The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Three badass women—Jasmine Crockett, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde—speak truth to power.

Then we're on to Trump's unconscionable January 6th pardons, dissecting the psychology of "I'm, an indepe…

Tune in Wednesday 1/22-- we're on the Bob Cesca Show and Driftglass will be on the BradCast!  And we'll have more politics on Thursday, not that this show isn't political!

A dive into propaganda in s…

We all know something has died. It's time for a wake, and then... onward toward life. 

More at proleftpod.com 

Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance.  Podcast artwork by Driftglass. 

Support the p…

Have you noticed that truly independent liberal blogs have maintained their integrity while other "upstart" media ventures often drift toward centrism and "both-sides" reporting?  We have! 

In this we…

It's been fifteen YEARS of podcasting at The Professional Left!

Our hearts go out to the victims of the Palisades fire.

Why can't we talk to conservatives not to inform or persuade or even get them t…

Recorded January 7, 2025

We discuss how mainstream media continues to normalize extremism while Vice President Harris certifies her own election loss. How the media landscape is shifting in concerning…

It's our final episode of 2024 and the 100th episode of the year!!!

January 2025 marks our 15th anniversary of podcasting!  

(We're off on Thursday and will return to regular podcasting on Tuesday, Jan…

Elon Musk is running the country now, so we've got THAT going for us.  Driftglass suggests, only a little tongue in cheek, that farmers (who voted for Trump in the 75-80% range) should bear the brunt…

Aww, nobody wants the "head up the Washington Post" job?  

In other news: 

• Trump's potential betrayal of rural supporters through proposed policies on tariffs, immigration, and healthcare
• Trump's past f…

Our "hot take"? The CEO shooting reminds us of... Sandy Hook and Uvalde. 

Driftglass reads his classic tale "Little Red State Fundy" and we have given up MSNBC, all of it, for one big reason. 

More a…

Surprise! They're Trump voters! 

It's amazing how many "low information" (they're not) voters "do their own research." 

LINKS for this episode:

No More Mister Nice Blog:  "Members of the latest times…

We issue a correction to episode 859...

Support the show

Correction to Tuesday's episode on pardons:  Contrary to the false information we repeated in episode 858, George HW Bush did NOT pardon his son, Neil.  We regret the error.

We got a letter we had to …

CORRECTION:  Contrary to the false information we repeated in this episode, George HW Bush did NOT pardon his son, Neil.  We regret the error.

The Hunter Biden Pardon in the historical context of pre…

Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners!  We are so grateful to you for support of our show.

We are off on Thursday.  Next week we hope to do a Science Fiction University episode!

Links for this episode:…

It's bathroom bigotry all over again.  We remember just how racist Jesse Helms was, and how perfectly okay the Republican Party was with all of that bigotry. 

There's likely to be lots of Cabinet-app…

Today is a good day for us to remember that we are not alone or crazy...or doomed.  Trump Co is destined for SELF-destruction.

And we came across a Steve Gilliard post from TWENTY years ago that is a…

Thursdays with Royko. 

Guess who says we need a new liberal media? 

Guess who says Matt Gaetz is a Sex Pervert?

And Blue Gal interviews our 26yo about the election. 

More at proleftpod.com

You can hel…

We're on BlueSky!  bluegal, driftglass, proleftpodcast.  Join us!

Five stages of grief?  How about five stages of MAGA victory, including bargaining, denial, and anger?  Because FAFO isn't just a cut…

The post-election episode. 

We're going to get busy, working to make the world a better place, because that is what we are ALWAYS, in all circumstances, called to do.

More at proleftpod.com.

Link for …