Right wing media is masturbating (we said what we said) over their brain fantasy that Michelle Obama will run for President. They also prefer "vibes" to "facts" whether talking about the Constitution or the economy. How to talk to neighbors about the "bad" economy that let them go on that Disney cruise last month. This and the week's news and politics...more at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: Media Matters , "In 2023, right-wing media kept bizarrely claiming that a fix was in to make Mich...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 769
A time when pundits freaked out that Barack Obama had "thrown away" the election of 2012 against Mitt Romney. Recommended. Mitt Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Mitt Romney Documentary Blast from the Past: Episode 149, Biden'd! from October 11, 2012 . More at proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Common...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 768
We talk about our individual "big themes" for 2023 and then dive into a review of nearly everything we watched in 2023. So it's a long podcast! You can read the full list at our blogs -- just Google "Blue Gal" or "Driftglass" to find those websites. More at proleftpod.com.. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 767
It's the time of the year when we celebrate Zappadan miracles. Rudy is bankrupt, Trump won't be on the ballot in Colorado, and Fox isn't talking about any of that and also neglects to tell their audience about the missing Russia Intel Binder. Which is a bfd. The other things not talked about matter: Win Red and the Oath Keepers. Because Trump invited those found guilty of Seditious Conspiracy to Washington DC and Jack Smith has the receipts. More at proleftpod.com.. Our podcast YouTube Channel: ...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 766
We remember stuff that will be down the memory hole before you know it... from THIS year... More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel 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/S2wYQ...
Dec 20, 2023•47 min•Ep. 765
Republicans vote for a fake impeachment inquiry and run away to Christmas vacay. Paul Ryan and others in 2023 sound like Driftglass 2006. Blue Gal has ideas about what to do about Trump trial fatigue. More at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: Blue Gal (Fran Langum) appears on the trivia podcast Tangents: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-fran-langum/id1718492290?i=1000638152535 Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://pa...
Dec 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 764
We review certain facts you'll want to have on hand when talking to MAGA relatives regarding the history of immigration in America. Special props to Maria Bartiromo, a grandchild of open-border immigrants. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Fr...
Dec 12, 2023•47 min•Ep. 763
The media goes from comatose to merely semi-comatose about the threat of a second Trump presidency. Blue Gal writes to the HHS Secretary about her healthcare costs. Another interesting analogy from Driftglass, this time about "TV mind." Three people in the world (at least) say don't promote Liz Cheney to the helm. More at proleftpod.com. LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE: Ana Marie Cox: 'I have bad news for the progressives currently beguiled by Liz Cheney' https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/liz-c...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 762
We remember the career of MSNBC's newest weekend host, Michael Steele. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel 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 Commo...
Dec 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 761
Joe Biden goes to Lauren Boebert's district and Hunter Biden offers to testify on camera? BANG! Plus more of the week's news, media, and politics. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 760
We discuss the very political "The Day The Icicle Works Closed" by Frederick Pohl, and also why science fiction often doesn't age well. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. Support the show
Nov 29, 2023•48 min
An unscripted and unrehearsed conversation, recorded at our dining room table on an iPhone. Driftglass: "Tuesday night I was feeling a little doomed, and my wife asked me what was wrong and I told her that at that moment I was doing some serious thinking about what to do in 2024 if Trump won. And that thinking about the unthinkable was depressing the hell out of me. So we talked about it. And then she took out her phone and said that she bet that other people were feeling the same thing too but ...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 759
A bad week for testosterone in the halls of Congress - Why are men so emotional? Candace Owens rediscovers her Bible, and Ben Shapiro says she should quit over it? Yes, Trump is Hitler after all. And the Sulzberger family newspaper continues to normalize that. What is bothering Brit Hume these days? The answer won't surprise you. This and other news of the week. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypa...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 758
We remember the two Mayor Daley's of Chicago, and the younger Daley's selling off of public facilities like the parking meters to keep "his" city going. It's great urban history. More at proleftpod.com. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Clip of "Lovely Rita" by The Moon Loungers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V6xbl3x-JE Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/...
