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
- 964
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
GOP White Supremacy, Esquire's Balanced Budgets, and Happy Birthday Driftglass
Happy Halloween! We discuss why the real political divide is between scared white people and everybody else. Election week burnout leads us to talk actual issues, especially Esquire.com's plan to a…
00:41:10 |
Fri 29 Oct 2010
"It gets better" for the straight kid, too. And...Have we touched bottom on Tea Party stupid yet?
Why the Juan Williams episode proves once again that the media is broken, and why we will never reach bottom when it comes to Tea Party stupid. Blue Gal loses it over so-called feminist defenders of…
00:40:35 |
Fri 22 Oct 2010
Red - Nosed Campaigns and Blue Collar Liberals
This podcast was recorded before we discovered that (a) Carl Paladino rents buildings to gay-themed nightclubs [were there GOP fundraisers held there? Oh wait, that's BONDAGE themed nightclubs, sorry…
00:34:15 |
Fri 15 Oct 2010
O'Donnell Sex Costumes, Tea Party Pathology, and Off to Church with David Brooks
DG/BG promote a fellow blogger's costume contest, and ask how on earth can the GOP hold so many disparate ideas and unprofessional candidates and think they're electable? Maybe it has something to d…
00:33:05 |
Fri 08 Oct 2010
James O'Keefe's Creepy Sex Hubris! And how to beat the bullies.
This week we discuss the creepy sex hubris of James O’Keefe, the inside the beltway wankitude of Chuck Todd [vs. the social justice Christianity of Stephen Colbert], and the bully tactics of Jim DeM…
00:38:00 |
Fri 01 Oct 2010
Hey Blanche Lincoln, We Want Our Party Back!
Should a progressive Arkansan vote for Blanche Lincoln this November? Driftglass says yes, Blue Gal's not so sure. The real test question for whether the media is broken: "Is Newt Gingrich on you…
00:27:10 |
Fri 24 Sep 2010
God, Sex, and Open Season on Calista Gingrich
Carefully avoiding "masturbation in Delaware jokes", Driftglass and Blue Gal instead traverse Christine O'Donnell's patriarchal theocracy, Newt Gingrich's nonsensical right-wing playbook, and Chris M…
00:27:05 |
Fri 17 Sep 2010
Can Obama Get His Groove Back?
Was this was the week Obama got his groove back? How can you have a good revolution without a strong middle class? (You can't.) Finally, Blue Gal confesses that she actually agrees with Glenn Be…
00:38:10 |
Fri 10 Sep 2010
BONUS PODCAST: The Daley Show
Da Mare ain't gonna run no more! Long-time Chicagoan Driftglass discusses with Down-State Illinoisan Blue Gal the possible reasons why Mayor Daley isn't running for re-election, who might take his p…
00:34:45 |
Thu 09 Sep 2010
Beck, Palin, and Obama's Real "Secret Plot"
Reviewing Beckapolooza and Vanity Fair's paean to Palin, along with Obama's big wet kiss to... GW Bush? Warning both the GOP and Chris Matthews that where Palin is concerned, they must be careful w…
00:45:05 |
Fri 03 Sep 2010
BONUS CONTENT: On Writing and the Lost Art of Blogging
During the early days of September, Driftglass at Driftglass.blogspot.com experimented with "aggregate blogging" as an exercise in parody and self-preservation. In this bonus podcast, he and Blue Ga…
00:38:45 |
Thu 02 Sep 2010
The Worst Lie Conservatives Tell
What's the worst lie conservatives tell? A listener's email provides both worry and hope for the future. More at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com
00:40:15 |
Fri 27 Aug 2010
Blago, Old Boys, and Bad Foreplay
The Chicago perspective on the Blago verdict from DG; BG gives up trying to convert Pammy Atlas to the light side of the Force. Blue Gal loses it over the old man’s club of the US Senate. Plus, E…
00:37:00 |
Fri 20 Aug 2010
We're now the Professional Left!
The DG/BG podcast is now "The Professional Left"! Gibbs, Kucinich, Gingrich and an effort by one emailer to "meet in the middle." DG and BG decide meeting halfway between Earth and Planet Teabag i…
00:41:50 |
Fri 13 Aug 2010
The Great Republican vs. Republican Divide
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the Republican divide between Country Club Republicans and Tea Partiers. David Stockman disowned supply side economics, and Sharron Angle blurted out the barely-illic…
00:35:25 |
Fri 06 Aug 2010
Why won't Sarah Palin Friend Us on Facebook?
Facebook attained the 500 million user mark this week, and Sarah Palin once again Facebooked an attack against an imaginary foe, namely the now-defunct JournoList. Anti-social non-networker Driftgl…
00:29:50 |
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Andrew Breitbart, Enemy of Democracy
Blue Gal and Driftglass overcome the tragedy of Breitbart's media reach and political power to discuss the travesty of Breitbart's actions. (And POTUS is not left unscathed.) We end with a couple q…
00:31:15 |
Fri 23 Jul 2010
Republicans and Pundits: Let's play the "Evil, Stupid, or Crazy" game!
In this extended podcast, birthday girl Blue Gal and Driftglass run down the following list of conservatives, GOP politicians, and a few pundits, and discuss whether they are Evil, Stupid, or Crazy: …
00:57:05 |
Fri 16 Jul 2010
Sex Club Zoning, Hanging Laundry, and Why Progressives Can't Take the Summer Off.
Driftglass gets a special link, Blue Gal appears on a kinky radio program, and they both discuss why progressives can't take themselves for granted during this election cycle. Past episodes and more…
00:29:20 |
Fri 09 Jul 2010
It's the Economy, Stupid (Special "Driftglass Got Laid Off Again" Edition)
The recently laid-off Driftglass and his blogger colleague Blue Gal discuss why conservatives must never discuss the working man's economy, what death row inmates have in common with WalMart employee…
00:38:03 |
Fri 02 Jul 2010
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