We remember "No Labels" from the day it was born to the present. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library | https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Usw Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on ...
May 16, 2023•46 min•Ep. 717
05-12-2023 | Trump found liable for his sexual assault and has to pay E. Jean Carroll $5,000,000. Meanwhile, George Santos has 13 counts against him and we wonder who paid his $500,000 bond. Oh and Trump may have incriminated himself more than once at the stupid CNN Town Hall. Great job! More at: http://proleftpod.com YouTube Ep 716: https://youtu.be/MB1mOX1vPkE Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Keywords: CNN Fail, Trump Town Hal...
May 11, 2023•54 min•Ep. 716
05-09-2023 | No Fair Remembering Stuff remembers when an old piece of computer software foiled Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. And more lessons on how government works. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 715: https://youtu.be/hJE9RQelY1I Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free D...
May 08, 2023•37 min•Ep. 715
Ron DeSantis didn't know Mickey Mouse could read! Also shocking news about Tucker Carlson (He's a racist? Ya don't say!), and Driftglass's rant about Republican Horcruxes and secret liberal magic powers. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 714: https://youtu.be/ez_l7oQ3Yas Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Rhonda Santis, Ron DeSantis, The Professional Left with Driftglass and BlueGal, politics, comedy, Congress, news, prog...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 714
05-02-2023 | The belief that somehow Kamala Harris isn't "doing something" as Veep runs counter to nearly every other Vice President in the history of the United States. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 713: https://youtu.be/WmuijObPiwQ Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free ...
May 02, 2023•28 min•Ep. 713
04-28-2023 | Who exactly was Tucker Carlson's audience for the Twitter video he made after his firing from Fox? And why, all of a sudden, are conservatives pushing both siderism in DROVES? (We know!) More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 712: https://youtu.be/s16nHqwHY7Y Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Tucker Carlson, Fox News, The Professional Left with Driftglass and BlueGal, politics, comedy, Congress, news, progressive...
Apr 28, 2023•53 min•Ep. 712
04-25-2023 | 'Gene Roddenberry's Scratchpad' - We discuss "The Questor Tapes," a 1970's Gene Roddenberry pilot that provided source material for TNG's beloved character, Data. More at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com . Support the show at https://patreon.com/scifiu YouTube SciFiU - Ep 14: https://youtu.be/CfC28Sq8c7E KEYWORDS: Science Fiction University, media, entertainment, entertainment reviews, science fiction movies, classic movies, 1970's Movies, sci fi, scifiu . Support the show...
Apr 24, 2023•31 min
04-21-2023 | Despite our disappointment that Dominion settled with Fox, there's still a lot of Eff'd around and they're gonna find out for conservative media and politicians. Why is the Lincoln Project calling for a Republican Year Zero? WE KNOW! And Blue Gal takes the "I'm an independent!" Quiz. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 711: https://youtu.be/JW0n-KcIkdk Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Dominion v. Fox, Charlie...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 711
04-18-2023 | Ted Kennedy at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. More at http://proleftpod.com . Links for this episode: The economy, 1980 https://home.csulb.edu/~astevens/posc420/files/hibbs.html Full Text of Ted Kennedy's Speech to the 1980 Democratic Convention https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/tedkennedy1980dnc.htm Video of Ted Kennedy's Speech to the 1980 Democratic Convention https://www.c-span.org/video/?3439-1/senator-edward-kennedy-1980-convention-speech Ted Kennedy's memori...
Apr 18, 2023•55 min•Ep. 710
04-14-2023 | (Not work safe) So much news, but it's important to stay sane. Ketchup thrower is trying to create chaos so the public will tune out his crimes and his followers will send money. More at http://proleftpod.com . Link for this episode : The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor YouTube Ep 709: https://youtu.be/igC3wNoaHBY Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod politics, progressive, media, Jo...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 709
04-11-2023 | We remember the gay prostitute, Jeff Gannon, who was a George W. Bush White House Correspondent for two years. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 708: https://youtu.be/K2ZMJwog9Gs Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Usw Creative Commons Music by Jason Sha...
Apr 11, 2023•41 min•Ep. 708
04-07-2023 | There are liberals winning elections in the Midwest! Also, they call it "woke" and "socialism" when Black people get stuff. The massive fail at 60 Minutes and the small win at MSNBC. And Springfield IL will have a new mayor, which is a surprise. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 707: https://youtu.be/GwVF5_y1qwU Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Election 2023, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democra...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 707
You can listen to Driftglass (with the inimitable Digby) on the BradBlog Podcast this afternoon. BradBlog.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks! Support the show
Apr 04, 2023•37 sec
April 1, 2023 | We recorded our Thursday episode right before Donald Trump was indicted, but no worries, it was perfect timing for our April Fool's Day deadline to get that demo reel to I Fart Radio ! Satire! Happy April Fool's Day, everybody! YouTube Ep 706: https://youtu.be/mYEevQC11gM No Episode Tuesday - We'll be watching for the arraignment. A meaty show will drop on the evening of Thursday, April 6, 2023. Thanks! Incidental Music: "Signal To Noise (CC-BY) by Scott Buckley" is under a Creat...
Apr 01, 2023•12 min•Ep. 706
03-31-2023 | We read some of your letters and react to the tragic (and preventable, Republicans) murders of children and their caretakers in Nashville. And afterwards we found out Trump was indicted today. DANG IT. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 705: https://youtu.be/85xvTQrV_pc Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #C...