Nov 15, 2023•59 min•Ep. 757
Driftglass watches the whole Republican debate and lives to tell the tale. And we celebrate big wins for Democrats in this year's elections. Remember how this feels next year and VOTE! More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 756
A somewhat deep dive into the Book of Revelation? Don't worry; we also include connections to John Wick/Keanu Reeves as Jesus. But seriously, folks, these end times Republicans are deeply committed to the end of the world and think war in Israel is just the ticket to them going to Heaven and the rest of us going ...elsewhere. And don't get us started about protecting the environment here on Earth. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: ...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 755
We celebrate with the UAW and explore some related stories you may have missed. And we love the ACA but have a sticker shock for 2024. Driftglass and Blue Gal also appeared this week on The Bill Show from Australia. Listen Here. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 754
The Netflix series "Bodies" brings up all kinds of connections to time travel in science fiction. We watched the 8 part series in three days -- it's good! More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Support the show...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min
The new (and definitely temporary) House Speaker, Maga Mike, Blast Hardcheese, Slab Squatthrust, insert your favorite MST3K nickname here, implies some pretty important theological arguments about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIFTGLASS (Oct 30)!!! Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Oct 26, 2023•57 min•Ep. 753
How a right-wing takeover of "military intelligence" in 1976 leads directly to kew-anan nonsense today. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel 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-b...
Oct 25, 2023•53 min•Ep. 752
A special Wednesday episode - we'll be back next week to our regularly scheduled Tuesday/Thursday shows. Driftglass has an interesting analogy going. We're so glad Joe Biden is president. And we skewer John Kasich, David Gregory, Newt Gingrich, and Sean Hannity for being awful on television THIS WEEK! More at proleftpod.com . LINK FOR THIS EPISODE: Oliver Darcy on NBC's "partners" for the third Republican Debate, Salem Radio and Rumble. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/media/gop-nbc-debate-reliabl...
Oct 18, 2023•53 min
Hi it’s Fran AKA Blue Gal, just letting you know that this week, due to lots of things going on here at Casa DGBG, we will be doing ONE podcast only, on Wednesday October 18. The episode should be posted by 7pm Central time. I’ve got lots of doctor appointments this week for some reason and today Tuesday, our cat, Barack Hussein the Kenyan Usurper, goes to the vet for his annual checkup. Barack Hussein is our Sumo wrestler cat he weighs over 15 pounds but the vet says he’s not overweight just bu...
Oct 17, 2023•2 min
It's our 750th episode! We talk about the horror going on in Israel, and respond to WaPo's very silly article about Illinois Gerrymandering. This plus the news of the week! Thanks for listening! Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 750
Because Joan Walsh asked on the Tim Miller podcast, we're here to explain what happened to the blogosphere. Some of us are still here. More at proleftpod.com. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com/ | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / ...
Oct 10, 2023•53 min•Ep. 749
Democrats learned much from the Obama years: we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home. More at proleftpod.com. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Support the show...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 748
No Fair Remembering Stuff is One Year Old and boy, are our arms tired! We talk about the future of No Fair Remembering Stuff and how we plan to keep doing this show and keep what's left of our sanity. And we follow with an encore presentation of our first show, one year ago today. Your support of the show really matters! Thanks so much. Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Opening and Closing Music: Jumpin Boogie...
Oct 03, 2023•47 min•Ep. 747
The Republican Party can't get their act together, and it's a feature, not a bug. The mainstream media can’t help making “walking the UAW picket line” and “meeting with scabs at a non-union shop” equal. Keith Olbermann dances on Drifty’s corner (again), and a Missouri congressman doesn’t understand timelines. And Republicans won’t call out a REAL corrupt Democrat because they’re too busy going after Joe Biden. The Saudis will pay “anything” for Mar-A-Lago, but Biden’s wearing sneakers. More at p...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 746
We discuss when there's "too much of a good thing" in a science fiction world, including when the hero is a tragic hero. Then we discuss the future of Dune movies. More at sciencefictionuniversity.com. (No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.) Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel Support the show...
Sep 26, 2023•52 min
This episode is not work-safe. Driftglass visits Iowa. Republicans threaten a government shutdown, but worry they'll be blamed for doing it. Some columnists catch up to where we were seven years ago. David Brooks buys a hamburger. And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro shows how to deal with both siderist questions. More at proleftpod.com. Link for this episode: Fran's healthcare situation / GoFundMe. Our podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalLeft Support the show: PayPal...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 745
No Fair Remembering Stuff brings you the sex scandal of 1974. More at proleftpod.com . Support the show: PayPal | https://paypal.me/proleftpodcast Patreon | https://patreon.com/proleftpod Our YouTube Channel 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...
Sep 19, 2023•24 min•Ep. 744
