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
Are YOU a good liberal? Are we?
What makes a good liberal, and why are conservatives, particularly tea party candidates, self-destructing? Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how conservatives have lost the ability to speak in code. …
00:33:03 |
Fri 25 Jun 2010
Does the BP disaster mean we might actually reform the world?
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss whether the latest explosion of GOP outrageous behavior, apologizing to BP, means we muckrakers might actually have a chance to reform a thing or two. And we give a …
00:36:44 |
Fri 18 Jun 2010
The Lost Episode, our first ever from January
This podcast from January was never uploaded to Buzzspout. We discuss the issues of jobs, conservatism. blogging, and whether we'll give our podcast a name, which we didn't.
00:23:02 |
Fri 11 Jun 2010
It's all Obama's Fault! (In honor of Steve Gilliard)
This week's podcast is in honor of blogger Steve Gilliard on the anniversary of his death. We hereby (sarcastically) acknowledge that everything bad since the dawn of time is "Obama's fault," includ…
00:33:01 |
Fri 04 Jun 2010
Is it sexist to call Sarah Palin stupid? and other blogger quandaries
This week we discuss what happens when the President visits Chicago, whether calling Sarah Palin "stupid" is sexist, and what a real tragedy the Tea Party is for all of us. Blue Gal discusses her re…
00:38:40 |
Fri 28 May 2010
Blind Trust and Teabagger Faith.
Driftglass and Blue Gal talk about music; can a song be too old to be cool? In our main event, can Driftglass trust a Chicago Democratic politician who changed her position, and now says Cook County…
00:33:09 |
Fri 21 May 2010
Taking the Leap: Risk, Rewards, and the Media Elite
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss Photoshop for iPhones, and possibly the worst concert summer series ever. Plus, why risk-taking is easy for those who can afford to go to Davos and impossible for the…
00:29:38 |
Fri 14 May 2010
Can Obama be a transformative President?
Driftglass talks about his trip to Laughing Liberally Chicago and their interview with Nixonland author Rick Perlstein. The subject of Perlstein's interview was whether Obama can be a transformative…
00:31:50 |
Fri 07 May 2010
Shakespeare, Sex, Obama, and the Press
Driftglass and Blue Gal laugh about how to impress women in graduate school with your (fake) knowledge of literature (h/t Harvard Lampoon's Big Book of College Life). Driftglass (over) shares his e…
00:24:44 |
Fri 30 Apr 2010
Race, Sex, Class, and the White House Bed Linens
Driftglass and Blue Gal have a fascinating (and funny) discussion of race and class as it relates to the Teabaggers and the Obamas.On a serious note, is giving bigots publicity good or bad for democr…
00:33:55 |
Fri 16 Apr 2010
Podcast 4-9-2010 The Director's Un-Cut!
This is the raw tape from our conversation with Arvan of SexGenderBody.com. We had such a good time talking with him it was a shame to edit it down to thirty minutes, but we didn't have time to make…
01:14:34 |
Fri 09 Apr 2010
Rooting out the Teabagger Rot, Blog against Theocracy, and The Media is Guilty
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss why we won't get beyond Teabaggers as a nation until we put Dick Cheney on trial. Plus the blogswarm for Blog Against Theocracy is this weekend, and the media is gui…
00:30:16 |
Fri 02 Apr 2010
The Best [Health Care] Reform We Never Had
We celebrate the sixth blogiversary of Driftglass (the blog), wrestle with the angst of liberals having to deal (always, throughout history) with deeply flawed Democratic Presidents. (Next week: we…
00:32:57 |
Fri 26 Mar 2010
Palin, Rove, and the Tyranny of "Centrism"
Driftglass absolves Blue Gal of the "sin" of gaining blog traffic from a Sarah Palin post. Then, discussion of Karl Rove's evil, yet sadly effective, interview jujitsu. We wrap it up with why cent…
00:32:22 |
Fri 19 Mar 2010
The End Times for the GOP; Jesus, Buddha, and Susie Bright
In this not safe for work episode, Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss whether the rapid increase of GOP crazy indicates that we are living in the end times after all. We move on to ponder political res…
00:33:24 |
Fri 12 Mar 2010
Patriot Act, Blog against Theocracy, The Bible and Sci Fi.
Blue Gal and Driftglass invite right wingers to join them in working to repeal the Patriot Act. They discuss The Ten Commandments, which DG calls the best movie of all time, Easter, Bible weddings, …
00:30:25 |
Fri 05 Mar 2010
GOP Words Have (No) Meaning - Deep South Politics - Fake Outrage
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss why GOP word salad works, why Newt Gingrich might lose the South, and why fake outrage is the GOP method of choice. Plus a very special "guest" closes us out.
00:35:11 |
Mon 01 Mar 2010
The Podcast that almost didn't pod, or cast!
This is the podcast we recorded right before Blue Gal received that fundraising letter from Michael Steele that made Driftglass so mad. We cover the jobless future of America, the dearth of Republic…
00:34:31 |
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Blue Gal gets a letter: Driftglass loses his equilibrium.
Actually, we started laughing over a letter sent to Blue Gal by Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee, but then Driftglass just about walks out on the podcast because the letter's insa…
00:31:13 |
Fri 19 Feb 2010
Sarah Palin and the Davids (Brooks and Broder)
Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how Sarah Palin and the GOP are actually engaging in a long tradition of the obscene and profane. Plus David Brooks and David Broder, GOP obscenity apologists.
00:33:05 |
Fri 12 Feb 2010
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