News mash-up show hosted by Paul Fischer. "In politics..."explainers" range from Pres. Obama's speech to the nation on Syria on the eve of a nine-eleven anniversary...to Bill Clinton being Obama's "Secretary of Explaining Stuff" in his speech the other day on "Obamacare"...to evasive congressional hearings .. where it's hard to get a straight answer on whether the IRS only looked into tea party tax exemption requests..or whether it looked at progressive group requests for tax exemptions, as well. And then..there are "explainers" in journalism. This episode is replete with examples of all of the above ( set to music, as usual." From Pacifica Radio. Let England Shake P.J. Harvey Let England Shake. Vagrant 2011 03:04 Gunshotta (Radio Edit) Machinedrum Vapor City. Ninja Tune 2013 03:35 Atlas Coldplay Hunger Games 2 Soundtrack Album. Republic 2013 04:00 Travelin' On Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts. EMI 2012 00:00 Sister Morphine ( Digital Remaster 2009) The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers. Universal 1971 05:30 DNA Bank Freelance Whales Diluvia. Mom+Pop 2012 07:40 Be Above It Tame Impala Lonerism. Modular 2012 03:03 Society Is My Friend Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo. Matador 2011 05:35 Bitter Rivals Sleigh Bells Bitter Rivals. Mom+Pop 2013 03:19 Golden Arrow Darkside ( Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington) Darkside. Other People 2013 11:20 Daredevil Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel.... Epic 2012 03:20 Lusaka By Night John Wizards John Wizards. Planet Mu 2013 02:59 The Game Gets Old Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Give The People What They Want. Daptone 2013 03:54 Additional Credits This program contains soundbites...including excerpts from Pres. Obama's speech to the nation on Syria the night of Sept. 10th... montage of Obama interviews the night before with 6 network anchors...(Blitzer, Guthrie, Pelley) excerpts of McCain town meeting on Syria with constituents in Ariz... Bill Clinton "explaiiner" on Obamacare... congressional investigation of IRS targeting of certain groups. Was it just the tea party or were progressive groups targeted, too? Reps Connoly and Cummings and IRS Inspector General J. Russell George and Rep. Chris Van Hollen. And, what are "explainers" in the world of journalism.... ( network evening news headline montage)...from C-Span, media and political websites for illustrative, analysis and commentary purposes.