Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
Weekly Program
Songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), Gil Scott-Heron ("The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"), Circle Jerks ("Coup D'Etat"), The Clash ("Rudie Can't Fail"), and the Steve Miller Band ("Take the
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." It is often a mash-up of the week's news, and sometimes a radio news fantasy with song parodies and covers similar to "Dr. Demento" and comedy skits and more.
Clips and excerpts from Trevor Noah; Stephen Colbert; Jimmy Kimmel; Donald Drumpf; Jonathan Karl; Chris Wallace; Bill Barr; Ivanka Drumpf; Jason Miller; Jordan Lyman; Seth Meyers; Friedrich Fromm and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg; Van Jones; and Chris Hayes.
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." This week: "A Coup and A Con." This week there are hearings proving an insurrection and a grift. Thanks for the songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), Gil Scott-Heron ("The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"), Circle Jerks ("Coup D'Etat"), The Clash ("Rudie Can't Fail"), and the Steve Miller Band ("Take the Money and Run"). Clips and excerpts from Trevor Noah; Stephen Colbert; Jimmy Kimmel; Donald Drumpf; Jonathan Karl; Chris Wallace; Bill Barr; Ivanka Drumpf; Jason Miller; Jordan Lyman; Seth Meyers; Friedrich Fromm and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg; Van Jones; and Chris Hayes. Episode 073.
A Coup and A Con
Weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines.
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June 16, 2022
Recorded at Wave Farm in the Hudson Valley in New York.