The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
"Fiercely and unapologetically progressive, and definitely NSFW. 'The Professional Left' features award-winning bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal as they skewer right-wing absurdities and dismantle mainstream media mealy-mouths with razor-sharp wit and zero filter. From mercilessly mocking partisan hacks to elevating stories the media ignores, it's the profane, unflinching political commentary you didn't know you needed. More at http://ProLeftPod.com."
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 966
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Ep 105: Lit Crit: The Tragedy of Newt and the Unreliable Narrator of the Media
DG and BG go full-court literary theorists. Newt Gingrich is a tragedy for the GOP, and the unreliability of the Beltway Narrators points directly to their own failures and complicities. Girl with …
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Fri 09 Dec 2011
Ep 104 Ancient Rome and Your Conservative Relatives, also Zappa
Why the US is like Ancient Rome (corrupt from top to bottom) and a letter from a listener about dealing with his fact-averse conservative dad. More at ProfessionalLeft dot Blogspot dot Com. PS Dece…
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Fri 02 Dec 2011
Ep 103 The Annual Thanksgiving Episode with Your Letters
Now an annual tradition, we read from selected letters from you, our readers. Thanks so much for your listenership and support! More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Fri 25 Nov 2011
Ep 102 #OWS and OMG
An alert reader highlights that we forgot David Brooks and David Gregory on last week's podcast. We make it up to him, and discuss why #OWS is #winning, duh. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Fri 18 Nov 2011
BONUS Content: Driftglass Interviewed on KOPN-FM 89.5 Columbia MO
November 8, 2011 Driftglass interviewed on KOPN-FM (KOPN.org) on the show, "Sex, Drugs and Civil Liberties." Thank you to KOPN for permission to rebroadcast.
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Tue 15 Nov 2011
Ep 101 Bubble, Bubble, Republicans in trouble
We discuss the conservative bubble pop that is this week's election results in Ohio and elsewhere, and the bubble persisting around the heads of GOP candidates for POTUS. Also, sexism and whither th…
00:44:37 |
Fri 11 Nov 2011
Ep 100: The One Hundredth Episode
Newt is the last man standing in the GOP Bar and Grill? What podcasting for 100 episodes has meant to us, why Rachel Maddow is actually wrong about silencing Paul Wolfowicz, and at long last, optimi…
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Fri 04 Nov 2011
Ep 99 [Percenter] Can the Revolution Be Advertised?
We discuss the anti-commercialism of #OWS and how in some cases it’s unwarranted. We’ve got our own Iphone app; and how come it took us so long to get addicted to Angry Birds? And from our mailbox,…
00:35:45 |
Fri 28 Oct 2011
Ep 98: Occupy the Boardroom? What about Occupy the Newsroom?
The GOP Vegas Debate, Occupy the Boardroom, defending unions from old urban legends, and why angry lapsed Catholics make the best angels on earth. More at Professional Left.blogspot.com
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Fri 21 Oct 2011
Ep 97 The Republican Party = the real extremist anti-American radicals
We discuss the GOP debates as a litmus test of their base and read letters from real ex-conservatives who have found a better way. Why the media has no language for #OWS, and finally we review the po…
00:52:36 |
Fri 14 Oct 2011
Ep 96 - #OWS - The Glitch in the Matrix
Why the corporate media can't explain Occupy Wall Street and We are the 99 Percent. Plus Michelle Bachmann's Hispanic Piranha Prom and Herman Cain's "Mine Mine Mine" tax plan. More at ProfessionalL…
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Fri 07 Oct 2011
Ep 94 What Class Warfare? 1-2-3 what are we fighting for?
Recorded before the Troy Davis execution: BG does a lighting round of items proving there is the class war is kinda, well, over. Why liberal activism will never pay a living wage (because we're not…
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Fri 23 Sep 2011
Ep 93 Star Trek versus the Tea Party?
Is there a difference between Republicans and Libertarians? And why English Majors make the best political analysts. And Driftglass compares and contrasts a tea party gathering... with a Star Trek …
00:42:14 |
Fri 16 Sep 2011
Ep 92 The Reagan Debate; and the Professional Left Five Year Plan?
Laughter and horror over the GOP debate; and, how do we survive the political stress of the next five years? More at ProfessionalLeft.Blogspot.com
00:41:58 |
Fri 09 Sep 2011
Ep 91 "Barack, how could you have pardoned Nixon?"
Driftglass has one question for Barack Obama. Also, a question for us liberals: are we sticking to principles or fetishizing our politics? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Fri 02 Sep 2011
Ep 90 What does the Right have that we don't? A Rookie Bench.
Driftglass uncovers the Right Wing Pundit Reserve Bench at Frum Forum. Also, a wedding recap and BG watches Democracy Now at the dentist. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
00:53:37 |
Fri 26 Aug 2011
Ep 89 The Last Premarital Podcast
Driftglass and Blue Gal tied the knot on August 19. But before they headed to the courthouse, they posted a podcast about politics, theocracy, and stuff. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.
00:50:08 |
Fri 19 Aug 2011
Ep 88: Magical thinking with Tom Friedman, Cokie Roberts, and...Nixon?
They're not really on our show. Also, how beltway narratives actually affect social security. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.
00:37:21 |
Fri 12 Aug 2011
Ep 87 Playing the Long Game, Fighting the Long War
The battle against conservatism started long ago, and now begins again with a fight against centrism. Truman, Mencken, and T-Bills. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com
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Fri 05 Aug 2011
Ep 86 It gets better...for liberals?
We discuss serenity prayers, centrism as news, theraputic swearing, and a psychoanalysis of...Bill Maher? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.
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Fri 29 Jul 2011
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