mountain Rec 2021 04:01 Additional Credits This program contains soundbites..including..opening montage/mix/mashup/ nat snd... the covid relief bill...excerpts...vote result on final version of 1 point 9 trillion dollar aid bill...excerpts.. Sen Ron Johnson forces reading out loud of the whole bill by Sen clerks ( Nikki McKenna radio show/ Sen press availability/ Sen Floor "objection" to force the reading of the bill...Sen clerk reading bill ( nat snd)... Q and A Speaker Pelosi on Johnson's delay tactics.. Sen. Chris Murphy on hypocrisy of Johnson and others in GOP ridiculing one point 9 trillion for covid relief...after voting for 2 trillion in tax cuts for the rich under Trump administration.. reading of bill ends after nearly 11 hours ...Sen Van Hollen announces start of Vote-O-Rama.... Sen Sanders tries ..and fails..to get amendment reinstating provision for 15 dollar an hour minimum wage.. Sen Joe Manchin on his holding up the covid bill to get changes on provision for extra unemployment benefits ..is asked whether he's enjoying the spotlight too much ( excerpt Q and A Manchin with Chris Wallace...Fox News Sunday)... Pelosi on the covid bill victory ( I'm so excited)... Montage Sen Ossoff...Stacey Abrams...Pres Biden..on spate of laws attempting to suppress voting rights... Montage/Mix/Mashup...NEANDERTHALS... Tx. Gov Abbott...Pres Biden...SencBlackburn R Tenn.... Humans on Mars/ Robocalls on Earth (or The Sky Above, The Mud Below) Nat snd...excerpts from Spacex launches in February and March of Mars protype rocket...both ended with explosions when the rocket returned to the launchpad...montage/mix/mashup...the scam robocalls i got in the past few days really ramped up...despite all the new regs against them... Rep Pramila Jayapal...after getting briefed on Gen Russel Honore's findings on Cap Hill Security and what needs to be done to keep Reps/Sens/staffers and workers safe. From C Span, media and political websites...for illustrative, analysis and commentary purposes)