Sink your teeth into our discussion of the hypocrisy and absurdity behind the horse meat debacle; the real scandal behind SodaStream’s SuperBowl ad; the 10th anniversary of a key propaganda coup for the selling of the U.S. invasion of Iraq; and the utterly sad Gun Appreciation Day events held this past January. Then our interview guest — author and journalist Chris Mooney — talks with us about political psychology and his book The Republic Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science — and Reality.

Episode Links

• Liberator!
• SodaStream: A Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Settlements
• Ex-Powell Aide Lawrence Wilkerson Debates Author Norman Solomon (Democracy Now!)
• War Made Easy
• Conservatives Have Their Worst Week Ever (Rolling Stone)
• Chris Mooney
• The Republican Brain
• Targeted killings: OK if Obama does it? (Salon)

Episode Music

• Drop Dead – At the Cost of an Animal
• Kim Mitchell – Go For A Soda
• Voivod – The Getaway
• M.O.D. – True Colors