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
Ep 811: 'I Never Thought Evangelicals Would Eat MY Face!'
No Fair Remembering Stuff covers this week's news of conservative columnist David French, who never thought his fellow evangelicals would cancel HIM. He was taken to task quite appropriately by an…
Ep 810: Seeing The Republican Fascist Matrix
There are a small number of people who are Agents of American fascism. These are the Steve Bannons, Tim Pools and Stephen MIllerses. Stone-cold nazis with a clear agenda.
Then there is a much large…
Ep 809: Convicted Felon
Did we mention he's a convicted felon? Also a wee bit of No Fair Remembering Stuff on the topic of news media using the term "LIE."
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Ep 808: We interrupt this podcast for a medical emergency
Driftglass was in the ER last night for HOURS (and he's fine) but we're not up for podcasting regularly today. TWO political podcasts next week, Tuesday and Thursday.
If you can help with what we kn…
Ep 807: Science Fiction University | Andy Weir's Hopeful, Hard SF
On this episode of Science Fiction University, we dive into the works of Andy Weir, the author behind the hit novels The Martian and Project Hail Mary.
Project Hail Mary, Weir's latest novel takes rea…
Ep 806: 'There Is No News Cycle, Only Zuul'
Rake-stepping with the worst witness in the legal "defense" of Donald Trump...
The not-at-all-shocking reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito raised multiple (red? of course!) flags (ahem) s…
Ep 805 No Fair Remembering Stuff: The Friedman Unit
We were going to do this podcast six months from now buuuuut....
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Ep 804 Trump's Dress-Alike Ventriloquist Dummies
There are ventriloquist dummies, and then there are dummies like Senator Tommy Tuberville. What did Blue Gal think was the most revealing moment of the Michael Cohen testimony? Driftglass says he i…
Ep 803: God's Will Or Somebody Else's Fault
We kick things off with a whimsical tangent about "sacred chickens" - those unquestioned assumptions and mythologies that societies cling to, even in the face of contradictory evidence. This leads to…
Ep 802 'Twelve Angry Men' and Other Lies
A black and white movie from decades ago taught us something that just isn't true about the "power of persuasion." This and the week's news -- more at proleftpod.com.
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Ep 801: No Fair Remembering Trump's Covid Eff-Ups
No, really, Trump was the so-called president for the entire year 2020, and he never took any responsibility for managing the US Government's response to the pandemic.
And normal people blot out the…
Ep 800 Wait, 800 Episodes?!?
We celebrate our 800th podcast episode. Wow! Thanks for supporting our podcast work.
And for our 800th episode we have to start off with Kristi Noem's dog murder and Marjorie Taylor Greene's uncon…
Ep 799 Science Fiction University: 1940 Vs 1951
We look at a 1940's short story and the 1951 movie that was kinda sorta based on that story.
And yes, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" has definitely stood the test of time.
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Ep 798: Arizona Indicts and Trump Farts
Lots of news this week, and we're also on The Bill Show
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cSaH6ZB7G0edd2ROw6Xli?si=WCI1PGLATeeQGGSIldtZWA
And we'll be recording with Tru Blu Politics on 4/26.
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Ep 797: No Fair Remembering Sarah Palin
"Sarah Palin walked so Donald Trump could run." -- Driftglass
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Ep 796: The Great Republican Sell-Out
Trump has a longstanding history of grifting down-ballot Republicans. Instead of supporting his so-called party, Trump is forever leveraging his status for personal profit.
But the intrigue doesn't e…
Ep 795 There Is No More 'Debating' Trump
'No Fair Remembering Stuff' Remembers the 2016 and 2020 General Election "debates" and says No More. And Driftglass's 19 year old blog post gets a reprise as a Harvard professor comes to the same co…
Ep 794 MSNBC Wins and Loses
Big props to Lawrence O'Donnell for going full "No Fair Remembering Stuff" on his Wednesday A-Block. But then again his network cohorts interviewed Michael Avenatti and John Bolton this week, which …
Ep 793: Trump's Abortion Fail
It's like Trump became JEB! Bush this week: a pleading Republican politician instead of the manifestation of the Republican Base's ID. We discuss.
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Ep 792: What's Rove Got To Do With It?
MSNBC interviews (and we are not making this up) Karl Rove and Reince Priebus. We have thoughts.
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