Mar 30, 2023•51 min•Ep. 705
03-28-2023 | Time for another Science Fiction University! This time, we discuss artificial intelligence, dystopian movies, and the 1970 film "Colossus: The Forbin Project." Uh-oh, we shouldn't have built an out-of-control super computer with nukes! See all of our Science Fiction University episodes at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com . Support the show at https://patreon.com/scifiu YouTube SciFiU - Ep 13: https://youtu.be/Zn7-iy6xS6M Trailer: https://youtu.be/kyOEwiQhzMI Movie: https://vimeo....
Mar 28, 2023•35 min
This week was like a scene out of "His Girl Friday," with reporters vamping while waiting for news. More on being the audience that bolts from MSNBC. Our next big mass movement is against poverty. And the so-called "judgment of history" is bunk, to put it mildly, which Driftglass never puts it mildly! More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 702: https://youtu.be/PYbjuH0b_fs Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod politics, progressi...
Mar 23, 2023•59 min•Ep. 704
No Fair Remembering Stuff on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the Bush Administration. What we blogged, how we felt, what it means today. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 703: https://youtu.be/bm6XjJkGONg Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Usw Creati...
Mar 21, 2023•54 min
Woke as Duckspeak. DeSantis eats pudding with three fingers, and that tanks his fascist a$$. All this and the week's news plus more at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 702: https://youtu.be/-OKAUZPbqoU Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Tom Nichols, Joe Scarborough, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White House, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #Bu...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 702
The final episode of our history of OG liberal blogs. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 701: https://youtu.be/kzz9Uji1HxU Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Usw Crea...
Mar 14, 2023•55 min•Ep. 701
What a week! Dominion filings against Fox, Jim Jordan AND Tucker Carlson face plant, and we appreciate the punching back by Rep. Daniel Goldman and other House Democrats and their staffs. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 700: https://youtu.be/BbmtF_7zxsQ Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Fox News, Dominion lawsuit, Tucker Carlson, Jim Jordan, Daniel Goldman, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, ...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 700
03-07-2023 | Part 3 of our series on the history of the left-wing blogosphere and our part in it. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/S2wYQlC0Usw Creat...
Mar 07, 2023•57 min•Ep. 699
03-03-2023 | Fox News viewers appear to be able to *change coverage of reality* at Fox by not watching when they tell the truth. We don't want to do that, but we would prefer if MSNBC paid *fewer former Republicans* to provide political coverage, tyvm. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 698: https://youtu.be/KSw9kYXidjI Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod MSNBC, Fox, Dominion lawsuit, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 698
On the last Tuesday of every month, Driftglass and Blue Gal present Science Fiction University . 02-28-2023 | We discuss our re-watching of Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner," perhaps the most influential science fiction single-season show ever. More Science Fiction University at http://ScienceFictionUniversity.com . Support the show at https://patreon.com/scifiu YouTube Ep 698: https://youtu.be/g2C4zCgUFpw Science Fiction University, media, entertainment, entertainment reviews, tv series, class...
Feb 28, 2023•40 min•Ep. 698
02-24-23 | We announced that we were getting married 12 years ago this month, and we're still at it! Meanwhile, for Lent, Fran is giving up the knee-jerk reaction that Marjorie Taylor Greene has any power whatsoever to make her sick Confederate fantasies a reality. To put it in Georgia terms, "bless her heart." More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 697: https://youtu.be/uzYvyLg_Lfw Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Jan 6 Rep...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 697
02-21-2023 | Part 2 of our series on the history of the left-wing blogosphere and our part in it. More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 696: https://youtu.be/5FFG25m4FaI Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/jumpin-boogie-woogie Music promoted by Aud...
Feb 21, 2023•54 min•Ep. 696
02-23-2023 | We compare the two conservative cruises set to sail this summer. And Driftglass compares the Republican Party to the Subprime Housing Crisis. Who is doing their job in Washington and who is not. Plus Fran gets some swears in about school shootings and Nikki Haley. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 695: https://youtu.be/xrwiLDp8yU0 Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Nikki Haley, MSU Mass Shooting, school shoot...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 695
02-14-2023 | We discuss how the liberal blogosphere got its start in THIS century, remembering Steve Gilliard, praising Digby, and celebrating Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars. Old Skool, baby! (In part 2 we'll talk more about OUR blogs!) More at http://proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod YouTube Ep 694: https://youtu.be/OqDSer7Bc0w Opening and closing music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix http://audionautix.com...
Feb 14, 2023•37 min•Ep. 694
02-10-2023 | Joe Biden slays the Republican Party at SOTU, plus some local news. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 693: https://youtu.be/YtbEoj--81g Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod The State of The Union, SOTU, rope-a-dope, #CornfieldResistance, #BothSidesDont, #TheLeftRemembers, #BurnTheLifeboats, politics, progressive, media, Joe Biden, Republican Congress, Democratic Congress, Democratic Senate, Democratic White Hou...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 693
02-07-2023 | Part 2 of 2 of our discussion of the long struggle for universal healthcare in the US. This episode: Romneycare to the present. CORRECTION: In this podcast we mention a "mean Jean" and Driftglass says "Shaheen" which is of course wrong. Jean Schmidt from Ohio is the one who danced over the end of Obamacare. Jean Shaheen is a Democrat from New Hampshire. We regret the error. More at http://proleftpod.com . YouTube Ep 692: https://youtu.be/WyNH38MaxNA ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamaca...
Feb 07, 2023•51 min•Ep. 692
